Sara Pichelli

Sara Pichelli (born 15 April 1983) is an Italian comics artist best known for co-creating and first illustrating the Miles Morales version of Ultimate Spider-Man.

After having worked on several Marvel titles, such as Namora, Pichelli was hired as the main artist on the second volume of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, which premiered in September 2011.

[1] Pichelli started working for Marvel Comics in 2008[2] with the limited series NYX: No Way Home,[4][5] followed by a brief run on Runaways with writer Kathryn Immonen in 2009.

[7] Pichelli provided art for one storyline in the I Am An Avenger anthology series, which ran from 2010 to 2011,[1] then joined the team working on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man starting with the October 2010 issue #15.

[5][9] Pichelli took on regular art duties on the relaunched Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man with Morales as the protagonist, starting in September 2011.

Pichelli won a 2011 Eagle Award for Favorite Newcomer Artist,[14] over fellow nominees Rafael Albuquerque, Fiona Staples, Sean Murphy and Bryan Lee O'Malley.

[15] Marvel Comics senior editor Mark Paniccia said of Pichelli: "Every time I see new pages from Sara she continues to grow as an artist.

Pichelli sketching at the New York Comic Con