This is a biography of the famed Spiderman illustrator in five pages as his contributions are to the business of Spiderman are featured. There are six bibliographic sources cited.
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father (Cooke, 1999). This artist, in a business with much impropriety, is the quintessential family man. He is also generous with his time. He is affiliated with a new, nonprofit
group called A Commitment To Our Roots (ACTOR), that has been been formed in order to help artists who worked for a pittance and are presently struggling as they
age (Radford, 2001). John Romita, Sr. along with Joe Kubert and Roy Thomas and others sit on a disbursement committee for this group to determine where the money will go
(2001). While other artists are struggling, Romita is not. He was able to secure a position for himself and watches as his namesake and son, John Romita Jr. follow in
his footsteps. Some say that John Romita, Sr. was the best artist working in comic books in his day (Higdon, 1993). While not the creator of Spider-Man, he did
give the popular character his "classic" look during the late 1960s (1993). He drew Spider-Man as a syndicated newspaper strip during the 1970s (1993). Cooke (1999) delves into an
earlier time in John Romitas life. In an interview with the artist, Cooke relays personal information. During the interview, John notes the fact that he had been stationed at Governors
Island in New York Harbor during the war where he was doing recruiting posters (1999). He explains: "I had been slated to go to Germany, and I was
almost rooting to go, because I figured it would be a great experience-but I couldnt say it out loud because my mother and my girlfriend Virginia wouldve killed me. [laughter]
The chances were a million to one, but sure enough, I got the call to go to New York. I spent a year-and-a-half doing recruiting posters, and while I was