He was always one of those journeyman artists that just did good work. Peace to him and his own.
>>152275243sticky?
>>152275243Wow. I thought he was already gone. RIP
Rest in peace to a legend
>>152275243RIP King
>>152275243RIP
Goddamn. RIP to the legend.sticky
>>152275313There better fucking be. He was one of the greats and it feels like he only started getting his due later in life because he wasn't some flashy auteur artist.
Rest in peace.
>>152275313>>152275387I'm gonna be frankThe only comic creators I can see whose death would cause a sticky to reach bump limit (past a thousand replies AND warrant the chunk method on the archive) are Alan Moore, Rob Liefeld, and Ken Penders.Not SimonsonNot MillerNot MillarNot EnnisNot EllisNot BendisNot McFarlaneNot BusiekNot KirkmanNot MignolaNot MorrisonNot BaronNot Van SciverNot SimoneNot WaidNot JohnsNot LeeNot SnyderBut those three simply because they're the ones who the secondaries, casuals, and outside observers (who outnumber us) know about the most through second hand discussion and memesMaybe Neil Gaiman as well, maybe simply because he made Coraline and the big scandal involving him
>>152275443My money's on Miller, Morrison and Lee
>>152275443You're a retard if you don't think Jim fucking Lee or Alex Ross makes the cut
>>152275570I'm sorry Anon, how many people showed up for George Perez's sticky?
If nobody else is willing to do it, I can storytime a few issues he's done for this threadAny suggestions?
>>152275243This not being a sticky means that /co/ is definitively the worst board. A legitimate talent from a dynasty is gone but all we do is bitch about the crumbling remnants that came far after him.This man wasn’t perfect as an artist, but he captured rage and despair perfectly. His runs on Hulk and Spider-man are the envy of any artist who believes they can draw the embodiment of hurt and anger simply within the confides of a few panels. I’m hurt by this loss and believe we are all lesser for it
>>152275628I recently read some of his Avengers books. They were good. I think people might enjoy them.
>>152275634I think his colorist on Spectacular did him dirty. I remember it being my least liked of the Spidey books at the time but then I read his other stuff and realized, yep. Someone done fucked up his pages.
>>152275628Do one of his Savage Sword of Conan issues.
>>152275574Alex Ross has enough stand alone art to fill up a thread. But you’re right it was a crime that George Perez’s sticky didn’t hit 1k
>>152275243You were my perfect friend, right there until the end, I'm forever missing you until we meet again.
>>152275634/co/'s......weird when it comes to comics This place can know its shit and on average aren't Wizard Magazine level plebians but it fails to muster strong discussion on anything that doesn't already have a strong dedicated online fandom to begin with (i.e. why Sonic threads are some of the healthiest of the bunch)This place is into capeshit but aren't encyclopedic about it past a few dedicated AnonsThis place can be into non-cape but they're practically cryptids aside from evergreen comics like Scott Pilgrim or whenever the annual Usagi Yojimbo storytime hitsIt's especially jarring when you look at places like fucking twitter of all places and those guys (while still smaller than most other fandoms and are very VERY toxic for their own reasons ) are able to actually be passionate over monthly comics and actively do read decades old comics 12 for 12 is a thing over there and on LOCG (it started there) but we can never do a thread like that here
>>152275717I don't think Keith Giffen's did so hot either. >>152275729the board used to be a lot more comic focused than it was cartoon focused. At some point that changed. Comic fans in general also seem to generally post slower. A cartoon thread will repeat itself a thousand times and fill a thread instantly so comic threads have a hard time staying afloat. I wish we were separate boards.
>>152275771Yeah this was right close to his birthday.
>>152275757>I wish we were separate boards.Eh....I know the grass is always greener but I'm gonna be honestBoard split wouldn't be as ideal as you'd thinkThe cartoon side would go on normally at first until they realize they can no longer make threads on artist OCs, mascots, picture books, etc (if the rules are taken seriously over what counts for a cartoon i.e. animation) while the comic side erupts into a war between non-cape vs cape because the latter would still try making threads on adaptations or anything remotely superhero related
>>152275757Keith didn’t but honestly his posthumous tweet tops anything /co/ could’ve said or story timed about him
>>152275757>>152275729The unfortunate ate reality is is that comics, like pretty much all current pop culture, are so far into the gutter that people don’t want to talk without getting mad. You’d think that getting sad would do it as well but I guess not…
RIP. I really liked how he drew Spidey.
