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Charles Valderrama
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Best wishes to Spidey's legendary artist, John Romita. -C!
Edited by Charles Valderrama on 24 January 2023 at 9:51pm
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Robert Bradley
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Still my favorite spider-Man artist.
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Rodrigo castellanos
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I know I *should* say Ditko but Romita is my actual favorite Spider-Man artist.
Maybe it was his licensed art on the merchandise I was exposed to as a kid but his will always be the true Spider-Man to me. Ditko is awesome too obviously but I "got" him when I was older, Kirby too.
Same thing happens to me with García López and the DC characters, they will always be my definite version.
Happy Birthday!
Also, hadn't seen that sketch before. Terrific!
Edited by Rodrigo castellanos on 25 January 2023 at 1:34am
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Michael Penn
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To a significant degree for me Sinnott is to the FF as Romita is to Spider-Man.
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Jose Zulueta
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Happy Birthday to the Jazzy One!
His Spider-Man faces are just … so … perfect.
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Richard Stevens
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I'll always love early, quirky Ditko Spidey, but JR Sr. defined a hugely important era for the character. Happy birthday, you genius.
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John Byrne
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I hope he truly had a happy day.
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Vinny Valenti
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One of the last, if not THE last Atlas-era artists. Hope it stays that way for quite a while!
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Craig Earl
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That first visual of MJ is hard to beat. He had huge shoes to fill but did so admirably. Ditko, Romita Sr and Ross Andru were bloody awesome on ASM.
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ron bailey
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A master.Don't forget to add Gil Kane to that list from that era.
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Peter Martin
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Spider-Man has had some fantastic artists over the years. Two John Romitas are part of that conversation! I think Ditko is probably the finest artist-as-storyteller to have worked on the character.
If I was forced to name one single name as the Spider-Man artist, though, I would have to name Romita Sr. A genuine towering great still in our midst. Long may that continue.
Edited by Peter Martin on 27 January 2023 at 9:42pm
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 27 January 2023 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | 12
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What say we keep this thread solely about Romita Sr?
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