Werther Dell'Edera
Werther 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 its spin-offs House of Slaughter and Book of Butcher.
Werther Dell'Edera
- Name
- Werther Dell'Edera
- Born
- 1975
- Birthplace
- Bari, Italy
- Occupation
- comic book artist
- Nationality
- Italy
- Fields
- comic
- Honours
- Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series
- Languages
- Italian
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Werther 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 its spin-offs House of Slaughter and Book of Butcher.
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Werther Dell'Edera (born 1975) is an Italian comics artist, draftsperson and illustrator. The comics artist was born in Bari. Werther Dell'Edera is active in comic.
Languages used include Italian. The comics artist received Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series.
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• Name — Werther Dell'Edera • Born — 1975 • Birthplace — Bari, Italy • Occupation — comic book artist • Years Active — 2003-present • Notable Works — Something Is Killing the Children
Biography
Biography
Werther Dell'Edera was born in Bari, Italy in 1975. He currently lives in Rome, Italy. After finishing high school in Bari, he decided that university did not interest him and chose to move to Rome to attend the Roman School of Comics. 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. 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 The Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business. They have collaborated with Sergio Bonelli Editore creating comics; Orfani, Dylan Dog, and Le Storie. He worked with Tiziano Sclavi creating The Voices of Water in 2019. In 2019 he co-created Something Is Killing the Children with James Tynion IV published by BOOM! Studios.
Awards
• Year — Organization — Work — Award — Result • 2018 — Treviso Comic Book Festival — The Crow: Memento Mori — Best Italian Cover Artist • 2019 — Etna Comics — Not Applicable — Best Italian Designer • 2020 — Eisner Awards — Something Is Killing the Children — Best New Series • 2020 — Harvey Awards — Something Is Killing the Children — Book of the Year • 2021 — Lucca Comics & Games — Something Is Killing the Children — Best Design • 2022 — Eisner Awards — Something Is Killing the Children — Best Continuing Series • 2022 — Ringo Awards — Something Is Killing the Children — Best Series • 2022 — Ringo Awards — Something Is Killing the Children — Best Single Issue (#20)
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- 1.Werther dell'Edera's Flowpage.
- 2.BOOK OF BUTCHER #1 First Look. BOOM! Studios. 2023-11-22.
- 3.Clark, Travis. Inside a day in the life of an award-winning comic-book artist, whose indie hit is being adapted into a Netflix series. Business Insider.
- 4.Maglione, Fabio. Werther Dell'Edera: Vertigo Made in Italy 1° parte - Comicus. www.comicus.it. 2008-05-19.
- 5.Antonio. 20 anni di Marvel Italia: Werther Dell'Edera • Sbam! Comics. Sbam! Comics. 2014-07-19.
- 6.Sclavi, Tiziano. Voices of Water. Ablaze, LLC. 2022-11-22. 978-1-68497-019-3.
- 7.Punisher War Journal Annual (2008) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel.
- 8.X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog (2008) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel.
- 9.Orfani, a ottobre la nuova mini serie a fumetti della Bonelli - Panorama. 2013-11-21.
- 10.Werther dell'edera (Something is Killing the Children). 13 January 2021.
- 11.Waid, Mark. Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business. Marvel Entertainment. 2014-07-16. 978-1-302-37758-8.
- 12.Golem. shop.sergiobonelli.it.
- 13.werther dell'edera - Comic Artist - The Most Popular Comic Art by werther dell'edera. www.comicartfans.com.
- 14.Batman/Dylan Dog by Werther dell'Edera is Published This Month. 8 June 2023.
- 15.IV, James Tynion. 18: Razorblades: The Horror Magazine. The Empire of the Tiny Onion. 2020-07-30.
- 16.Browne, Wendy. INTERVIEW: Francesco Artibani and Werther Dell'Edera Bring Us He Who Fights With Monsters. WWAC. 2021-09-15.
- 17.Bianchi, Emanuele. Treviso Comic Book Festival 2018: tutti i vincitori dei Premi Boscarato. Lega Nerd. 2018-10-01.
- 18.Comicus, Redazione. Etna Comics: i vincitori del Premio Coco 2019 - Comicus. www.comicus.it. 2019-06-09.
- 19.Palmares - Lucca Comics Awards. 2023-06-10.
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