David Messina

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David Messina
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Messina at Special Edition NYC
BornDavid Messina
1974
Rome Italy
NationalityItalian
Area(s)Writer, Artist, Publisher
Notable works
Star Trek: Countdown
Star Trek: Nero
Doyle: Spotlight

David Messina (born 1974) is an Italian comics artist.

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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. [1]

Career

David Messina did storyboarding and character design in the animation industry and also worked in graphic design before breaking into comics. [2]

He has published erotic comic books for the Spanish, Italian and French markets. He broke into the American comics industry in 2005. [3] He has done work for IDW Publishing, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Devil's Due Publishing and DC Comics. [2]

Since 2002 Messina has taught at his alma mater, the Scuola Internazionale di Comics in Rome, Italy. [2] [3]

Bibliography

Erotic comics

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References

  1. "Master in Colorazione Digitale, Corso di Fumetto". Scuola Internazionale di Comics. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "SPIDER BEHIND THE MIRROR". Blogger. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "David Messina" Archived 2014-07-02 at archive.today . Scuola Internazionale di Comics. Retrieved June 29, 2014.