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1930 Brooklyn, New York - 2023 Floral Park, New York. Known for: Comic strip penciller and inker.
John Romita Senior started drawing after spending a year in commercial art. Romita drew mostly horror and romance stories, but also several war, crime and Western features. His best-known work... Read full biography
John Romita Senior started drawing after spending a year in commercial art. Romita drew mostly horror and romance stories, but also several war, crime and Western features. His best-known work contains the 'Avengers', 'Daredevil' and 'Spider-Man', in which his son John Romita Jr. followed him. An... Read full biography
John Romita Senior started drawing after spending a year in commercial art. Romita drew mostly horror and romance stories, but also several war, crime and Western features. His best-known work contains the 'Avengers', 'Daredevil' and 'Spider-Man', in which his son John Romita Jr. followed him. An unofficial biographical entry places John Romita's birthday in 1932, if this is correct, his career began early in his life. His run of art on Amazing Spider-Man placed him in the latter half of the... Read full biography
John Romita Senior started drawing after spending a year in commercial art. Romita drew mostly horror and romance stories, but also several war, crime and Western features. His best-known work contains the 'Avengers', 'Daredevil' and 'Spider-Man', in which his son John Romita Jr. followed him. An unofficial biographical entry places John Romita's birthday in 1932, if this is correct, his career began early in his life. His run of art on Amazing Spider-Man placed him in the latter half of the Marvel Comics Silver Age. Stan Lee gave the position of illustrating the Amazing Spider-Man to Romita when Steve Ditko, the character's co-creator and artist, left Marvel Comics. Marvel chose John Romita Senior, to replace Ditko, and the transition, in... Read full biography
John Romita Senior started drawing after spending a year in commercial art. Romita drew mostly horror and romance stories, but also several war, crime and Western features. His best-known work contains the 'Avengers', 'Daredevil' and 'Spider-Man', in which his son John Romita Jr. followed him. An unofficial biographical entry places John Romita's birthday in 1932, if this is correct, his career began early in his life. His run of art on Amazing Spider-Man placed him in the latter half of the Marvel Comics Silver Age. Stan Lee gave the position of illustrating the Amazing Spider-Man to Romita when Steve Ditko, the character's co-creator and artist, left Marvel Comics. Marvel chose John Romita Senior, to replace Ditko, and the transition, in some ways, represents a shift from the late-fifties monster-comics-and-surrealism of Earliest Marvel to the passionate days of soap-op... Read full biography
John Romita Sr - Artist Info
About John Romita Sr: Keywords
Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Inker, Inking
- •Penciller, Penciler
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Colored Pencil
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Humor, Whimsy
Art School
- •School of Industrial Art, New York City, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •DC Comics Publishing Company Artist
- •Marvel Comics Publishing Company Artist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Italian