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Marvel Transformers Artist José Delbo Passes Away at 90
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<blockquote data-quote="LBD &quot;Nytetrayn&quot;" data-source="post: 113269" data-attributes="member: 20"><p style="text-align: center"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/josedelbo2.jpg?fit=705%2C495&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Word is making the rounds today that José Delbo has passed away at the age of 90, due to causes unknown.</p><p></p><p>For those unfamiliar, Delbo was a prolific Argentine artist whose work spanned a wide range, most notably in comics. These include such titles as <em>Superman</em>, <em>Batman</em>, <em>Aquaman</em>, and <em>Green Arrow</em>, as well as adaptations of television shows into the format, such as <em>The Thundercats</em>, <em>The Twilight Zone</em>, <em>The Brady Bunch</em>, <em>Hogan’s Heroes</em>, <em>Buck Rogers</em>, <em>The Monkees</em>, and <em>The Mod Squad</em>.</p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]19096[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]19097[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]19098[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]19099[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> </p><p>Of course, we wouldn’t be talking about him in this space were it not for his contributions to <em>Transformers</em>. Specifically, he did covers and interior art for a number of issues throughout the original Marvel comics run in the ’80s. To that end, his pen has touched stories ranging from <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con!" target="_blank">“Club Con!”</a>, <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Monstercon_from_Mars!" target="_blank">“Monstercon from Mars!”</a>, and <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Interplanetary_Wrestling_Championship!" target="_blank">“The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!”</a> to <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Heroes!" target="_blank">“Yesterday’s Heroes!”</a>, <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deadly_Obsession" target="_blank">“Deadly Obsession”</a>, and <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rhythms_of_Darkness!" target="_blank">“Rhythms of Darkness!”</a>, among many others.</p><p></p><p>After issue #67, he would go on to work on other titles, including <em>Brute Force</em> and <em>Captain Planet and the Planeteers</em>.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ClubCon_flyme.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ClubCon_flyme.jpg?w=380&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortressmaximus-totalled-worthlesshuman.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortressmaximus-totalled-worthlesshuman.jpg?w=380&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>In the 1990s, he became a teacher at The Kubert School until 2005. Per artist Steve Lieber, “I met him in my first year at the Kubert school. A great teacher- funny, smart, and unwilling to accept any less than our best effort. ‘Mr. Lieber, your horse looks like a dog. Go home and work.’ I will, José. Thank you.”</p><p></p><p>According to another industry professional, Mark Evanier (whose <a href="https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/02/05/jose-delbo-r-i-p/" target="_blank">blog</a> informed us of Delbo’s passing), “José was a charming gentleman and a dedicated craftsman. We could use more like him.”</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortmaxboat.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortmaxboat.jpg?w=370&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Zombiesbackfromthedead.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Zombiesbackfromthedead.jpg?resize=300%2C276&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>In 2013, he was the recipient of an Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con International.</p><p></p><p>At the dawn of the 2020s, his career would take him in another direction: the blockchain. According to the man himself via <a href="https://delbocomics.com/#!about.html" target="_blank">his website</a>, “My career took an important turn in July of 2020 when I released my first piece of digital art on the blockchain in the form of a 43 page original digital comic book called <em>Death</em>. Since then, I have had the pleasure of continuing to create pieces of digital art.”</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg?resize=640%2C464&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>He did pretty well for himself in his final years, as according to an <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-14/nfts-intellectual-property-marvel-dc-comics-who-gets-to-make-millions" target="_blank">article</a> from <em>The LA Times</em>, Delbo became a millionaire through the emerging technology.</p><p></p><p>If you’re interested in finding out more about Delbo’s work, you can check out his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Delbo" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a>, his <a href="https://delbocomics.com/" target="_blank">official website</a>, and of course, his entry on <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Delbo" target="_blank">TFWiki</a> (which also notes some interesting quirks of his from his run in the book).