The Artist Who Made Spider-Man the Best Selling Comic Book of All Time | JOHN ROMITA (1930-2023)

[@JoeL-re8pe]

Thank you for the great video

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@l.greenemachine66]

Great video! Thank you very much 😊

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you liked it!

[@joshua3732]

Great video. I enjoy your deep dives. I love comic book history.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Ya I like doing deep dives

[@superneilcomics8196]

Thanks for doing this video Dave.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Any time

[@stillonly25cents67]

my favorite of all time ... thanks for posting the tribute

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@briansilverman1388]

THANX DAVE: FANTASTIC JOB

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@36amorgan]

Please keep doing these great history lessons.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Of course

[@SequentialGeek]

Fantastic work!!

[@ComicBookInvestments]

thank you!

[@SequentialGeek]

@@ComicBookInvestments Like the day before you posted this vid I just posted a haul during which I was pointing out how I had underrated the significance of Romita, I was blowing him off as being a "corporate look" for the character, "genric", and only for the reason the brand became popular, yet this other channel had asserted to me earlier how it could make sense, the influence of Detective Stacey and him growing up and out of his old self by his 20's, so the change could make sense in the look and style of Peter Parker as a change from the Ditko nerdy ways that I preferred -yet still, there is too much of a crutch going on w/the iron man spider-suit in the movies and the Tonly Stark influence in the MCU, cuz for me Parker should be about how he had to learn alot of things while he was not part of the in-crowd, hunted by the police and on his own... Any way, I would had referenced tis vid had I just waited to make that vid any way, great work.

[@roywatson7916]

This is a great video. Very informative and a just tribute. Please highlight more movers and shakers of the industry. Pin some roses while they are still here with us.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

That is my plan. To do more videos on artists and writers

[@stampscapes]

Fantastic video/tribute. I didn't know much him.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thanks

[@RetroPowered]

Legend

[@brute_nm]

Love the deep dives, keep 'em coming!

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Ya I love them too

[@daverph]

Tremendous video! Thanks for sharing the history of the legend!

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thanks for watching

[@thundergodd6086]

Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@kennythecomiccollector]

This is a great video of a legend! Thanks for all of your efforts in tell such an awesome story! 👍🏾😀

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thank you

[@pbales8951]

Excellent job on this documentary, Dave. John Romita, Sr. is my all-time favorite comic book artist, and there will never be another like him. Not only a great artist, but a great human being. I'm glad my childhood was filled with his artwork.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

I never got to meet him but met his son once at a con many many years ago

[@danielmitchel31310]

​@ComicBookInvestments do you every go to Comic-Cons nowadays?

[@davidlittler7223]

Thank you for taking the time to do this... For those like myself who love the art , stories & comics but don't necessarily know much about the artists this is both interesting & informative , I hope you find the time to do more. Well put together thanks once again.👍

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Yes I’m working on doing more of these

[@KAOS4EVER1]

Outstanding job on this video! Thank you!! ❤

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thank you so much!

[@MikeHill-n4q]

Excellent video on John Romita. I had no idea he co-created so many characters like Punisher and Wolverine. Keep doing these.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Ya it was kind of a shock to me too

[@superneilcomics8196]

RIP John Romita Sr. You were a great man and artist.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Yes he was

[@shannonbuff587]

These artists today dont hold a candle to Romita and the other OG artists

[@BrianLCS]

Awesome retrospective of one of my favorites.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KozysGhost]

These may not get the hits of some of your more regular videos but these are important. THIS is what collectors were attracted as kids whether we knew it or not. The artwork. The covers. And ultimately, the stories that we uncovered behind the flashy exterior that kept us coming back. I understand the editing, time, storytelling and planning are extensive on your end but I’m glad you’ve taken this one. Quality work and solid contributions to the community.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thank you, yes they do take way longer to get out and get less views, but I do honestly enjoy them quite a bit while doing it, as like you I feel its important to highlight these great people

[@robertbaker4811]

Rest in peace legend

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Yes he was

[@philatio1744]

i can't state how much i love mr romita. He's art impacted me since i was a child, re reading old Amazing Spider-Man issues. He had this elegant, yet expressive art work, that pretty much cemented the Spider-Man aesthetic for me. When i think Spider-Man, i think of John Romitas version (and, because i'm from 2002, Mark Bagley's take on the character on Ultimate Spider-Man). He drew so many iconic panels for the character that his impact still rings true to this day (Spider-Man Blue is basically a love letter to him, even down to the aesthetic). i would pick up my pencil and try to match him as a teen, he was the first artist to make me do so. Now the golden trio for Spider-Man to me, are gone. Stan Lee, Ditko and now Romita. Thanks for everything, Mr Romita!

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Yes he was a great artist and really defined the spiderman character. He is the artist my dad first started with. So I’ve had many attachments to his art

[@philatio1744]

@@ComicBookInvestments i couldn't agree more! I also find it really nice that you have an attatchment to him through your dad! i've also had tons of attachments to his art! when i was learning english, i used to read comics i was interested in, particularly spidey because he's my favourite character, in english so i'd learn while also doing something i liked. the 70's and 80's spider-man comics are my all time favourites. The writing is so good, the character drama is as thrilling as the actions and the art is practically perfect. Just seeing Romita's images was enough excuse for me to "study" english with Spidey. In the end, it worked (i think), but i can't say it was because i was a studious teen. hell, to this day i still learn through him. I'm trying to become an artist to one day make a graphic novel, and constantly study his poses and compositions to get better at it. i will never, ever be able to pay this man eveything i learned from him. Love him to death! ps: what do you think of his son's art? i was mixed on it at first, but i've grown to like it a bit, i'm a huge fan of the jms run, at least before it crashed and burned towards the end, and i'm a sucker for early 2000's vibes, so i'm kinda biased.

