Tom DeFalco

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Tom DeFalco at the 2010 New York Comic Convention .

Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950 in New York City ) is an American comic artist and editor-in-chief . He is known for his work with Spider-Man .

Life

Born in Queens , New York, DeFalco began his comic career in 1972 as an assistant to the editorial staff of Archie Comics . There he developed, among other things, the Archie Comics Digest Series , a publication that appears to this day. As an editor, he also began to write comics, so he worked alongside Archie for the series Spider-Man , Scooby Doo , Die Fantastischen Vier , Wolverine , Josie and the Pussycats and the Feuerstein family . He also designed merchandising items for the series. In the early 1980s, he led the team for Hasbro that developed the story and designs for the GI Joe (action figure) action figures, the television series, and other franchise products. He later also worked for the Transformers franchise .

In 1987 Tom DeFalco went to Marvel Comics as editor in chief . and also wrote some comics himself, including a series about Spider-Man's daughter, Spider-Girl . In DeFalco's time as editor-in-chief, many new and short series were launched. However, when sales fell and Marvel was facing bankruptcy in 1994, DeFalco was fired and his position was not refilled until 1995 with Bob Harras . Even after that, DeFalco continued to write for Spider-Man , Die Fantastischen Vier as well as some graphic novels .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Presentation and Interview. (No longer available online.) Moonstonebooks, archived from the original on February 10, 2012 ; Retrieved December 3, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.moonstonebooks.com
  2. ^ Daniels, Les: Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics , Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1991 ISBN 0-8109-3821-9 p. 207
  3. ^ Newswatch: DeFalco Resigns from Marvel , The Comics Journal # 174 (February 1995), p. 25.

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personal data
SURNAME DeFalco, Tom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic book artist and editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City