</p><p></p><p><em>All </em>Transformers<em>-related imagery in this article via TFWiki.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBD "Nytetrayn", post: 113269, member: 20"] [CENTER] [IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/josedelbo2.jpg?fit=705%2C495&ssl=1[/IMG][/CENTER] Word is making the rounds today that José Delbo has passed away at the age of 90, due to causes unknown. For those unfamiliar, Delbo was a prolific Argentine artist whose work spanned a wide range, most notably in comics. These include such titles as [I]Superman[/I], [I]Batman[/I], [I]Aquaman[/I], and [I]Green Arrow[/I], as well as adaptations of television shows into the format, such as [I]The Thundercats[/I], [I]The Twilight Zone[/I], [I]The Brady Bunch[/I], [I]Hogan’s Heroes[/I], [I]Buck Rogers[/I], [I]The Monkees[/I], and [I]The Mod Squad[/I]. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="253px" alt="MarvelUS-37.jpg"]19096[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="249px" alt="MarvelUS-55.jpg"]19097[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="246px" alt="MarvelUS-57.jpg"]19098[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="242px" alt="MarvelUS-60.jpg"]19099[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Of course, we wouldn’t be talking about him in this space were it not for his contributions to [I]Transformers[/I]. Specifically, he did covers and interior art for a number of issues throughout the original Marvel comics run in the ’80s. To that end, his pen has touched stories ranging from [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con!']“Club Con!”[/URL], [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Monstercon_from_Mars!']“Monstercon from Mars!”[/URL], and [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Interplanetary_Wrestling_Championship!']“The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!”[/URL] to [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Heroes!']“Yesterday’s Heroes!”[/URL], [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deadly_Obsession']“Deadly Obsession”[/URL], and [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rhythms_of_Darkness!']“Rhythms of Darkness!”[/URL], among many others. After issue #67, he would go on to work on other titles, including [I]Brute Force[/I] and [I]Captain Planet and the Planeteers[/I]. [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ClubCon_flyme.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ClubCon_flyme.jpg?w=380&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortressmaximus-totalled-worthlesshuman.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortressmaximus-totalled-worthlesshuman.jpg?w=380&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] In the 1990s, he became a teacher at The Kubert School until 2005. Per artist Steve Lieber, “I met him in my first year at the Kubert school. A great teacher- funny, smart, and unwilling to accept any less than our best effort. ‘Mr. Lieber, your horse looks like a dog. Go home and work.’ I will, José. Thank you.” According to another industry professional, Mark Evanier (whose [URL='https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/02/05/jose-delbo-r-i-p/']blog[/URL] informed us of Delbo’s passing), “José was a charming gentleman and a dedicated craftsman. We could use more like him.” [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortmaxboat.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fortmaxboat.jpg?w=370&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Zombiesbackfromthedead.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Zombiesbackfromthedead.jpg?resize=300%2C276&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] In 2013, he was the recipient of an Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con International. At the dawn of the 2020s, his career would take him in another direction: the blockchain. According to the man himself via [URL='https://delbocomics.com/#!about.html']his website[/URL], “My career took an important turn in July of 2020 when I released my first piece of digital art on the blockchain in the form of a 43 page original digital comic book called [I]Death[/I]. Since then, I have had the pleasure of continuing to create pieces of digital art.” [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg?resize=640%2C464&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] He did pretty well for himself in his final years, as according to an [URL='https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-14/nfts-intellectual-property-marvel-dc-comics-who-gets-to-make-millions']article[/URL] from [I]The LA Times[/I], Delbo became a millionaire through the emerging technology. If you’re interested in finding out more about Delbo’s work, you can check out his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Delbo']Wikipedia page[/URL], his [URL='https://delbocomics.com/']official website[/URL], and of course, his entry on [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Delbo']TFWiki[/URL] (which also notes some interesting quirks of his from his run in the book). [I]All [/I]Transformers[I]-related imagery in this article via TFWiki.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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