Artie Edward Romero is an American cartoonist

Cartoonist

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, animator

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 and publisher. He is best known for his underground comix

Underground comix

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 and minicomics work of the 1970s and early 1980s.

Romero published original illustrations by Frank Frazetta

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, Vaughn Bode

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, Barry Windsor-Smith

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 and Michael William Kaluta

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 in his comics and science fiction fanzine Realm (1969–72). In 1973, he was a founding partner of Everyman Studios, an artists' collective. Other founding members of Everyman Studios include prominent illustrators Rick Berry and Darrel Anderson, who later founded Braid Media Arts.

In 1974–75, Anderson and Romero were co-editors of a Colorado Springs alternative newspaper, The Everyman Flyer, which included underground comix.

From 1978 to 1981, Romero edited and published Cascade Comix Monthly, a fanzine about underground comix which included artist interviews, including Art Spiegelman

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, Dan O'Neill

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, Gilbert Shelton

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 and Trina Robbins

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. Cascade published original comix by S. Clay Wilson

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, Skip Williamson

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, Jay Lynch

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 and other underground cartoonists. A variety of minicomics and full-size underground comix were published under Everyman Comics' imprint.

While attending college in 1972, Romero began working on animation projects, such as music videos, TV commercials and movie titles. He continued to do so through 1994, when he founded ARG! Cartoon Animation studio. ARG! produces animation for movies, television and the web. Romero's screen credits include special effects animation for Johnny Mnemonic (Sony Pictures, 1995), and animated cartoon segments for a children's program, TV Planet (Rocky Mountain PBS, 1999).

Selected bibliography

1969 Platinum Toad #1 Platinum Toad #2 Fantasy Realm #1 Beware the Mysterious Fotato #1 1970 Realm #2 - title changed from Fantasy Realm Realm #3 Platinum Toad #3 1971 Realm #4 1972 Realm #5 - 1st ed. 1974 Everyman Flyer #1 Everyman Flyer #2 Everyman Flyer #3 Everyman Flyer #4 1975 Everyman Flyer #5 Everyman Flyer #6 Realm #6 - 1st ed. 1976 Scrabbits Reno Comics 1977 Scrabbis Treno - with Harvey Kurtzman Harvey Kurtzman Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and the editor of several comic books and magazines. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and the editor of several comic... , Dan O'Neill Dan O'Neill Dan O'Neill is an American underground cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Odd Bodkins and founder of the underground comics collective the Air Pirates.-Odd Bodkins:... , Allan Greenier, Larry Todd Realm #5 - 2nd ed. Realm #6 - 2nd ed. Realm #7 Platinum Toad #5 Platinum Toad #6 - with Darrel Anderson

1978 Cascade Comix Monthly #1 - 1st ed. Cascade Comix Monthly #2 - 1st ed. Cascade Comix Monthly #3 - 1st ed. Cascade Comix Monthly #4 - 1st ed. Cascade Comix Monthly #5 Platinum Toad #8 Cascade Comix Monthly #6 Cascade Comix Monthly #7 Cascade Comix Monthly #8 Cascade Comix Monthly #9-10 Platinum Toad #9 - with Darrel Anderson 1979 Robot Romance Bug Infested Comics - with Bob Vojtko Cascade Comix Monthly #11-12 Real Dope Thrills - with Gary Whitney Waldo and Emerson - with Jim Siergey Cascade Comix Monthly #13 Nutso Toons Samo - with Gary Whitney MLF Communique #2 - with Roger May, Dan O'Neill Dan O'Neill Dan O'Neill is an American underground cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Odd Bodkins and founder of the underground comics collective the Air Pirates.-Odd Bodkins:... , S. Clay Wilson S. Clay Wilson S. Clay Wilson is an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Wilson is known for aggressively violent and sexually explicit panoramas of "lowlife," often depicting the wild escapades of pirates and bikers. He was an early contributor to Zap Comix,... , Victor Moscoso Victor Moscoso Victor Moscoso is an artist best known for producing psychedelic rock posters/advertisements and underground comix in San Francisco during the 1960s and '70s.... Cascade Comix Monthly #14 Funny Animal Lust - with George Erling Captain Nimrod - with Darrel Anderson Moon Pie - with J. Michael Leondard Calculus Cat - with Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s... Cascade Comix Monthly #15 Cascade Comix Monthly #16

1980 Cascade Comix Monthly #17 Astounding Sci-Bondage - with John Adams Bar Fly Theater - with Richard Krauss Cascade Comix Monthly #18 Space Junk - with Larry Rippee Werks Phase Two - with Al Sirois Cascade Comix Monthly #19 Z - with Bhob Stewart Bhob Stewart Bhob Stewart is an American writer, editor, artist and film maker who has written for a variety of publications over a span of five decades. His articles and reviews have appeared in TV Guide, Publishers Weekly and other publications, along with online contributions to Allmovie, the Collecting... Conception - with Jim Valentino Jim Valentino Jim Valentino is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books.-1970s - 1992:Valentino began his career in the late 1970s creating small press and mostly autobiographical comics. The early-mid 1980s saw normalman which first appeared as a back-up story in Aardvark-Vanaheim's... Horrible Misunderstandings #1 - with Roger May B'ad Comics Pep Comix Platinum Toad #10 Yikes #4 - with George Erling Cascade Comix Monthly #20 Animal Bite Comix - with Doug Hansen Hobo Stories - with Dave Taylor More Potatoes Samyang Ramyon Cascade Comix Monthly #21 Horrible Misunderstandings #2 - 2nd ed. 1981 Platinum Toad #11 Tales of Mr. Fly - with Bob Conway Riffs - with Bruce Chrislip Horrible Misunderstandings #1 - 3rd ed. Cascade #22 - title change Cascade #23 Watch Out for Flying Saucers Stick City - 1st ed.

External links

• ARG! Cartoon Animation
• The Artie Show, Romero's blog with podcasts
• CityStar Group, Inc., parent company of ARG!
• Internet Movie Database (IMDB) on Artie Romero