Emanuele Tenderini (born 30 June 1977 in

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) is an Italian comic book artist. Tenderini is known for his participation in '' Wondercity'', a comic book series produced for

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and published in several other nations. During his career he has collaborated with many other comic book series, both for Italy and for other countries.

Biography

Tenderini attended the Istituto Commerciale Paolo Sarpi and graduated as accountant. Then he worked as graphic designer in a copy bureau in Venice and in a private advertising studio. He moved to Milan where he graduated with honors at the Scuola del Fumetto. Then he came back to Venice where he started his career as colourist, working with the

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band Merendine. In the same time he worked together Alex Crippa in creating '' 100 Anime'', a comic book published by the French publishing house Delcourt in 2004. In France he earned a positive outcome, as he collaborated since 2005 to other works, '' Othon & Laiton'' and '' Wondercity'', and as he published between 2006 and 2007 two volumes of '' Oeil de Jade'' as drawer, edited by

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. In France, he also collaborated to other works like: ''

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'' (2007-2008), '' Arcane Majeur'', '' Wisher'', '' La Porte d'Ishtar'' (2008), '' Dei'' and ''

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'' (2011). In Italy his main works were the special editions of ''

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'' in 2007 and of ''

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'' in 2008. Other Italian collaborations were '' Vasco Comics'' (2007), '' Rumbler'' (2008) and '' The Odissey'' (2011). In 2014 he worked with Linda Cavallini creating ''

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'', a

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developed through their own digital color technic, named Hyperflat, and produced by a

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on Indiegogo in the same year.

Works

*'' 100 anime'' - vol 1, 2, 3, Ed. Delcourt - Ed BD, 2004-2007. *'' Othon & Laiton'' - vol 1, 2, Ed. Paquet, 2005. *'' Wondercity'' - vol 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Ed. Soleil - Ed Freebooks, 2005. *'' Oeil de Jade'' - vol 1, 2, Ed.

- Eura, 2006-2007. *''

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'', Ed. Giochi Preziosi, 2006-2011. *'' Vasco Comics'', - vol 1, 3, 4, Ed. Panini, 2007. *''

'', nr 250, Ed. Sergio Bonelli, 2007. *'' Dylan Dog Color Fest'', - vol 1, 2, Ed. Sergio Bonelli, 2007-2008. *''

'', - vol 1, 2, Ed. Delcourt, 2007-2008. *'' Arcane Majeur'', - vol 5, Ed. Delcourt, 2008. *'' Wisher'', - vol 1, Ed. LeLombard, 2008. *'' Rumbler'', Ed. De Agostini, 2008. *''

'', nr 100, Ed. Sergio Bonelli, 2008. *'' The Odissey'', Ed. Sperling&Kupfer, 2010. *'' Dei'', Ed.

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, 2011. *''

'', Ed. Le Lombard - Comma 22, 2011. *''

'', vol 1, Ed. Tatai Lab, 2015.

Awards

* 2009 - Ayaaak Award as outstanding colorist of 2008, for '' Dylan Dog Color Fest'' vol 2 and ''

'' n 100.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tenderini, Emanuele Living people Italian cartoonists 1977 births Artists from Venice