The world's greatest FLASH artist, CARMINE INFANTINO, has passed away aged 87. Carmine held the position of publisher at DC COMICS between 1971 and '76, and was responsible for hiring JACK KIRBY away from MARVEL in 1970. Others will no doubt supply more detailed accounts of Mr Infantino's life and career, but in the meantime, here is one of the most iconic BATMAN & ROBIN images from the '60s (pencilled by Carmine and inked by MURPHY ANDERSON), in tribute to a truly remarkable artist.
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I had no idea that Mr. Infantino did that image. Truly one of the definitive Batman and Robin images from that period, if not their entire history.
ReplyDeleteIt was pencilled by Carmine, CF, and inked by Murphy Anderson. I'll amend the post to make that clear.
ReplyDeleteAnother one of the greats passes. Mr Infantino is one of a raft of DC artists that it took me years to put a name to their style, thanks to that company's crediting writers and artists when they felt like it, along with such other 'anonymous' artists as Murphy Anderson, Ross Andru, Curt Swan...and I could go on. Carmine also created the distinctive look for Deadman before Neal Adams put his indelible stamp on that character, which I never knew until a year or so ago.
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of people know that he's also reputed to have done layouts for Curt Swan on certain Superman strips in the '70s, Phil, in order to 'punch-up' the action a little.
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