RASCOE: That's interesting because Romita started out as a brush man, not a penciler. He did more splash pages, and he made the action so huge and then could grind it down with a personal scene between these wonderful characters like nobody else could. And then there was the fact that he could draw Spider-Man doing anything, and he took what was at the beginning of what Steve Ditko did so wonderfully of a lot of small panels packing a lot of story in - John, after he came into his own, shattered the panel borders - went to just, you know, a couple panels a page - three panels a page. One of the best things about Marvel is it's less about Spider-Man than it is about Peter Parker. Not only could he draw anything - his roots were in romance comics, and that played so into what Stan Lee and Steve Ditko set up on Spider-Man, especially. LOWE: Oh, I mean, he was an artist's artist and a consummate storyteller. NICK LOWE: I'm so glad to be here, Ayesha. Joining us now to talk about this is Nick Lowe, executive editor of the Spider-Man office at Marvel. As a big comic book fan myself, I wanted to talk about Jazzy John Romita, who was so influential in this industry. Over Romita's decades-long career, he co-created heroes like Luke Cage, The Punisher and even Wolverine. MAGUIRE: (As Peter Parker) No, no, I understand. TOBEY MAGUIRE: (As Peter Parker) Oh, him.ĭUNST: (As Mary Jane Watson) You're laughing at me. KIRSTEN DUNST: (As Mary Jane Watson) He saved my life twice, and I've never even seen his face. Romita's work helped define the life and style of Spidey, including the introduction of his longtime love interest, Mary Jane Watson. He took over the art for "Amazing Spider-Man" in 1966 from the original artist, Steve Ditko. Last week, the world of comic books lost a legend.
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