1. Antony de Zuniga who worked primarily under the name Tony DeZuniga, was a Filipino comics artist and illustrator best known for his works for DC Comics.
13 Facts About Tony DeZuniga
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Tony DeZuniga co-created the fictional characters Jonah Hex and Black Orchid.
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Tony DeZuniga was born in Manila, Philippines, and began his comics career at the age of 16, as a letterer for Liwayway, a Filipino weekly magazine whose contributors included comic book artists Alfredo Alcala and Nestor Redondo, who would later become his mentors.
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Tony DeZuniga eventually received a Bachelor of Science degree in commercial art from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines.
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Tony DeZuniga returned to his native country to work in advertising and to freelance for Filipino comics.
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Tony DeZuniga served as an introduction to what would be a 1970s influx of Filipino artists to American comics, prompting Orlando and DC publisher Carmine Infantino to visit the Philippines in 1971 to scout talent.
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Tony DeZuniga was responsible for the discovery of artist Steve Gan and was Gan's United States art agent in charge of importing his artwork to Marvel from the Philippines.
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Tony DeZuniga inked John Buscema's penciled artwork for MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz.
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Tony DeZuniga relocated back to New York from the Philippines in 1977.
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Tony DeZuniga worked for industry leaders Marvel and DC for 18 years.
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Tony DeZuniga later became a videogame conceptual designer, spending a decade with the United States and Japan divisions of Sega.
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Tony DeZuniga's work has been the subject of at least one gallery exhibition.
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Tony DeZuniga returned to Jonah Hex with Jonah Hex: No Way Back, a graphic novel released to coincide with the Jonah Hex film.