He his known for his unique style made of heavy inks and creative layouts.
In December 2012 he was awarded 'Best Comic artist of 2012' by ign.com[1]
In July 2019 he won, together with writer Jeff Lemire, an Eisner Award for their creator-owned series Gideon Falls.[2]
Career
Sorrentino's first published work was for 'God of War' in 2010, written by Marv Wolfman (based on the Sony videogame for PlayStation), for Wildstorm. He then went to illustrate I, Vampire for DC Comics with writer Joshua Hale Fialkov.[3] After a 15 issues run on the series, Sorrentino rose to popularity in the comics industry thanks to his work with writer Jeff Lemire on Green Arrow from 2013 to 2014.[4][5]
In 2016 he has rejoined writer Jeff Lemire to produce art for the ongoing Old Man Logan series.[8] After 16 issues he announced he would leave the series for another important Marvel project, Secret Empire.
In October 2017, he announced a new collaboration with writer Jeff Lemire for an Image Comics creator-owned horror ongoing series: Gideon Falls. The series started in March 2018[10] and in June 2018 it was announced to be adapted for TV by Hivemind, with Lemire and Sorrentino serving as Executive Producers on the project.[11] In October 2019, Aquaman and Saw director James Wan, was also announced to join the TV adaptation as Executive Producer.[12]
in October 2019, while still working on Gideon Falls, Sorrentino has paired again with Jeff Lemire to produce a 3-issues limited series for DC Comics, Joker: Killer Smile.[14] The series had a one-shot follow up in June 2020 called Batman: The Smile Killer.[15]
In September 2021, he teamed up with Jeff Lemire to create Primordial, a 6 issue Sci Fi Cold War thriller miniseries for Image Comics.[16] The series concluded in February 2022.
From October to December 2021.he worked on Batman: The Imposter for DC Comics with Mattison Tomlin. the series was a 3 issue limited series.
In 2024, Sorrentino was accused of using AI-generated images for comics such as Batman (contrary to DC Comics policy), which he denied doing.[17][18]