The creator of Volto Nascosto
  
  
IANFRANCO MANFREDI was born in Senigallia (Ancona) and is living in Milan,
where he graduated in History of Philosophy. In 1978, he published an essay titled "L’amore e gli amori in J. J. Rousseau" (Mazzotta, 1978), while his debut in fiction writing was "Magia rossa" (Feltrinelli, 1983/ 2nd edition, 2007 Gargoyle Books). Feltrinelli published his following novels "Cromantica" (1985), "Ultimi vampiri" (1987) and "Trainspotter" (1989). His subsequent works were "Il peggio deve venire" (Mondadori, 1991) and "La fuga del cavallo morto" (Anabasi, 1993); more recently, his “Una fortuna d’annata” (2000), “Il Piccolo Diavolo Nero” (2001),

 

and “Nelle tenebre mi apparve Gesù” (2005), have been published by Marco Tropea Editore. Multimedia author, Gianfranco Manfredi (above, in a portrait drawn by famous theatrical actor Arnoldo Foà) also wrote more than 300 songs, many movie and TV scripts, and essays of musical critic. His debut in comics was the creation, for Dardo publishing house, of "Gordon Link", an ironic ghost-buster (1991). Manfredi has been working with Sergio Bonelli Editore since 1994, writing scripts for Dylan Dog and Nick Raider. In 1997 he wrote for Bonelli a Western series, Magico Vento, that features horror and magical elements. In 2005 Manfredi debuted as a writer for Tex, with the episode “La pista degli agguati” (Maxi Tex 2005). His new project for our Publishing House is Volto Nascosto, a thrilling graphic novel divided in 14 episodes, that will be at your newsstands in October 2007.