Dave Hunt (artist)

Dave Hunt (August 2, 1942 – March 5, 2017) was an American comic book artist and fine art painter. Most active during the "Bronze Age" of American comics, he did inking for both DC and Marvel comics and Disney's comics. He was also an accomplished hyperrealist painter.^[2]

Career[]

Beginning in 1972, he worked as an inker for Marvel Comics, assisting Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia. He inked artists including John Byrne and Ross Andru, working on titles such as Spider-Man, Captain America and the Fantastic Four.^[3] In 1978 he began working for DC, where he worked with Superman pencilers Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger and other artists^[2][4] on Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes,^[5] Wonder Woman, and DC Comics Presents.^[3] In the 1980s, he worked with penciler José Delbo on Marvel's Transformers comics.^[6] Beginning in 1991 he worked for Disney, on titles such as The Little Mermaid, Darkwing Duck, and Beauty and the Beast.^[3] In the mid 1990s he inked Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man for Tekno Comix. He worked on Scooby-Doo comics for DC from 1999 to 2005.^[2][3] Other pencilers he worked with include John Romita, Gil Kane, George Tuska, Sal Buscema, Tom Morgan, Keith Giffen, George Pérez, Jim Mooney, Don Newton, and Keith Pollard.^[4]

Death[]

Hunt died on March 5, 2017, of complications from cancer.^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Dave Hunt at the Grand Comics Database
• Dave Hunt at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

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