Ariel Olivetti

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Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti 2012.jpg
Olivetti at the Florida Supercon in 2012
Born Buenos Aires
NationalityArgentine
Area(s) Penciller, Painter
Notable works
Last Avengers Story
Cable
Cazador
Punisher War Journal
Space Ghost

Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967) is an Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as Daredevil , X-Man , Space Ghost and Punisher War Journal .

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Career

Olivetti studied Graphic Design in college and first had his work published in the Argentine magazine Fierro.

His first work in USA 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 1999, he collaborated with writer Mark Waid on The Kingdom (illustrating issue #1, with Mike Zeck illustrating issue #2), a sequel to Kingdom Come .

In 2006 he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics and launched the second volume of Punisher War Journal with writer Matt Fraction. Olivetti did art on the first ten numbers. Other work for Marvel includes the Cable (vol. 2) ongoing series that debuted in March 2008, [1] [2] and more recently, Incredible Hulk, and Namor (vol. 3).

Throughout his career Olivetti has worked in different mediums, including black and white, digital color, acrylics and oils. [3] Olivetti himself declared having been influenced by artists like Richard Corben, Simon Bisley and his fellow countryman Mauro Cascioli [4]

In 2012 he collaborated with the comic book Hero Seeds, drawing two covers of the comics and several drawings in the same comics.

Bibliography

DC

DC / Dark Horse

Marvel

Other publishers

Notes

  1. This magazine (based on the concept of European publications such as Metal Hurlant ) was published between 1984 and 1982 in Argentina. [5]

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References

  1. X-POSITION: "X-Force" & "Cable" Special Edition, Comic Book Resources, September 10, 2007
  2. Duane Swierczynski Is Your New "Cable" Provider, Comic Book Resources, December 4, 2007
  3. Interview to Ariel Olivetti - El Mundo 2010/12/10
  4. Interview to Ariel Olivetti - Psicofxp Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Del tebeo al manga: Una historia de los cómics 9. Revistas de aventuras y de cómic para adultos by Antoni Guiral. Published by Panini España (Barcelona) – ISBN   978-84-9885-903-4.