David Messina (born 1974) is an Italian comics artist.
Early life
David Messina was born in 1974. He graduated from the Scuola Internazionale di Comics (International School of Comics) in Rome.
"Master in Colorazione Digitale, Corso di Fumetto"
Scuola Internazionale di Comics. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
Career
David Messina did storyboarding
A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in the ...
and character design in the animation industry and also worked in graphic design
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...
before breaking into comics.["SPIDER BEHIND THE MIRROR"]
Blogger
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. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
He has published erotic comics books for the Spanish, Italian and French markets. He broke into the American comics industry in 2005.["David Messina"]
. Scuola Internazionale di Comics. Retrieved June 29, 2014. He has done work for IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...
, Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
, Image Comics
Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...
, Devil's Due Publishing
Devil's Due Publishing (often abbreviated as DDP) is an independent comic book publisher in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned proper ...
and DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
.[
Since 2002 Messina has taught at his alma mater, the Scuola Internazionale di Comics in Rome, Italy.][
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Bibliography
*'' Doyle: Spotlight''
* "Unacceptable Losses"
*'' The Curse''
*Old Friends (Angel comic)
''Old Friends'' is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the ''Angel'' television series.
Story description
''Angel: Old Friends #1''
A vampiric figure seems to be causing a string of deaths in LA, so Angel must return to the ...
*'' Star Trek: Countdown''
*'' Star Trek: Nero''
Erotic comics
*''Sally Potter''
*''The Big Pervert''
*''The "X" Factor''
References
External links
Italian comics artists
Italian erotic artists
Living people
1974 births
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