Stefano Raffaele (born March 15, 1970) is an

Italian comics Italian comics, also known as ''fumetto'' , plural form ''fumetti'' , are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term ''fumetto'' (literally ''little puff of smoke'') refers t ...

book artist.

Biography

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, his first published work was in ''

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'' #4 in 1994. From the following year, he worked for American comics series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' X-Men Adventures'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2000, he penciled ''Arkhain'', a science-fiction mini-series published by Marvel Italia. He also wrote and drew ''Fragile'' which appeared in ''

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'' magazine. In 2007, it was announced that ''Fragile'' would be made into a film to be directed by Eduardo Rodriguez.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: * X-Factor #125(with writer

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, and penciller Jeff Matsuda,

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, 1986) * X-Men Adventures #7(with writer Ralph Macchino, and cover artist

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, Marvel, 1995) * Hawkeye #1-7(Marvel, 2003) *'' The Blackburne Covenant'' (with writer

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, 4-issue mini-series,

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, hardcover, ) *'' Fragile'' (script and art, in ''

'' magazine, #4, 7–8, 10–14, 2003–2004, tpb, DC Comics, 168 pages, 2005, )

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* 1970 births Living people Artists from Milan Italian comics artists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub