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Modern Masters Volume 18: John Romita Jr. (MODERN MASTERS SC) Paperback – Illustrated, July 29, 2008
- Over the past thirty years, no other artist has had a more profound impact on the entire Marvel Comics franchise than John Romita, Jr. From teenage prodigy to full-blown superstar illustrator, his impeccable storytelling and hardcore professionalism have made him a fan-favorite. His gritty visuals and powerful tenacity for illustrating action have graced the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil, and most of the company's other top-tier books over the course of his career. Like his father before him, nothing can stop this Modern Master from striving for the artistic perfection that makes the name Romita one of true royalty in the comics industry. This new book presents a career-spanning interview and discussion of JRJR's creative process, complete with both rare and unseen art, including an enormous gallery of commissioned work by one of the Modern Masters of comics!
- Print length128 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTwoMorrows Publishing
- Publication dateJuly 29, 2008
- Reading age16 years and up
- Dimensions8.3 x 0.4 x 10.7 inches
- ISBN-101893905950
- ISBN-13978-1893905955
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- Publisher : TwoMorrows Publishing; Illustrated edition (July 29, 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1893905950
- ISBN-13 : 978-1893905955
- Reading age : 16 years and up
- Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.3 x 0.4 x 10.7 inches
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Eric Nolen-Weathington was born in 1970 and raised in the small town of Winterville, N.C., where despite the snowy sounding name it rarely snowed. After five misspent semesters in their Computer Engineering program, he found a curriculum more to his liking and earned his B.A. in Communications from N.C. State University.
In 2000, he joined the staff of TwoMorrows Publishing. Being as it was a staff consisting only of himself, he held the positions of production assistant, proofreader, customer relations representative, shipping supervisor, and office boy. In 2003, his first book, Modern Masters Volume 1: Alan Davis, was published. In 2006, he left his staff position at TwoMorrows to spend more of his time and energy producing his Modern Masters book series, which he edits and designs to this day. There are now more than two dozen volumes in the series. He also is the editor and designer of Nick Cardy: Behind the Artist, and the designer of the Eisner Award-nominated Draw! magazine.
He currently lives in Mebane, N.C., with his wife and two children... not to mention their dog and several cats, all of which he is allergic to (the cats, not the wife and children).
George Khoury has written and edited the Eisner-nominated Kimota! and The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore, amongst other titles. He served as a senior editor on the award-winning Comic Book Artist magazine; he's also a regular contributor to the popular Modern Masters series. He's been a writer for various magazines, newspapers, and internet sites over the last 20 years. He was born and raised in New Jersey. His latest book is Comic Book Fever.
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His drawings inspire me to Draw!
Although this volume is jam-packed with sketches, never-seen pages and an extended interview with the J.R.Jr., it's still not enough. After all, we're talking about an artist whose career spans for 30 years.
For the die-hard fans - such as myself who consider him the best in the field - this book is a boost (and quite enjoyable) if read alongside the hardcover 'MARVEL VISIONAIRES - JOHN ROMITA JR.'
For those used to in-depth perspectives from the artist about comics and styles, do not expect much; John Romita Jr. is a very down-to-earth person, whose comments and statements on the market and peers are direct. He sees himself as guy ready to deliver a fine work and do what he's told to. Nothing more; we wish we could have in the book more of his thoughts about spider-man, ideas, creations and such. Therefore, as an interviewee, he can be quite straightforward and does not give too much away about his style, which, different from MANY artists, only gets better.
But if you read 'THE ART OF JOHN ROMITA', it's not difficult to notice the son's got the same traits as his father - both in art and personality. And the comic market should be thankful of having an artist who has as main influence, his own father - a great collaborator from the silver age of comics. J.R.Jr. brought that style its modern age.
Still, it's a helluva book - this a guy who drew every single main character (and more) of the Marvel Universe. And he's still delivering it!
Believe you me, it's worth it.
"INTERVIEWER: How did the offer come to do "Uncanny [X-Men]"? Did that come from Louise Simonson?
JRJR: I don't remember who came up to me.
INTERVIEWER: It might have been [Jim] Shooter?
JRJR: I don't remember who came to me first. I know Louise was the editor on that book, but I don't know whose suggestion it was. Maybe it was Shooter, I don't know."
Most disappointingly of all he offers very little interesting insight into his craft. The overall impression the interview leaves of Romita Jr is that he's a rather boring, self-critical, hard working artist who, most strikingly, always did what he was told: the editors would say "Draw this title" and then "Draw that title" and he'd pretty much just say "Okay." A real team player, but a follower, not a leader. Thankfully his artwork is a different story.
There's also a 40-odd page art gallery at the end, again featuring black and white images. Most of the artworks are pages (text included) from JR JR's comics, understandably, with a few pinups. If you're familiar with a lot of his work, as I am, you might find these pages a little disappointing, as I did, given the relative lack of new, exclusive or rare material.