| 词条 | Pete Morisi |
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| image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Peter A. Morisi | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|7}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|10|12|1928|1|7}} | death_place = Staten Island, New York City | nationality = American | area = Writer, Illustrator | alias = PAM | notable works = Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt | awards = }} Peter A. Morisi (January 7, 1928 – October 12, 2003),[1] who sometimes went by the pseudonym PAM, was an American comic book writer and artist who also spent much of his professional life as a New York City Police Department officer. He is best known as creator of the 1960s Charlton Comics series Peter Cannon ... Thunderbolt, a thoughtful superhero comic that contained some of the earliest respectful invocations of Eastern mysticism in American pop culture. BiographyEarly life and careerBorn and reared in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, Morisi was educated at the School of Industrial Art and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, both in Manhattan. He broke into comics as an assistant on the comic strips Dickie Dare and The Saint, and had just started at Fox Comics in 1948 when he was drafted and served as a private in the U.S. Army through 1950.[2] Comics historian Mark Evanier has written that Morisi worked in the Harvey Comics production department alongside future comics artist Don Heck in 1949.[3] Stationed in Colorado, Morisi wrote for such Fox romance and crime comics as Feature Presentations Magazine and Murder Incorporated.[4] On his return, Morisi freelanced for companies including Comic Media, Harvey Comics, Fiction House, Lev Gleason Publications, Nesbitt Publishers, Quality Comics, Toby Press and the Marvel Comics precursors Timely and Atlas, where his work appeared in titles including the Westerns Arizona Kid, Cowboy Romances and Texas Kid, and the horror/suspense anthologies Astonishing, Journey into Mystery, Marvel Tales, Strange Tales and Uncanny Tales.[4] In 1954, when editor-in-chief Stan Lee expressed admiration for the cover artist of some Comic Media books, Morisi brought in the artist, his friend and future Silver Age star Heck.[2] Police force and Peter CannonIn 1956, Morisi fulfilled a childhood dream of joining the police force, and became an NYPD cop stationed in Brooklyn and in lower Manhattan. To avoid the department knowing he was moonlighting, however legally, Morisi began signing his work only with his initials – PAM, the "M" rendered without connectors, as "|||". He retired from the force in 1976.[2][5] Morisi's character Thunderbolt debuted in Peter Cannon ... Thunderbolt #1 (Jan. 1966), part of Charlton editor Dick Giordano's "Action Heroes" superhero line. The series then took over the numbering of the defunct title Son of Vulcan, and ran from issue #51–60 (March–April 1966 – Nov. 1967),[4] by which time Morisi, time-pressed with police work, had turned it over to other hands.[2] When DC Comics bought the rights to Charlton's superhero properties in 1983, Thunderbolt was one of the characters originally planned for use in writer Alan Moore's miniseries Watchmen; when DC chose to save those characters for other uses, Moore adapted him into Ozymandias (Adrian Veidt).[6] DC published the 12-issue, slightly retitled miniseries Peter Cannon – Thunderbolt (Sept. 1992 – Aug. 1993) by writer-penciler Mike Collins and inker José Marzan Jr.[4] Rights to the character later reverted to Morisi.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} A later incarnation, Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, was published by Dynamite Entertainment for ten issues from September 2012 to July 2013, by Alex Ross, co-writer Steve Darnall, and Jonathan Lau. A trade paperback omnibus edition reprinting all ten issues was published by Dynamite Entertainment in March 2015, including a complete cover gallery and the origin story by Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt creator, Pete Morisi. Critical ReputationMorisi was somewhat eclipsed in the 60s as the dynamic style of Jack Kirby became de riguer. Morisi's style could be described as almost anti-Kirby and emphasising stillness rather than violent action. Furthermore, as much of his work was done for the lesser known and often second-rate Charlton comics his work never was given the exposure of the artists who worked for Marvel and DC at the same time. However, since his death there has been a growing appreciation of the virtue of his drawing with serious critical attention being given to his work. [7] Morisi is one of several artists featured in Dan Nodel's Art in Time where he is praised for his 'highly economical and even refined comic book storytelling'[8]. Personal lifeMorisi settled in the Dongan Hills section of New York City's Staten Island borough in 1973. There he drew illustrations for the column "Staten Island Stats" in the local newspaper The Staten Island Advance. His wife of 53 years, the former Louise Massie, died in May 2003. They had three sons: Steven, Russ, and Val. He died at Staten Island University Hospital.[9] References1. ^[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JR9Q-LPK Peter A. Morisi], Social Security Number 076-20-5733, at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on March 2, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6LQljjVVq?url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JR9Q-LPK Archived] from the original on November 26, 2013. 2. ^1 2 3 Pete Morisi interview, Comic Book Artist #12 (March 2001), pp. 84–85. 3. ^Evanier, Mark. "Don Heck" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124231434/http://povonline.com/Don%20Heck.htm |date=November 24, 2002 }} (obituary), POV Online (column), March 24, 1995 4. ^1 2 3 Pete Morisi at the Grand Comics Database. 5. ^Pete Morisi at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151001193431/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morisi_pete.htm Archived] from the original on October 1, 2015. Additional [https://www.webcitation.org/5vE6KHksv?url=http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morisi_pete.htm WebCitation archive] on December 24, 2010. 6. ^{{cite book| last=Reynolds| first=Richard | title=Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology| publisher=B. T. Batsford Ltd.| year= 1992| isbn= 978-0-7134-6560-0}} 7. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.tcj.com/dont-move-the-still-life-of-pete-morisi/|title= Don't Move the Still Life of Pete Morisi |author=Ken Parille |date=2 June 2014 |website=the Comics Journal |accessdate=17 February 2019 }} 8. ^Dan Nodel Art In Time; Unknown Comic Book Adventures 1940-1980 Abrams Comic Arts New York 9. ^{{cite web | url = http://petermorisi.inourheartsforever.com/who.html | title = Peter A. Morisi 1928–2003 | publisher = InOurHeartsForever.com | archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/5vE70p7aB?url=http://petermorisi.inourheartsforever.com/who.html | archivedate = December 24, 2010 | deadurl = no | df = mdy-all }} External links
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