Carpi worked mainly for Disney comics, mostly on books featuring Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck, although he occasionally drew Mickey Mouse as well.
He also created other well-known comic characters for Edizioni Bianconi [it], such as Geppo, Nonna Abelarda, and Soldino [it].
Carpi was born in Genoa and from a young age frequented the study of the artist Giacomo Picollo.
He then began to publish a series "Sparagrosso, Cacciatore in Africa" for the children's magazine Lo Scolaro.
"[2] Other popular parodies by Carpi include Guerra e Pace (1986, based upon War and peace by Leo Tolstoy), Paperino e il vento del Sud (1982, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell), Paperino e il giro del mondo in otto giorni (1962, Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne), Paperin Caramba y Carmen Olè (1979, Carmen by Georges Bizet), Paolino Pocatesta e la bella Franceschina (1980, Inferno by Dante Alighieri), Topolino corriere dello Zar (1966, Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne), La metamorfosi di un papero (1991, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka).