Onofrio Catacchio

Onofrio Catacchio is an Italian comic book author. He made his debut in 1987 in Frigidaire, creating Stella Rossa, the adventures of the cosmonaut Gregory Vostok published in cult magazines such as Fuego and Nova Express, later collected in volumes by Granata Press and Kappa Edizioni, and brought back into the spotlight on the Alias Comics supplement of the newspaper Il manifesto.

He was part of the drawing team for Nathan Never at Sergio Bonelli Editore, drew Mercurio Loi, and wrote and illustrated La Mano Nera (dedicated to detective Joe Petrosino), as well as scripting Progenie d'inferno.

In 2010, he worked for Marvel on flagship titles from the mutant universe and Wolverine-related characters, such as the Dark Wolverine series (alongside Giuseppe Camuncoli and Marjorie Liu).

He authored the comic book adaptations of Carlo Lucarelli's Inspector Coliandro short stories and La ballata del Corazza with texts by Wu Ming 2. His works also include Pollock Confidential for Centauria Libri and the graphic novel adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Lo scudo di Talos (published by Mondadori Oscar Ink).

Among his most significant milestones is his work in the Franco-Belgian market, providing artwork for the Harry Dickson series published by Dupuis (written by Doug Headline and Luana Vergari).

He publishes his cartoons in the Matite Blu column on the online weekly magazine Giornale Pop.

He teaches Comic Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.