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Ariel Olivetti | |
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Nationality | Argentine |
Area(s) | Penciller, Painter |
Notable works | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Cable Last Avengers Story Punisher War Journal Space Ghost |
http://www.arielolivetti.com.ar |
Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine comic book artist and penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as Daredevil, X-Man, Space Ghost and Punisher War Journal.
Biography
Olivetti studied Graphic Design in college and first had his work published in the Argentine magazine Fierro. He created El Cazador de Aventuras, a popular adult comic in 1992.
His first American work was 1995's The Last Avengers Story, which was written by Peter David and published by Marvel Comics. He went on to have a brief stint as regular penciller on Marvel's Daredevil between 1997 and 1998, where he worked with writer Joe Kelly. His next major work was in 1998 when he worked with writer Steven Grant on the Warren Ellis devised "Counter X" revamp of Marvel's X-Man title. In 2005 he again collaborated with Joe Kelly on DC Comics Space Ghost limited series which revealed the character's origins for the first time.
Other titles he has worked on include Mystique and Sabretooth (1996), Alpha Flight (1997) and What If? (1997) at Marvel and JLA: Paradise Lost (1998), Haven: The Broken City (2002), Green Lantern (2003) and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (2006) at DC.
In 2006 he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics and launched the second volume of Punisher War Journal with writer Matt Fraction.
Ariel is currently illustrating a new Cable ongoing series that debuted in March 2008.[1][2]
Throughout his career Olivetti has worked in different mediums, including black and white, digital color, acrylics and oils.
Bibliography
Comics work (interior pencils/inks and painting art) includes:
DC
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #207-211
- DCU: Brave New World #1
- Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1
- Flash (vol. 2) 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists) (1998)
- Haven The Broken City #1-9
- JLA/Haven: Arrival #1
- JLA/Haven: Anathema #1
- JLA: Paradise Lost #1-3
- JLA: Primeval #1
- JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists) (2000)
- The Kingdom #1 (2-issues miniseries, 1999)
- Lobo #63-64
- Martian Manhunter Annual #1 (1998)
- Space Ghost #1-6 (miniseries, 2005)
- Superman (vol. 2) #179
- Superman Returns Prequel #1 (4-issues miniseries, 2006)
- Superman Secret Files and Origins 2005 (one-shot, 2006)
DC and Dark Horse
Marvel
- Alpha Flight #11
- Cable (vol. 2) #1-15
- Daredevil #369, 371-372, 374-375
- Incredible Hulk #601-605
- Last Avengers Story #1-2
- Mystique and Sabretooth #1-4
- Punisher War Journal (vol. 2) #1-3, 4-10
- What If? #88
- X-Men Unlimited #12 (with Steve Epting)
- X-Man #38 (with ChrisCross), 63, 70-73
- X-Force #107
- X-Factor (vol. 2) #7
Ediciones de la Urraca (Argentina)
- El Cazador de Aventuras #1-65 (gone along with Jorge Lucas, Mauro Cascioli and Claudio Ramírez) (1992-99)
Notes
- ^ X-POSITION: "X-Force" & "Cable" Special Edition, Comic Book Resources, September 10, 2007
- ^ Duane Swierczynski Is Your New "Cable" Provider, Comic Book Resources, December 4, 2007
References
- Ariel Olivetti at the Grand Comics Database
- Ariel Olivetti at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Ariel Olivetti at the Lambiek Comiclopedia