John Romita Jr.

John Romita Jr. is a modern-day comic-art master, best known for his iconic work on Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass, Daredevil, Wolverine, World War Hulk, The Avengers, The Eternals, and Captain America. He is currently the artist of Superman.

After his debut was with a six page story in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #11 (1977), Romita’s early popularity began with his run on Iron Man with writer David Michelinie and inker Bob Layton which began in 1978.

In the early 1980s, he had his first regular run on the series The Amazing Spider-Man and also was the artist for the launch of the Dazzler series. Working with writer Roger Stern on The Amazing Spider-Man, he co-created the character Hobgoblin. From 1983 to 1986 he had a run on the popular Uncanny X-Men with inker Dan Green and writer Chris Claremont. He would return for a second run on Uncanny X-Men in 1993.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Romita enjoyed an extended stint on Daredevil with writer Ann Nocenti and inker Al Williamson, noted for its creation of long-running Daredevil nemesis Typhoid Mary and for an influential reimagining of the villain Mephisto. Romita later collaborated with Frank Miller on a Daredevil origin story entitled Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, a revisiting of the character’s origin, with Williamson again on inks. He worked on a host of Marvel titles during the 1990s, including The Punisher War Zone, the Cable miniseries, Thor, a return to Iron Man for the second “Armor Wars” story arc, written by John Byrne, and the Punisher/Batman crossover. Klaus Janson was a frequent inker.

In the 2000s, Romita had a return to The Amazing Spider-Man with writer J. Michael Straczynski. He drew Marvel’s Wolverine with author Mark Millar. In 2004, Romita’s creator-owned project The Gray Area was published by Image Comics. Romita’s art has since appeared in Black Panther, The Sentry and “Ultimate Vision”, a backup feature in the Ultimate Marvel line, written by Mark Millar.

In 2006, Romita collaborated with writer Neil Gaiman on a seven-issue miniseries reinterpretation of Jack Kirby’s characters the Eternals. Romita worked with Greg Pak on the five-issue flagship comic of Marvel’s 2007 crossover storyline, World War Hulk. In 2008, Romita again returned to The Amazing Spider-Man. He also collaborated once more with Millar, for a creator-owned series, Kick-Ass, published by Marvel’s Icon imprint. This was later adapted into the 2010 film Kick-Ass. Romita, one of the producers, directed an animated flashback sequence in the film. In the last few years his art has been seen in the pages of The Avenger, Captain America and multiple volumes of Kick-Ass.

Romita Jr. is the current artist of Superman for DC Comics.

John Romita Jr. will be appearing on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He will be located at Booth #'s 607 and 609.