Jacopo Camagni, an Italian illustrator and comics artist best known for co-creating and drawing the urban-fantasy series Nomen Omen and for his work for Marvel Comics, died March 1, 2026. He was 48, and his death was due to complications from heart surgery.
He first drew wide attention with Lupin III Millennium, an official Lupin III project created under the supervision and collaboration of the franchise’s creator, Monkey Punch.
Camagni later became closely identified with Nomen Omen, which he co-created and illustrated, and with its follow-up, Arcadia. Both were published in Italy by Panini Comics and later also reached readers in the United States.
His Italian credits also included work with Sergio Bonelli Editore, including the color anthology volume Groucho Quarto and the series Simulacri. In the United States, his Marvel work included stories tied to characters such as Longshot, Hawkeye and Deadpool.
Beyond his publishing work, Camagni was publicly associated with LGBTQ cultural activism; in a 2016 interview, he said his Bologna Pride poster reinterpreted Pellizza da Volpedo’s Il Quarto Stato through an LGBT+ lens. A 2016 profile also described him as an LGBT rights activist and an exhibition curator, citing the exhibition project “Rosa Cenere.”
Panini Comics, in a farewell message, said it had the honor to publish him for years and credited his drawings on Nomen Omen and Arcadia, including tribute words attributed to editor and director Marco Lupoi. His work endures in those series and in the public-facing projects where he joined comics craft to LGBT cultural visibility.