Tony C. Caputo is an American

United States

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 author, visual artist, entrepreneur, and former publisher.

In 1985, Caputo founded NOW Comics

NOW Comics

NOW Comics was a comic book publisher founded in late 1985 by Tony C. Caputo as a sole-proprietorship. During the four years after its founding, NOW grew from a one-man operation to operating in 12 countries, and published almost 1,000 comics books....

, and NOW Entertainment Corporation a multimedia company that published comic books, children's periodicals

Children's literature

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, trade paperback books, and home video

Video

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s of such characters as Speed Racer

Speed Racer

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, the Terminator

Terminator

-Science:*Terminator , the line between the day and night sides of a planetary body*Terminator , the end of a gene for transcription-Technology:*Terminator , a resistor at the end of a transmission line to prevent signal reflection...

, The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters

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, Mr. T

Mr. T

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 & the T-Force, and The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

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. He also wrote scripts and provided illustrations for some of characters' comics. Caputo ran NOW until 1994, briefly reviving the company from 2003–2005. While working there, he authored the graphic novel Vesper's, and wrote an article on the American comic book market, which included detailed market share reports for the first time.

Caputo's nonfiction books include How To Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book (Watson-Guptill), Visual Storytelling: The Art and the Technique, Build Your Own Server (McGraw-Hill) and Digital Video Surveillance and Security (Elsevier/Reed). Caputo has written professionally for 20 years, including scripts, books, business plans. His articles have been published by eprarie.com, Tech Republic, ICv2.com  and the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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In 2004, Caputo created the Draw for Battle card game. It involved drawing specified characters onto cards and then using those cards in decks to play against opponents.

Tony C. Caputo left the entertainment business in 1994, and moved into information technology, first with Ahrens Interactive in 1995, and then with HyperLOCK in 1996.

As of 2010, he works for IBM

IBM

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 on Homeland Security

Homeland security

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 projects for the City of Chicago

Chicago

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 and New York City

New York City

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