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 ...

book artist.

Biography

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

, his first published work was in ''

Lazarus Ledd Lazarus Ledd is an Italian comic book, first published in Italy in 1993 by Edizioni Star Comics. Authors who worked to the Lazarus Ledd include writers Ade Capone, Stefano Vietti, Marcello Toninelli and drawers Emanuelo Barison, Alberto Genna ...

'' #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 ''

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...

''. In 2000, he pencilled ''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."Zombie story for Rodriguez"
''

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'', October 3, 2007

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''

The Blackburne Covenant ''The Blackburne Covenant'' is a four-issue horror fiction comic book limited series published in 2003 by Dark Horse Comics. All four issues are written by Fabian Nicieza with the art by Stefano Raffaele. Plot Horror writer Richard Kaine has jus ...

'' (with writer

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', '' X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', '' Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and ''Thunderbol ...

, 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