Massimiliano Frezzato is an Italian

Italian comics

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 comic book

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 author.

Born in Turin

Turin

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, he studied art in that city and won the first Prize in the 1989 comics contest in Prato

Prato

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. In 1990 he started the series Margot, written by Jerome Charyn

Jerome Charyn

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His most famous work is I custodi del Maser (Keepers of the Maser), which appeared in 1996 and has been translated in numerous countries, including France

France

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, Belgium

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, United States

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, Germany

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 and Denmark

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Frezzato's influences include Moebius

Jean Giraud

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, Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal

Enes Bilal is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.-Biography:Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to a Slovak mother and a Bosnian father who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied...

, Tanino Liberatore

Tanino Liberatore

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, Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,...

 and Katsuhiro Ōtomo

Katsuhiro Otomo

is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was...

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English translations

Hardcover editions by Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal (magazine)

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• Keepers of the Maser Series:
  • Second Moon (52 pages, 1997, ISBN 1882931246)
  • Isle of Dwarves (64 pages, 1998, ISBN 188293136X)
  • Eye of the Sea (1999, ISBN 1882931440)
  • The Iron Tower (2000, ISBN 1882931610)
  • The Edge of the World (64 pages, 2003, ISBN 188293184X)
  • The Lost Village (52 pages, 2005, ISBN 1932413359)
  • The Young Queen (script by Massimiliano Frezzato, art by Fabio Ruotolo) (2007, ISBN 1932413717)

• Other works:
  • Frezzato Sketchbooks (46 pages, 2002, ISBN 1882931777)

Works published in Heavy Metal Magazine (including special issues)

• Longer stories:
  • Margot: Queen Of The Night (Jerome Charyn
    Jerome Charyn
    Jerome Charyn is an award-winning American author. With nearly 50 published works, Charyn has earned a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life...
    
     and Massimiliano Frezzato) (63 pages, 1995-Overdrive Special - Vol. 9 No. 1)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser (1): The Second Moon (Massimiliano Frezzato) (44 pages, 1997-March - Vol. 21 No. 1)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser 2: The Isle of Dwarves (44 pages, 1998-Spring special - Vol. 12 No. 1)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser: Kolony: The Essential Survival Guide (44 pages, 1998-Spring special - Vol. 12 No. 1)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser 3: Eye Of The Sea (Massimiliano Frezzato and Nikita Mandryka
    Nikita Mandryka
    Nikita Mandryka is a French cartoonist of Russian origin.He started drawing in the Pilote magazine, then created L'Écho des savanes along with Claire Bretécher and Marcel Gotlib in 1973...
    
    ) (44 pages, 1999-July - Vol. 22 No. 3)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser 4: The Iron Tower (Massimiliano Frezzato and Nikita Mandryka) (44 pages, 2000-November - Vol. 24 No. 5)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser 5: The Edge Of The World (Massimiliano Frezzato and Nikita Mandryka) (44 pages, 2003-May - Vol. 27 No. 2)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser 6: The Lost Village (Massimiliano Frezzato and Nikita Mandryka) (51 pages, 2005-September - Vol. 29 No. 4)
  • The Keepers Of The Maser 7: The Young Queen (Massimiliano Frezzato and Fabio Ruotolo) (44 pages, 2007-Spring special - Vol. 21 No. 1)

• Short stories
  • Dear Enemy (9 pages, 1996 - January - Vol. 19 No. 6)
  • The Pleasure Of Love (5 pages, 1996 - November - Vol. 20 No. 5)
  • Pee Pee (4 pages, 1996 - November - Vol. 20 No. 5)
  • Dog Face (5 pages, 1997 - May - Vol. 21 No. 2)
  • The Last Resource (3 pages, 1997 - 20 Years - Fall Special - Vol. 11 No. 2)
  • Tip-In Series No. 17 (1 page, 2004 - May - Vol. 28 No. 2)

Wolverine annual 1999

• Does the artwork for the second story entitled "Beer Run"
• Written by Marc Andreyko

External links

• Official homepage
• Comiclopedia