Oh no, was just thinking of him a few days ago. Must be the last surviving person from this era? Rip. Sticky now jannies.
>>152275696You got it
>>152275243oh, wtf? >>152275341, RIP to a real one
Started ROM and he really is good at it. It feels mean and belittling to say he's a great journeyman artist when I do mean it as the highest compliment. He was a fill in artist you were happy to see which again sounds bad but is meant as the highest praise >>152275903Roy Thomas' still kicking, not sure who else
>>152275243I didn’t realize that he was John’s brother, I always assumed he was a son.
>>152275243Damn, RIP. I'd post a reaction image of Spider-man crying or something but I won't use up the image limit, a storytime of his work is far more fitting
>>152275886Most people discuss comics in namespace and IRL with other people who already cleared their tolerance conditions, not much reason to seek it among the misanthropes of a dead anon board
>>152275243F. He was a great artist.
The Solstar Order weeps...
>>152275989wonder when thomas goes. He was pretty young when he started, so it might be a while
Alright, gonna for a quick walkIf the thread is still up I'll go ahead and do an issue from his work on ROMSuggest me anything else (please be specific right down to the issue)
The Elf with a Gun claims another victim.
>>152275989>RomIt really suffers after he leaves. I read a lot of old Marvel and I always appreciate Sal whenever he shows up.
>>152275903For guys who made their name in the '60s there's still Roy Thomas and Jim Steranko. The next generation to bite it are going to be the ealy/mid-'70s guys like Starlin, Moench, Englehart and such.
>>152275771RIP
>>152275989Too many people are hung up on "wow factor" when it comes to comic artists. Sal wasn't a wow factor kind of guy, he was just a dependable artist who did the Marvel house style well and could tell a story. That's not impressive to most people though. They don't like the solid and dependable session musician, they want the flashy guitarist who can noodle out the most impressive solo.
>>152276148Honestly I always lose track of how old these people are. It makes me suddenly realize how old I am. Jim Lee being 61 and Rob Liefeld being close is very sobering.
>>152275892Yeah this certfied grade-a kino was my phone wallpaper for a while. I'm putting it up again.>>152276278Does anybody know Hulk? Sorry I'm not a big fan who has read a bunch of it yet. But I do know Sal was a major artist for him. I know 300 is important but is it the best of his work on the book? Other than that issue, I guess 200 will be known by everyone but for those who don't know, that's a good one-shot if length is an issue. But I would say storytiming half or 2 issues of Child Within is good so anons who haven't read the run by JMD and Sal are intrigued but the story isn't ruined and it doesn't take up the whole thread.Issues 178 and 179 to be precise. Or perhaps the story they did in Spectacular issue 189. That takes place in the middle of the arc while still being able to stand alone.
>>152276763>Issues 178 and 179 to be precise. I'll do that and Rom after dinner
>>152276591Yeah. I get you. He's like Roger Stern in that way. They're not trying to reinvent everything and that sounds dismissive but I just mean he actually GETS whatever you put him on. He won't be drawing Sal Buscema's showcase spectacular staring Sal Buscema. He drew Spider-man in a way that doesn't break the illusion.
>>152275243Oh fuck, Sal's work is amazing. Didn't realize he's the artist that kicked off Mantlo's Hulk run. He was not scared to draw insane machinery on Gamma Base and drawing up all the fun story tangents that'd pop up.Mods sticky this
I had trouble looking him up in the Grand Comics Database.Zero hits.Also zero for his brother, John.Finally dawned on me that >>152275243 ,the OP, spelled his name wrong!!It's BUSCEMA/. There's no "H".
