Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as Daredevil, X-Man, Space Ghost and Punisher War Journal.
Career
Olivetti studied Graphic Design in college and first had his work published in the Argentine magazine Fierro. He created El Cazador de Aventuras, a popular adult comic in 1992.
His first American work was 1995's The Last Avengers Story, which was written by Peter David and published by Marvel Comics. He went on to have a brief stint as regular penciller on Marvel's Daredevil between 1997 and 1998, where he worked with writer Joe Kelly. His next major work was in 1998 when he worked with writer Steven Grant on the Warren Ellis devised "Counter X" revamp of Marvel's X-Man title. In 2005 he again collaborated with Joe Kelly on DC Comics Space Ghost limited series which revealed the character's origins for the first time.
Other titles he has worked on include Mystique and Sabretooth (1996), Alpha Flight (1997) and What If? (1997) at Marvel and JLA: Paradise Lost (1998), Haven: The Broken City (2002), Green Lantern (2003) and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (2006) at DC.
In 2006 he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics and launched the second volume of Punisher War Journal with writer Matt Fraction. Olivetti did art on the first ten numbers. Other work for Marvel includes the Cable (vol. 2) ongoing series that debuted in March 2008, and more recently, Incredible Hulk, and Namor (vol. 3).
Throughout his career Olivetti has worked in different mediums, including black and white, digital color, acrylics and oils. Olivetti himself declared having been influenced by artists like Richard Corben, Simon Bisley and his fellow countryman Mauro Cascioli
Bibliography
Comics work (interior pencils/painting art) includes:
DC
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #207-211 (along with Mauro Cascioli, 2006)
- DCU: Brave New World #1 (among other artists) (2006)
- Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists) (1999)
- Flash, vol. 2, 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists) (1998)
- G.I. Combat, vol. 2, #1 (2012)
- Haven The Broken City, miniseries, #1-9 (2002)
- JLA (Martian Manhunter) Annual #1 (1997)
- JLA:
- Paradise Lost, miniseries, #1-3 (1998)
- Primeval (1999)
- JLA/Haven:
- Arrival (2002)
- Anathema (2002)
- JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists) (2000)
- The Kingdom, 2-part miniseries, #1 (1999)
- Lobo #63-64 (1999)
- Martian Manhunter Annual #1 (1998)
- Space Ghost, miniseries, #1-6 (2005)
- Superman, vol. 2, #179 (2002)
- Superman Returns Prequel, 4-part miniseries, #1 (2006)
- Superman Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2006)
DC and Dark Horse
- Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predators, miniseries, #1-2 (2007)
Marvel
- Alpha Flight, vol. 2, #11 (1997)
- Cable, vol. 2, #1-15 (2008â€"09)
- Daredevil (full art): #369, 371-372, 374; (among other artists): #375 (1997â€"98)
- Hercules: Fall of an Avenger, miniseries, #1-2 (2010)
- Incredible Hulk #601-605 (2009â€"10)
- Iron Man 2.0 #4-5, 8 (2011)
- Last Avengers Story, miniseries, #1-2 (1995)
- Mystique and Sabretooth, miniseries, #1-4 (1996â€"97)
- Namor, vol. 3, #1-3, 5 (2010-11)
- Punisher War Journal, vol. 2, #1-3, 5-10 (2007)
- Thor: Heaven & Earth, miniseries, #1 (2011)
- Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Man, one-shot (among other artists) (2007)
- What If? #88 (1996)
- X-Men: Declassified #1 (among other artists) (2000)
- X-Men Unlimited #12 (along with Steve Epting) (1996)
- X-Man #38 (with ChrisCross); #63, 66-73 (2000â€"01)
- X-Force #107 (2000)
- X-Factor, vol. 2, #7 (2006)
Other publishers
- Conan and the People of the Black Circle (miniseries) #1- (2013-)
- El Cazador de Aventuras #1-65 (gone along with Jorge Lucas, Mauro Cascioli and Claudio RamÃrez) (Ediciones de la Urraca - Argentina, 1992â€"99)
- Fierro
References
External links
- Official website
- Ariel Olivetti at the Comic Book DB
- Olivetti's Yahoo fan club (Spanish)
