In 1985, he published Morbus Gravis, the first work of the Druuna saga. Beginning in 1980 Serpieri worked on collections like Découvrir la Bible, as well as short stories for magazines such as L'Eternauta, Il Fumetto and Orient Express. Some of the titles were L'Indiana Bianca ( The White Indian) and L'Uomo di Medicina ( Medicine Man). A big fan of the American Old West, Serpieri co-created L'Histoire du Far-West ( The Story of the West), a Western series about the history of the Old West, with writer Raffaele Ambrosio, which was published in the magazines Lanciostory and Skorpio. He produced work for the Italian comics magazine Lanciostory. He studied architecture and painting at Rome's Fine Arts Academy in Rome under Renato Guttuso, and began his career as a painter in 1966, but in 1975 he shifted his focus to comics. Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri was born on 29 February 1944 in Venice. He is best known for his work on the Druuna erotic science fiction series. Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri (born 29 February 1944) is an Italian comic book writer and illustrator, noted for his works of highly detailed renderings of the human form, particularly erotic images of women.
