David Messina
David Messina  is an Italian  artist from Rome. He worked in animation after finishing his art studies, moved on to graphic design, and then managed to break into the comics industry. He has been teaching art at the Scuola Internazionale di Comics in Rome since 2002 and also currently works for IDW Publishing on their various titles, including books in the Angel series, such as "Auld Lang Syne", "Masks", "Old Friends", and "The Curse". Messina has provided extensive artwork for many of IDW's Star Trek releases, ranging from full pencil and ink work to cover art, and including Star Trek: Klingons - Blood Will Tell, Star Trek: Countdown, and at least the first issue of Star Trek: Ongoing. He worked as the artist on the miniseries Star Trek: Nero as well as on the comic adaptation for the 2009 Star Trek film, the latter of which was drawn with the help of frequent collaborator Claudia Balboni.  He was the primary artist for the  prequel Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness. 

He did the interior art for the four-issue miniseries The Q Conflict.

Star Trek credits 
 Star Trek: Klingons - Blood Will Tell:
 #1: "Against Their Nature"
 #2: "Beneath the Skin"
 #3: "The Order of Things"
 #4: "Blood Reign O'er Me"
 #5: "Losses"
 Alien Spotlight #1: "The Gorn"
 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering
 #1: "Valued Intelligence"
 #2: "A Matter of Dates"
 #3: "Chasing Shadows"
 #4: "Matters of the Mind"
 #5: "Disgrace"
 Star Trek: Mirror Images:
 #1: "Mirror Images, Part 1"
 #2: "Mirror Images, Part 2"
 #3: "Mirror Images, Part 3"
 #4: "Mirror Images, Part 4"
 Star Trek: Countdown 
 #1: "Countdown, Number One"
 #2: "Countdown, Number Two"
 #3: "Countdown, Number Three"
 #4: "Countdown, Number Four"
 Star Trek: Spock: Reflections
 #1: "Spock: Reflections, Issue 1"
 #2: "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2"
 #3: "Spock: Reflections, Issue 3"
 #4: "Spock: Reflections, Issue 4"
 Star Trek: Nero
 #1: "Nero, Number One"
 #2: "Nero, Number Two"
 #3: "Nero, Number Three"
 #4: "Nero, Number Four"
 Star Trek: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation
 #1: "Star Trek, Issue 1"
 #2: "Star Trek, Issue 2"
 #3: "Star Trek, Issue 3"
 #4: "Star Trek, Issue 4" (with Claudia Balboni)
 #5: "Star Trek, Issue 5" (with Claudia Balboni) 
 #6: "Star Trek, Issue 6" (with Claudia Balboni)
Star Trek: Ongoing
 #1: "Where No Man Has Gone Before, Part 1" (cover art only)
 Star Trek: Khan
 #1: "Khan, issue 1" (Present day sequences only)
 #2: "Khan, issue 2" (Present day sequences only)
 #3: "Khan, issue 3" (Present day sequences only)
 #4: "Khan, issue 4" 
 #5: "Khan, issue 5" 
Star Trek: Picard - Countdown

External links 
 David Messina's blog
 

Star Trek comic interior artists
Star Trek comic cover artists