Alright, I'm back
>>152277167based, he is a top 5 spider-man artist ever, underrated because the big 4 ahead of him are incredible but he's a legend in his own right
>>152275243>typoNo wonder I missed the thread initially.Here's a bit from an article:https://comicbookclublive.com/2026/01/26/sal-buscema-comic-book-legend-dead-at-89/>Sal Buscema, Comic Book Legend, Dead At 89>Sal Buscema, a comic book legend known for his decade-long run on The Incredible Hulk, eight-year run on The Spectacular Spider-Man, and more, has reportedly passed away at age 89. Today would have been his 90th birthday.>The news was first reported on Facebook by artist Sterling Clark, who previously worked on an issue of a book called National Guardians that also included inks from Buscema. Clark was told by Buscema’s wife Joan that the legend passed away last Friday (January 23) — just shy of his 90th birthday.>Originally from Brooklyn, Buscema started in the comic book industry as an inker, working with his brother John Buscema on art at Dell Comics. Though he bumped around to different jobs over time, it wasn’t until 1968 that he came into his own.
STICKY NOW ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER PUT HIS PENCIL TO THE PAPERHIS GREEN GOBLIN IS ICONICPERIODFULL STOPTHANKS FOR YOU ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
>>152275443I think Millar is becoming politically contentious enough for his stick to devolve into a shitshow like the Dilbert one.Kirkman is very popular with casuals.
>>152277326That MJ, holy shit
>>152277408>>152277416>>152277429>>152277443>>152277456Feels like nu-comics don't have this many pages little to no dialogue anymore.And like others said, the art isn't mindblowing but it's very competently drawn and easy to read.
>>152277481
Didn't mean to reply just now
>>152275243Sorry to hear, I hope his passing was in peace.
>>152277481Gotta dig but they're there, anon. I remember when people found it hard to go back because of how wordy things got! This era was a nice middle ground. It's easy to get cynical looking at the big picture but there are some lovely runs out there if you seek them. Enough about that though, I am loving Buscema's art here. The pacing, the way he handles motion while keeping that wet feeling during the rain. The last couple of pages make me feel like raindrops are bouncing off my back.
>>152277481>Feels like nu-comics don't have this many pages little to no dialogue anymore.Modern comics have a bad problem of decompression. Older comics wanted to give you your money's worth more. In an old comic even a multi part chapter would feel complete in some fashion. New books will take half the book to get the team together and then spend it on breakfast. >And like others said, the art isn't mindblowing but it's very competently drawn and easy to read.I think what often gets over looked is that there's a very big difference between DRAWING and CARTOONING. It takes more than being able to draw well to draw a comic, if you get me. It's about flow, it's about story telling with sequential images. Look at this page from Spectacular 200.>>152275386Look at how much information and pathos is in that one page. THAT'S good comic book art. Any artist can make a single image look good. A good story teller is rare.
>>152277678That's good paneling
>>152275243F
Alright, now for Rom
>>152276289How did Sal Buscema die before Roy Thomas when we all saw Roy get shot by the Elf?
>>152277779>>152277302>>152277311Norman's appearances here really do paint a stark contrast between this and earlier "mindscape" and "floating heads" psychological torment that impacted Peter and Norman. Here with Harry, Norman just being his father standing over him or near him feels more real and better for this story. It's that constant looming and shadowing that you feel when you think about your predecessors and dead relatives. That feeling that they are watching and judging. JMD and Buscema's restraint and economical pacing of each panel while providing repeating panels only a couple of times and used for the reader to feel the time passing is justified. I struggle to find other examples as clear as the ones already posted.
>>152277844Did Sal ever talk much about what John thought of his art/career and the changing industry/times?
Sticky this thread you faggy jannies
>>152275243RIP Sal, ROM is genuinely one of my favorite comics thanks to his art and Mantlo's dialogue.
I knew it had to happen at some point but this still stings. He was THE Spider-Man artist for much of my early collecting days.My first ever Marvel comics was Spectacular Spider-Man vol.1 #179 I am beyond bummed out that he's gone.
>>152275243RIP legend
>>152275903Thomas, Steranko and Conway are about all that's left big names wise from the Silver Age.
>>152277915I don't think either has said much of anything.
>>152275243rip
>>152277965After the story time, I went off to read the rest of the arc and it made me remember what I love about comics and even cried a bit. Gonna drink for Buscema today, the world lost a real one
>>152278628Here's to you, anon.
>>152276531>Jim SterankoSteranko is too bitchin' cool 3d to die.
>>152275386Old Spider-Man was so fucking depressing. The other issue that always got to me was the one with the dying boy, that got adapted to the 90s cartoon.>>152275443>Ken Penders over>Miller>Millar>Ennis>McFarlane>Kirkman>Mignola>Simone>JohnsAre you crazy? Even this shithole isn't that far-gone (yet).>>152278090Kino classic X-Men panel.
