Enrico Marini

Enrico Marini, an Italian national, was born in Switzerland, where he studied graphic design for four years at the Basel School of Fine Arts. His artistic style was influenced by American comics, fumetti, and manga, and he admired creators such as Hermann, Jordi Bernet, Milton Caniff, Alfonso Font, Giraud, and Otomo. His career began in 1987 at the Sierre Comic Book Festival, where he competed in the new talent category. He quickly caught the attention of the industry and was entrusted with his first series, Olivier Varèse, based on a script by Thierry Smolderen, published by Alpen Publishers. In 1992, Marini and Smolderen shifted gears and created Gipsy, a true flesh-and-blood hero. Marini then ventured into the world of vampires alongside Jean Dufaux with Rapaces (Raptors), the first volume of which was published in 1998. With Stephen Desberg, he fulfilled a childhood dream of drawing a Western and published the first volume of L'Etoile du Désert (The Star of the Desert) in 1996. Four years later, this collaboration also gave rise to Le Scorpion (The Scorpio), an epic swashbuckling saga. Since 2007, Marini has been bringing antiquity to life with Les Aigles de Rome (The Eagles of Rome). In 2017, he took on a new challenge: giving Batman his first adventure illustrated by a Franco-Belgian comic artist. Published by Dargaud in collaboration with DC Comics, the two-part series dedicated to the Dark Knight, titled Batman: The Dark Prince Charming, concluded in June 2018. 

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