Welcome to Fidelio 2021
Welcome to Fidelio 2021
Orlando Smith
Pen and Ink on paper, 2021, 15x18”
(Photo: Peter Merts)
Orlando Smith has created and composed over 57 graphic novels and comic books. His work has appeared in Heavy Metal, and he’s completed a host of commission work, including storyboards for twos movies. Before Smith was a graphic novelist, he spent six years as a professional tattoo artist and ten years doing custom art on cars.
Currently serving eight life sentences under California’s three-strikes law for eight counts of armed robbery, he is a self-taught illustrator, comic book creator, artist, writer, colorist, storyboard artist, illustrative journalist, political cartoonist, prison reformist, social activist, comic book historian.