Absolutely incredible. Romita proves once again that he is easily one of the greatest comic book artists of all time, and definitely THE greatest at drawing faces. I've seen him do sketches like this in person, and the ease and total mastery with which he does them is STAGGERING.
Roy Thomas said in an interview that's here on YT that John is probably the third most important Marvel artist after Ditko and Kirby. That's great praise indeed.
I was at this convention and due inpart to my wonderful mother and how well she can talk her way into and out of any sitiation i had lunch with John and his wife that day... we went to the pizza place in that mall right down from the con... I still have the sketch he made for me...
Awesome Silver Surfer drawn by a comic book legend. It was this same year at San Diego Con, that Mr. Romita drew me a classic half Peter Parker/ half Spider-Man face. To this day I still have it matted and framed with pride upon my wall. If you ever read this, "thank- you" , Mr. Romita. You have, and always will be, the definitive Spider-Man artist of all-time. God Bless.
it's stunning how it goes from a fairly standard model head... then the thicker ink brought the darker nature to the Surfer.. Romita Sr. legend aged 92 strong!
This is the different of those artists and the ones today. Artists like RomitaSR only cared to make the art speak for itself. Nowadays? Its like a soap opera running around of burned bridges and internet attacks. I enjoy some of the art toay, but its with artists of he caliber of RomitaSR that one actually learns something.
@jesubono Well I suppose that would depend on your definition of "admired." I don't think there ARE a lot of admired writers today in general but there are certainly some brilliant ones out there. Which "admired" modern writers would you consider "jokes?"
@jesubono For me Marvel is dead since Marvel Comics were bankrupt and reopened as just Marvel. Back in the day when i had no Internet, i was watching Spider-Man movie and first thing i noticed was the absence of Comics word, so it was just Marvel. I thought - WTF???
Absolutely incredible. Romita proves once again that he is easily one of the greatest comic book artists of all time, and definitely THE greatest at drawing faces. I've seen him do sketches like this in person, and the ease and total mastery with which he does them is STAGGERING.
Roy Thomas said in an interview that's here on YT that John is probably the third most important Marvel artist after Ditko and Kirby. That's great praise indeed.
I was at this convention and due inpart to my wonderful mother and how well she can talk her way into and out of any sitiation i had lunch with John and his wife that day... we went to the pizza place in that mall right down from the con... I still have the sketch he made for me...
I loved how he entertained the kid while he drew for him. He is such a nice guy.
Awesome Silver Surfer drawn by a comic book legend. It was this same year at San Diego Con, that Mr. Romita drew me a classic half Peter Parker/ half Spider-Man face. To this day I still have it matted and framed with pride upon my wall. If you ever read this, "thank- you" , Mr. Romita. You have, and always will be, the definitive Spider-Man artist of all-time. God Bless.
The genius still has it! And carries on a nice conversation with a youthful youngster at the same time
1997... I too was watching X-Men every saturday when this video was made.
I wish John Romita, Sr. had drawn more SILVER SURFER back in the day.
it's stunning how it goes from a fairly standard model head... then the thicker ink brought the darker nature to the Surfer.. Romita Sr. legend aged 92 strong!
what a nice guy
One of my favorite artist
I love the talk about how awesome the camcorder is.
Still the best in comics! Not today's comic book artists!
God bless him.. Jazzy John Romita.
it's so nice to see he talks to the kid's gets down to there level you can tell the kid wasn't shy around him ether
Lol @ the camera guy explaining his high tech 1997 camera with it's brand new zoom technology.
what an awesome dude
hahahah, Listen at 2:32, the Guy Explaning his Camera at 1800.00with super VHS input outputs. and Auto Focus lol..and it can Handle Anything lol..
He draws much better than his son.
His son changed his style drastically. His earlier art was better but never as good as his dad..
ooh Super VHS outputs :P
Ah, good ol' days, when Marvel was Marvel COMICS and wasn't bought by Disney...
Drawing is a superpower
Nice!
That is So Awesome !
I was going to comment the same until I saw your post. I was laughing my ass off!
That is Awesome !
Another good one is at agunstreetgirl all the drawings there were also fantastic.
thats awesome
What The Cosmic! Nice
Desenha muito, parabéns!
woah!!!
This is the different of those artists and the ones today. Artists like RomitaSR only cared to make the art speak for itself. Nowadays? Its like a soap opera running around of burned bridges and internet attacks.
I enjoy some of the art toay, but its with artists of he caliber of RomitaSR that one actually learns something.
@TheBrokenCage HERE HERE!
@jesubono Well I suppose that would depend on your definition of "admired." I don't think there ARE a lot of admired writers today in general but there are certainly some brilliant ones out there. Which "admired" modern writers would you consider "jokes?"
Sliver Surfer vs Frankenstein
haha. one small step for man, but not for my new takanashi 9000-gx. with extra pixels and memory.
@jesubono Dude, most of those old characters are still around and most of the old writers that are still working today have turned into a joke.
@jesubono For me Marvel is dead since Marvel Comics were bankrupt and reopened as just Marvel. Back in the day when i had no Internet, i was watching Spider-Man movie and first thing i noticed was the absence of Comics word, so it was just Marvel. I thought - WTF???