Gaspar Saladino

Gaspar Saladino
Gaspar Saladino, 2014
Born(1927-09-01)September 1, 1927
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 4, 2016(2016-08-04) (aged 88)
Area(s)Letterer, logo designer
Pseudonym(s)Gaspar, Gaspar S., L.P. Gregory, Lisa Petergreg[1]
Notable works
Numerous DC Comics and Marvel Comics logos
Arkham Asylum
Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man
AwardsShazam Award (1971, 1973)

Gaspar Saladino (September 1, 1927[2] – August 4, 2016)[3] was an American letterer and logo designer who worked for more than sixty years in the comic book industry, mostly for DC Comics. Eventually Saladino went by one name, "Gaspar," which he wrote in his trademark calligraphy.

From 1966 to the 1990s, he lettered many of the logos, titles, captions and balloons on DC Comics covers.[4] For a period in the 1970s, he was also "page-one letterer" for many Marvel Comics books.[4]

  1. ^ MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz #1 (Marvel Comics Group and National Periodical Publications, Inc., 1975).
  2. ^ Klein, Todd (December 27, 2012). "Gaspar Saladino's First Lettering for DC Comics part 1". KleinLetters.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Johnston, Rich. "Gaspar Saladino, DC's Letterer From Sixties Covers To Arkham Asylum, Dies At 88". Bleeding Cool.
  4. ^ a b Klein, Todd. "Gaspar Saladino 1927-2016", Kleinletters.com (Aug. 7, 2016). Retrieved August 8, 2016.