Franco Urru
Franco Urru (born in Rome, July 27, 1960; died in Rome, November 29, 2012) was an Italian comic artist best known in the United States for his work on Spike: Asylum, Spike: Shadow Puppets and Angel: After The Fall for IDW Publishing. He was the main artist for the first five issues of Angel: After The Fall, a canonical continuation of the Angel television series. He died on November 29, 2012.
Franco Urru
- Born
- 1960 · Rome.
- Died
- 2012 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Languages
- Italian
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Franco Urru, a comics artist, was born in 1960 and died in 2012.
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Born at Rome in 1960, died in Rome in 2012.
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- 1.Spike: Asylum. Brian Lynch, Franco Urru. IDW.
- 2.Spike: Shadow Puppets. Brian Lynch, Franco Urru. IDW.
- 3.Angel: After The Fall page at IDWpublishing.com.
- 4.Franco Urru - 'Frank Urru'. comicbookdb.com.
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