Rocco Mastroserio
| Rocke Mastroserio | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rocco A. Mastroserio June 8, 1927 Staten Island, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | Early March 1968 (aged 40) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | Rocke Rocke M RM RAM |
Rocco A. "Rocke" Mastroserio (June 8, 1927 — early March 1968) was an American comic book artist best known as a penciler and inker for Charlton Comics. He sometimes signed his work "Rocke M.," "RM," "Rocke," or "RAM."
Rocco Mastroserio was born in Staten Island, New York City, New York. He became interested in art as a child, and won medals in elementary-school art contests sponsored by the department store Wanamaker's. Living with his family in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, he attended elementary school in that New York City borough, followed by the School of Industrial Art. There he became friends with classmate Joe Orlando, a future comics artist. Mastroserio broke into the field at 17, as an inker for penciler Lennie Cole of Continental Comics. He also became a staff art assistant at All-American Comics, a precursor of DC Comics, doing pasteups, some lettering and art corrections. Within three months, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and after basic training at Parris Island, was assigned to the Marine Corps Institute, where he did illustrations and calligraphy. After his discharge, Mastroserio worked in comics by day and for three years took night classes at New York's Cartoonists and Illustrators School, later renamed the School of Visual Arts, studying under instructor Burne Hogarth and others.
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