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Vittorio Cossio

Vittorio Cossio (Udine, 21 November 1911 – 7 April 1984) was an Italian comic artist who began his career in animation in Milan alongside his elder brother Carlo Cossio before turning to comics. He contributed to magazines such as Rin Tin Tin, L'Intrepido and Saladino, and his best-known work appeared in Il Corriere dei Piccoli, where he created strips including Balilla Venturino (1935) and Centaurino Diodato (1939).

He was among the early artists of the publishing house founded by Gianluigi Bonelli (then operating as Audace), succeeding his brother Carlo on the boxing series Furio Almirante and drawing the opening section of Bonelli's adaptation of Orlando Invincibile (1942), which was completed by Rino Albertarelli. In the post-war years he worked for Universo on series for L'Intrepido such as Capitan Sparviero and Cuore Garibaldino, and contributed to satirical periodicals including Il Travaso, Calandrino and Marc'Aurelio.