Laura Braga is an Italian comic book artist best known for her work on FUTURE STATE: THE NEXT BATMAN, written by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) on the first mainstream DC Universe Black Batman, Tim Fox. Laura Braga started her career in 1999 as a storyboard artist for Italian tv commercials. In 2005, she met and collaborated with Milo Manara, whose influence led Laura to a more realistic style. Laura Braga entered the US comic book industry in 2012, working for Top Cow as the regular artist of Witchblade. Since 2014, she has worked for Marvel on titles as Superior Iron Man, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, and Dazzler. She currently works for Archie Comics as cover artist and comic artist for “BLOSSOMS 666” and the new miniseries “Archie and Katy Keene”, and for Dynamite Comics and Titan Comics as a Cover Artist. She has collaborated with DC Comics since 2015, on great characters like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Supergirl, Green Arrow, and Bombshells. In 2022 she was chosen to be the artist of the new Free Comic Book Day 2023 illustration. The design was used for the commemorative t-shirt, poster and gadgets for FCBD 2023. She is the co-creator of #PurrEvil published by Image Comics.