James Silvani

James Silvani is a comic book writer and artist, who has provided artwork for Disney comic books. He has been working as a freelance artist since 1994.
Silvani is perhaps best known to Disney fans for having illustrated every issue of Boom! Studios' Darkwing Duck comic book. Of all the stories written for the comic, the only one Silvani did not draw was "Toy With Me" in Darkwing Duck Annual #1, which was instead drawn by Sabrina Alberghetti. A recurring gag in Silvani's artwork for the Darkwing stories was including cameo appearances by characters from various Disney animated films (for example, Tito made a very prominent cameo on the first page of Darkwing Duck #15). Silvani redrew much of his art for the comic in the Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition book reprinting the majority of the title, and returned to drawing Darkwing Duck in the comic's continuation under Joe Books, but unfortunately is not illustrating the current series by Dynamite Entertainment, which is instead being drawn by Carlo Lauro.
In addition to Darkwing Duck, Silvani also drew cover artwork for issues of other Disney comic books published by Boom! and later IDW Publishing, listed in the gallery below. He also drew the interior artwork for issues 2-4 of Boom!'s Muppet King Arthur 4-issue mini-series (the first installment was drawn by Dave Álvarez). Silvani regularly draws artwork featuring Disney's animated characters, including the Pixar characters and the Muppets, posted on his Tumblr page.
Outside of Disney, Silvani has also drawn artwork for other companies' franchises such as Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Animaniacs, as well as drawing the stories written for Ape Entertainment's Richie Rich comic book.
==Cover gallery==
===Disney comics===
Darkwing_Duck_Issue_1_solicited_cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (Cover B, solicited version)
Darkwing_Duck_Issue_1B.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (Cover B, finalized version)
Darkwing_Duck_Issue_1C.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (Cover C)
Darkwing_Duck_Issue_1D.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (2nd printing)
Darkwing Duck Issue 1E textless.png|Darkwing Duck #1 (San Diego Comic Con exclusive)
Darkwing Duck Issue 1F textless.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (New York Comic Con exclusive)
Darkwing Duck Issue 2B.jpg|Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 2D.jpg|Darkwing Duck #2 (2nd printing)
Darkwing Duck Issue 4A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #4 (Cover A)
UncleScrooge_396.jpg|Uncle Scrooge #396
Darkwing Duck Issue 5B.jpg|Darkwing Duck #5 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 6A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #6 (Cover A)
Darkwingduck_McCawber_vs_De_Spell.jpg|Darkwing Duck #7 (Cover A)
Rescue_Rangers_2010_Comic_Issue_2B.jpg|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers #2 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 8A_textless.jpg|Darkwing Duck #8 (Cover A)
Darkwing Duck Issue 9A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #9 (Cover A)
Darkwing_Duck_Annual_A.jpg|Darkwing Duck Annual #1 (Cover A)
Darkwing_Duck_Annual_B.jpg|Darkwing Duck Annual (Cover B)
Darkwing_Duck_Annual_C.jpg|Darkwing Duck Annual (Cover C)
Rescue_Rangers_2010_Comic_Issue_4B.jpg|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers #4 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 10A_textless.jpg|Darkwing Duck #10 (Cover A)
Rescue_Rangers_2010_Comic_Issue_5B_textless.jpg|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers #5 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 11A textless.jpg|Darkwing Duck #11 (Cover A)
Rescue_Rangers_2010_Comic_Issue_6B_textless.jpg|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers #6 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 12A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #12 (Cover A)
DuckTales (Boom! Studios) Issue 1C.jpg|DuckTales #1 (Cover C)
Darkwing Duck Issue 13A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #13 (Cover A)
DuckTales (Boom! Studios) Issue 2C.jpg|DuckTales #2 (Cover C)
Darkwing Duck Issue 14A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #14 (Cover A)
DuckTales (Boom! Studios) Issue 3C.jpg|DuckTales #3 (Cover C)
Darkwing Duck Issue 15A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #15 (Cover A)
DuckTales_(Boom!_Studios)_Issue_4B.jpg|DuckTales #4 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 16A.jpg|Darkwing Duck #16 (Cover A)
DuckTales_(Boom!_Studios)_Issue_5A.jpg|DuckTales #5 (Cover A)
Darkwing_duck_e_ducktales.jpg|DuckTales #5 (Cover B)
Darkwing_Duck_BoomStudios_17A_textless.jpg|Darkwing Duck #17 (Cover A)
DuckTales_(Boom!_Studios)_Issue_6A.jpg|DuckTales #6 (Cover A)
DuckTales_(Boom!_Studios)_Issue_6B.jpg|DuckTales #6 (Cover B)
Darkwing Duck Issue 18A_textless.jpg|Darkwing Duck #18 (Cover A)
UncleScrooge_issue_406_Tomorrowland_cover.png|Uncle Scrooge #2 [406] (retailer incentive variant)
DonaldDuck issue 369 Disneyland variant.png|Donald Duck #2 [369] (retailer incentive variant)
UncleScrooge_407_subscription_cover_textless.jpg|Uncle Scrooge #3 [407] (subscriber variant)
UncleScrooge_issue_408_subscriber_cover.png|Uncle Scrooge #4 [408] (subscriber variant)
Mickey_Mouse_issue_311_Matterhorn_cover.png|Mickey Mouse #2 [311] (retailer incentive variant)
Disney Comics and Stories 772.jpg|Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #722 (subscriber variant, solicited version)
WDC&S_722_subscriber_cover.png|Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #722 (subscriber variant, finalized version)
674736_mickey-mouse-4-subscription-variant.jpg|Mickey Mouse #4 [313] (subscriber variant)
Darkwing-duck-omnibus-silvani-fa9c0.jpg|Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 1 solicited cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (solicited version)
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 1.jpg|Darkwing Duck #1 (finalized version)
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 2 cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #2
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 3 cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #3
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 4 cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #4
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 5 solicited cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #5
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 6 solicited cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #6
Darkwing_Duck_Comics_Collection_V1.jpg|Darkwing Duck Comics Collection Volume 1
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 7 cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #7
Darkwing Duck JoeBooks 8 cover.jpg|Darkwing Duck #8
Gravity_Falls_Shorts_1.jpg|Gravity Falls Shorts #1
Gravity Falls Shorts 2.jpg|Gravity Falls Shorts #2
Gravity_Falls_Shorts_3.jpg|Gravity Falls Shorts #3
Gravity_Falls_Shorts_4.jpg|Gravity Falls Shorts #4
===Muppet comics and books===
Kingarthur3b.jpg|Muppet King Arthur #3 (Cover B)
MuppetKing_04_CVRB.jpg|Muppet King Arthur #4 (Cover B)
Muppetsnowwhite1a.jpg|Muppet Snow White #1 (Cover B)
Snowwhite1a.jpg|Muppet Snow White #2 (Cover B)
Muppetsnowwhite3b.jpg|Muppet Snow White #3 (Cover B)
Muppetsnowwhite4b.jpg|Muppet Snow White #4 (unused cover)
Fozzie's_Funny_Business.jpg|Fozzie's Funny Business
Bunsen and beaker save the show final cover art.jpg|Bunsen and Beaker Save the Show
==External links==
*Official website
*Silvani's Twitter feed
*Silvani's Instagram page
*Silvani's Tumblr page
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