>>152278717Anon....which piece of licenseshit almost always has a thread up 24/7?Penders dying would invite /v/ Anons who otherwise couldn't talk about it on their board so they'd hop to a sticky on /co/The man is notable enough for Sonic fans to be invested in even if they never read the comicsThey outnumber us
>>152277358Oh yeah Scott Adams got more replies than most comic creatorsI guess Doug TenNapel will as well though he'd probably get a sticky on /v/ as well
>>152278756You win, thanks for depressing me.
>>152278808Comic fans are a dying breed, anon. Sonic, on the other hand, is an ever-perpetuating vortex of autism that will outlive the heat death of the universe. Do not allow yourself to be depressed by its perpetuity— instead, mourn the circumstances which brought us here.
I mean, let's be honest. He may have been a cool dude but this art isn't that good. He ain't no Miura
My life is just a poor attemptTo imitate the manI'm just a living legacyTo the leader of the band
RIP "Our Pal" Sal. I liked his work on Hulk and ROM when I was dipping my toes into Bronze Age Marvel, although my introduction to his work was his brief run on New Mutants between McLeod and Sienkiewicz, which wasn't his best work, hah. He was a very consistent visual storyteller who knew how to do character personality no matter which book he got put on, which is more than you could say for many artists then and especially now.
>>152275443Bendis dying would start a party that'd last at least a whole fucking week. Who do you think you're kidding?There'd be at least 200 posts just saying "Brian Michael Bendis? The comic book writer? Him? He's dead? Expired? Bendis? He's shuffled off the mortal coil?"
>>152279367I don't wish death on anyone. Especially over a hobbyist medium. But it sure does stand out that it's always the good ones and the people who suck seem to be goddamn immortal.
Always had a soft spot for Sal, RIP
perfectly iconic art. rip.
Why no Sticky?
>>152275443>Rob LiefeldWhen you include someone this “young“ as him, you need to include Jim Lee, Frank Cho and Goeff Johns. They would get a thread to bump limit.
I loved his Thor
any iconic iron man work?
F
>>152278717>Old Spider-Man was so fucking depressing. The other issue that always got to me was the one with the dying boy, that got adapted to the 90s cartoon.That's part of why it got so popular, and Sal being able to capture dramatic/depressing moments without even a hint of ridiculousness is why he was one of the greats.
>>152275443Noas recent events have shown, to get a 1000+ sticky, you just have to be controversial and be a lightning rod for discussion and trolling. There is no other criteria. >Not MillerOh you better believe we're having a 1000+ post sticky for Miller.
>>152277481>Feels like nu-comics don't have this many pages little to no dialogue anymore.Drawing takes time, even in the age of AI slop they're going to focus on Dialogue because the point of nu-comics is to sell other nu-comics. Today, in a post-Bendis world, those blank pages would have multiple plugs for 5 other crossover comics and be stuffed full of 'relatable' humor.
>>152277613>Modern comics have a bad problem of decompression. Right, this too. Sure this is Spiderman's fight, but what is Nova doing right now? How about Captain America's cat? What is this strange reference to the 60's cartoon? We need at least half of the story dedicated to wrapping up plot points we left dangling in this other issue.
>>152278224Marv Wolfman is still around and he began at DC in the late 60s. Same with Mike Friedrich.
Where's the sticky, you bastards? >>152278756You're confused, we don't care about Sonic comics (and /sthg/ posters which come from here do talk about those shitty comics on /v/ against our will anyway).
>>152275243RIPI'll have to pick up at least a few of his books next time I'm at the comic book store>>152275729I do like that at least a few knowers spend time in storytimes to fill myself, and others, in on things
>>152275243holly molly, he is the ESSENTIAL HULK AUTHORhe is the man who definse HULKSTICKY PLEASE
>he had a ten-year run as artist of The Incredible Hulk and an eight-year run as artist of The Spectacular Spider-Man. He was the younger brother of comics artist John Buscema.
