Popular comic book artist, John Romita Sr. was a two-time Hall of Famer. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also inducted into the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame in 2020. He also received an Inkpot Award in 1979.
Romita Sr.’s first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor of Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief, Stan Lee. He began drawing horror war, and romance comics for Atlas Comics in 1951, and he also drew his first superhero work, a 1950s revival of Captain America. He started working exclusively for DC Comics from 1958 to 1965 and was the artist for many of their romance comics.
According to his son John Romita Jr., he died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, he was 93.
“I say this with a heavy heart. My father is a legend in the art world and it would be my honor to follow in his footsteps. Please keep your thoughts and condolences here out of respect for my family. He was the greatest man I ever met,” John Romita Jr. wrote in a Twitter post.