Olivetti studied
Graphic Design in college and first had his work published in the Argentine magazine
Fierro. His first work in USA was 1995's
The Last Avengers Story, which was written by
Peter David and published by
Marvel Comics. He went on to have a brief stint as regular penciller on Marvel's
Daredevil between 1997 and 1998, where he worked with writer
Joe Kelly. His next major work was in 1998 when he worked with writer
Steven Grant on the
Warren Ellis devised "
Counter X" revamp of Marvel's
X-Man title. In 2005 he again collaborated with Joe Kelly on
DC Comics Space Ghost limited series which revealed the character's origins for the first time. Other titles he has worked on include
Mystique and Sabretooth (1996),
Alpha Flight (1997) and
What If? (1997) at Marvel and
JLA: Paradise Lost (1998),
Haven: The Broken City (2002),
Green Lantern (2003) and
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (2006) at DC. In 1999, he collaborated with writer
Mark Waid on
The Kingdom (illustrating issue #1, with
Mike Zeck illustrating issue #2), a sequel to
Kingdom Come. In 2006 he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics and launched the second volume of
Punisher War Journal with writer
Matt Fraction. Olivetti did art on the first ten numbers. Other work for Marvel includes the
Cable (vol. 2) ongoing series that debuted in March 2008, and more recently,
Incredible Hulk, and
Namor (vol. 3). Throughout his career Olivetti has worked in different mediums, including black and white, digital color, acrylics and oils. Olivetti himself declared having been influenced by artists like
Richard Corben,
Simon Bisley and his fellow countryman Mauro Cascioli In 2012 he collaborated with the comic book Hero Seeds, drawing two covers of the comics and several drawings in the same comics. In 2024, Olivetti did the art for the four issue mini comic book series for
Dark House Comics, called
The Writer, which had been written by Ben and Max Berkowitz and actor
Josh Gad. ==Bibliography==