Claudio Castellini (born 3 March 1966) is an Italian

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Biography

Castellini's first published work was the March 1989 episode of the Italian horror series ''

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'', published by

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. This was followed by a second ''Dylan Dog'' story in September 1990. In 1991 Castellini collaborated in the graphic elaboration of

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series ''

Nathan Never ''Nathan Never'' is a black-and-white, science fiction Italian comics, Italian comic book, published monthly in Italy since 1991 by Sergio Bonelli Editore. It is written by Michele Medda, Antonio Serra (comics), Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna. Art ...

'', and continued drawing covers for the series until issue #59. His first work for

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was ''

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: Dangerous Artifacts'', a Silver Surfer graphic novel written by

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, published in June 1996. He produced covers for ''Cosmic Powers Unlimited'' and ''Elektra Magazine'', drew ''

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Unlimited'' from 1993 to 1995, and worked on the

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miniseries ''

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''. Castellini's other work includes ''

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'', ''

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero created by American author Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) and who debuted in 1932 and went on to appear in a series of fantasy stories published in ''We ...

'' and '' Batman: Gotham Knights''. He drew the 100-page comic book one-shot ''Man and Superman'' in 2019 with writer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellini, Claudio Artists from Rome Living people 1966 births Italian comics artists