Fabio Celoni

Fabio Celoni (Sesto San Giovanni, 1971) is a comic book artist and scriptwriter, illustrator, painter and writer. He has been collaborating with various Italian and foreign publishing houses since 1989.

He began collaborating with The Walt Disney Company in 1990 for “Topolino”, and subsequently for many other Disney comic book and book titles (“PK New Adventure”, “PK2”, “Paperinik”, “L’Economia di Zio Paperone”, “Paperfantasy”, etc.) as an artist, scriptwriter and cover artist. He was the official cover artist for “Paperinik” for several years.

Since 2000 he has been on the staff of “Dylan Dog” (Sergio Bonelli Editore), as an artist and scriptwriter, and subsequently collaborated with “Dampyr” and “Brad Barron”, for which he graphically created the protagonist and the covers.

He is one of the few Italian illustrators able to juggle humorous, realistic and grotesque drawing styles, using traditional tools (brush, pen), mixed painting styles (tempera, pastels, watercolors etc.) and digital techniques.

For Disney/Panini he has drawn parodies of literary classics, such as "Dracula by Bram Topker", "The Strange Case of Dr. Ratkyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Duckenstein by Mary Shelduck", published all over the world. His first Disney story as a complete author ("The Fate of Scrooge") was a great success.

He wrote and illustrated the gothic novel "Gli abitanti dell’Ombra Effimera" (Ponchiroli Ed.), the historical/esoteric essay "Milano, esoterismo e mistero" (Ed. Olimpia), the essay "I figli di Tolkien" for the catalog of the exhibition "Tolkien. Uomo, professore, autore” edited by the Italian Ministry of Culture (Ed. Skira), the essay “Lucifer, the shadow and the light” for “Suspiria: the heretic” (Annexia), the horror story “Color grigio sangue” (Morellini) and the fantasy/Sci-fi story “Anselmo sotto la pioggia” (Milena ed.)

He created the “SmartComiX” with his publishing house Cerny Klaun, in Prague, with some of the greatest Italian cartoonists.

He co-created the comic series "Nemrod - I cacciatori della Bestia 666", "Nemrod - Armageddon", "Nemrod - La Grande caccia", and "San Michele - i Sigilli della folgore", published with Edizioni Star Comics.

For Panini Comics he created the award-winning comic book adaptation of the “lost” film by Totó, “L’erede di Don Chisciotte”, based on a 1948 story by Cesare Zavattini and other authors, taking care of the screenplay, drawings and colors.

He created the Disney Author Playing Cards (2021) and the Disney Author Medals (2024), both for Panini Comics.

He has published with Walt Disney Company, Panini Comics, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Glénat, Dark Horse, Buena Vista, Mondadori, Piemme, Feltrinelli, Rizzoli, De Agostini, Glènat, 001 Edizioni, Star Comics Edizioni, Heavy Metal, Cerny Klaun, Labirinthum, Eclecta, Acme, Ponchiroli Edizioni, Editoriale Olimpia, Milena Edizioni, Scuola del Fumetto Edizioni, Skira, Morellini Editore, Annexia, ShockDom.

In 2024 he created and registered his independent publishing label Labirinthum, inaugurated with a book of fairy tales written and illustrated by him: “Le favole di Elsa – sette favole per mia madre”, whose entire proceeds are donated exclusively to charity.

He has exhibited his works in over 50 Italian and international exhibitions, both personal and collective. He has held lessons and conferences on comics, art and alchemy, in Italy and abroad. He received the Jacovitti Lifetime Achievement Award "Jac d'Oro", the "Attilio Micheluzzi" Award, the "Coco" Award, the "U Giancu" Award, the "Fumetto nella Gerla" Award, the "Lorenzo Bartoli" Award, two "BergamOscars", eight "Papersera" Awards, the "Ayaaak!" Award, the "Fumo di China" Award and numerous other awards.