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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 24, 2020 22:03:37 GMT -5
Born on this day in 1930. Cheers to one of the greats!  |
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 24, 2020 22:11:38 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 24, 2020 22:15:59 GMT -5
Romita Sr drew some of the most Lucious women in the Silver/Bronze Age.
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 24, 2020 23:28:12 GMT -5
Happy 90th birthday, indeed to a great, enormously decent man. There's no end or adequate way to measure the man's astounding talent, versatility and influence on the comics medium, merchandising and more.
One of the industry's few, true masters.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 25, 2020 0:58:26 GMT -5
An Amazing 90!  Okay, he only inked this issue but I wanted an #90...
 
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Post by Confessor on Jan 25, 2020 3:04:10 GMT -5
Happy Bithday, "Jazzy". One of my all-time Top 3 classic comics artists....he could be #1 on any given day, depending on how I'm feeling. Certainly he's my number 1 Spider-Man artist.   |
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 26, 2020 11:51:07 GMT -5
Very small sample of John Romita's brilliance--     -- Daredevil #17 with Frank Giacoia inks. |
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 26, 2020 11:57:59 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 26, 2020 12:35:35 GMT -5
Great, great stuff, tarkintino Ditko's defining run on Spidey is a remarkable achievement but Romita will always be "my" Spider-Man artist. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 26, 2020 13:43:15 GMT -5
I liked Romita Sr. best on Captain America I guess, you can see that a lot of his Spider-Man went into the '60s Krantz cartoon version.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 26, 2020 14:47:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 8:47:42 GMT -5
He's one of my favourite Spidey artists.
Didn't a lot of his Spidey art end up on merchandise? For me, that's a factor in how good something is (although I know a case can be made for merchandise bearing the artwork of whomever is drawing a character at the time). But I've seen his artwork on lots of merchandise over time. His Spidey is great!
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Post by badwolf on Jan 27, 2020 17:19:03 GMT -5
He's one of my favourite Spidey artists. Didn't a lot of his Spidey art end up on merchandise? For me, that's a factor in how good something is (although I know a case can be made for merchandise bearing the artwork of whomever is drawing a character at the time). But I've seen his artwork on lots of merchandise over time. His Spidey is great! There's a figure of him that was excerpted from a cover of Spidey swinging over a group of protesters that appeared in so many places that when I finally saw the original cover it looked weird to me (and still does). |
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 27, 2020 18:06:25 GMT -5
He's one of my favourite Spidey artists. Didn't a lot of his Spidey art end up on merchandise? For me, that's a factor in how good something is (although I know a case can be made for merchandise bearing the artwork of whomever is drawing a character at the time). But I've seen his artwork on lots of merchandise over time. His Spidey is great! Yes, his art was rather ubiquitous as licensing art starting in the 60s and consistently lasting well into the 90s. Even today, "retro" Marvel images on clothing, posters, cups and all manner of products still bear his work. It would be difficult to find another Marvel artist who consistently had work appear on as much merchandising than Romita's. |
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 27, 2020 18:07:48 GMT -5
Speaking of merchandising, here's Romita's comic for Aurora's 1974 reissue of their Spider-Man model kit, rebranded as Comic Scenes:  |
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