John Costanza
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| Born | August 14, 1943 Shazam Award ) |
John Costanza (born August 14, 1943, in
Biography
Costanza began his career in 1965, working as Joe Kubert's assistant on the syndicated newspaper strip Tales of the Green Berets. Costanza soon started to work for comic books, both as an artist and a letterer. He started out with contributing to DC titles like G.I. Combat and House of Mystery in the period 1968-1971. He began freelancing for Marvel (exclusively as a letterer) in 1972, at first under the alias Jon Costa. He would soon become one of the company's premier letterers, working on flagship titles such as Fantastic Four and The Amazing Spider-Man, and lettering special projects such as the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Silver Surfer novel (Silver Surfer: The Ultimate Cosmic Experience) published by Fireside Books in 1978.
During the 1970s he produced comics with Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies characters for Western Publishing.
For Marvel in 1980s, Costanza drew comics with
In the 1990s, he returned to Warner Bros. comics, this time for DC's Looney Tunes and Animaniacs titles. He also did stories with Roger Rabbit and Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney Studios. Costanza has also drawn issues of Matt Groening's The Simpsons comics.
Bibliography (selected)
Lettering
- , DC, 1970-1972)
- The New Gods (with writer/artist Jack Kirby, DC, 1971)
- Mister Miracle (with writer/artist Jack Kirby, DC, 1971)
- The Forever People (with writer/artist Jack Kirby, DC, 1971)
- , 1972–1978)
- , 1972–1979)
- Doctor Strange (with writers Steve Englehart, Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin, and Roger Stern and artists Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, Rudy Nebres, Al Milgrom, Tom Sutton, and Tom Palmer, Marvel, 1974–1979)
- Man-Thing (with writer Steve Gerber and editor Roy Thomas, Marvel, 1974–1975)
- Giant X-Men (writer Len Wein and artist Neal Adams, Marvel, 1975)
- The Invaders (with writer Roy Thomas, penciller Frank Robbins, and inker Frank Springer, Marvel, 1975–1978)
- Howard the Duck (with writer Steve Gerber, penciller Frank Brunner and editor Marv Wolfman, Marvel, 1976–1978)
- J.M. DeMatteis and penciller Graham Nolan, DC/Marvel, 1978)
- Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, and inker Dick Giordano, DC/Marvel, 1981)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (with writer Paul Levitz and penciller Keith Giffen, DC, 1982–1984)
- Camelot 3000 (with writer Mike W. Barr and penciller Brian Bolland, DC, 1982–1985)
- Frank Miller, 6-issue limited series, DC, 1983–1984)
- Ernie Colon, DC, 1983–1984)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (with writer Marv Wolfman and penciller George Pérez, DC, 1985–1986)
- Vertigo, 1985–1994)
- Frank Miller and inks by Klaus Janson, 4-issue limited series, DC, 1986)
- Batman: Son of the Dragon (with Mike W. Barr and penciller Jerry Bingham, DC, 1987)
- Wonder Woman (with writer/artist George Pérez, DC, 1987–1989)
- Batman: The Cult (with writer Jim Starlin and penciller Bernie Wrightson, 4-issue limited series, DC, 1988)
- Batman: A Death in the Family (with writer Jim Starlin and penciller Jim Aparo, 4-issue storyline, DC, 1988–1989)
- , 1989)
- Superboy Special (with writer Stan Berkowitz and penciller Curt Swan, DC, 1992)
- The Death of Superman (with writer/penciller Dan Jurgens, DC, 1992)
- Predator vs. Magnus: Robot Hunter (with writers John Ostrander and Jim Shooter and penciller Lee Weeks, Dark Horse/Valiant Comics, 1992-1993)
- Aliens: Rogue (with writer Ian Edginton and penciller Will Sampson, Dark Horse Comics, 1993)
- The Trouble with Girls (with writers Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones and pencillers Bret Blevins and Russ Miller, Epic Comics, 1993)
- , Marvel, 1993-1995)
- Vertigo, 1993–1999)
- Captain America (with writer Mark Waid and penciller Ron Garney, Marvel, 1995–1996)
- Amazon (with writer/penciller John Byrne and inks by Terry Austin, Amalgam Comics, 1996)
- Batman: Death of Innocents (with writer Dennis O'Neil and penciller Joe Staton, DC, 1996)
- Batman: GCPD (with writer Chuck Dixon and penciller Jim Aparo, DC, 1996)
- Batman: Gordon's Law (with writer Chuck Dixon and artist Klaus Janson, DC, 1996–1997)
- Hilary J. Bader, DC, 1997)
- Anarky (with writer Alan Grant and penciller Norm Breyfogle, DC, 1997)
- Gen-Active (with writer Eric DeSantis and penciller Brian Stelfreeze, Wildstorm, 2000)
- Vertigo, 2000)
- Wildstorm, 2003)
Awards
Costanza's lettering has been recognized by both peers and fans. The
References
- John Costanza at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- John Costanza at Lambiek' Comiclopedia
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