David Messina (born 1974) is an Italian comics artist.
Early life
David Messina was born in 1974 in Rome Italy. He graduated from the Scuola Internazionale di Comics (International School of Comics) in Rome.
"Master in Colorazione Digitale, Corso di Fumetto"
Scuola Internazionale di Comics. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
Career
David Messina did storyboarding
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and character design in the animation industry and also worked in graphic design
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before breaking into comics.["SPIDER BEHIND THE MIRROR"]
Blogger
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. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
He has published erotic comic books for the Spanish, Italian and French markets. He broke into the American comics industry in 2005.["David Messina"]
. Scuola Internazionale di Comics. Retrieved June 29, 2014. He has done work for IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
, Marvel Comics
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, Image Comics
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, Devil's Due Publishing
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and DC Comics
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.[
Since 2002 Messina has taught at his alma mater, the Scuola Internazionale di Comics in Rome, Italy.][
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Bibliography
*'' Doyle: Spotlight''
* "Unacceptable Losses"
*'' The Curse''
* Old Friends (Angel comic)
*'' Star Trek: Countdown''
*'' Star Trek: Nero''
* Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca (2022), Marvel Comics
3Keys
(2023), Image Comics
Erotic comics
*''Sally Potter''
*''The Big Pervert''
*''The "X" Factor''
References
External links
Italian comics artists
Italian erotic artists
Living people
1974 births
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