Professional History
Romita's Raiders were members of an art apprentice program at Marvel Comics run primarily by Art Director John Romita. The program was initiated in 1984 by Jim Shooter. The Raiders got their name unofficially in the mid-1980s. Then-Spider-Man-editor James Owsley wrote a memo to Jim Shooter and John Romita about art corrections on a SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL, in which he referred to the art correction team as "a crack suicide squad". Thinking that they deserved their own original name, James Fry made a sign that read "Don't call us a suicide squad! We are ROMITA's RAIDERS!" The name stuck. While Romita mainly did cover corrections the Raiders worked, usually uncredited, on interior pages.
Members included (in alphabetical order):
- Mark Alexander (1986-1987)
- Greg Capullo
- Jim Fry
- Steve Geiger
- Don Hudson
- Delayne Hawkins (1993-1994, died 1994)
- Chris Ivy
- Scott Koblish (1993)
- Scott Kolins
- Yancey Labat (1993-1994)
- Bud LaRosa
- Phil Lord
- Kevin Maguire
- Jose Marzan Jr. (1986-1987)
- Mark McKenna (1986-1987)
- Vince Mielcarek (died 1993)
- Tom Morgan
- Frank Percy (1992)
- Pond Scum (1993-2001) (later Art Director at Marvel)
- Rodney Ramos
- Jim Reddington (1 month, 1993)
- Kris Renkewitz (1992-1993)
- Bruce N. Solotoff (1986-1987) (then freelance)
- Brad Vancata
- Keith Williams
- Bill Wylie (1992-1993)[1]
See Also
Links and References
- http://koblish.blogspot.com/2008/08/calling-all-romita-raiders.html (partial listing of Romita's Raiders)