Massimo Belardinelli

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Massimo Belardinelli (5 June 1938 – March 2007) was an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD.

Bellardinelli had previously worked on a number of IPC titles and when 2000AD was being developed in 1978 he landed the plum job of drawing Dan Dare, which was to have been the feature strip of the new comic. However, Bellardinelli's vivid style and exaggeration of an established character displeased many readers, and after a year he was moved to the future sport strip Inferno (an installment of the popular Harlem Heroes series).

Series he worked on for the comic include Dan Dare, Flesh, Meltdown Man, and Sláine: he will be most affectionately remembered for Ace Trucking Co., which he co-created after requesting that writers John Wagner and Alan Grant come up with a strip featuring many different types of alien.

Represented in the UK by Studio Giolitti, he ceased UK work when that agency folded.

His work was notable for its delicate brushwork and imaginative depictions of the fantastic. Bellardinelli also hid numerous self-portraits in his strips. Many characters (and even some inanimate objects) bore a striking resemblance to their artist.

Massimo Belardinelli died in March 2007. [1]

[edit] Bibliography

Comics work includes:

  • Dan Dare (in 2000 AD #1-23, 1977)
  • MACH One (in 2000 AD #3 & 23-24, 1977)
  • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD #8, 1977)
  • Harlem Heroes:
    • Harlem Heroes (in 2000 AD #25-27, 1977)
    • Inferno (in 2000 AD #36-75, 1977-78)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bear Alley: Comic Clippings - 14 April 2007

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