Danny Crespi
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Danny Crespi
Real Name
Daniel Crespi
Gender
Date of Birth
, 1926
Date of Death
, 1985
Place of Birth
United States of America
First publication
Unknown
Personal History
Danny Crespi was a long-time letterer who became Marvel's Art/Production Supervisor. He died of leukemia at age 59 in 1986 (supposedly having survived for eleven years with the disease).[1] Crespi was eulogized in the "Bullpen Bulletins" of December 1985 comics, as well as in The Comics Journal #101 (Aug. 1985)
His daughter is letterer and production manager Susan Crespi.
Professional History
Crespi started his career in 1948 as a letterer, mostly for Marvel. He became an assistant production manager in 1969, and a production supervisor in 1978. He was known a "skilled craftsman, an expert on calligraphy, design, and production."[1]
Notes
- "Marvel production coordinator Danny Crespi dead at age of 59," Comics Journal #101 (August 1985).
- Danny Crespi interview, David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview #9 (March 1984), p. 4.
Trivia
- No trivia.
See Also
Work History
Official Website
- None.
Links and References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," The Vision and the Scarlet Witch vol. 2, #3 (Dec. 1985).