Davide Fabbri

Davide Fabbri
Davide Fabbri at Albissola Comics 2014
Nationality	Italian
Area(s)	Penciller
Notable works	Victorian Undead, Star Wars and Starship Troopers
Awards	Nominee for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards in 2010 (for Victorian Undead)

Davide Fabbri is a comic book artist. He has worked mainly for Dark Horse Comics on various Star Wars series. Also worked for Dynamite and recently for DC Comics.^[1] In 2010, he worked on Victorian Undead, written by Ian Edginton for Wildstorm. This series pitted Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson against a legion of undead zombies. It was nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards in 2010.^[2]

"Being a fan of science fiction, and doing my work almost entirely abroad, I found it enjoyable the idea of returning from Italian readers with a publication of this kind".Davide Fabbri talking to 'Marcello "Mars" During' about 'Kepher', an Italian comic series he illustrated all the covers for, published by Star Comics in 2012.^[3]

Published work

Writer

• 9-11: Artists Respond, Volume One (2002)

Penciller and Inker

• Batman: Arkham Unhinged #15 (for DC Comics) Jun 12 2013 Written by ^[4]
• Operation Overlord #1-4 (2014-2015) #1 Written by Michaël Le Galli, #2-4 Written by Bruno Falba (for Glénat (publisher))

Penciller

• Mutant Chronicles Golgotha #1-4 (1996 Acclaim Comics Written by William King )^[5]
• Mutant Chronicles Sourcebook (1996 was #5 of the above series for Acclaim Comics)
• Starship Troopers: Insect Touch #2-3 (1997 with co-writer Warren Ellis with art by Davide and Paolo Parente for Dark Horse Comics (collected in Starship Troopers 1998, ISBN 1-56971-314-6)
• Starship Troopers: Dominant Species #1-4 (1998 for Dark Horse Comics Written by Jan Strnad)^[6]
• Starship Troopers (1998 a collected trade paperback of above ISBN 978-1569713143)
• Star Wars Vol 5,7,28,29,30,31 and 36-41 (1998 for Dark Horse Comics)
• Star Wars (1999 for Dark Horse Comics #36,37,40,42,46 and 47)
• Star Wars Sonderband #10 (1999 for Dark Horse Comics Written by Randy Stradley)
• Star Wars Tales #5 and #17 (1999 for Dark Horse Comics)
• Xena: Warrior Princess Blood and Shadows (1999) for Dark Horse Comics written by John Wagner with pencils by Davide and Mike Deodato, A trade paperback collects Xena #7-10, 2001, ISBN 1-56971-521-1)
• Star Wars: Jedi Council: Acts of War #1-4 (2000 for Dark Horse Comics Written by Randy Stradley - Collected into a Trade paperback ISBN 978-1840232868)
• Planet of the Apes (Movie Adaptation) (2001 for Dark Horse Comics Written by Scott Allie)
• Star Wars: Empire #3-6, 16-18 and 36-40 (2002 for Dark Horse Comics)
• Star Wars: Infinities - The Empire Strikes Back #1-4 (2002 for Dark Horse Comics - Collected into a Trade paperback ASIN: B00BHM8B7Y)
• 9-11 Respond, Volume One (2002)
• Star Wars Omnibus #8,10 and 17 (2006 for Dark Horse Comics)
• Aliens vs. Predator: Sand Trap (2007) (for Dark Horse Comics Written by Mike Kennedy)
• Paolo Parente's Dust (2007 for Image Comics #1 (with others) ISBN 978-1582409535)
• Jusqu'au Dernier (Star Wars Rébellion, Vol 1 'Until the last') Published 2007 by Delcourt Written by Welles Hartley ISBN 9782756008165)
• Brothers in Arms #1-4 (2008 Gearbox Software and Dynamite Entertainment Written by Mike Neumann, Davide helped with plotting)^[7]
• Star Wars: Luke Skywalker: The Last Hope for the Galaxy (2008 for Dark Horse a Trade paperback of various Star Wars comics ISBN 978-1595821515)
• Red Faction: Guerrilla Book #1 A Fire On Mars (2009 for Wildstorm Comics Written by ^[8]
• Star Wars: Halloween Special 2009 "Planet of the Dead" (2009 for Dark Horse Written by Steve Niles It reprints Star Wars #17 and was a give-away issue)
• Dust Wars #1-3 (2010 for Dynamite Comics Written by Christopher Morrison)
• Victorian Undead #1-6 (2010 for Wildstorm Written by Ian EdgintonTrade Papeback - ISBN 978-1401228408)
• Victorian Undead II: Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula #1-5 (2011 for Wildstorm Written by Ian Edginton Trade Papeback - ISBN 978-1401232689)
• Aliens: Colonial Marines - 'No Man Left Behind' (2012 for Dark Horse Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Davide and others provided Pin-up art to this freebie given away at San Diego Comic-Con 2012)
• Free Comic Book Day - Serenity/Star Wars (2012 for Dark Horse Comics Written by Zack Whedon )^[9]
• Star Wars: Agent Of The Empire - Hard Targets (2012 for Dark Horse Comics Written by John Ostrander, Haden Blackman, Jeremy Barlow, Chuck Dixon^[10]

