GIANLUCA      UGLIOTTA

Comic artist, illustrator, sculptor and musician, he has worked for the most important and prestigious publishing houses in Italy and abroad. His first foray into the world of comics came as a self-taught artist when he entered the national “Pietro Miccia” competition organised as part of Torino Comics, where, thanks to a short story on the superhero theme, he was shortlisted as a finalist. From there, he first worked for  Cronaca di Topolina  on the fantasy series “Avalonia” and subsequently on the noir series “Avatar”. He then published for Eura Editoriale in the weekly Lanciostory with a story by Diego Cajelli. In the same year, he published the space opera “Jek Vans”, released in Italy by Brand New (Free-Books) and in France by the publisher Clair De Lune. He subsequently began collaborating with Panini Comics, first on the “X-Campus” project, a reimagining of the “mutant icons” from the Red Whale studio, and then on the comic series “Cronache Del Mondo Emerso”, set in the fantasy universe created by the writer Licia Troisi and scripted by Roberto Recchioni. In early 2009, he entered the American market, having produced hundreds of pages to date for leading publishers, including Marvel Comics, for whom he created the miniseries “Dark Reign: Mister Negative”, written by Fred Van Lente, and where he was responsible for the graphic redesign of several characters, including White Rabbit. He subsequently worked on the acclaimed series “Secret Warriors”, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman, and later created the series dedicated to Black Panther, “Klaws of the Panther”, written by Jonathan Maberry. In 2010, he also worked for IDW on the mini-series “G.I. Joe: Operation Hiss”, written by Brian Reed. In 2011, he joined DC Comics for the “Flashpoint” event, working on the series “Lois Lane & the Resistance”, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Also for DC Comics, from September 2011, he became one of 52 artists selected worldwide for the publisher’s reboot, “The New 52”, working on the regular series “Mr. Terrific”, written by Eric Wallace, where he was also the character designer for Brainstorm, aka Dominic Lanse, who subsequently appeared in various DC Comics stories and TV series such as Flash. Since 2012, he has also been working in parallel for Sergio Bonelli Editore, initially on the regular series “Saguaro”, before joining the official creative team of the fantasy series “Dragonero”, for which he has so far illustrated the story “The Tale of Yannah” featured in issue 24, “Across the Erondàr”, the first episode of the 2015 Magazine, issue 39 “Tagliatrice Crudele”, the 2018 annual special “La muraglia dei Troll”, and issue 9 of the new cycle “Scacco alla torre”. Since 2015, he has also been working on a regular basis  with the American publisher Upper Deck, creating many superhero-themed illustrations, such as for Marvel Flair. Since 2016, he has returned to work for Panini Comics, first creating a fantasy story as a teaser for the game “Afterworld” presented at San Diego Comic-Con, and subsequently on the series “Angie digitwin”, a new comic  published by Panini Comics in collaboration with TIM. In 2018, he also collaborated with Aftershock Comics as a cover artist, creating the variant cover for the first issue of the series “Her Infernal Descent”.  At the same time, he is also under contract with two major French publishers,  Glènat and Soleil. For Glènat, he published a lengthy graphic novel entitled “Coeurs Gelés”, which forms part of the successful Flesh & Bones series, also reprinted in Italy by Editoriale Cosmo, whilst for Soleil, he has the honour of leading the way with the first volume of the new series “Les Maîtres Assassins”. Also for Soleil, he has created a volume within the acclaimed “Orcs et Gobelins” series. Since 2023, he has also been working with the French publisher Oxymore Editions, for whom he created the second volume of the new historical series “Titans”, and at the same time he is collaborating with Whanot Publishing, creating the variant cover for the “Crashdown” series. Since 2024, he has been under contract with Boom Studios as a cover artist, creating all the covers for the latest instalment of the acclaimed series “Amory Wars”. In 2025, he is once again working for Editions Soleil on a new instalment of the “Terres D’Ogon” series. In 2026, he has the honour of creating an exclusive variant cover for Panini Comics/DC Comics on “Batman #1”, released as a limited edition to mark the relaunch of the new series during Napoli Comicon. Also in 2026, he began working as a cover artist for Rippaverse Comics on titles such as “Smuggler’s Stich”, “Dirty Deeds” and “Santwan”.  In the field of illustration, he has created a series of illustrations for the cards in “Diablo: The Sanctuary Tarot Deck and Guidebook” for Blizzard Entertainment, a global video game giant, and, in parallel, has produced several illustrations for Marvel Comics as part of the “MarvelSnap” event. In 2023–24, he had the honour of creating two posters for the tour of the hugely popular rock band Coheed & Cambria. Previously, he contributed to the graphic design of the “Yonamba” project, a numerology app for iPhone and iPad distributed worldwide, for which he produced 20 illustrations related to numerology. In 2012, he created the cover for the international medical-scientific journal “RNA Biology”. He was also among the artists selected for an exhibition at the Milan Comics Museum, marking the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spider-Man legend. Meanwhile, he is also active in the film industry as a storyboard artist for adverts, short films and feature films. Among these, he created the storyboards for the film “Mala Vita” by director Angelo Licata, a RAI production nominated for the Nastri d’Argento awards and which won numerous prizes, including a special mention from the National Union of Italian Film Journalists. 

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