Raffaele Paparella (26 December 1915 – 11 November 2001) was an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
Born in Carmagnola, after getting a teaching diploma Paparella worked two years as a school teacher.
In 1937 he began collaborating with the magazine Il Vittorioso and with several Mondadori publications as an illustrator.
[1] In 1948 he collaborated with Federico Pedrocchi for the Topolino's story La compagnia dei sette, and illustrated the comic adaptations of several Emilio Salgari's novels which were published in the magazine Salgari.
Starting from the late 1970s, he abandoned comics, focusing on satirical cartoons and illustrations.