Werther Dell'Edera

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Werther Dell'Edera
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Bari, Italy
Occupation comic book artist
Years active2003-present
Notable work Something Is Killing the Children

Wether Dell'Edera is an Italian comic book artist who is best known for Something Is Killing the Children which he provided art for and co-created and it's spinoffs House of Slaughter and Book of Butcher. [1] [2]

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Biography

Wether Dell'Edera was born in Bari, Italy 1975. He currently lives in Rome, Italy. [3] After finishing high school in Bari he decided that university doesn't interest him and chose to move to Rome to attend the Roman School of Comics. [4] His first job in the comics industry was in 2003 working as a draftsman on Road's End, published by Magic Press. Followed by working for Eura Editorial on projects Detective Dante and John Doe. [5] He then started working with American publishers his first being Vertigo working on Loveless , then Dark Entries. He has also worked with Marvel Comics on many occasions, his main comic being Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business. [6] [7] [8] They have collaborated with Sergio Bonelli Editore creating comics; Orfani, Dylan Dog, and Le Storie. [5] He worked with Tiziano Sclavi creating The Voices of Water in 2019. [9] In 2019 he co-created Something Is Killing the Children with James Tynion IV published by BOOM! Studios.

Bibliography

WorkYearRole
Road's End2003Draftsman
Detective Dante2005-2007Drawings
John Doe2006-2008Drawings
Loveless 2005-2008Illustrator
Punisher War Journal Annual [6] 2008Penciller
X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog [7] 2008Penciller
Dark Entries 2009Illustrator
Orfani [10] 2013-2018Illustrator
G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files [11] 2013-2014Illustrator
Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business [8] 2014Illustrator
Le Storie #49 [12] 2016Drawings
Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie2017Illustrator
Briggs Land (Vol 2)2018Illustrator
The Crow: Momento Mori [13] 2018Illustrator
Something Is Killing the Children 2019-PresentCo-Creator; Illustrator
Aliens: Colonial Marines - Rising Threat (cancelled)2019-2020 (planned)Illustrator
Batman/Dylan Dog [14] 2019, 2023Illustrator
Razorblades [15] 2020Illustrator (Guest?)
He Who Fights With Monsters [16] 2021Illustrator
House of Slaughter2022-PresentCo-Creator; Illustrator
The Voices of Water [9] 2022Illustrator
Bloodborne: The Bleak Dominion2023Cover Artist (#1 Issue)
Knight Terrors Flash 2023Cover Artist
Book of Butcher [2] 2023-PresentIllustrator
The Flash (#6)20241:25 Variant Cover

Awards

YearOrganizationWorkAwardResult
2018Treviso Comic Book Festival [17] The Crow: Memento MoriBest Italian Cover ArtistWon
2019Etna Comics [18] Not ApplicableBest Italian DesignerWon
2020 Eisner Awards Something Is Killing the Children Best New SeriesNominated
2020 Harvey Awards Something Is Killing the Children Book of the YearNominated
2021 Lucca Comics & Games [19] Something Is Killing the Children Best DesignWon
2022 Eisner Awards Something Is Killing the Children Best Continuing SeriesWon
2022 Ringo Awards Something Is Killing the Children Best SeriesWon
2022 Ringo Awards Something Is Killing the Children Best Single Issue (#20)Won

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  2. 1 2 "BOOK OF BUTCHER #1 First Look". BOOM! Studios. 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
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  7. 1 2 "X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog (2008) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel".
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  9. 1 2 Sclavi, Tiziano; Dell'Edera, Werther (2022-11-22). Voices of Water. Ablaze, LLC. ISBN   978-1-68497-019-3.
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