John Romita, Sr.
| John Romita Sr. | |
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John Romita Sr. at Comicon 2006.
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| Born |
January 24, 1930 Brooklyn, New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | John Romita |
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Notable works
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The Amazing Spider-Man |
| Awards |
Inkpot Award 1979 Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame 2002 |
John V. Romita Sr., often credited as simply John Romita (born January 24, 1930), is an American comic-book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002.
Romita is the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic-book artist, and husband of Virginia Romita, for many years Marvel's traffic manager.
The son of a baker, Romita was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, with three sisters and a brother. He is of Italian descent. He graduated from Manhattan's School of Industrial Art in 1947, having attended for three years after spending ninth grade at a Brooklyn junior high school. Among his instructors were book illustrator Howard Simon and magazine illustrator Ben Clements, and his influences included comics artists Noel Sickles,Roy Crane,Milton Caniff, and later, Alex Toth and Carmine Infantino, as well as commercial illustrators Jon Whitcomb, Coby Whitmore, and Al Parker.
Romita entered the comics industry in 1949 on the series Famous Funnies. "Steven Douglas up there was a benefactor to all young artists", Romita recalled. "The first story he gave me was a love story. It was terrible. All the women looked like emaciated men and he bought it, never criticized, and told me to keep working. He paid me two hundred dollars for it and never published it — and rightfully so".
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