Professional career Joe Orlando

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1 professional career

1.1 ec , mad
1.2 creepy editor
1.3 dc comics
1.4 associate publisher of mad





professional career
ec , mad

in 1950s, assistant wally wood on stories several publishers, including fox, youthful, avon , ec comics, before becoming regular staff artist ec in summer of 1951. earning $25 page @ ec, , shortly after first ec stories under own name published summer, married first wife, gloria, in september 1951.


after ec, 1956 1959, drew classics illustrated adaptations, including ben-hur, tale of 2 cities , rudyard kipling s kim. in addition many contributions ec s mad (1960–69), orlando scripted little orphan annie comic strip beginning in 1964. did covers newsweek , new times, , work illustrator appeared in national lampoon, children s books , numerous comic books.


creepy editor

for warren publishing s black-and-white horror comics magazine creepy, debuting in 1964, orlando not illustrator story editor on issues. credit on first issue masthead read: story ideas: joe orlando.


he worked in toy design, packaging , advertising; sales of harold von braunhut s sea monkeys escalated considerably after orlando drew series of unusual advertisements visualizing creatures enchanted , peaceful undersea kingdom. in 1992, short-lived live-action television show amazing live sea monkeys howie mandel used special effects make-up designs based on character concepts created orlando sea monkeys illustrations.


dc comics

this joe orlando page lettering todd klein created alan moore , dave gibbons s watchmen (1987).


in 1966, orlando , writer e. nelson bridwell created parody superhero team inferior 5 in showcase #62 (june 1966). lighthearted feature receive own ongoing series. orlando launched swing scooter series writers barbara friedlander , jack miller in july 1966. after 16 years of freelancing, orlando hired in 1968 dc comics, editor of full line of comic books, including adventure comics, all-star comics, anthro, bat lash, house of mystery, plop!, swamp thing, , witching hour, scripting several of these titles. orlando coined names of weird war tales , weird western tales titles. while serving dc s vice president, guided company s special projects department. included creation of art t-shirts , other licensed products, negotiating such companies american greetings , topps, working editor joey cavalieri on looney tunes magazine , supervising production of trading cards, 6 flags logos, dc character style guides , other items.


in late 1960s, orlando hired filipino artist tony dezuniga work on of dc s horror titles. in 1971, orlando , dc publisher carmine infantino traveled philippines on recruiting trip more artists. alfredo alcala, mar amongo, ernie chan, alex niño, nestor redondo, , gerry talaoc of filipino komik artists work dc, particularly in 1970s , 1980s.


during 1980s, orlando began teaching @ school of visual arts, continuing art instructor there many years.


in 1987, created illustration supplemental text piece watchmen #5, page comic-within-the-comic, tales of black freighter. orlando s contribution designed if page fake title; conceit being orlando had been artist run of stories fictional tales of black freighter comic. watchmen writer alan moore chose orlando because felt if pirate stories popular in watchmen universe, dc editor julius schwartz have lured orlando drawing pirate comic book. comic-within-a-comic pages credited fictitious artist walt feinberg , , art attributed feinberg drawn series-artist dave gibbons. orlando page artwork series not gibbons.


a limited series featuring phantom published dc in 1988 written peter david , drawn orlando , dennis janke.


orlando had long working association prolific letterer ben oda, roughing out display lettering effects oda finish. during 1990s, orlando pleased discover designer-typographer rick spanier, working on macintosh computer, create polished oda-like finishes of orlando s roughs. these orlando-spanier collaborations printed in dc s superman style guide , other dc style guides.


associate publisher of mad

wally wood s drawing of joe orlando (left) , wood collaborating on comics page in 1950s.


after death of mad founder-publisher william gaines in 1992, publishing company/owner time warner positioned mad under purview of fellow-publishing-subsidiary dc comics. after shift, orlando became magazine s associate publisher. concurrently, involved in creating exclusive mad products then-new warner brothers studio store on fifth avenue.


although retired dc in 1996, nevertheless maintained office @ mad worked on mad cover concepts , other projects next 2 years. @ time of death in 1998, survived wife, karin, , 4 children.








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