>As a youth, Buscema was a fan of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant comic strip,[6] of George Tuska's comic book art,[7] and of commercial illustrators such has Robert Fawcett and Norman Rockwell.[8] He acknowledged that his artist brother John was "greatly responsible for me pursuing drawing. ... John was definitely an inspiration".>John and Sal attended the High School of Music & Art; Sal graduated in 1955
>Early yearsSal began working in the comic book industry as an inker in the early 1950s when his brother agreed to let him ink comics pages; this led to Sal helping John by doing occasional background art on Dell Comics series John was drawing.[10]>After high school, Buscema found work at "a small, two-man advertising art studio in Manhattan" but was fired after three months of doing mostly production work. He went on to a larger commercial-art studio, where he was a gofer and a delivery person. He quit, then spent less than a year filling wedding-ring orders for the jewelry manufacturer J.R. Wood and Sons before being drafted into the peacetime U. S. Army in 1956. Classified as an "illustrator", he served with the Army Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.[11] He spent 21 months doing film strips and charts as training aids before being discharged. He attained the rank of specialist 3rd class, which he called "equivalent to corporal.">Sal briefly returned to New York City to assist at a one-man art studio, but through a friend from the army, he secured a position at Creative Arts Studio in Washington, D.C. where he did illustrations for government agencies, including the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense. After living with his godparents for three months, Buscema and an Army buddy became roommates in Alexandria, Virginia.[13]>In 1961, a call from his brother John brought Buscema to New York City to work with him at the advertising agency Alexander Chaite, Inc. After a year and a half, John returned to the comic book industry. Sal joined Mel Emde, a friend and colleague from Creative Arts Studio, who was opening his own company, Design Studio. Sal worked there until 1968.
>In 1968, Sal began working for Marvel Comics, where John was already established as a freelance artist.[14] Sal had spent "every night for about a year" teaching himself "how to produce a dynamic page" in the Marvel Comics storytelling style, enduring harsh critiques from John. Sal recalled in the late 2000s:>Once I got the hang of it I made up ... six sample pages of pencils [i.e. penciled, uninked art pages], which I regret, because I wanted to be an inker. I didn't want to pencil. My first few jobs for Marvel were inking jobs, but I did those while working for Design Center. I wanted to work full-time for Marvel, so it was out of necessity that I penciled. [Editor-in-chief Stan Lee] loved [the samples]. He asked me to come on up to New York, which I did, and I went through the most fantastic interview of my life. Stan was leaping on his chair and his desk, just to relate to me physically what he wanted on a comic-book page. It was fascinating and it was charming all at the same time. He made the sound effects, the whole nine yards. ... He demonstrated every other way you could possibly demonstrate what he wanted on those pages—the dynamics and so on.
>The interview had come about after Buscema, at his brother's urging, had first written to Marvel production manager Sol Brodsky to introduce himself and his work. Brodsky had no assignments for him at the time, and Buscema "called him a couple of times just to bug him a little bit and let him know that I was still alive, and eventually the first job came through" in June 1968[16] — the 10-page Western feature "Gunhawk". "I think they just said, 'Sal, here's the plot, go to it,'" Buscema recalled in 2003.[7] That story, "The Coming of Gunhawk", by writer Jerry Siegel and penciler Werner Roth, was published in the omnibus title Western Gunfighters #1 (cover-dated Aug. 1970). Sal's first published comics work had come before that: inking John Buscema's pencil art on four 39- to 40-page stories in the superhero comic The Silver Surfer #4–7 (Feb.–Aug. 1969); and inking Larry Lieber's pencils on the regular-sized, 20-page Western The Rawhide Kid #68 (Feb. 1969)
