Dr. Pira is an Italian cartoonist and set designer. In addition to having created "I Fumetti della Gleba", as a cartoonist he has made numerous series for XL of Repubblica, Vice Magazine and Smemoranda, and has collaborated with linus, Rolling Stone, Pic Nic and Hobby Comics. Among his publications there are also the quadrilogy Gatto Mondadory (GRRRzetic, 2011-2015), Rap Violent in the Ghetto Street (The Milan Review, 2013) and La vera storia dell'Hip Hop (Rizzoli Lizard, 2017).