Massimo Bellardinelli

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Massimo Bellardinelli is an Italian-born comic artist mostly known for his work on 2000 AD. Bellardinelli had previously worked on a number of IPC titles and when 2000AD was being developed he landed the plum job of drawing Dan Dare, which was to have been the feature strip of the new comic. However, Bellardinelli's vivid style and exageration of an established character displeased many readers, and after a year he was moved to the future sport strip Inferno.

He was the main artist on the popular and long running strip Ace Trucking Co. The strip was created by John Wagner and Alan Grant, following Bellardinelli's request for a strip featuring many different types of alien.

Bellardinelli hid numerous self-portraits in his strips. Many characters (and even some inanimate objects) bore a striking resemblence to their artist.