Vito Delsante
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Vito Delsante is a U.S.
comic book
writer
. He has published stories in several U.S. comic books, and has worked on such characters as Batman
, Wolverine
from the X-Men
, and Scooby Doo.
, New York, United States. He attended high school in Ford City, Pennsylvania
, and the University of Pittsburgh
. He now resides in Brooklyn
, New York.
Delsante worked for the Canadian comics company Speakeasy Comics
in a Public Relations capacity prior to their closing doors in the Spring of 2006, and was seen by some as the only public face in the company's final days. He was also a creator at Speakeasy, with part one of the six part series Fallout with Dean Haspiel
printed as a back-up to Beowulf #7 before the series was cancelled as a result of the publisher's closing. With the closing of the publisher, the future for Fallout is uncertain.
His first major creator-owned title, The Mercury Chronicles with artist Mike Lilly
, has been rumored for publication in 2007.
In March 2006, he began a weekly column called Random Shuffle on Comicon's comics news website The Pulse http://www.google.com/search?q=site:comicon.com+intitle:random-shuffle. He is also a manager at one of New York's biggest comic stores, Jim Hanley's Universe.
In August 2006 The Chemistry Set, a webcomic
s collective of which Delsante is a member, launched. He produces the comic Stuck with Thomas Williams
and is currently writing FCHS, a "semi-autobiographical look" at his high school days, with artist Rachel Freire http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/12/07/fchs-launches-next-week/.
In 2007, Delsante was slated to write a three-issue JSA Classified arc with artist Eric Wight
.http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=100477 He has written a graphic novel for Simon & Schuster
based on the childhood of Albert Einstein
. The book, Before They Were Famous, is due out in July 2008 http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6526466.html.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He has published stories in several U.S. comic books, and has worked on such characters as Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
, Wolverine
Wolverine (comics)
Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...
from the X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
, and Scooby Doo.
Overview
Vito Delsante was born in 1973 in Staten IslandStaten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
, New York, United States. He attended high school in Ford City, Pennsylvania
Ford City, Pennsylvania
Ford City is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, northeast of Pittsburgh along the east bank of the Allegheny River and 4 miles south of Kittanning, the county seat....
, and the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
. He now resides in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York.
Delsante worked for the Canadian comics company Speakeasy Comics
Speakeasy Comics
Speakeasy Comics was a Canadian publishing company of comic books and graphic novels. It was founded in August 2004 by Adam Fortier, and ceased operations on February 27, 2006.-History:...
in a Public Relations capacity prior to their closing doors in the Spring of 2006, and was seen by some as the only public face in the company's final days. He was also a creator at Speakeasy, with part one of the six part series Fallout with Dean Haspiel
Dean Haspiel
Dean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist. He is known for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.-Early...
printed as a back-up to Beowulf #7 before the series was cancelled as a result of the publisher's closing. With the closing of the publisher, the future for Fallout is uncertain.
His first major creator-owned title, The Mercury Chronicles with artist Mike Lilly
Mike Lilly
Mike Lilly is a comic book artist who freelances for major comic-book publishers on such titles as Annihilation Conquest Quasar, Vampirella, Nightwing, Batman, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Punisher, Catwoman, Green Lantern, X-Men Unlimited, and Dungeons & Dragons.-Career:In 2005 Lilly and...
, has been rumored for publication in 2007.
In March 2006, he began a weekly column called Random Shuffle on Comicon's comics news website The Pulse http://www.google.com/search?q=site:comicon.com+intitle:random-shuffle. He is also a manager at one of New York's biggest comic stores, Jim Hanley's Universe.
In August 2006 The Chemistry Set, a webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
s collective of which Delsante is a member, launched. He produces the comic Stuck with Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams may refer to:* Thomas Williams * Williams, Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 11 November 1613* Thomas Williams , signatory of the Mayflower Compact...
and is currently writing FCHS, a "semi-autobiographical look" at his high school days, with artist Rachel Freire http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/12/07/fchs-launches-next-week/.
In 2007, Delsante was slated to write a three-issue JSA Classified arc with artist Eric Wight
Eric Wight
Eric Wight is a professional artist, illustrator and animator. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and currently lives in Eastern Pennsylvania.-Overview:Wight is the author of the manga, My Dead Girlfriend...
.http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=100477 He has written a graphic novel for Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
based on the childhood of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
. The book, Before They Were Famous, is due out in July 2008 http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6526466.html.
Comics
- Batman Adventures #9 ("The Couch", with Dean HaspielDean HaspielDean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist. He is known for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.-Early...
) - X-Men UnlimitedX-Men Unlimited-Volume 1:The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters from the X-titles, and the issues were collections of short stories...
#5 ("Bar Stools", with Lee Ferguson) - Reflux Comics #3 ("I Love Her Madly", with Michel Fiffe)
- in BeowulfBeowulfBeowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
#7 (backup "Fallout, Pt. 1", with Dean HaspielDean HaspielDean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist. He is known for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.-Early...
) - Scooby Doo #109-110, 126, 128
- Stuck (The Chemistry Set, with Thomas WilliamsThomas WilliamsThomas Williams may refer to:* Thomas Williams * Williams, Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 11 November 1613* Thomas Williams , signatory of the Mayflower Compact...
) - SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
#676 (Originally Superman ConfidentialSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
#9; later changed to #8 http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=128076; subsequently canceled by the publisher http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=129909; now resolicited as stated http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153853) - Cartoon Network Block Party #42
- Savage TalesSavage TalesSavage Tales is the title of three American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics , and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment.-Marvel/Curtis:The first of the two volumes of Savage Tales ran 11 issues, with...
#'s 7 & 8 - The Mercury Chronicles #0 (with artist, Mike LillyMike LillyMike Lilly is a comic book artist who freelances for major comic-book publishers on such titles as Annihilation Conquest Quasar, Vampirella, Nightwing, Batman, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Punisher, Catwoman, Green Lantern, X-Men Unlimited, and Dungeons & Dragons.-Career:In 2005 Lilly and...
) - Before They Were Famous: Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
(with artist, Mike LillyMike LillyMike Lilly is a comic book artist who freelances for major comic-book publishers on such titles as Annihilation Conquest Quasar, Vampirella, Nightwing, Batman, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Punisher, Catwoman, Green Lantern, X-Men Unlimited, and Dungeons & Dragons.-Career:In 2005 Lilly and...
) (due out July, 2008) - FCHS (The Chemistry Set, with artist, Rachel Freire)
- Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies in Savage DragonSavage DragonSavage Dragon is an ongoing American comic book series created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon...
#163, August 2010, with artist Rachel Freire.
External links
- The Chemistry Set - Home of Stuck
- SIN Studios Online.com - official Strength In Numbers Studios website
- "Up & Coming: Vito Delsante" - April 2006 interview (by Chris Arrant at NewsaramaNewsaramaNewsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
) - "Speakeasy Comics Shuts Down" - March 2006 article (by Heidi MacDonald at Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
) - "Writer Man of All Trades: Vito Delsante" - March 2006 interview (by Jen Contino at Comicon.com/The Pulse)