Tony Raiola

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Tony Raiola
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Biographical information
Born: ??
Died:
Nationality: Mini usa.gif American
Occupation: Editorial people
Website: http://www.pacificcomics.com/


Tony Raiola is the founder of Pacific Comics Club and an American editor.

Biography

Tony Raiola is an ex-patriate Italian who moved to the USA in 1975 where he formed Pacific Comics Club, soon after arriving, from Long Beach, California. Specially interested by comics since his young years in Europe, he has published reprint books for collectors and to sale extensive collections of Italian comics, activity later developed through the Internet. In the following years, he was also regularly present at sales organized at exhibitions and fairs held in California, holding stands for his publishing brand (for instance, until the recent "10 th Los Angeles ComicCon" held in the Los Angeles Convention Center from December 3 to 5, 2021).