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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 16, 2023 3:20:38 GMT -5
Call me a cornball but I love this panel from Daredevil # 14
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Post by james on Jun 16, 2023 9:03:54 GMT -5
I've always loved these kind of pinups.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 16, 2023 19:20:52 GMT -5
One of the great covers.
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 16, 2023 20:22:20 GMT -5
More random, but fantastic, yet beautiful covers:
I love Romita's eye for drama, as seen on the TASM & CA covers.
The Treasury Edition cover has to be one of the quintessential illustrations of Spider-Man. Then again, that can be said of endless numbers of Romita Spider-Man illustrations.
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Post by Farrar on Jun 17, 2023 11:12:27 GMT -5
In practically every Romita interview I've ever read, he comes off as a modest man who downplays his contributions to Spider-Man and Marvel. I'm sure many of us have read about how he felt how anxious about replacing Ditko on Spider-Man. Here are some snippets from a wonderful interview with Romita with Roy Thomas in Alter Ego #9: When he started on the Spider-Man book, he thought it would be temporary and to keep the book's look consistent, deliberately tried to ape Ditko's style. He couldn't wait to get back to his Daredevil assignment! The entire interview is included in the TwoMorrows book John Romita...And All That Jazz (a great resource and must-have for Romita-lovers) and is also available here.
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Post by Farrar on Jun 17, 2023 11:25:28 GMT -5
In my previous post's snippets, Romita states that initially he "was doing Peter parker without any bone structure - just like Ditko was doing..." This brings to mind how Romita was unstinting in his praise for Joe Maneely and how he always credited JM for teaching him how to depict bone structure (among other things). Also from the aforementioned AE #9 interview:
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Post by Farrar on Jun 17, 2023 11:38:22 GMT -5
And for me, this cover is a great example of the quintessential Romita heroic male face--I love how he clearly delineated the angles of the maxilla, mandible, and chin. It's one of his trademarks and I've found it's a handy way to spot his facial alterations on other artists' work.
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Jun 17, 2023 11:48:43 GMT -5
In practically every Romita interview I've ever read, he comes off as a modest man who downplays his contributions to Spider-Man and Marvel. I'm sure many of us have read about how he felt how anxious about replacing Ditko on Spider-Man. Here are some snippets from a wonderful interview with Romita with Roy Thomas in Alter Ego #9: When he started on the Spider-Man book, he thought it would be temporary and to keep the book's look consistent, deliberately tried to ape Ditko's style. He couldn't wait to get back to his Daredevil assignment! The entire interview is included in the TwoMorrows book John Romita...And All That Jazz (a great resource and must-have for Romita-lovers) and is also available here.Really hope the renewed interest in Romita with his passing prompts a new printing of the TwoMorrows book. It's very difficult to come by for a reasonable price. A vendor was offering the hardcover for $50 at a con I went to last year and my cheap ass stupidly passed on it
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Post by Farrar on Jun 17, 2023 12:00:11 GMT -5
Really hope the renewed interest in Romita with his passing prompts a new printing of the TwoMorrows book. It's very difficult to come by for a reasonable price. A vendor was offering the hardcover for $50 at a con I went to last year and my cheap ass stupidly passed on it RJ, if you don't mind the softcover version, here's a vendor I've used before, selling it for about $25. I have the softcover version. www.booksamillion.com/p/John-Romita-All-That-Jazz/Roy-Thomas/9781893905757
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Jun 17, 2023 13:37:09 GMT -5
Really hope the renewed interest in Romita with his passing prompts a new printing of the TwoMorrows book. It's very difficult to come by for a reasonable price. A vendor was offering the hardcover for $50 at a con I went to last year and my cheap ass stupidly passed on it RJ, if you don't mind the softcover version, here's a vendor I've used before, selling it for about $25. I have the softcover version. www.booksamillion.com/p/John-Romita-All-That-Jazz/Roy-Thomas/9781893905757Thanks!
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 18, 2023 10:22:11 GMT -5
Call me a cornball but I love this panel from Daredevil # 14 More from Romita's early Daredevil work, this time, finishing / inking on Kirby breakdowns for issue #13 ( "The Secret of Ka-Zar's Origin!" from February, 1966)... ...and with Frank Giacoia inking on issue #15 ( "...And Men Shall Call Him Ox!" from April, 1966).
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Post by Farrar on Jun 24, 2023 16:02:36 GMT -5
I've always loved that Romita's layout for the cover for Spectacular Spider-Man #1 paid tribute to his predecessor Ditko's pin-up in Spider-Man Annual #1. Classic Spider-Man, by the two best Spidey artists ever!
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 24, 2023 16:15:00 GMT -5
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Post by Farrar on Jul 1, 2023 13:03:21 GMT -5
Here's part of the Bullpen Bulletins page from Fantastic Four #102 (the last FF comic drawn by Kirby from that era) that contains the announcement of Kirby's departure from Marvel, along with a bio of John Romita Sr. I think the bio was Marvel's sly way of prepping FF readers for the imminent change in that book's artist; another "clue" was that #102's cover was by Romita Anyway, this BB appeared in the Marvels on sale in June 1970, such as Avengers #79, ASM #88, Thor #179, etc. as well as the aforementioned FF #102. I enjoyed reading about Romita's work, his love of magazine illustration, his path to Marvel, etc. And yes, there's even a blink-and-you'll-miss-it mention of the (then-teenaged) JRJR!
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 1, 2023 18:13:12 GMT -5
Farrar, thanks for finding that timely (no pun intended) period Bullpen Romita bio and Kirby announcement. The Marvel Bullpen Bulletins were almost as fun as reading the stories.
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