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Legendary ‘Spider-Man’ cartoonist, John Romitapassed away at the age of 93 “peacefully while I was sleeping”, this was announced by his son.
“He is a legend in the art world and it would be an honor for me to follow in his footsteps. Please keep your thoughts and condolences here out of respect for my family. He was the greatest man I have ever known,” posted John Romita Jr. who is also a comic book artist.
Romita came to hold the position of art director of Marvel Comics, having as task to supervise all the designs of the company.
He became a member of the “Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame”, one of the most prestigious awards in comics, in 2002. In addition, he was the co-creator of characters such as Wolverine, Kingpin, Mary Jane Watson or The Punisher.
Romita, after working for two decades at Marvel, retired in 1995 after the publication of “Spider-Man/Kingpin: to the Death.” Although in 2003 he participated in the 500th creation of “Amazing Spider-Man”.
He was born on January 24, 1930 in Brooklyn into a family of five children. Two years after graduating from the Manhattan School of Industrial Art and at the age of 19 he began working on the series “Famous Funnies”.
In 1966 he achieved one of his greatest successes, drawing Marvel’s “The Amazing Spider-Man”. Romita made a name for herself in the company and participated in ‘Fantastic Four’ and Captain America until reaching Marvel art director in July 1973.
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