Claudio Villa (comics)

Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa at Cartoomics, Milano 2007
Born	October 31, 1959 (1959-10-31) (age 52) Lomazzo, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Area(s)	artist

Claudio Villa (born October 31, 1959) is an Italian comics artist who has primarily worked with Sergio Bonelli Editore, and is currently involved in illustrating several books in the Tex Willer comic series. He has mostly drawn covers since number 400th, but sometimes also draws stories, such as Tex #501 - 504.

Early life

Villa was born in Lomazzo, Lombardy.

Career

Villa was hired by Sergio Bonelli in 1982 where he was sent to work with the staff responsible for Martin Mystère. After four episodes Villa was called to draw Bonelli's most famous character, Tex Willer. In 1986 he started drawing some covers for the Dylan Dog series, becoming the official cover illustrator until number 41, and for Nick Raider.

External links

• Claudio Villa biography at Lambiek Comiclopedia

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Name	Villa, Claudio
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Date of birth	October 31, 1959
Place of birth	Lomazzo, Italy
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