Gaspar Saladino (1926(?) – 2016).

§ August 5th, 2016 § Filed under obituary, swamp thing § 2 Comments

Gaspar Saladino was the letterer’s letterer, providing logos and text for many a comic book for several decades, for Marvel and DC, and designed logos for all the 1970s Atlas books (such as this great one for Grim Ghost), and many, many more.

And of course he created the logo for a comic book series of particular importance to me:

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And also did the lettering within, designing the distinct balloons for both Swamp Thing’s thoughts and his rare vocalization:

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He was a great talent, and an essential part of the look-and-feel of those early Swamp Thing comics. He’ll be missed.

Mark Evanier has an obituary (he mentions that there’s some question to Saladino’s actual birth year, hence the question mark in this post’s title), and Todd Klein has an overview of some of Saladino’s early DC work (parts 1 2 3).

So long, Gaspar.

2 Responses to “Gaspar Saladino (1926(?) – 2016).”

  • Clem Robins says:
    August 5, 2016 at 5:18 AM

    there’ll never be another Gaspar. he was the best of the best, and like a father figure to several generations of letterers. he’ll be terribly missed.

  • Jason Wheeler says:
    August 8, 2016 at 11:11 PM

    that IS a great logo!