>John Buscema specifically asked for his brother as inker on The Silver Surfer, at the time a high-profile project dear to writer-editor Lee, who gave the character an unprecedented for the time double-sized, 64-page (with ads and covers) solo series priced at 25 cents, more than twice the price of the standard 32-page, 12-cent comic. Sal Buscema recalled,Joe Sinnott inked the first three Silver Surfer [issues]. John was not happy with the inking Joe was doing ... because Joe's style of inking was somewhat overpowering, and at the end it ... didn't look like John Buscema anymore.... John told [Stan], 'I don't want Joe inking my work. He's losing my penciling.' ... He said, 'I want my brother' ...[H]e knew that I knew how to ink his work. He was a little spotty on my first issue, but after that he was absolutely delighted with what I did.>Within a year, Buscema was penciling the superhero-team comic The Avengers, and for the next thirty years, he was one of the most prolific artists at the company. He recalled in the late 2000s, "At first I was very slow. If I knocked out six or eight pages a week I was happy. Then I started getting a little bit better, and I could probably do a couple of pages a day. But once I hit that five-year transitional period, I was like a machine. I could grind the stuff out. ... Everything just fell into place, and all of a sudden I found it very easy to do
Still no sticky for a legend.RIP
>Sal and writer Roy Thomas introduced the Squadron Sinister in The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969) as a homage to the Justice League.[20][21] The Thomas/Buscema team produced the last new story in The Uncanny X-Men before that series became all-reprints for several years,[22] and created the super-villain Llyra in Sub-Mariner #32 (Dec. 1970).[23] Buscema drew an Avengers story plotted by science fiction writer Harlan Ellison, which featured the debut of Psyklop.[24] Writer Steve Englehart and Buscema launched Defenders as an ongoing series in August 1972[25][26] and introduced Valkyrie to the team in issue #4 (Feb. 1973).[27] Buscema also worked with Englehart on Captain America; their 1972–1975 run on that title saw it become one of Marvel's top-sellers.[28] The pair teamed on several issues of The Avengers as well[17] and Englehart has described Buscema as being one of his "all-time favorites" and "a perfect comic book storyteller."[29] With writer Steve Gerber, Buscema co-created Starhawk, adding the character to the roster of the future-based super-team, the Guardians of the Galaxy.[30][a] In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Buscema's collaboration with Gerber on The Defenders first on its list of the Top 10 1970s Marvels.
>With writer Bill Mantlo, Buscema created the supporting character Jean DeWolff in Marvel Team-Up #48 (Aug. 1976).[32] Mantlo, a frequent collaborator, later said that Buscema was a formative influence on his plotting.[33] Buscema was the original artist on The Spectacular Spider-Man, which debuted in December 1976.[34] He and Jim Shooter created Graviton in The Avengers #158 (April 1977).[35] The Rom series was launched by Mantlo and Buscema in December 1979.[36] The Mantlo/Buscema collaboration on The Incredible Hulk included the creation of the U-Foes[37] and the Soviet Super-Soldiers.[38] Buscema had a 10-year run on that Hulk series,[39] which he described as "[p]robably one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career. The fact that the Hulk was my all-time favorite character might be a contributing factor. I never tired of the character. Every story was a new challenge."[40] He became the artist on New Mutants, beginning with issue #4 (June 1983).[41] Beginning in the late 1970s, Buscema generally inked his own work.[42] In 1986, he began drawing Thor, working with writer Walt Simonson.[17] In the late 1980s, he returned to inking others' work, again including that of his brother John Buscema on an Englehart-scripted run on Fantastic Four.
>From 1988 through 1996, he penciled and mostly inked a 100-issue run on The Spectacular Spider-Man.[17] This included such story arcs as the "Lobo Brothers Gang War" with Gerry Conway[43] and "The Child Within", written by J. M. DeMatteis, featuring the death of Harry Osborn in #200 (May 1993).[44] In a 2002 interview, DeMatteis said, "I really loved the two years on Spectacular Spider-Man that I wrote with Sal Buscema drawing. Talk about underrated! Sal is one of the best storytellers and a wonderful collaborator. I loved that run."[45]>Buscema then returned to Marvel, inking Pat Olliffe on Spider-Girl 1999, the summer annual of that series, and did work for both companies briefly before becoming the regular inker on The Incredible Hulk vol. 3, #11–20 (Feb.–Nov. 2000) and inking a smattering of other titles.[17] In 2003, he described himself as "retired for three years ... and I'm still inking jobs for Marvel!"[7] That same year he returned to comics full-time, inking Oliffe on Spider-Girl #55 (March 2003) and then launching into a long stint inking or doing finished art over pencil layouts by Ron Frenz from issues #59–100 (June 2003 – Sept. 2006). He continued to ink the series when it was relaunched as The Amazing Spider-Girl #1–30 (Dec. 2006 – May 2009). He inked Spider-Girl stories over Frenz's pencils in the omnibus title Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #1–7 (Dec. 2009 – June 2010) and in the four-issue miniseries The Spectacular Spider-Girl vol. 2 (July–Oct. 2010) and the one-shot Spider-Girl: The End! #1 (Oct. 2010). In 2011, he was the inker, over Frenz, on the five-issue superhero miniseries Thunderstrike vol. 2
