Happy Birthday "Our Pal" Sal Buscema!!!

[IMG]https://41.media.tumblr.com/01df565aa993502fbc6d1203eb703226/tumblr_mv19vqBXOZ1r89a2ho1_500.png[/IMG][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o51za4jyXsg/UuWYWf43FXI/AAAAAAAASbo/yN0-Ci5LFus/s1600/Sal+Buscema+78+birthday+2014+Marvel+Comics+Rom+Sabra+Torpedo+Nova.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bcS60NRiXFk/SWlHYMOnMkI/AAAAAAAABGg/2nhsw2quvGQ/s400/1976-02a-Sept.jpg[/IMG]Today is the [B]80th[/B] birthday of the AWESOME "Our Pal" SAL BUSCEMA!!! Wishing for many, many, many years of great health and happiness to this industry GIANT and legendary Marvel ARTIST! [url]http://13thdimension.com/13-covers-a-sal-buscema-birthday-celebration/[/url]

Happy Birthday Sal!!!

One of my all-time favorite comic book artists. His [I]Captain America[/I] run with Steve Englehart was one of the first series I read as a kid and remains one of my favorites to re-visit time and again. They don't make 'em like they used to!

Happy Birthday Sal! Thanks for the great work and memories!

[url]http://comicsalliance.com/tribute-sal-buscema/[/url]

Happy birthday.

John Romita had a birthday too.
Buscema and Romita visually shaped my love for Marvel characters in my youth.

Thank you both for the exciting myriad of panels you've drawn that entertained me over the years.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to "Our Pal" Sal! One of Marvel's all-time greatest artists!

I've really liked his Hulk stuff (mainly during Bill Mantlo's run)-he really gave the character a savage, frenzied look (but also did well with the more civilized "Banner Hulk").

His Spectacular Spider-Man run (Especially with Dematteis) had some of the best artistic storytelling in comics IMO.

Happy Birthday Sal! He draws the best angry face ever! Love his old Spectacular Spider-Man work.

[url]https://youtu.be/inS9gAgSENE[/url]

[QUOTE=frizb;1761065]Happy Birthday Sal! He draws the best angry face ever! Love his old Spectacular Spider-Man work.[/QUOTE]

Quoted for truth! Sal drew my very first Marvel comic (Spectacular Spider-Man #221, with Bill Sienkiewicz providing some incredible inks), and to date I think he's one of the greatest Spidey artists of all time, in addition to THE definitive Hulk artist.

[QUOTE=Herowatcher;1760281]John Romita had a birthday too.
[B]Buscema and Romita visually shaped my love for Marvel characters in my youth.[/B]

Thank you both for the exciting myriad of panels you've drawn that entertained me over the years.

Happy Birthday![/QUOTE] I imagine they instilled love for Marvel characters in a lot of people around the world!

[QUOTE=BlitheringToot;1761528]Quoted for truth! Sal drew my very first Marvel comic (Spectacular Spider-Man #221, with Bill Sienkiewicz providing some incredible inks), and to date I think he's one of the greatest Spidey artists of all time, in addition to THE definitive Hulk artist.[/QUOTE]

Yes! His Hulk was Spectacular as well!

Sal's work on the Incredible Hulk will always be some of my favorite! He truly is a legend and deserves a lot of respect from fans and writers alike. For it was his epic art that brought so many awesome stories to life.

Hear, hear!