Sergio Cariello (born April 23, 1964) is a Brazilian-American

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artist. He has done work for many major comic publishers through his career, including

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and

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, as well as popular independent companies like

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and

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. He is the younger brother of comics artist Octavio Cariello.

Career

Sergio Cariello knew he wanted to be a cartoonist at age 5. At age 11 he created "Frederico, the Detective," a weekly comic strip for his local paper. He wrote and drew the whole strip himself. It ran until he was 14. Cariello worked on his first comic book, "Dagon, the Worlds of HP Lovecraft," while attending the

Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art The Kubert School, formerly the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and Joe Kubert School, is a private, for-profit technical school focused on cartooning and located in Dover, New Jersey. It teaches the principles of sequential art an ...

. During his second year at the school, Virginia Romita hired him as a Bullpen Letterer at

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. While there he was given pencilling assignments on Daredevil and Marvel Comics Presents: Spellbound. When Pat Garrahay moved from Marvel to DC, he offered Cariello pencilling duties on

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. At DC he also did work on

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, Young Heroes in Love,

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, and

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, among others. When work slowed down, he got a teaching job at the Kubert School and taught several courses over 7 years. Currently, Cariello is pencilling and inking The

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for

. He recently finished the eighth installment of his ''Son of Samson'' series with writer Gary Martin for

Zondervan Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). They are a part of HarperCollins Christian Publ ...

. He has also illustrated '' The Action Bible'', conceived as an updated version of LeBlanc's '' The Picture Bible'' for David C. Cook Publishing, which was released on September 1, 2010.

Selected bibliography

A selected bibliography of Sergio Cariello's comics work as interior artist. * ''Batman/Wildcat'' #1-3 (DC Comics, 1997) * ''Catwoman/Wildcat'' #1-4 (DC Comics, 1998) * ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #127-131 (DC Comics, 2000) * ''Azrael: Agent of the Bat'' #69-100 (DC Comics, 2000–2003) * ''Crux'' #25, 28-30, 32-33 (CrossGen, 2003–2004) * ''Sojourn'' #34 (CrossGen, 2004) * ''Deathstroke'' #41-51 (DC Comics, 2004–2005) * ''The Lone Ranger'' #0-25 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2006–2011) * ''Son of Samson'' volumes 1-8 (Zondervan, 2007–2010) * '' The Action Bible'' (David C. Cook Publishing, 2010) * ''The Christ'' (Kingstone Media, 2010) * ''Captain America: Hail Hydra'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) * ''

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: Superman - The '80s'' #1 (DC Comics, 2011)

References

External links

Official Website

Official Blog

Sergio Cariello at ComicBookDb.com

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