 Gian Luigi Bonelli

Giovanni Luigi Bonelli (22 December 1908 in Milan – 12 January 2001 in Alessandria) was an Italian comic book author and publisher, best remembered as the co-creator of "Tex Willer" in 1948, together with artist Aurelio Galleppini.Bonelli founded Casa Audace Editrice in 1940, later to be known as Sergio Bonelli Editore.