Onofrio Catacchio (born 28 October 1964) is an Italian comics artist. Onofrio Catacchio was born in

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

in 1964; he currently lives and works in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. In 1988 he created the character Stella Rossa, who first appeared in the magazines ''Fuego ''and'' Nova Express '', being later collected in volumes published by Granata Press. Kappa Edizioni later reprinted it. For Granata Press he also dramatized and illustrated the Coliandro stories, inspired by works of mystery writer Carlo Lucarelli, re-published by BD editions. As a scriptwriter, he has written ''Offspring from hell'' for Andrea Accardi, released in Italy by Kappa Edizioni and in France by Albin Michel. Since 1995 he has produced various episodes of ''

Nathan Never 200px, Cover for ''Nathan Never'' #1. ''Nathan Never'' is a black-and-white, science fiction Italian comic book, published monthly in Italy since 1991 by Sergio Bonelli Editore. It is written by Michele Medda, Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna. Arti ...

''for Sergio Bonelli Publishing. He dramatized and designed ''The ballad of Corazza'' by Wu Ming 2, published by BD/Alta Fedeltà and inserted into the ''Top Crime'' anthology by Mondadori. With scripts by Andrea Balzola, he created ''Freaks’ Farm'', a spoof adapted from

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’s novel of a similar title. In 2006 he illustrated stories and stage images from Gaijin!, written by Luigi Bernardi and staged by the Tratto theatre company. With Luigi Bernardi he was also responsible for the creation of "Habemus Fantomas” for the anthology published by Alta Fedeltà.

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