does unifarva look like ralph macchio?
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he's the karate kid!
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Ralph Macchio (comics)
Ralph Macchio
Ralph Macchio at the 2007 New York Comic-Con
Born December 28[1]
Queens, New York
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Editor
Notable works Daredevil
Thor
Captain America
Spider-Man
Ultimate Marvel
Ralph Macchio is an American comic book editor and writer, who has held
many positions at Marvel Comics, including executive editor. Macchio is
commonly associated with Daredevil, the Spider-Man line of comics and
the popular Ultimate Marvel line. In Macchio's words, he "made probably
the longest run on Daredevil of anyone."[2]
Macchio is not related to the actor Ralph Macchio, but is nicknamed
"Karate Kid" after that actor's famous role.[3]
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Writing, 1.2 Editing
, 2 Tributes, 3 Quotes, 4 Notes, 5 References, 6 External links
[edit] Biography
As a young man, Macchio was a comics fan and "letterhack," and had many
letters printed in Marvel comic books. His background, however, was in
English literature, and he considered teaching as a career. In no hurry
to get such a job, Macchio happened to meet Killraven writer Don
McGregor at a comic book convention.[2]
Knowing Macchio from his many letters, McGregor asked Macchio if he
wanted a tour of the Marvel offices. During the tour, Macchio was asked
by writer Chris Claremont to interview editor-in-chief Roy Thomas for
FOOM (Marvel's self-produced fanzine). During the course of doing the
interview, Macchio met many more Marvel employees, and eventually was
asked by writer/editor John Warner to join the staff and assist Warner
with Curtis Magazines, Marvel's black-and-white magazine line, which
included Doc Savage, Planet of the Apes, Marvel Preview, and The Deadly
Hands of Kung Fu. Macchio, having "nothing else to do after graduate
school,"[4] agreed and has been at Marvel ever since.[5]
[edit] Writing
Macchio's most consistent early credits were as writer of Marvel
Two-in-One, which he co-scripted with Mark Gruenwald from 1978 to 1981;
and Thor, which he wrote (also with Gruenwald) from 1980 to 1981.
Macchio shifted to mostly editing in 1982, though he wrote the scripts
for the 1985-1986 The Sword of Solomon Kane mini-series, based on Robert
E. Howard's Puritan swordsman; and had a stint as writer for Avengers in
1987 to 1988, and parts of 1989. He has also written for Marvel Fanfare
and X-Men Adventures, and the premiere issue of Transformers, among
others.
[edit] Editing
After working as an assistant editor for Warner on Curtis Magazines
(Marvel's black-and-white magazine line), Macchio became Dennis O'Neil's
assistant editor. Graduating to full editor in 1981, Macchio's first
major editing job was Master of Kung Fu, which he helmed from
1982â€"1983. His first line of books was The Saga of Crystar (which
he co-created with John Romita, Jr. and Mark Gruenwald), Dazzler, ROM,
U.S. 1, and Micronauts.[2] (During this early period, Macchio's
assistant editor was Bob Harras,[6] later to become Marvel
Editor-in-Chief).
From 1984 through 1995, Macchio was Daredevil editor. He also spent
close to ten-year stints on Thor and Captain America, and shorter
periods on Avengers and Fantastic Four. Along way he edited movie
adaptations, Star-Lord, and personal favorites like the barbarian book
Kull the Conqueror.
In 1996, Macchio took over the Spider-Man line, which he helmed into the
early years of this century. Since 2000, he has edited the entire Marvel
Ultimates line.
In 2007, Macchio oversaw the adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower
novels into a comic book series. (Macchio is a long-time fan of King's
work.)[3]
[edit] Tributes
Jim Shooter (former Marvel editor-in-chief), writing about Macchio's job
as editor of Moon Knight:
“ The best things, the most important things he did were, for
him, perhaps, the easiest â€" being interested, involved, caring,
supportive, and enthusiastic about the works he was helping to bring
together.[7] â€
[edit] Quotes
The satisfactions of being an editor:
“ [it was great to watch] people like John Romita, Jr. become a
great penciler of [Daredevil] and come out from his father’s
shadow; working with Bill Sienkiewicz on Moon Knight when he went from a
Neal Adams thing to a Ralph Steadman thing to becoming his own guy, to
become his own artist. The most satisfaction I get is when a creator can
achieve his potential on the book you’re editing. [Giving them]
latitude and letting them achieve their potential â€" there is
nothing more rewarding, at least for this editor.[2] â€
The high points of his Marvel editing career:
“ . . . Working on Daredevil and Thor with guys such as Frank
Miller and Walt Simonson. Working on Moon Knight with Doug Moench and
Bill Sienkiewicz. These were great projects because of the caliber of
the talent. Just watching them take these characters to new heights.
Also, I thoroughly enjoyed becoming the Spider-Man editor during the
midst of the clone saga and being given the responsibility of pulling it
all together and making sure the ending paid off in a big way. I was
pleased with the group effort it took to get that character back to
where I felt he should be.[5] â€
His long tenure at Marvel Comics:
“ . . . the immense satisfaction of putting out a good comic
book that will entertain readers the same way I was entertained as a
kid. It is great to be able to do something for a living that you really
have a passion for, that doesn’t make you dread going to work or
is just bringing home the bacon, done not just for those reason but do
something you love, and contribute to the Marvel Universe which is a
great, enormous fantasy world that we continue to add layers of depths
and fantasy to every month.[2] â€
[edit] Notes
^ Thompson, Maggie and Miller, John Jackson. "Comics Industry
Birthdays," CBGXtra Forum, Comic Buyer's Guide (June 10, 2005). Accessed
Feb. 19, 2009.
^ a b c d e Webb, Liam. "10 Questions with... Ralph Macchio". Comic
Avalanche. http://www.comicavalanche.com/Interviews/ralphmacchio.htm.
Retrieved August 18, 2008.
^ a b Hudson, Laura (October 15, 2007). "From Spidey to King: Comics vet
to adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower series". Publishers Weekly.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6490695.html. Retrieved August
18, 2008. [dead link]
^ "Bullpen Bulletins," "Pro File on: RALPH MACCHIO," The Incredible Hulk
#338 (Dec. 1987).
^ a b Contino, Jennifer M. (March 11, 2007). "Ralph Macchio: The
Ultimate Editor". Mania.com.
http://www.mania.com/ralph-macchio-ultimate-editor_article_53898.html.
Retrieved July 1, 2008.
^ Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated November
1983.
^ Shooter, Jim. "Introduction," Moon Knight Special Edition (Vol. 1, No.
1, November 1983).
[edit] References
Ralph Macchio at the Grand Comics Database, Ralph Macchio at the Comic
Book DB
[edit] External links
Marvel Videos: Spider-Man Week in NYC: Ralph Macchio, Marvel.com,
Sampling of Macchio's 1970s fan letters to comic books
Preceded by
David Anthony Kraft,
Roger Slifer Marvel Two-in-One writer
(with Mark Gruenwald)
1978â€"1981 Succeeded by
Tom DeFalco
Preceded by
Roy Thomas Thor writer
(with Mark Gruenwald)
1980â€"1981 Succeeded by
Doug Moench
Preceded by
Roger Stern Avengers writer
1987â€"1988 Succeeded by
Walt Simonson
Preceded by
Walt Simonson Avengers writer
1989 Succeeded by
John Byrne
Persondata
Name Macchio, Ralph
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Date of birth
Place of birth Queens, New York
Date of death
Place of death
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