>>From 1997 to 1999, Buscema worked for rival DC Comics, including penciling Batman, Superman, and Superboy stories, and inking the Creeper, Wonder Woman, and other characters' stories.[17] He recalled, "[T]he short time I worked for DC, they were giving me all these young guys that could hardly hold a pencil in their hands, and asking me to 'tweak it.' In cases like that I would definitely put a lot of myself into it and change whatever I felt needed to be changed
>In February 1959, Buscema started dating Joan, a secretary at Creative Arts Studio in Washington, D.C., where he worked. They married in May 1960. Their first son, Joe, was born in 1968, followed by Tony and Mike.[50]>Buscema acted in community theatre. He was recognized in 1987 with BRAPA (Blue Ridge Alliance of Performing Arts) for his portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in which he appeared at the Little Theatre of Alexandria, Virginia in 1998.[51]>Buscema died on January 23, 2026, at age 89; it was announced on January 26, on what would have been his 90th birthday
>Characters Created by Sal BuscemaAleta OgordAquariusBrain ChildBulldozerCancerCapricornCommander KrakenConstrictorCount Otto VermisCrime MasterCybeleDemogoblinWraithDiamondheadFirebirdFredrick FoswellGeminiGrand DirectorGravitonHecateHitmanInferno (Joseph Conroy)IronCladIsisJude the Entropic ManKhoryphosLeoLightmasterLobo BrothersNebulonNefariusPiledriverPiscesProfessor PhobosPsyklopRazorbackRocket RaccoonRomSabraSagittariusSeleneSethSlydeSolarrSphinxStarhawkTaurusThunderballUnseenUrsa MajorVaporVectorViperVirgoWalking StilettoWarpathKate WaynesboroWraithWrecking CrewX-RayBaron ZemoZodiac
>>152281683I love this issue
>>152281754I found it on /v/ checking on 4chan archives for Sal Buscema images, that Hela art is superkinto.
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Is true that Sal Buscema was the first artist in giving Black Cat her "opened" chest costume?I read that on /tv/, but it is true or not?
>>152281646Even the westaboos on 5ch are showing more activity for this news than this thread. This board is dead
>>152282018I saw that too. I'm so sick of this shit, we really need our own board. 90% of the cartoon threads are just pedofags posting cropped porn and nothing gets done, but their hyper activity always slides good comic threads off the catalogue.
RIP Sal, I remember tracing his ROM pages when I was a kid learning to drawHe does deserve a sticky but it's not like /co matters anyway
>>152275243Mods are fucking faggots if they don’t sticky this. God damn I’m so sick of these transsexual cartoon watching vermin running this board.
>>152281652I loved his run on spider-girl but he got fucked by his inker hard on a lot of it
DC Comics by Sal Buscema.
Some Marvel Comics by Sal Buscema.
>>152275243HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!
>>152281694>Wrecking Crew>Baron Zemo
>>152281642Joe inked that Buscema art in the ROM issues and it looked decent. I think Sal was peeved at Joe softening the features and dialing back the horror comics expressions Sal favored.
>>152275443When Slott dies I'm throwing a block party.
>>152281804That was Mark Bagley
Surely there's an interview or profile in Alter Ego or The Comics Journal or some kind of zine?It'd be more interesting than just copying and pasting Wikipediaslop.
>>152275243>no stickyWelp, RIP. Literally one of Marvel's most important artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3QPTKd8jcEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0JRYk7ERk
>My maximum carnage set will now never be signed fully :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_r3WH3Zs0can interview from 2021
>>152284852I forget just how many iconic Spidey covers he did over the years, but this one is probably my favorite.
>>152285239really good one, I have to look after more sal buscema cover in the next weeks.
>>152284609As far as I remember I prefer John but its been a while since I've really gone through their works
>no stickyMODS = FRAUDS
>>152277613The best part is IIRC the last few pages of Spectacular #200 were supposed to have diaogue and captions but when DeMatteis saw the pages he realized it would be more effective without them because the storytelling on them made the words unnecessary.
