Claudia Balboni

Claudia Balboni is an Italian comic book artist. She began her career in 2005 working in various animation studios as a storyboard artist and environment designer. In 2009, she shifted her focus to comics, starting as a layout and pencil assistant on Star Trek: The Movie Adaptation and other projects at IDW Publishing. Since then, she has illustrated titles such as True Blood: French Quarter, Star Trek, Robyn Hood, and Grimm Tales of Terror, collaborating with publishers like Convict Comics, Take-Two Interactive, and Bugs Comics. In 2014, she teamed up with writer Brian Schirmer and artist Jeremy Saliba on the creator-owned series Black Jack Ketchum, followed by Fairlady. From 2020 to 2021, she illustrated the comic book series Killer Queens, written by David Booher and published by Dark Horse Comics. In 2022, she drew the first miniseries of The Addiction, written by Vincent Zurzolo and David Queen. In 2023, she was nominated for an Eisner Award alongside David Booher. Most recently, she has worked on other titles for Dark Horse, including He-Man and Ghostbusters. She is currently developing a new project with Mad Cave Studios and is beginning work on the second miniseries of The Addiction.