COMIC ARTIST

Joseph Barbera

1911 - 2006

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Joseph Roland Barbera ( bar-BAIR-ə; Italian: [barˈbɛːra]; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known as the co-founder of the animation studio Hanna-Barbera alongside William Hanna. Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1927 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936. In 1937, he moved to California, and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Barbera is the 10th most popular comic artist (down from 8th in 2019), the 1,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 687th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Comic Artist.

Joseph Barbera is most famous for co-creating the cartoon series Tom and Jerry with William Hanna.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Joseph Barbera ranks 10 out of 226. Before him are Osamu Tezuka, Akira Toriyama, Charles M. Schulz, Albert Uderzo, Morris, and Frank Miller. After him are Carl Barks, Hugo Pratt, Peyo, Zdeněk Miler, Jean Giraud, and Jack Kirby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Joseph Barbera ranks 45. Before him are Odysseas Elytis, Lê Đức Thọ, Richard Baer, Jules Dassin, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Jean Harlow. After him are John Archibald Wheeler, L. Ron Hubbard, Ginger Rogers, Samuel Reshevsky, Akira Yoshizawa, and Bernard Katz. Among people deceased in 2006, Joseph Barbera ranks 33. Before him are Lennart Meri, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Jack Palance, Muriel Spark, Clay Regazzoni, and Robert Altman. After him are Bülent Ecevit, Paul Mauriat, Alida Valli, Clifford Geertz, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Claude Jade.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Barbera ranks 1,011 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph McCarthy (1908), Mel Ferrer (1917), Pat Morita (1932), Jean Harlow (1911), Gary Gygax (1938), and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887). After him are Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), George Eastman (1854), Babe Ruth (1895), Bill Bixby (1934), and William Hanna (1910).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Joseph Barbera ranks 4. Before him are Stan Lee (1922), Charles M. Schulz (1922), and Frank Miller (1957). After him are Carl Barks (1901), Jack Kirby (1917), Matt Groening (1954), Bob Kane (1915), Joe Simon (1913), Steve Ditko (1927), John Romita Sr. (1930), and Don Rosa (1951).

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