[@robertbanning6393]

Outstanding content. His designs/ artistic esthetic is unparalleled. Thank you for this.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Couldn't agree more!

[@danielmitchel31310]

This video is so insightful. You did really good on it!

[@Hectekk]

Great video. Thanks for the research, graphics, and editing work.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jvaca6]

Fantastic work Dave. You put together such a great, informative journey through John Romita Sr.’s history. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. You put together a tremendous piece for all to look back at how great Romita’s contributions were. RIP John Romita

[@tensixtythreecomics]

Great video!

[@xmuta]

RIP John.

[@kadett_6889]

Sooóo cool you made this... I have not watched it yet. Pa. thing. If anyone can honor this man in a tribune,it is you. Thank you for being you.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thank you. Let me know how you like it

[@stephenustrakjr2036]

And amazing legacy and awesome artwork. His contribution to marvel comics will hopefully never be forgotten. A very insightful and fitting tribute. Good work. 😝🤟😈🇺🇲

[@YurrNext]

Dave, these deep dive vids are my favorites. 👍

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you like them!

[@boogiemoster]

Please do more of these. Thanks Dave

[@ComicBookInvestments]

of course, they just take longer to get out so I cant do them all the time

[@comicsandculture]

Great tribute ❤

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thank you! 😄

[@misteress8008]

I expected this kind of quality from a channel with 100K+ subs. Well done! And thank you for this worthy tribute! Pretty sure SH watches your channel too.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Wow, thank you! ya these take longer to do but I do enjoy them

[@coydogf23]

Amazing biography of a legend. I always enjoy your deep dives into the comic world, I feel like I learn so much each time. For example, I had no idea how personable an unassuming he was. Romita and Steranko are easily my favorite Marvel artists, and I really don’t think there’s another one that’s close to them. Thank you again !!! 🎉

[@VikramKhare]

I love these videos you do on creators - the one on Neal Adam’s & Ditko were also great. Thanks Dave -

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Guero679]

Glad to see someone credit someone other then Stan

[@pulp420]

Met him and lovely wife in 2002 at a convention. RIP

[@MarveltheCross316]

My favorite spider man artist without a doubt. I also liked his work on Captain America

[@ronaldbourgeois1255]

Dave excellent tribute to John Romita senior, was glad to meet him a few years ago at fan expo Toronto and he signed my Spider-Man masterworks with the goblin cover #39. Latter I had Stan lee sign it and commented he beat to the book by signing it before me. Loved his work and got to tell him l liked his work a lot on ASM to he fantastic four to the avengers. Such a nice man.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

Thank you, I never met him but met his son JRJR many many years ago

[@pingadol1555]

I appreciate the work and effort you put into the production of this video. I realize time is important but this was worth it. I did not struggle at all to grant you 14:18 of my time. Thank you. Look forward to the next documentary.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

I appreciate that! I honestly do like doing these types of videos

[@darkranger_7769]

Another great mini doc. No wonder I love his Mary Jane, Ann Margaret was a fox.

[@RobertMatteis-pe7vh]

Hey Dave, good morning this is Bob in Connecticut. I’m on my way to Yankee Stadium that’s what I do every week I don’t do anything else.. anyway Steve Ditko and John Romita were the definitive Spider-Man Artists . Definitely two of the greatest and that you have to put Wally Wood and Al Williamson in the same category. I still have EC science-fiction artwork, one of the best pages of Al Williamson hanging in my kitchen. It’s with the dinosaurs totally amazing compare to the artist nowadays.. I wish I had John Romita original art Spider-Man. I do have a John Romita Junior original art in my kitchen of Harry Osborn, turning into the green goblin, believe it or not.. remember I don’t have much stuff left . I told you some of the high-end comic books I still have.. I also have a page of original tales to astonish Ant-man artwork with Don Heck. I also still have a Ditko original Indiana Jones artwork from the 1980s on my wall.. as always I love your content

[@ComicBookInvestments]

thats so cool you still have some original art by Ditko, those are hard to come by. I've had some Romita and JRJR artwork before, I think I still have JRJR stuff

[@DocReasonable]

One could be a dealer in Romita Spider-Man ONLY and make a decent living from it.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

there is actually a person that goes by RomitaArt, and I think they deal in many romita pieces

[@jarredsmith9187]

We are losing all the great artist and today's artist are good but nothing like the original people that created amazing characters and I don't think anyone will be as good as all these great artist that we have lost RIP John Romita Sr.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

well everything is a stepping stone, the artists today learned from these greats, and these greats learned from artists before them

[@DocReasonable]

As much as I love Kirby and Ditko, their artwork was never 100% perfect like John Romita's always was. Never any weird anatomy or proportions, he was always on point.

[@ComicBookInvestments]

I like different aspects of each of the artists

[@leeniren3706]

RIP JOHN RAMETA SR