After his studies in ceramics, Tiberio Colantuoni worked as a cercamics painter for five years. He entered the comics field in 1954 under the guidance of Benito Jacovitti. He moved to Milan, where he studied at the Academy di Brera. He illustrated several series for the publishing house Alpe, such as 'Cucciolo', 'Sfortunino', 'Maramao' (created by Luciano Bottaro), 'Sceriffo Fox' (created by Giorgio Rebuffi), 'Volpetto' and 'Nonna Abelarda'. In addition, he joined the publishing house Bianconi in 1955, where he launched his most famous creation, 'Bongo'. He also produced artwork and scripts for 'Felix', 'Braccio di Ferro' ('Popeye') and 'Pinocchio'.