Werther Dell'Edera
{{Short description|Italian comic book artist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Werther Dell'Edera
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}
| occupation = comic book artist
| years_active = 2003-present
| notable_works = Something Is Killing the Children
}}
Werther 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 spin-offs House of Slaughter and Book of Butcher.{{cite web | url=https://www.flowcode.com/page/wertherdelledera | title=Werther dell'Edera's Flowpage }}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title=BOOK OF BUTCHER #1 First Look |url=https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/book-of-butcher-1-first-look/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=BOOM! Studios |language=en-US}}
Biography
Werther Dell'Edera was born in Bari, Italy in 1975. He currently lives in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Travis |title=Inside a day in the life of an award-winning comic-book artist, whose indie hit is being adapted into a Netflix series |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/comic-artist-drawing-process-something-is-killing-the-children-creator-2022-11 |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Maglione |first=Fabio |date=2008-05-19 |title=Werther Dell'Edera: Vertigo Made in Italy 1° parte - Comicus |url=https://www.comicus.it/index.php/component/k2/item/46289-werther-dell%27edera-vertigo-made-in-italy-1-parte |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.comicus.it |language=it-it}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Antonio |date=2014-07-19 |title=20 anni di Marvel Italia: Werther Dell'Edera • Sbam! Comics |url=https://sbamcomics.it/blog/2014/07/20/werther-dell-edera/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Sbam! Comics |language=it-IT}} 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.{{Cite book |last1=Sclavi |first1=Tiziano |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5T3DzgEACAAJ |title=Voices of Water |last2=Dell'Edera |first2=Werther |date=2022-11-22 |publisher=Ablaze, LLC |isbn=978-1-68497-019-3 |language=en}} In 2019 he co-created Something Is Killing the Children with James Tynion IV published by BOOM! Studios.
Bibliography
Awards
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Organization !Work !Award !Result |
| 2018
|The Crow: Memento Mori |Best Italian Cover Artist |{{win}} |
| 2019
|Not Applicable |Best Italian Designer |{{win}} |
| 2020
|Something Is Killing the Children |Best New Series |{{nom}} |
| 2020
|Something Is Killing the Children |Book of the Year |{{nom}} |
| 2021
|Lucca Comics & Games{{Cite web |date=2023-06-10 |title=Palmares - Lucca Comics Awards |url=https://luccacomicsawards.com/palmares/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610030904/https://luccacomicsawards.com/palmares/ |archive-date=2023-06-10 }} |Something Is Killing the Children |Best Design |{{win}} |
| 2022
|Something Is Killing the Children |Best Continuing Series |{{win}} |
| 2022
|Something Is Killing the Children |Best Series |{{win}} |
| 2022
|Something Is Killing the Children |Best Single Issue (#20) |{{win}} |