Booksketch by Alex Horley of King Kong.About the author.
Alex Horley (real name: Alessandro Orlandelli) was born in 1970 in the outskirts of Milan, Italy, and started to draw and read comics in kindergarten. While studying at the Art College, Alex painted fantasy Illustrations and a cover for the monthly magazine Kaos. In 1993, while in London, Alex met Dave Elliott, who at the time was working on Monster Massacre and Blackball Comics. Dave instantly commissioned Alex for several pin-ups. After this, Alex collaborated on the Alba Nera project for Granata Press and worked on the Mutant Chronicles for Acclaim. In 1995 Alex collaborated with the Shok Studio crew for which he painted a slew of covers for Egon, Morgue and Ragno. Egon was reprinted by Dark Horse and collected in paperback form by Marvel Italia in 1998. Also for Shok Studio/Dark Horse, Alex painted two covers for the Dead or Alive: a Cyberpunk Western miniseries. DC's editor Dan Raspler signed Alex for two Lobo issues in 1995, the Lobo: Death & Taxes miniseries, a Spectre cover and the Batman Master Series bonus cards, later to be reprinted in hardcover format. Glen Danzig the owner of Verotik Comics commissioned Alex for several pin-ups and a Jaguar God story. Then Dave Elliott, who was in charge of the now defunct Penthouse Comix, commissioned Alex to do a painted three-part story and a pin-up, all the while Alex was putting together ideas for the Sharky miniseries for Image Comics. In 1998 Alex had three of his painted covers published by Vertigo on the miniseries Muktuk Wolfsbreath and worked on Terry Laban's Vertigo miniseries Battleaxes after completing his run on the Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated magazine. An eight page Sharky story, featuring uberbabe Julie Strain and several wrestlers was done at this time for Kevin Eastman's illustrated fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. Alex is currently working on Magic the Gathering and Harry Potter trading cards for Wizards of the Coast. His use of light, color and composition are truely wonderful. Early in Alex's career he was heavily influenced by two fantasy art greats, Frazetta and Bisley but Alex has since matured into a style all his own which will surely create an impact in the Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Comic industries.
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