Werther Dell'Edera explained

Werther Dell'Edera
Birth Place:Bari, Italy
Occupation:comic book artist
Years Active:2003-present
Notable Works:Something Is Killing the Children

Wether Dell'Edera is an Italian comic book artist who is best known for Something Is Killing the Children, which he provided art for and co-created, and its spinoffs House of Slaughter and Book of Butcher.[1] [2]

Biography

Wether Dell'Edera was born in Bari, Italy in 1975. He currently lives in Rome, Italy.[3] After finishing high school in Bari, he decided that university did not interest him and chose to move to Rome to attend the Roman School of Comics.[4] His first job in the comics industry was in 2003 working as a draftsman on Road's End, published by Magic Press. Followed by working for Eura Editorial on projects Detective Dante and John Doe.[5] He then started working with American publishers his first being Vertigo working on Loveless, then Dark Entries. He has also worked with Marvel Comics on many occasions, his main comic being Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business. They have collaborated with Sergio Bonelli Editore creating comics; Orfani, Dylan Dog, and Le Storie. He worked with Tiziano Sclavi creating The Voices of Water in 2019.[6] In 2019 he co-created Something Is Killing the Children with James Tynion IV published by BOOM! Studios.

Bibliography

Work Year Role
Road's End2003Draftsman
Detective Dante2005-2007Drawings
John Doe2006-2008Drawings
Loveless2005-2008Illustrator
Punisher War Journal Annual[7] 2008Penciller
X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog[8] 2008Penciller
Dark Entries2009Illustrator
Orfani[9] 2013-2018Illustrator
G.I. Joe

The Cobra Files[10]

2013-2014Illustrator
Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business[11] 2014Illustrator
Le Storie #49[12] 2016Drawings
Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie2017Illustrator
Briggs Land (Vol 2)2018Illustrator
The Crow

Momento Mori[13]

2018Illustrator
Something Is Killing the Children2019-PresentCo-Creator; Illustrator
Aliens

Colonial Marines - Rising Threat (cancelled)

2019-2020 (planned)Illustrator
Batman/Dylan Dog[14] 2019, 2023Illustrator
Razorblades[15] 2020Illustrator (Guest?)
He Who Fights With Monsters[16] 2021Illustrator
House of Slaughter2022-PresentCo-Creator; Illustrator
The Voices of Water2022Illustrator
Bloodborne

The Bleak Dominion

2023Cover Artist (#1 Issue)
Knight Terrors Flash2023Cover Artist
Book of Butcher2023-PresentIllustrator
The Flash #620241:25 Variant Cover

Awards

YearOrganizationWorkAwardResult
2018Treviso Comic Book Festival[17] The Crow: Memento MoriBest Italian Cover Artist
2019Etna Comics[18] Not ApplicableBest Italian Designer
2020Eisner AwardsSomething Is Killing the ChildrenBest New Series
2020Harvey AwardsSomething Is Killing the ChildrenBook of the Year
2021Lucca Comics & Games[19] Something Is Killing the ChildrenBest Design
2022Eisner AwardsSomething Is Killing the ChildrenBest Continuing Series
2022Ringo AwardsSomething Is Killing the ChildrenBest Series
2022Ringo AwardsSomething Is Killing the ChildrenBest Single Issue (#20)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Werther dell'Edera's Flowpage .
  2. Web site: 2023-11-22 . BOOK OF BUTCHER #1 First Look . 2023-12-05 . BOOM! Studios . en-US.
  3. Web site: Clark . Travis . Inside a day in the life of an award-winning comic-book artist, whose indie hit is being adapted into a Netflix series . 2023-12-03 . Business Insider . en-US.
  4. Web site: Maglione . Fabio . 2008-05-19 . Werther Dell'Edera: Vertigo Made in Italy 1° parte - Comicus . 2023-12-05 . www.comicus.it . it-it.
  5. Web site: Antonio . 2014-07-19 . 20 anni di Marvel Italia: Werther Dell'Edera • Sbam! Comics . 2023-12-05 . Sbam! Comics . it-IT.
  6. Book: Sclavi . Tiziano . Voices of Water . Dell'Edera . Werther . 2022-11-22 . Ablaze, LLC . 978-1-68497-019-3 . en.
  7. Web site: Punisher War Journal Annual (2008) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel .
  8. Web site: X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog (2008) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel .
  9. Web site: 2013-11-21 . Orfani, a ottobre la nuova mini serie a fumetti della Bonelli - Panorama . 2023-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131121012835/http://cultura.panorama.it/fumetti/orfani-fumetti-sergio-bonelli-editore . 2013-11-21 .
  10. Web site: Werther dell'edera (Something is Killing the Children) . 13 January 2021 .
  11. Book: Waid . Mark . Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business . Robinson . James . 2014-07-16 . Marvel Entertainment . 978-1-302-37758-8 . en.
  12. Web site: Golem . 2023-12-05 . shop.sergiobonelli.it . it.
  13. Web site: werther dell'edera - Comic Artist - The Most Popular Comic Art by werther dell'edera . 2023-11-27 . www.comicartfans.com.
  14. Web site: Batman/Dylan Dog by Werther dell'Edera is Published This Month . 8 June 2023 .
  15. Web site: IV . James Tynion . 2020-07-30 . 18: Razorblades: The Horror Magazine . 2023-11-26 . The Empire of the Tiny Onion.
  16. Web site: Browne . Wendy . 2021-09-15 . INTERVIEW: Francesco Artibani and Werther Dell'Edera Bring Us He Who Fights With Monsters . 2023-11-26 . WWAC . en-US.
  17. Web site: Bianchi . Emanuele . 2018-10-01 . Treviso Comic Book Festival 2018: tutti i vincitori dei Premi Boscarato . 2023-12-05 . Lega Nerd . it-IT.
  18. Web site: Comicus . Redazione . 2019-06-09 . Etna Comics: i vincitori del Premio Coco 2019 - Comicus . 2023-12-05 . www.comicus.it . it-it.
  19. Web site: 2023-06-10 . Palmares - Lucca Comics Awards . 2023-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610030904/https://luccacomicsawards.com/palmares/ . 2023-06-10 .