Carmine Infantino Dies At 87,Co-Creator of Barbara Gordon,Wally West & Barry Allen

*MikeandRaph87* · 04-04-2013, 07:47 PM

Carmine Infantino is a comic legend who had worked in comics in the early days and had great success in ushering in the Silver Age of Comics,mostly working at DC he did a fair amount of work for Marvel in the 70s'. He is resposible for desgining the costume of Flash as we know him today in the famous Showcase#4 and later designed Barbara Gordon when DC assigned him to design a character for Gardner Fox in "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" so she could be transferred to the t.v. show. His drawing style was simple and definitely captures the look of 1960s' art especially at DC. He retired from drawing in the early 90s'. In 2004 after drawing two tribute issues to legendary editor Julius Schwartz he had soured relations with DC in his attempt to gain copyrights of the four heroes he co-created Barbara Gordon,Wally West,Barry Allen, and Ralph Dibney. A legend in comics has gone on.
http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/04/04...tino-has-died/

*Kunoichi_Haruko* · 04-04-2013, 08:54 PM

I heard about his death on Twitter about the same time as I heard Roger Ebert's, but didn't understand the impact of his work. Didn't know he designed Flash's costume! RIP Mr. Infantino.

Logan · 05-07-2013, 03:12 PM

I didn't know of the contributions he made regarding the Flash, etc. I merely knew him from his artwork on Marvel's Star Wars run.

*MikeandRaph87* · 05-07-2013, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

I didn't know of the contributions he made regarding the Flash, etc. I merely knew him from his artwork on Marvel's Star Wars run.

Its interesting to find out things about creators and other celebs one does not know like this. Infantino's art is DC Comics Silver Age look. The two go hand and hand.

LH · 05-07-2013, 03:25 PM

That's awful.. Rest in Peace, Mr.Infantino.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-07-2013, 04:09 PM

The man drew some classic comic book covers. Seems like the early issues of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog (which I collected heavily) were very fond of homaging some of his Flash work.

~~Leo656~~ · 05-07-2013, 11:21 PM

Shame. He was great.

*Candy Kappa* · 05-08-2013, 12:43 AM

rest in peace

*oldmanwinters* · 05-08-2013, 07:34 AM

I recently saw a fun series of cover tributes to him:
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...omage-tribute/

04-04-2013, 07:47 PM	#1
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	Carmine Infantino Dies At 87,Co-Creator of Barbara Gordon,Wally West & Barry Allen Carmine Infantino is a comic legend who had worked in comics in the early days and had great success in ushering in the Silver Age of Comics,mostly working at DC he did a fair amount of work for Marvel in the 70s'. He is resposible for desgining the costume of Flash as we know him today in the famous Showcase#4 and later designed Barbara Gordon when DC assigned him to design a character for Gardner Fox in "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" so she could be transferred to the t.v. show. His drawing style was simple and definitely captures the look of 1960s' art especially at DC. He retired from drawing in the early 90s'. In 2004 after drawing two tribute issues to legendary editor Julius Schwartz he had soured relations with DC in his attempt to gain copyrights of the four heroes he co-created Barbara Gordon,Wally West,Barry Allen, and Ralph Dibney. A legend in comics has gone on. http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/04/04...tino-has-died/ __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

04-04-2013, 08:54 PM	#2
Kunoichi_Haruko A shell of a good hit! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Richmond, Va. Posts: 1,685	I heard about his death on Twitter about the same time as I heard Roger Ebert's, but didn't understand the impact of his work. Didn't know he designed Flash's costume! RIP Mr. Infantino. __________________

05-07-2013, 03:12 PM	#3
Logan Hench Mutant Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 483	I didn't know of the contributions he made regarding the Flash, etc. I merely knew him from his artwork on Marvel's Star Wars run. __________________ We're a team; and as a team let's go kick some ass! -Leonardo Logan the Layman Critic, a youtube channel for movie reviews and animation appreciation. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjn...xrKPml1WlYh6Mw

05-07-2013, 04:09 PM	#6
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,501	The man drew some classic comic book covers. Seems like the early issues of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog (which I collected heavily) were very fond of homaging some of his Flash work. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

05-08-2013, 12:43 AM	#8
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	rest in peace __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

05-07-2013, 03:25 PM	#5
LH Leatherhead Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,705	That's awful.. Rest in Peace, Mr.Infantino.

05-07-2013, 11:21 PM	#7
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Shame. He was great.

05-08-2013, 07:34 AM	#9
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,501	I recently saw a fun series of cover tributes to him: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...omage-tribute/ __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!