Aurelio Galleppini better known with his nickname Galep, was an Italian comics

Italian comics

Italian comics are comics made in Italy. They are locally known as fumetto – plural form fumetti – although this latter term is often used in English to describe a specific comic genre . The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages...

 artist and illustrator.

Galep is the graphic creator of Tex Willer

Tex Willer

Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series Tex, created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters of Italian comics, with translations to numerous ...

, whose adventures he drew for more than 40 years. Other illustrators alternated with him on the pages of this popular comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

. He also illustrated all the covers of the regular series from the 1st issue in 1948 until issue #400 in 1994.