>>152285995I got banned from a Bendis forum once for Photoshopping out all the thought bubbles from a page of dialogue between Hank and Janet to make the point the art and spoken already told us what they were thinking
>>152280298Rob's the one people outside of comics knows about the mostPeople have never touched comics yet will know about Liefeld's infamy
>>152286122Post it
>>152286122Ignoring why you were on a Bendis forum in the first place, what was the page?
>>152275243>no stickyThis board is so fucking dead
>>152277635How does that last panel feel like a jump-scare? I don't understand anyone who says Sal's work isn't impressive. It might not be not be art you frame and put on the wall of your dining room, but at telling the story it hits everything and more.
>>152275243RIP to one of the Marvel greats who worked on just about everything.
>>152275243>died three days before turning 90Big OOF
>>152275243STICKY
>>152286154This was 10 years ago anon.
>>152281195Holy kek.
Rage against the mods for not stickying this!
>>152287000>How does that last panel feel like a jump-scare?Because you're actually invested in the flow of panels and story rather than glossing over the page
>>152275346GOAT Spider-Man artist in my eyes. I know it's a hot take but his art is just what I see in my mind's eye when I think of classic Spidey. It'll always be a shame what they started doing to his lines around the era of the Clone Saga.
RIP
>>152275243damn..
>>152289911damn indeed
Toriyama was a better artist
>>152291563>Cross-eyed fivehead faggot was a better artist
>>152280529>as recent events have shown, to get a 1000+ sticky, you just have to be controversial and be a lightning rod for discussion and trolling. There is no other criteria.Adam Scott gets a sticky and it's nothing but people complaining about politics >>152282058What's wrong anon, are you not excited for another /co/ created idea that's just soft core porn again?
>>152291867You fuck your own mother you godless swine.
>>152292373I can't fathom what I said that upset you like that so I'm just gonna call you a lowly nigger faggot, I'm probably right too
>STILL no stickySad. RIP.
RIP>no stickythis site is dead.
Sal Buscema was one of those essential artists to a comic book company. Marvel could toss a late book in his lap on a short deadline and he'd come through with a decent job. He relied a lot on stock poses, but could tell a story graphically.
>Didn't get a stickyToo late now. What a disgrace. Rest well Sal.
Mods really are fags
>>152295426I can dig his superman art.
>>152275243R.I.P. big boss
>>152287470pure emotion in just three panels.
>>152295720He didn't do a whole lot of DC line work, mostly inks. Shame. I'd have liked to see him do more.
bump
>>152276042thanks anon, conan is always welcomed.
>>152294643
>>152298326pencils art is underrated in general.
Necro bumping dead threads should be a bannable offense.
>>152298326>>152298906yeah his colorist did him dirty.
>>152283971I don't think so.
>no sticky Lame.
How was this not sticked? Fuck /co/
S T I C K, ETICKY
>>152275408Indeed
>>152299927>>152300748>>152292813>>152287545>>152285951>>152284539>>152282128>>152281646>>152281446The fact this thread has been necrobumped for 2 days now and cant even break 400 replies proves he doesnt deserve a sticky you fucking faggotsScotty Adams had 1000 replies in an hour, now thats a fucking sticky
>>152301396Was that because of Dilbert truly being popular and a buncha old anons coming out of the woodworks or just a thinly-veiled pressure release valve for /pol/ posters? Genuinely curious. Not like some sort of sarcastic comment.Anyway here's a pic of Buscema drawing MJ hot as hell and working out.The way I see it, stickys also warrant an influx of posting anyway so who can truly tell if that thread was popular or noteworthy beforehand. Sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's not.Sal is good either way.
>>152301396>scottyKill yourself
>>152275243GG
>>152301396bump
>>152275243F. Rest in peace.
Rip Sal. Got the news from Chuck's youtube thing.
Goddammit, what a shitty way to start 2026!
>>152275886The reality is the board moderation is in the gutter and people interested in discussing comics simply moved to other places. The N52 was an age full of bitching and yet the activity was bigger.
>>152305339Where should we go?
the lack of his hulk art in this thread is disburbing.
>>152275801A board split, I think, would be infinitely better than what we have now. I can't think of worse posters than cartoon posters, aside from spammers.
>>152275243live
>>152309190Too late.
>>152309190In our hearts
>>152307607Be the change you want to see
>>152307607Puny poster. Not /co/ntributing while speaking such hollow words...MAKES ME ANGRY
