John Taddeo
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John Taddeo is a comic book
Comic book
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 writer and creator of the company Superverse.

Taddeo has formerly worked for Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment
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 and Big Entertainment (now called Hollywood.com). is a new storyteller to come out of the comic and trading card industries. Taddeo has created a lighthearted action packed boy turns superhero adventure story. He conceived of the idea for “Zoom Suit
Zoom Suit
Zoom Suit is a series of comic books created and written by John Taddeo, that debuted in April, 2006, a year after the animated short film won its first Best Animation at the Palm Beach Film Festival.-Overview:...

” in the early 1980’s when Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

 artist Bob Layton
Bob Layton
Bob Layton is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, who has worked for Marvel Comics, Valiant Comics, DC Comics, Future Comics, and other publishers.-Early life:...

 created the memorable cover to Iron Man #117 (which was listed as one of the 100 greatest comic covers of all time by Wizard Magazine). Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

’s alter ego Tony Stark leaps from a plane with his armored super suit packed away in a suitcase. In that issue Tony manages to get dressed during the freefall and fly to safety, but Taddeo wondered what if it didn’t work out that way. Inspired by Bob’s cover image Taddeo wrote the first draft of Zoom Suit
Zoom Suit
Zoom Suit is a series of comic books created and written by John Taddeo, that debuted in April, 2006, a year after the animated short film won its first Best Animation at the Palm Beach Film Festival.-Overview:...

 at the age of twelve.

Taddeo’s first film based on his unreleased comic book “Crime Family”, The Inside Job is about a young mobster trying to “Make his bones” and loaded with violence, profanity, vulgarity and maybe even blasphemy. In June 2005 the film received two Crystal Reel Awards from the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association, Best Narrative and Best Student Short film and has won several awards after that time including “Best Comedy” “Best Mafia Film” and “Best in Fest.”

Taddeo is currently writing and directing an animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

short feature series based upon the comic book “Zoom Suit.” The original award winning animated short was an official selection in a record breaking 80 film festivals within a twelve month period. Zoom Suit has received over 15 awards including, “Best of Festival” awards, Best of Fest” awards and the prestigious “Grand Festival Award” from Berkeley Video & Film Festival, 2005.

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