John Romita junior
John Romita junior (born August 17, 1956 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American comic artist who is best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2000s. Its abbreviation is JRJR. He is the son of John Romita Sr.
Life
Romita was initially best known for his work in the early 1970s on the Iron Man comic series with comic book writer David Michelinie and illustrator Bob Layton . In the early 1980s he began working on The Amazing Spider-Man , together with the author Roger Stern , he designed the character of the Hobgoblin . From 1983 to 1986 he worked with writer Chris Claremont on the Uncanny X-Men series , which made him immensely popular as the X-Men were a big phenomenon in the comic industry at the time.
He worked with writer Ann Nocenti and Eisner Award- winning Inker Al Williamson on the series Daredevil in the late 80s and early 1990s .
Romita later collaborated with Frank Miller on a Daredevil story called The Man Without Fear , which is considered the counterpart to Miller's Batman adaptation Year One . In the 1990s, Romita also still working on a number of other Marvel titles, among others, Punisher : War Zone , the Cable mini-series, The Mighty Thor , again Iron Man and the Punisher / Batman - crossover .
In the 2000s, Romita again achieved new fame with his second major graphic work (together with author J. Michael Straczynski ) on the series The Amazing Spider-Man (the title that made his father best known for his drawings for it during the 1960s has become). In addition, he drew for the series Wolverine (together with the author Mark Millar ) for their thirty-year anniversary. In 2005 his drawings can be found in Black Panther , The Sentry and Ultimate Vision .
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| SURNAME | Romita, John junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |