Gianni Pacinotti, better known by his pen name Gipi, is an Italian illustrator and comic book author. Gipi is regarded as one of the most influential Italian cartoonists of his generation. His graphic novels are perennial best-sellers in Italy and have received international acclaim.
Pacinotti was born in 1963 in Pisa, Italy, where he still lives. He started his career as an illustrator for the publishing and advertising fields. Since 1992, Gipi has created illustrations and comics for several Italian magazines and newspapers, such as Cuore, Il Clandestino, Il Manifesto, La Straniero, Internationale, La Repubblica.
Gipi's graphic novel Note per una Storia di Guerra (Notes for a War Story) won the 'Best Book Award' at the 2006 Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. His other notable works include: LMVDM, La mia vita disegnata male (2008, translated as MBDL, My Badly Drawn Life), unastoria (2013, translated as One Story), La terra dei figli (2016, translated as Land of the Sons), Momenti straordinari con applausi finti (2019).
He also teaches and has directed the film The Last Man on Earth (2011).