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COMIC ARTIST

John Buscema

1927 - 2002

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John Buscema ( bew-SEM-ə; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni naˈtaːle buʃˈʃɛːma]; December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002) was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop-culture conglomerate. His younger brother Sal Buscema is also a comic book artist. Buscema is best known for his run on the series The Avengers and The Silver Surfer, and for over 200 stories featuring the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Buscema has received more than 588,530 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Buscema is the 131st most popular comic artist, the 8,102nd most popular biography from United States and the 29th most popular American Comic Artist.

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  • 44.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, John Buscema ranks 131 out of 174. Before him are Rudolph Dirks, Iginio Straffi, Ken Sugimori, Mauri Kunnas, François Bourgeon, and Tsutomu Nihei. After him are George Herriman, Seishi Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Takei, R. K. Laxman, Moyoco Anno, and Kouta Hirano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, John Buscema ranks 341. Before him are Barbara Rush, Robert Alt, Charles Jarrott, B. V. Doshi, John Kander, and Emil Pažický. After him are Rita Gam, Harvey Korman, Frank Sedgman, Henry Spira, Ermes Muccinelli, and Juan José Pizzuti. Among people deceased in 2002, John Buscema ranks 260. Before him are Willie Davenport, Mustafa Mansour, Anatoli Bashashkin, Ruth Svedberg, Signe Hasso, and Jack Kruschen. After him are Kristen Nygaard, Aileen Riggin, Jonathan Harris, José Hierro, Yuji Hyakutake, and Johannes Joachim Degenhardt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Buscema ranks 8,102 out of 18,182. Before him are James Rumbaugh (1947), Paul Bostaph (1964), Professor Longhair (1918), Jesse Plemons (1988), Christian Camargo (1971), and Leonard Mlodinow (1954). After him are Jeff Hardy (1977), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Regina Hall (1970), Michael Shermer (1954), Jaime Pressly (1977), and William C. McCool (1961).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, John Buscema ranks 29. Before him are Roy Thomas (1940), John Romita Sr. (1930), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Richard Corben (1940), Alex Raymond (1909), and Larry Lieber (1931). After him are George Herriman (1880), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Mort Walker (1923), Les Clark (1907), Mike Mignola (1960), and Harvey Pekar (1939).

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