Professional Profile
Alessandro Buffa is an Italian comic book artist, illustrator, and digital colorist. Over a decade of freelance experience has seen him collaborate with prestigious European and American publishers. He specializes in digital painting, sequential art, and visual storytelling, with a strong artistic focus on dark fantasy, mythic lore, and cinematic character design.
Education & Formative Years
- Professional Diploma in Comics and Illustration – Scuola del Fumetto di Palermo (Palermo School of Comics).
- 2011 – Present: Active as a professional freelance artist for domestic and international markets.
Selected Comic Book & Editorial Works
🖋️ As Lead Penciler & Illustrator
- 2019 | Charlie Chaplin – Il funambolo (Edizioni NPE)
Lead artist for the acclaimed biographical graphic novel written by Emiliano Barletta, capturing the dramatic filmmaking years of Charlie Chaplin. - 2013 | Touch & Splat (Edizioni Il Foglio / Electric Sheep Comics)
Debut graphic novel as sole illustrator, based on a pulp-western story by Alessandro Cascio, featuring a foreword by legendary screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi. - Various Years | Short Stories for Alta Nox
Contributed interior comic pages and illustrations for the independent sci-art and cultural magazine.
🎨 As Digital Colorist (International & Mainstream Markets)
- 2021 | Le Sarde (Glénat)
Color artist for the gritty franco-belgian crime/polar graphic novel set in Lyon. Written by Loulou Dédola with pencils by Lelio Bonaccorso. - 2020 | Justice League – City Edition #1 (Variant Cover) (Panini DC Italy)
Colorist for the official DC Comics Italian exclusive variant cover, illustrated by Lelio Bonaccorso. - 2018 | Le Père Turc : À la recherche de Mustafa Kemal (Glénat)
Historical biographical graphic novel for the French market. Written by Loulou Dédola, lines by Lelio Bonaccorso, colors by Alessandro Buffa and Stefania Aquaro. - 2017 | Robotech (Titan Comics)
Colorist for the UK/US comic adaptation of the iconic sci-fi anime franchise. - 2017 | Monster Isle (Absolute Comics Group)
Colorist for the US indie series written by G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama and penciled by Aurelio Mazzara. - 2016 | Ken Parker a Colori (Mondadori Comics)
Colorist for the remastered, full-color edition of the historic Italian western masterpiece by Berardi and Milazzo (via Grafimated Cartoon). - 2016 | Skylanders (IDW Publishing)
Color artist for the US comic book adaptation of Activision’s hit video game franchise (via Grafimated Cartoon). - 2016 | Le Ranch (Teleimages)
Colorist for the official comic books based on the popular French animated television series (via Grafimated Cartoon). - 2015 | No Words (RandO Comics)
Contributed as colorist to the international silent-comic anthology curated by Marvel artist Marco Turini, collaborating with penciler Francesco Gerbino. - 2013 | Infinites (#6 & #7) (Heroic Publishing)
Colorist for the US independent superhero series, working on pencils by Francesco Gerbino.
🎮 Game Development & Background Art
- 2020 – Present | 2D Artist & Creature Designer – 6thBase Studio (Prague, Czechia)
Core artist for the long-term cyberpunk/anime deckbuilding game “Neostesia2200”. Responsible for comprehensive visual development, including character concepts, card illustrations, environmental backgrounds, UI design, and worldbuilding aesthetics. - 2020 – 2021 | 2D Illustrator & Visual Novel Artist – SkyNetwork s.r.o. (Prague, Czechia)
Contributed to digital assets, environments, and character art for interactive Visual Novels and Unity game prototypes under studio creative direction. - 2014 | Background Artist: Nicolas Eymerich, Inquisitore – Book II: The Village – TiconBlu
Illustrated and rendered the atmospheric, dark medieval 2D backgrounds and environmental digital paintings for the acclaimed point-and-click adventure game based on Valerio Evangelisti’s novels. - 2014 | 2D Background Artist: Black Viper: Sophia’s Fate – TiconBlu
Designed and painted the side-scrolling environmental stages and digital gaming levels for the action-adventure title.
🎨 Cross-Media, Exhibitions & Illustrated Fiction
- 2020 | Lo gnomo dipinto & Il Natale dei balocchi
Lead illustrator for independent children’s fiction and illustrated fairy tales written by Paolo Massimiliano Paterna. - 2018 | Che Guevara “Tú y Todos“ (International Exhibition)
Concept and narrative illustrator (alongside F. Gerbino and M. Esposito) for the massive, award-winning multimedia traveling exhibition produced by Simmetrico Srl.
