Gabriele Dell’Otto (born December 20, 1973) is an Italian illustrator and author whose works have been published in several countries in the fields of scientific illustration,

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, calendars, lithographies, books, colored graphic folders, and cover work for magazines and video games.

Early life

Dell'Otto was born December 20, 1973 in

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. He received a diploma in artistic maturity and registered in the European Design Institute.

Career

In 1998 Dell'Otto started collaborating with the European division of

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, producing covers, posters and lithographies for Italy, France and Germany. In Germany he started collaborating with

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and other publishers such as IPP, Egmont Ehapa and MG Publishing. In 2002-2003 the Italian

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hired him to design the images for their historical calendar. In 2002 his work was shown to

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, the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, who assigned him the art duties for the '' Secret War'' mini-series, written by

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. In 2006 he illustrated the cover and promotional images of the Italian version of the

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videogame '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance''. Between 2006 and 2007 Dell'Otto provided the covers of the miniseries ''

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'', which starred the space-based characters of the

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. In May 2007 he published the illustrated book ''Tales''. In 2009 he was the artist of the ''

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'' mini-series ''Sex and Violence'', written by

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and

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. In January 2012, Dell'Otto illustrated the spine images for the books in

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. When put together in order, the spines form a complete landscape image. That November, Dell'Otto penciled issues #14–15 of the Marvel ongoing series Avenging Spider-Man. He then drew issues #1 of One-shot Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business. In 2020, Dell'Otto drew the 1990s variant cover for The Joker 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular #1

Bibliography

Interior art

*'' Secret War''#1-5 (2004) *''Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury''#1 (2005) *''Ultimate Marvel Sampler'' #1 (2007) *''X-Force: Sex and Violence'' #1-3 (2010) *''Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men #1 (2010) *''Avengers Annual'' #1 (2012) *''New Avengers Annual'' #1 (2011) *'' Avenging Spider-Man''#14-15 (2012) *''Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business'' #1 (2014)

Cover work

Annihilation Prologue vol.1 #1 (2006) *''

'' #1-6 (2006) *''Annihilation: Nova #1-4 (2006) *''Annihilation: Silver Surfer'' #1-4 (2006) *''Annihilation: Ronan'' #1-4 (2006) *''Annihilation: Super-Skrull'' #1-4 (2006) *''Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus'' #1-2 (2007) *''What If? Annihilation'' #1 (2007) *''The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus'' #1 (2016) *''The New Avengers: Illuminati'' #1 (2006) *''Fantastic Four vol.3'' #56 (2002) *''X-Factor vol.3'' #6 (2006) *''Ghost Rider vol.6'' #12-13 (2007) *''Daredevil vol.1'' #500 (2009) *''Fantastic Four vol.1'' #600 (2011) *''Silver Surfer: In Thy Name vol.1'' #2 (2008) *''Invincible Iron Man vol.2'' #4 (2008) *''Winter Soldier vol.1'' #1 (2011) *''New Avengers Annual vol.2'' #1 (2011) *''New Avengers vol.3'' #24,29,33 (2014-2015) *''Avengers Annual vol.4'' #1 (2012) *''Avenging Spider-Man vol.1'' #14-15 (2013) *''Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business vol.1'' #1 (2014) *''Captain America: Steve Rogers vol.1'' #15 (2017) *''Captain America and Hawkeye vol.1'' #629 (2012) *''Morbius: The Living Vampire vol.2'' #1 (2013) *''Moon Knight vol.5'' #26-30 (2009) *''Dark Tower: Treachery vol.1'' #1 (2008) *''All-New Miracleman Annual vol.1'' #1 (2014) *''The Pulse vol.1'' #2 (2004) *''Gorilla Man vol.1'' #3 (2010) *''X-Force: Sex and Violence vol.1'' #1-3 (2010) *''Ultimate Origins vol.1'' #1-5 (2008) *''Ultimate Fantastic Four vol.1'' #53 (2008) *''Ultimate X-Men vol.1'' #94-97 (2008) *''Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four vol.1'' #2-5 (2006) *''Secret War vol.1'' #1-5 (2004) *''Secret Invasion Prologue'' (2008) *''Secret Invasion'' #1-8 (2008) *''What If? Secret Invasion'' #1 (2009) *''Siege'' #1-4 (2010) *''Fear Itself: FF'' #1 (2011) *''Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula'' #1-3 (2011) *''Vengeance vol.1'' #1-6 (2011) *'' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #1,3 4-8 (variant cover, 2015-2017) *''Clone Conspiracy'' #1-5 (2016) *''

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'' #1,75-76 (variant cover, 2016) *'' Dark Nights: Metal'' #5 (variant cover, 2018) *''Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight'' #1 (variant cover, 2019) *''

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'' #1000,1027 (variant cover, 2019,2020) *''The Joker 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular'' #1 (variant cover) (2020)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dell'Otto, Gabriele Living people Artists from Rome Italian comics artists Italian illustrators Italian lithographers 1973 births