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Bill Fraccio
BornWilliam Fraccio
(1920-07-09)July 9, 1920
DiedOctober 24, 2005(2005-10-24) (aged 85)
Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller
Pseudonym(s)Tony Williamson
Tony Williamsune
Notable works
Charlton Comics

William Fraccio (July 9, 1920 – October 24, 2005)

Golden Age of comic books through 1979, when he turned to producing advertising art and teaching. He is best known for his 23-year run at Charlton Comics, where he illustrated, among many other things, the first two professional stories of future Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas
.

The often-uncredited Fraccio and his frequent art partner, inker Tony Tallarico, sometimes used the joint pseudonym Tony Williamson and, later, Tony Williamsune, on stories for Warren Publishing's horror-comics magazines Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella.[2]

Biography

Early life and career

Bill Fraccio attended New York City's

Daredevil Comics.[4]

He confirmably contributed to

wrestler who gains super strength and fights crime. The series had taken over the numbering of a defunct comic, Blue Beetle — which, coincidentally, Fraccio would draw for several issues upon that superhero series' revival in 1964.[4]

Charlton years

Fraccio provided art in the variety of genres for the low-budget

Silver Age of comic books
and beyond.

Though often uncredited, Fraccio

Western comics as Black Fury, Cheyenne Kid, Cowboy Western, Gunmaster, and Six-Gun Heroes ; such hot rod and motorcycle comics as Surf N' Wheels and World of Wheels; and such superhero comics as Son of Vulcan — including Roy Thomas' first professional story, "The Second Trojan War", in the second issue of that series, No. 50 (Jan. 1966) — and Blue Beetle — including Thomas' second pro story, "The Eye of Horus", in the fifth issue of that series, No. 54 (March 1966).[4][5] Fraccio's last recorded Charlton work was two backup stories in Surf N' Wheels vol. 2, No. 5 (July 1979) — a more than two-decade run.[4]

Later life and career

Fraccio was a resident of Mount Vernon, New York, at the time of his death.[1]

Critical analysis

Historian Jim Amash wrote that Fraccio "was never a fan favorite, but his work sure ended up in a lot of comic book collections. He knew he was not a great artist.... He did the best he could for the money he was paid, in the time he had to get that work done. That's all the companies ever asked of him, and he wasn't the type to rock any boats."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b William Fraccio, Social Security number 119-18-8256, at the United States Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016.
  2. Lambiek Comiclopedia. Archived
    October 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Bob Fujitani interview in Amash, Jim (April 2003). "Fuje For Thought". Alter Ego. Vol. 3, no. 23. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 4. (flipside "All the Way with MLJ!" section)
  4. ^ a b c d Bill Fraccio at the Grand Comics Database
  5. ^ Son of Vulcan at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011.
  6. ^ Amash, Jim (May 2006). "Bill Fraccio: 'A Big Gentle Bear of a Man'". Alter Ego. Vol. 3, no. 58. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. ?.

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