Inker

• Starship Troopers: Insect Touch (1997)
• Starship Troopers (1998)
• Starship Troopers: Dominant Species (1998)
• SpyBoy (1999)
• 9-11 (2002)
• Brothers in Arms (2008)
• Victorian Undead (2010)
• Victorian Undead II (2011)
• Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011)
• Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2012)
• Star Wars: Agent Of The Empire - Hard Targets (2012)

Colorist

• Starship Troopers: Insect Touch (1997)
• Starship Troopers (1998)
• Star Wars (1999)
• Star Wars: Empire (2002)
• Star Wars: Luke Skywalker: The Last Hope for the Galaxy (2008)

Cover Artist

• Star Wars: Jedi Council: Acts of War (2000)
• Aliens vs. Predator: Sand Trap (2007)
• Brothers in Arms (2008)
• Kepher (2011) Star Comics (#1-8 written by Roberto Cardinal and Stefano Nocilli)

^[11]

• Operation Overlord (2014-2015) Glénat (publisher) (#1 Written by Michaël Le Galli, #2-4 written by Bruno Falba)

Other Work

• Provided art for Orzowei graphic novelisation by Alberto Manzi in June 1984.^[12]
• Provided art for Asimov's Science Fiction magazine #2 - 18 (1994)^[13]
• Provided the Italian cover for The Crack in Space novel by Philip K. Dick in 1995.^[14]
• Provided art for the cover of Niccolò Ammaniti's book Fa un po' male(It's a little bad) on 1 June 2004 by Giulio Einaudi ISBN 9788806168155.^[15]
• Provided pecilled art for Lord of the Rings Masterpieces (sketch cards) - Topps (2006) ^[16]
• Provided pencilled art for Star Wars Heritage sketch cards (2004) ^[17]
• Provided pencilled art for Star Wars: Clone Wars sketch Cards (2004)
• Provided pencilled art for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith sketch Cards (2004)^[18]
• Provided art for Indiana Jones Masterpieces Trading Cards - Topps (2008)

References

1. "Davide Fabbri; DC Comics". dccomics.com. 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
2. Prepolec, Charles (24 February 2010). "Davide Fabbri; DC Comics". www.sherlocknews.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
3. During, Marcello (24 February 2012). "Intervista agli autori di kepher la splendida miniserie sci fi prodotta da star comics 1 parte". www.comicsblog.it. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
4. "Davide Fabbri". www.dccomics.com. 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
5. "Mutant Chronicles Golgotha (1996) comic books". www.mycomicshop.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
6. "Starship Troopers: Dominant Species (1998) comic books". www.mycomicshop.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
7. "BiA Comic Interview". www.gearboxsoftware.com. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
8. "Red Faction: Guerrilla". www.atomicavenue.com. 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
9. Manning, Shaun (21 December 2012). "Zack Whedon Flips "Star Wars" and "Serenity" for Free Comic Book Day". www.comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
10. "Preview Star Wars Agent of the Empire Hard Targets 4". www.comicosity.com. 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
11. "Kepher studies Davide Fabbri". www.comicosity.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
12. "Orzowei". www.comicosity.com. June 1984. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
13. "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (Phoneix)". www.uraniamania.com. 1994. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
14. "The Crack in Space". www.philipkdickfans.com. 1995. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
15. "Fa un po' male". www.goodreads.com. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
16. "Davide Fabbri". www.starwarssketchcards.com. 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
17. "Davide Fabbri". www.starwarssketchcards.com. 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
18. "Sketch card artists". www.starwarssketchcards.com. 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

External links

• Davide Fabbri at the Comic Book DB
• Bryan Talbot went on a tour of Italy in 2006 and met David Fabbri