Stefano Raffaele (born March 15, 1970) is an

Italian comics Italian comics, also known as ''fumetto'' , plural form ''fumetti'' , are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term ''fumetto'' (literally ''little puff of smoke'') refers ...

book artist.

Biography

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, his first published work was in '' Lazarus Ledd'' #4 in 1994. From the following year, he worked for American comics series such as ''

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''. In 2000, he pencilled ''Arkhain'', a science-fiction mini-series published by Marvel Italia. He also wrote and drew ''

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'' which appeared in ''

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'', October 3, 2007

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *'' The Blackburne Covenant'' (with writer

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, 4-issue mini-series,

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, hardcover, ) *''

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'' magazine, #4, 7–8, 10–14, 2003–2004, tpb, DC Comics, 168 pages, 2005, )

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* 1970 births Living people Artists from Milan Italian comics artists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub