John Giunta (June 5, 1920 – November 6, 1970) was an American illustrator of comic books from the 1940s through the 1960s. He worked on horror titles like Tomb of Terror, Chamber of Chills (Harvey), Journey into Mystery and Weird Tales (Marvel). In 1944, he drew the first comic adaptation of O. Henry's Cisco Kid. In the early 1960s, he became a regular artist on The Fly for Archie Comics. He also worked on titles like Thunder Agents, Air Fighters Comics and Phantom Stranger.
He is most well known for collaborating with Frank Frazetta on Frazetta's first comic book story that was published, "Snowman" from Tally-Ho Comics #1 in December 1944.
References
- Saunders, David (2019). "Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists" Retrieved 11-06-2019.
- Hanley, Terence (2014). "Tellers of Weird Tales: John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part I" @Tellers of Weird Tales (February 5, 2014). Retrieved 12-21-2018.
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- "John Guinta Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology". www.comixology.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
External links
- "His books". comicbookdb.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- John Giunta at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database