Hello my friends,Claudio Parentela here... I'm an illustrator and a cartoonist and I'm very active in the international underground scene. I collaborate around the world with many zines and magazines of art and comics, like: Stripburger, Lavirint, You & Me, The Lummox Journal, The Cherotic Revolutionary, The Brown Bottle, Art Life, Mani Art, Pintalo De Verde, Crystal Drum, Chance, Untergrundblatte, Unwound, Moon Magazine, Lucid Moon, Evasion, Stampa Alternativa, Emozioni, BGA Comix, Innovation Studio, Kerosene, Lo Sciacallo Elettronico, Krimson Leer, Phony Lid Pubblications, The Benway Institute, Kastello, Cabezabajo, Que Suerte, Topaz, Sunburn, Fagorgo, Entmoot, Pssst zine, zzz zine, Stardust Memories,Helter Skelter, Germinal... and many other again. I've illustrated poems of: Mark Sonnenfeld, Gary Sneyd, Shannon Colebank, Lisa Massei, Vittorio Baccelli, Michael Kriesel, Gavin Burrows, Cristiano Quadalti. The last yar I was guest of the BREAK 21 Festival in Ljubljana-Slovenia. I've published for various publishers some of my booklets of illustrations and of comics:
- "The Halved Nightmare", "The Slavering Rat" (BGA Comix-Innovation Studio-Italy)
- "Black Kisses and other Stories", "The Book of Secrets" (La Cafetiere Editions-Belgium)
- "Story", "Il Bombarolo" (Progetto Siderurgiko-Italy)
- "Jeanne Dark you got Balls", "The Frogs Ballet" (self-produced).
I love too Mail Art and I participate to all the mail art projects that I know. I collaborate too, with many punk, industrial, metal bands. I'm writing you this short message because I should like to draw for you and to show my artworks on your site/gallery.
I send you some examples of my artworks and I hope in your answer, love and friendship, Claudio Parentela, Click Here To View Claudio's Work
Via Milano 10-88100
Catanzaro-Italy
e-mail address:c_parentela@libero.it
