Anthony F Tallarico was an American comic book artist, and children's book illustrator and author.
10 Facts About Tony Tallarico
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Tony Tallarico was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 20,1933, and attended New York City's School of Industrial Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and the School of Visual Arts.
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Tony Tallarico got his start in comics in 1953, penciling and self-inking stories for such publishers as Charlton Comics, Trojan, and the David C Cook Publishing Company, for which he contributed to a newspaper Sunday-supplement comic book similar to "The Spirit Section".
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Tony Tallarico drew individual chapters in several issues in Gilberton's World Around Us series.
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Tony Tallarico was involved with the follow-up comic, "Bobman and Teddy", starring Robert and Ted Kennedy as a Batman-and-Robin-like dynamic duo.
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Tony Tallarico's work includes issues of the Charlton superhero comic Blue Beetle and its TV tie-in and teen idol comics Bewitched and Bobby Sherman.
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Tony Tallarico was married to a writer, Elvira, for over 44 years.
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Tony Tallarico died on January 6,2022, at the age of 88.
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On May 19,2006, Tony Tallarico was bestowed the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention's Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement, in recognition of his creating the first comic book to star an African-American.
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Tony Tallarico was an honoree at the reception dinner at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.