Carmine Infantino
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Infantino at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 2, 2010
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| Born |
May 24, 1925 Brooklyn, New York City |
| Died | April 4, 2013 (aged 87) Manhattan, New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Editor |
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Notable works
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Detective Comics, Flash, Showcase, Star Wars |
| Awards | National Cartoonists Society Award, various Alley Awards. Expanded list. |
Carmine Michael Infantino (May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comic book artist and editor who was a major force in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Alongside Len Wein, he created Christopher Chance, the second iteration of Human Target. He was inducted into comics' Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2000.
Carmine Infantino was born via midwife in his family's apartment in Brooklyn, New York City. His father, Pasquale "Patrick" Infantino, born in New York City, was originally a musician who played saxophone, clarinet, and violin, and had a band with composer Harry Warren, but in the poverty of the Great Depression he turned instead to a career as a licensed plumber. Carmine Infantino's mother, Angela Rosa DellaBadia, emigrated from Calitri, a hill town northeast of Naples, Italy.
Infantino attended Public Schools 75 and 85 in Brooklyn before going on to the School of Industrial Art (later renamed the High School of Art and Design) in Manhattan. During his freshman year of high school, Infantino began working for Harry "A" Chesler, whose studio was one of a handful of comic-book "packagers" who created complete comics for publishers looking to enter the emerging field in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. As Infantino recalled:
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