1968
fernando caretta was born in lizzanello, italy;

1989-1990
he moves to milano and starts working on trading cards for edizione masters immagini first and on skateboard and soccer-based comics later for trentini. at the same time he also draws for four weekly coloring-books aimed to the booming children market and becomes part of the staff that creates the erotic anthologies "nuvola bianca" and "paprica", other than collaborating as a graphic-designer and photograph for "collector magazine";

1996-1998
assignments for advertising agencies like pro-ad service, option italia, sole luna e mcchen ericson, art machine and rolando agenzia skyrockets, involving firms like algida, eldorado, europe assistance, shell, omnitel, lipton, lg flatron, chicco, danone, galbani, kodak.
he starts publishing for three years in a row on main italian erotic magazine "selen" for trentini. these stories will be also published in u.s.a., france, spain, germany and denmark;

1999
other than as a cartoonists, he starts collaborating as a photographer with trentini on "nu";

2000-2001
advertising work keeps pouring in, but the comics market is on a slope. this notwithstanding the original artwork market is booming and he starts collaborating with www.redsectorart.com as his commissions representative and art dealer;

2002-2003
porn-star selen quits the role that made her famous and moves to theater: this spells doom for the magazine which shuts down shortly thereafter. he goes to "blue", long-time competitor of "selen" published by edizioni coniglio, on which he also showcases his growth as a photographer.