Sara Pichelli (born 15 April 1983) is an Italian comics artist best known for co-creating and first illustrating the Miles Morales version of Ultimate Spider-Man. She started her career in animation and entered the comic book industry working for IDW Publishing before joining Marvel Comics in 2008 after being discovered in an international talent search. Pichelli worked on several Marvel titles, such as Namora and was then hired as the main artist on the second volume of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, which premiered in September 2011. Pichelli won a 2011 Eagle Awards for Favorite Newcomer Artist.
Career
Pichelli was born in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. She began her career in animation, working as a storyboard artist, animator and character designer. She said of this work, "It wasn't really for me. I felt like a tiny cog in a machine."[1] She started working in the comic book industry after meeting comics artist David Messina. Prior to that, she was not particularly interested in comics and preferred animated films and anime.[1]