Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino (May 24, 1925-) is a comic book artist and editor who was a major force in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

Early career

Carmine Infantino started his comics career in the 1940s, after DC editor Shelly Mayer told him and friend Frank Giacoia that he wasn't ready for comics yet, he should go away, stay in school, and draw everything he could, then come back. Carmine then started work for Harry Chesler, not drawing, but hanging around and soaking it all in, learning how to draw like a comic book artist. He later found employment at Quality Comics where was in charge of whitening out any lines that strayed outside the panel borders (a particular annoyance of owner 'Busy' Arnold). He finally got a job drawing an actual comics story at Timely (now Marvel Comics) He and buddy Frank drew up 'Jack Frost', with Giacoia penciling and Carmine inking. They were young, and the art looked it. But they were published.

Related Topics:
Shelly Mayer - Frank Giacoia - Quality Comics - Marvel Comics

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Carmine bounced around several publishers during the 40's, drawing Airboy and The Heap for Hillman, working for the low page rates of the Jack Binder shop (supplying Fawcett Comics), stopping briefly at Holyoke, then landing back at DC where he became a regular on the Golden Age Flash, Black Canary, Green Lantern and the Justice Society of America.

Related Topics:
Fawcett Comics - Flash - Black Canary - Green Lantern - Justice Society of America

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During the 50s, Carmine freelanced for Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's company, Prize Comics, drawing Charlie Chan, showing the influence both Kirby and Milton Caniff had on the young artist. Back at DC, with the demise of most of the 40s heroes, Carmine drew westerns, mysteries, Science Fiction, anything that came down the pike. As his style kept evolving, he started to shed the Kirbyisms, and the gritty shading of Caniff, and develop a clean linear style of almost pure design.

Related Topics:
Joe Simon - Jack Kirby - Charlie Chan - Milton Caniff

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