Having moved at a young age from Province of Ferrara to Rapallo,Liguria,[2][3] he began his activity as a cartoonist here, becoming one of the pillars of the so-called Rapallo School, together with the master Luciano Bottaro[4] and his friend Giorgio Rebuffi, with whom he founded in 1968 the Bierrecì group (an acronym for Bottaro, Rebuffi, Chendi)[5] without, however, ceasing to collaborate with Arnoldo Mondadori Editore in the creation of Disney stories.

[7] In the course of his career, which took place between the Tigullio area and Milan, he participated, among other things, in the creation of the magazine King of Spades,[8] the first of Studio Bierrecì, and in the creation of the Italy tradition of Disney's Great Parodies:[9] in this series one of his most illustrious and appreciated works, created in collaboration with Luciano Bottaro, is Doctor Duckus.

[1] In December 2021,Panini Comics reissued his “Paperingio Cycle” in a clothbound volume, publishing one of his last writings as a posthumous preface.

[13] His career took place between the area of Tigullio and Milan, where he participated in, among other things, the creation of the magazine King of Spades, the first of Studio Bierrecì, and the implementation of traditional Italian of Great Disney Feature; his series was one of his most famous and appreciated, in collaboration with Luciano Bottaro.

Quack and detective Umperio Bogarto (both designed by Giorgio Cavazzano), the secret identity of Donald Duck "agent QQ7" (the story Mission Bob Fingher had acclaim Disney Americana), and the duet between Pippo and Witch Hazel.