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About
the Artist…Joe Giella
The Work of Joe Giella
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by Jim Amash, Associate editor/writer
for Alter Ego Magazine |
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Joe Giella was born June 27, 1928,
in Manhattan. As a teenager, his imagination was
fueled by the newspaper strips and comic books
of the time. At age 17, Joe broke into comic books
inking one story for Hillman Publications, and
then inking for the Beck-Costanza studio on Fawcett
Publications’ Captain Marvel series. In
1947, Joe became a staff inker for Timely Comics
(now known as Marvel), working primarily on humor
and teenage comics, though he also did some adventure
work. Timely was Joe’s training ground.
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In 1950,
Joe left Timely and began a 40 year association with
DC Comics, primarily as an inker. Joe left no genre
untouched; westerns, war, romance, horror, humor,
crime, science fiction, and superheroes, including
most of the company’s top characters, like The
Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, etc. He also
drew the Batman newspaper strip for four years in
the mid-1960s, worked on The Phantom newspaper strip,
and turned out volumes of pages for Marvel Comics. |
| Currently, Joe is enjoying a long
running stint as the artist on the Mary Worth
newspaper strip, in addition to various freelance
endeavors, which include recent work for his long-time
employer, DC Comics. There are reasons that Joe
has stayed employed longer than most other cartoonists:
he meets his deadlines, can adapt to just about
any artistic style, and is a team player. And
in case you haven’t already guessed it,
he just happens to have quite a bit of talent,
too! |
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Meet
Joe Giella!
The
Work of Joe Giella
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