COMIC ARTIST

John Buscema

1927 - 2002

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John Buscema ( bew-SEM-ə; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni naˈtaːle buʃˈʃɛːma]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Buscema is the 135th most popular comic artist (up from 136th in 2019), the 9,442nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,546th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, John Buscema ranks 135 out of 226. Before him are Rudolph Dirks, Jamie Hewlett, Richard Corben, Tsutomu Nihei, Roy Thomas, and Greg. After him are Kouta Hirano, Todd McFarlane, Sylvain Chomet, Yukito Kishiro, George Herriman, and Momoko Sakura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, John Buscema ranks 396. Before him are Elio Morille, Henry Spira, Igor Dmitriev, Jim Elliot, Jean-Jacques Guissart, and Olle Håkansson. After him are Harvey Korman, Anne McLaren, Carmen Zapata, Roberto Bussinello, Edward Abbey, and Howard Zieff. Among people deceased in 2002, John Buscema ranks 283. Before him are Katya Paskaleva, Conny Vandenbos, Ruth Svedberg, Melih Cevdet Anday, Barry Foster, and Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. After him are Spike Milligan, Vladimir Vasyutin, Günther Ortmann, José Hierro, R. A. Lafferty, and Signe Hasso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Buscema ranks 9,444 out of 20,380. Before him are John Russell (1921), Elaine Stritch (1925), William E. Thornton (1929), Burton Downing (1885), Booker T (1965), and Edwin Starr (1942). After him are Herb Ellis (1921), John Cody (1907), Sharon Mitchell (1956), James Burnham (1905), Riley Steele (1987), and Jeanette J. Epps (1970).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, John Buscema ranks 31. Before him are John Romita Jr. (1956), Les Clark (1907), Larry Lieber (1931), Rose O'Neill (1874), Richard Corben (1940), and Roy Thomas (1940). After him are George Herriman (1880), Alex Raymond (1909), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Neal Adams (1941), Mike Mignola (1960), and Mort Walker (1923).

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