John Buscema

John Buscema ( born December 11, 1927 in Brooklyn, † 10 January 2002 in Port Jefferson, New York) was American comic book artist for Marvel Comics in the 1960s and 1970s. His brother Sal Buscema is also a comic book artist.

Work

One of his role models was one of Hal Foster, whose detailed style of drawing in the comic Prince Valiant Buscema coined. Buscemas first success were the Avengers, the series appeared from 1966 in collaboration with the comic book writer Roy Thomas. Following this, he worked on many titles of Marvel publisher. Later, the series Silver Surfer and Fantastic Four followed, the latter, he took over from Jack Kirby, after it was changed to DC Comics. Subsequently he worked on the comic book series Conan, which was based on the stories of writer Robert E. Howard.

Life

Buscema lived from 1996 retired, although he still occasionally drew the pencil drawings of his colleagues in ink. His last stories he drew for the series Batman for DC Comics. Buscema died of cancer, leaving behind a large fan base.

Awards

In 1974 he was awarded the Shazam Award for best comic artists. He was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2002.