Sal Trapani

Sal Trapani
Panel detail by Trapani from Forbidden Worlds #144 (July 1967)
Born April 30, 1927
Brooklyn, New York
Died 1999
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works
 Nukla

Salvatore A. "Sal" Trapani (April 30, 1927--July 14, 1999)[1][2] was an American comic-book artist active from the 1940s Golden Age of comics through the 1960s Silver Age and into the 1980s. He is best known as a journeyman inker and occasional penciller for a variety of comics publishers.

Biography

Early life and career

Sal Trapani was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1927. He attended the School of Visual Arts and counted school co-founder Burne Hogarth among his early influences. His earliest recorded comic-book credits include short filler pieces in Airboy Comics in 1949.[3]

Through the following decades, Trapani racked up credits on hundreds of comic book stories for Gillmor, Charlton, Dell, Gold Key, ACG and others. His most notable credit is as co-creator of the character Nukla[4]. Trapani was also a prolific inker for Marvel Comics in the 1970s, providing embellishments for The Incredible Hulk, The Defenders, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, and many others. Trapani provided the inks on the Man-Thing story that first introduced Howard the Duck, in Adventure into Fear #19, written by Steve Gerber and pencilled by Val Mayerik.

Involvement in Old Time Radio Fandom

Trapani was a life-long enthusiast of the Golden Age of Radio and as a fan and collector of radio dramas he was instrumental in kickstarting the organized fandom for so-called Old Time Radio. He helped to organize one of the first OTR conventions[5] and gifting 100 radio shows to convention organizer Jay Hickerson: "In 1970, at one of the parties, a guest told me of a friend, Sal Trapani, who had recordings of those radio shows, which intrigued me. I contacted Sal, and we subsequently met. After that initial meeting, Sal gave me 100 shows on 4-1/4 track reels. Thus, my collection of old-time radio shows began."[6] According to brother-in-law Dick Giordano, Trapani also created a radio studio in his garage and produced programs with friends.[7]

References

  1. ↑ at the Lambiek Comiclopedia.
  2. ↑ Gauthier, Jim (Aug 13, 1999). "Long-Time artist Sal Trapani Dies". Comics Buyer's Guide: 8.
  3. ↑ at the Grand Comics Database.
  4. ↑ Gill, Joe; Trapani, Sal (October–December 1965). Nukla #1. Dell Comics.
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  7. ↑ The Thunder Agents Companion, Jon B. Cooke, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2005, pgs. 99–100.
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