Latest Comic Guest Announcement - ARIEL OLIVETTI

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Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Ariel Olivetti

Artist: Venom: Space Knight; Cable; Punisher War Journal; JLA/Haven; Superman and Batman vs Aliens and Predator

AFTER studying graphic design, Ariel Olivetti kicked of his career producing covers for Fierro magazine in his native Argentina but soon moved on to Deux Studios, where he contributed to the first two issues of El Cazador, an Argentinean comic for adults.

Two years later he made his US debut at Marvel for which he painted both issues of 1995's The Last Avengers Story while also establishing himself as a cover artist. The following year he illustrated the Sabretooth and Mystique four-parter, which he followed with a 1997 issue of Jaguar God for Verotik, What If... ? #-1 and a fill-in on Lobo (his first significant work for DC) before moving on to five issues of Daredevil alongside which he also drew the three-issues of 1998's JLA: Paradise Lost for DC.

After that the Argentinean artist produced a bevy of fill-ins and one-offs (among them Silver Surfer #½ and the 1999 first issue of DC's The Kingdom) as well as contributions to various anthologies before illustrating JLA: Primeval, a 1999 DC one-shot. Then, in 2000, he drew an 11-issue run on Marvel's X-Man and two years later DC's JLA/Haven: Arrival one-shot.

That led into the nine issues of Haven: The Broken City with the JLA/Haven: Anathema one-shot wrapping up the story in 2002. From then until 2005, when he illustrated DC's Space Ghost six-parter, Olivetti's focus was primarily on covers although he did still produce the occasional fill-in.

The artist next worked on a five-issue run on Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight in 2006 and both issues of Superman and Batman vs Aliens and Predator the following year. He then signed exclusively to Marvel for which he relaunched Punisher War Journal, which premiered simultaneously with his final DC project.

After drawing all but two of the first 12 issues of that Marvel title Olivetti moved on to relaunch another of the House of Ideas' comics in 2008. Illustrating the first 15 issues of Cable took the Argentinean into 2009 at which point he moved on to a five-issue run on Incredible Hulk.

Next came the two issues of 2010's Hercules: Fall of an Avenger and then the launch of Namor: The First Mutant for which he drew six of the first seven issues. A nine-issue involvement with Iron Man 2.0 followed in 2011 after which Olivetti moved back to DC to work on the first four issues of DC's 2012 G.I. Combat relaunch.

The Argentinean artist's first work for Dark Horse came in 2013, when he illustrated the Conan and the People of the Black Circle four-parter. The following year he made his Image debut with the first three issues of the One-Hit Wonder five-parter before returning to Dark Horse for the four issues of Aliens vs Predator: Fire and Stone.

Still much in demand for his covers, Olivetti is once again back at Marvel where he is the regular artist on the recently launched Venom: Space Knight.