José Delbo

José María Del Bó was born on December 9, 1933.{{cite web|last=Miller |first=John Jackson|authorlink= John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=Comics Buyer's Guide |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archivedate=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}} He became a professional comics artist at the age of 16 working for the Argentine Poncho Negro series.{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/delbo_j.htm|title= José Delbo|date= March 11, 2014|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140815012515/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/delbo_j.htm|archivedate= August 15, 2014|url-status=live}} Due to political instability in Argentina, he moved to Brazil in 1963 and then to the United States two years later.{{cite journal|last = Cooke|first = Jon B.|title = Delbo's Authentic Artistry|journal = Comic Book Artist|issue = 23|page = 79|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = December 2002|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|quote = The political situation made things very difficult. Army revolts, incredible inflation, etc. There was a tremendously bad situation in Argentina with no tranquilty.}} His early work for the U.S. market included Billy the Kid for Charlton Comics. He drew many TV tie-in comic books for Dell Comics and Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics including The Brady Bunch, Hogan's Heroes, The Mod Squad, The Monkees, and The Twilight Zone.{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Jose+Delbo|title= José Delbo}} A comics biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower drawn by Delbo was published by Dell in 1969 soon after the former President's death.{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/01/02/bio-comix/|title= Bio Comix|first= Mark|last= Evanier|authorlink = Mark Evanier|date= January 2, 2006|publisher= News From ME|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143031/http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/01/02/bio-comix/|archivedate= July 14, 2014|url-status=live}} Delbo named The Monkees, The Lone Ranger, and an adaptation of the Yellow Submarine film as being among his favorite projects.{{cite web |url= http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/delbo.shtml|title= José Delbo Interview|first= Bryan D.|last= Stroud|date= June 1, 2011|publisher= The Silver Age Sage|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829050549/http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/delbo.shtml|archivedate= August 29, 2012|url-status=live}}

His first work for DC Comics appeared in The Spectre #10 (May–June 1969). Delbo became the artist on the Wonder Woman title with issue #222 (Feb.–March 1976) and drew the series until #286 (Dec. 1981). Following the popularity of the Wonder Woman television series (initially set during World War II), Delbo and writer Martin Pasko transposed the comic book series to this era.{{cite book|last=McAvennie|first= Michael|editor-last = Dolan|editor-first = Hannah|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 172|quote = "Writer Martin Pasko and artist José Delbo detailed the first chronological meeting between Earth-1's modern-day Wonder Woman and her Earth-2 equivalent during World War II. The comic's time and Earth shifts were actually dictated by ABC-TV's popular Wonder Woman TV series, set during World War II, and they continued in this era for the next fifteen issues.}} A few months after the TV series changed its setting to the 1970s, Delbo and Jack C. Harris returned the comic book to the contemporary timeline.McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 179: "To reflect the modern setting of CBS-TV's The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, scripter Jack C. Harris and artist José Delbo produced a story where Earth-1's Amazon helped her Golden Age counterpart apprehend the Angle Man in May's Wonder Woman #243." Soon after, Wonder Woman's longtime love interest Steve Trevor was killed but writer Gerry Conway and Delbo brought the character back to life again in issue #271 (Sept. 1980).Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p.187 "This landmark issue also saw the return of Steve Trevor to Wonder Woman's life in the main feature by writer Gerry Conway and penciler José Delbo." The Lumberjack, a character created by Delbo and Conway in Wonder Woman #268 (June 1980) appeared on the Supergirl television series in 2015.{{cite news |url= http://www.newsarama.com/23395-report-supergirl-s-first-foe-in-cbs-tv-series-revealed.html|title= Report: Supergirl's First Foe in CBS TV Series Revealed|first= Chris|last= Arrant|date= January 30, 2015|work= Newsarama|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150503002402/http://www.newsarama.com/23395-report-supergirl-s-first-foe-in-cbs-tv-series-revealed.html|archivedate=May 3, 2015 |url-status=live}} Conway and Delbo introduced a new version of the Cheetah in issue #274 (Dec. 1980).Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 189: "The Amazing Amazon gained a new deadly adversary when Cheetah was reborn, thanks to writer Gerry Conway and artist José Delbo."

Delbo's other work for DC includes the Batman Family,{{cite book|last= Manning|first= Matthew K.|editor-last = Dougall|editor-first = Alastair|chapter= 1970s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= Dorling Kindersley|year= 2014|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 123|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= The first [story] starred Batgirl by writer Elliot S! Maggin and artist José Delbo.}} three stories for the "Whatever Happened to...?" backup feature in DC Comics Presents,{{cite journal|last = Wells|first = John|title = Flashback: Whatever Happened to...?|journal= Back Issue!|issue = 64|pages = 51–61|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}} the Jimmy Olsen feature in The Superman Family, and the Batgirl feature in Detective Comics. His final major work for DC was a brief run on the Superman/Batman feature in World's Finest Comics in 1985.Manning "1980s" in Dougall, p. 160: "Writer Joey Cavalieri and penciller José Delbo saw the heroes off in style as they faced the new menace of the mystical villain Nightwolf."

In 1986, Delbo began working for Marvel Comics where he drew ThunderCats, The Transformers,{{cite web |url= http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/jose-delbo|title= Interviews: Transformers artist José Delbo|date= May 2013|publisher= Ben's World of Transformers|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150317153749/http://bwtf.com/interviews/jose-delbo|archivedate= March 17, 2015 |url-status=live}} and NFL SuperPro. He co-created Brute Force with Simon Furman in 1990.

Delbo taught at The Kubert School from the 1990s until 2005. After moving to Florida, he taught at the "Delbo Cartoon Camp" program for school-aged children in Boca Raton.{{cite news |url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-25/news/fl-jjps-delbo-0526-20100525_1_comic-book-jose-delbo-delbo-cartoon-camp|title= Cartoon campers learn from comic book artist|first= David A.|last= Schwartz|date= May 25, 2010|location= Fort Lauderdale, Florida|newspaper= Sun-Sentinel|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150510223437/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-25/news/fl-jjps-delbo-0526-20100525_1_comic-book-jose-delbo-delbo-cartoon-camp|archive-date= May 10, 2015|url-status=dead|quote= Delbo's camp, which began at the International Museum of Cartoon Art 12 years ago, teaches drawing skills, comic book design, film animation, the use of computers, cameras and digital images and video game creation.}}

Delbo died in February 2024, at the age of 90.{{cite news |last1=Degg |first1=D. D. |title=Jose Delbo – RIP |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/05/jose-delbo-rip/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=The Daily Cartoonist |date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206095141/https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/05/jose-delbo-rip/ |url-status=live }}

Delbo received an Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013.{{cite press release|url=http://www.comic-con.org/toucan/comic-con-internationals-newest-inkpot-award-winners |title=Comic-Con International's Newest Inkpot Award Winners! |year=2013 |publisher=San Diego Comic-Con International |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508040502/http://comic-con.org/toucan/comic-con-internationals-newest-inkpot-award-winners |archivedate=May 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}

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• {{Official website|https://delbocomics.com/}}
• {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id= 415}}
• [http://docs.comics.org/images/c/c2/DC_Profiles_76.jpg DC Profile #76: José Delbo] at the Grand Comics Database
• [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=535 José Delbo] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namd11.htm#N421 José Delbo] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCSmbPsNZc SDCC 2013 Coverage: José Delbo panel] at YouTube
• {{Inducks author|José+Delbo|José Delbo}}
• {{imdb name|6426507}}

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