Illustrator, will attend Play 2026
Italian illustrator working in the fantasy and horror fiction and gaming fields, he has collaborated with major international companies such as Wizards of the Coast™, Paizo Publishing™, Privateer Press, and Ghostfire Gaming, as well as leading children’s publishers including Mondadori, Lisciani Giochi, Arch Stone Books, Edizioni Piemme, Salani, and Gainsworth Publishing.
He is the official cover artist for the historic Lone Wolf™ gamebook series, created by Joe Dever and published in Italy by Raven Distribution / Vincent Books Editore.
In 2011, he created his alter ego Blake Malcerta, under which he produced exclusively horror artworks selected for the Infected By Art catalog and published internationally, including The Best Horror of the Year – Vol. 8.
He has worked with Ares Giochi creating cover art for the Sword & Sorcery board game series and contributed to the “Lords for the Ring” calendars. With Sergio Bonelli Editore, he illustrated a double-page spread for the Dampyr special issue (Lucca Comics & Games 2018) and contributed to the color volume Dampyr Color (2022), La Cineteca del Mistero. Since 2022, he has been the official cover artist for Dampyr special editions.
He has illustrated cards for Fantasy Riders (Panini Comics España) and served as cover artist and illustrator for The Necronomicon Gamebook series, created by Valentino Sergi.
He collaborated with Scuderia Ferrari, producing posters for the Formula 1 Grands Prix of Sakhir and Monza (2021)—also creating the logo for the Shape Another Future initiative—and the Belgian Grand Prix (2022).
In 2022, through the Tiwi agency, he contributed to an episode of the second season of In Compagnia del Lupo, hosted by Carlo Lucarelli on Sky Arte.
He collaborates with Grim Moon Studio on gaming-related illustration projects. Since 2022, he has been represented by TomatoFarm agency, through which he has created playing cards for Immutable Games, Second Dinner (Marvel Snap), and Disney Lorcana.
Also in 2022, he received the Golden Dragon Award at the Fantastika biennial. In 2024, he illustrated the cover of the Dragonero graphic novel by Stefano Vietti (Bonelli) and the Dungeons & Dragons sticker album for Panini.
Since 2012, he has been teaching Digital Illustration and Concept Art at the International School of Comics in Padua.
Event appearance
Alberto Dal Lago will be present Lone Wolf Saturday at the Raven Distribution booth for signing sessions of the new Lone Wolf volume, together with Ben Dever.
