Ariel Olivetti

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Ariel Olivetti (born November 15 1967 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine comic book artist and penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as "Daredevil", "X-Man", "Space Ghost" and "Punisher War Journal".

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), ' (2002), "Green Lantern" (2003) and ' (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. Ariel is currently illustrating a new Cable ongoing series that debuted in March 2008. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11793]

Throughout his career Olivetti has worked in different mediums, including black and white, digital color, acrylics and oils.

Comics bibliography

*1995
**'The Last Avengers Story "(2-part novel) #1-2
*1996
**"Mystique and Sabretooth" (miniseries) #1-4
**"X-Men Unlimited "#12
*"*What If? "#88
*1997
**"What If?" #-1
**"Daredevil" #369
*1998
**"Daredevil "#371, 372, 374, 375
**"Alpha Flight "#11
**"X-Man "#38
**"JLA: Paradise Lost "(miniseries) #1-3
**"Martian Manhunter Annual "#1
**"Flash "80-Page Giant #1
*1999
**"The Kingdom "#1
**"Lobo "#63-64
**"Elseworlds "80-Page Giant #1
**"JLA: Primeval"
*2000
**"JLA Showcase "80-Page Giant #1
**"X-Man '#63-70
**"X-Force "#107
*2001
**"X-Man" #71-73
*2002
**"Superman" #179
**"JLA/Haven: Arrival "#1
**"Haven: The Broken City "(miniseries) #1-9
*"*JLA/Haven: Anathema "#1
*2005
**"Space Ghost "(miniseries) #1-6
**"Superman Secret Files and Origins 2005"
*2006
**"Superman Returns Prequel "#1
**"Brave New World "#1
**"X-Factor "#7
**"Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight "#207-211
*2007
**"Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predators "(2-part graphic novel) #1-2
**"Punisher War Journal" vol. 2 #1-3, 4-10
*2008
**"Cable "vol. 2 #1- (ongoing)

External links

* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/olivetti_ariel.htm A short biography of Olivetti]
* [http://www.comics.org/search.lasso?type=penciller&query=olivetti&sort=alpha&Submit=Search List of Olivetti's credits at the Grand Comics Database]
* [http://www.arielolivetti.com.ar Olivetti's official web page]
* [http://ar.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ariel_Olivetti/ Olivetti's Yahoo fan club] es icon