COMIC ARTIST

John Romita Sr.

1930 - 2023

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John Victor Romita (; January 24, 1930 – June 12, 2023) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, Kingpin, Wolverine, and Luke Cage. Romita was the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist, and the husband of Virginia Romita, who was for many years Marvel's traffic manager. His first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief Stan Lee. In 1951, Romita began drawing horror, war, and romance comics for Atlas Comics (previously Timely), and also drew his first superhero work, a 1950s revival of Captain America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Romita Sr. is the 35th most popular comic artist (up from 115th in 2019), the 2,481st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,908th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, John Romita Sr. ranks 35 out of 226. Before him are Milo Manara, Quino, Alan Moore, Eiichiro Oda, Naoki Urasawa, and Hirohiko Araki. After him are Don Rosa, Cabu, Katsuhiro Otomo, Will Eisner, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, and Shotaro Ishinomori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Romita Sr. ranks 133. Before him are Ilon Wikland, Don L. Lind, Sonny Rollins, Stephen Smale, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Lina Kostenko. After him are Eugenio Castellotti, Igor Netto, Ornette Coleman, Michel Rocard, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Colin Dexter. Among people deceased in 2023, John Romita Sr. ranks 103. Before him are Piper Laurie, Luis Garavito, Antonio Carbajal, Wayne Shorter, Treat Williams, and Roberto Dinamite. After him are Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Stockton Rush, Frank Borman, Betty Boothroyd, David Crosby, and Kaija Saariaho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Romita Sr. ranks 2,481 out of 20,380. Before him are William Wirt (1772), Beau Bridges (1941), Eddie Constantine (1913), Arthur Danto (1924), James Brendan Connolly (1868), and John Gray (1951). After him are Richard Dix (1893), Hank Williams (1923), Agnes Moorehead (1900), Anne Sexton (1928), Marc Anthony (1968), and Don Rosa (1951).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, John Romita Sr. ranks 11. Before him are Carl Barks (1901), Jack Kirby (1917), Matt Groening (1954), Bob Kane (1915), Joe Simon (1913), and Steve Ditko (1927). After him are Don Rosa (1951), Will Eisner (1917), Bill Finger (1914), Winsor McCay (1867), Charles Addams (1912), and E. C. Segar (1894).

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