John Buscema

John Buscema
Buscema in 1975 Marvel publicity photo
Born	Giovanni Natale Buscema December 11, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	January 10, 2002 (aged 74) Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Avengers Conan the Barbarian Fantastic Four Silver Surfer Tarzan Thor
Awards	Alley Award, 1968, 1969 Shazam Award, 1974 Eagle Award, 1977 Inkpot Award, 1978 Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 2002

John Buscema, born Giovanni Natale Buscema (December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002), was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate. His younger brother Sal Buscema is also a comic book artist.

Buscema is best known for his run on the series The Avengers and The Silver Surfer, and for over 200 stories featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. In addition, he pencilled at least one issue of nearly every major Marvel title, including long runs on two of the company's top magazines Fantastic Four and Thor.

He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002.

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, John Buscema showed an interest in drawing at an early age, copying comic strips such as Popeye. In his teens, he developed an interest in both superhero comic books and such classic adventure comic strips as Hal Foster's Tarzan and Prince Valiant, Burne Hogarth's Tarzan, Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon, and Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. He showed an interest in commercial illustrators of the period, such as N. C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Dean Cornwell, Coby Whitmore, Albert Dorne, and Robert Fawcett.