Comments on: RIP: John Carbonaro http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: JR Riley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3683111 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:20:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3683111 I am so sorry that John passed away, John worked with me at my comic store in Houston (Camelot Comics) and we published the Justice Machine/Thunder Agents Annual together. I lost track of him when I closed my store and moved to KC. I had a lot of good times and I wished I could have told him that I am sorry for not looking him up before he passed. rest in peace friend JR I am so sorry that John passed away, John worked with me at my comic store in Houston (Camelot Comics) and we published the Justice Machine/Thunder Agents Annual together. I lost track of him when I closed my store and moved to KC. I had a lot of good times and I wished I could have told him that I am sorry for not looking him up before he passed.
rest in peace friend
JR

]]> by: Melody Sullivan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3026452 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:16:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3026452 Hello friends of John I am one of johnny's cousins he had many. I personally want to thank you all for your loving words. Hello friends of John

I am one of johnny’s cousins he had many. I personally want to thank you all for your loving words.

]]> by: MikeTheArtGuy.Com » John Carbonaro Dies http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3017492 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:49:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3017492 [...] John Carbonaro, for the comics lay people out there, was the caretaker of one of the greatest groups of non mainstream superhero groups of the Silver Age (approximately 1954 - 1971), the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. [...] […] John Carbonaro, for the comics lay people out there, was the caretaker of one of the greatest groups of non mainstream superhero groups of the Silver Age (approximately 1954 - 1971), the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. […]

]]> by: Alan Sinder http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3017119 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:01:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3017119 I became friends with him after the shock of the Omni Comics fiasco. I helped John get a Hollywood lawyerwhen we tried to get the Agents on stable ground as the DC thing crumbled. I remember doing E3 with him and my wife. He remain stalwart and true. We had good times in the Claypool booth that I'll always cherish. I'll also miss the goofy email jokes he sent my way. I got one 4 days before he died. I'm really sad. According to Robert, one of John's nieces is using John's AIM account - so don't be freaked if you see activity there. I became friends with him after the shock of the Omni Comics fiasco. I helped John get a Hollywood lawyerwhen we tried to get the Agents on stable ground as the DC thing crumbled. I remember doing E3 with him and my wife. He remain stalwart and true. We had good times in the Claypool booth that I’ll always cherish. I’ll also miss the goofy email jokes he sent my way. I got one 4 days before he died. I’m really sad. According to Robert, one of John’s nieces is using John’s AIM account - so don’t be freaked if you see activity there.

]]> by: R Maurizio http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3017065 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:08:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3017065 What I will miss the most about John is all those goofy jokes he would email. We'll miss you Carbs. What I will miss the most about John is all those goofy jokes he would email. We’ll miss you Carbs.

]]> by: Paul Bonanno http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016942 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:17:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016942 I'm very saddened by Johns passing. I worked with him on the THUNDER AGENTS back in the 80's. He was a good man and although I hadn't seen him in a few years we stayed in contact through e-mails. I will miss him. My deepest condolences to his family and friends. I’m very saddened by Johns passing. I worked with him on the THUNDER AGENTS back in the 80’s. He was a good man and although I hadn’t seen him in a few years we stayed in contact through e-mails. I will miss him. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.

]]> by: Michelle Mauceri http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016895 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:57:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016895 Hi I'm Michelle John niece. He was really an avid fan of Comics. I glad he was liked. He was also apparently well known as well. I am a bit surprised. He did suffer for a long time. He was a Diabetic. complications soon led to congestive heart failure, which is what resulted in his death. I am glad he will be missed from others as well as from his family. He is survived by his mother Katherine Carbonaro 85, and his sister Constance Mauceri 60. Michelle Mauceri Hi I’m Michelle John niece. He was really an avid fan of Comics. I glad he was liked. He was also apparently well known as well. I am a bit surprised. He did suffer for a long time. He was a Diabetic. complications soon led to congestive heart failure, which is what resulted in his death. I am glad he will be missed from others as well as from his family. He is survived by his mother Katherine Carbonaro 85, and his sister Constance Mauceri 60.

Michelle Mauceri

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016841 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:55:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016841 This is so bizarre for me because I was just re-reading two of DC's THUNDER Agents archives along with TwoMorrows' excellent THUNDER Agents Companion. To have so much THUNDER Agents on the brain and then have Mr. Carbonaro pass away is pretty surreal. Anyone interested should really check out the originals. You've just gotta approach them like you would a TV series from the 60's like "Man from UNCLE" or "The Prisoner". They're a lot of fun. RIP. This is so bizarre for me because I was just re-reading two of DC’s THUNDER Agents archives along with TwoMorrows’ excellent THUNDER Agents Companion. To have so much THUNDER Agents on the brain and then have Mr. Carbonaro pass away is pretty surreal.

Anyone interested should really check out the originals. You’ve just gotta approach them like you would a TV series from the 60’s like “Man from UNCLE” or “The Prisoner”. They’re a lot of fun.

RIP.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016701 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:17:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016701 I hitched a ride down to San Diego with Alan Sinder one year and we picked up John on the from his apartment in Long Beach. I do remember the conversations on the way down about T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents and I recall he was very protective on making sure that the integrity of those characters were to remain intact on anyone approaching him with the idea of any new projects. He had guidelines - and sure as hell stuck to his guns. I think I was only one of the lucky few that got a glimpse of that aborted DC series. ~ Coat I hitched a ride down to San Diego with Alan Sinder one year and we picked up John on the from his apartment in Long Beach.

I do remember the conversations on the way down about T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents and I recall he was very protective on making sure that the integrity of those characters were to remain intact on anyone approaching him with the idea of any new projects.

He had guidelines - and sure as hell stuck to his guns.

I think I was only one of the lucky few that got a glimpse of that aborted DC series.

~

Coat

]]> by: Horatio Weisfeld http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016435 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:31:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016435 He suffered with terrible illness for years, and I never heard him exhibit any self pity at all. He was always there to help a buddy. From my experience: One of the good guys! He suffered with terrible illness for years, and I never heard him exhibit any self pity at all.

He was always there to help a buddy.

From my experience: One of the good guys!

]]> by: Chip Mosher http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016331 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:34:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/rip-john-carbonaro/#comment-3016331 When I met John, I was a kid just starting out reading comics and he was working at a comic shop in Houston. I will never forget the time he explained to me why you don't see "slick" printed in comics... never mind "flick." The man loved comics and had a huge heart. I'll never forget how he really looked after all the kids in the neighborhood who hung out at the shop. We all called him "Carbo." RIP. When I met John, I was a kid just starting out reading comics and he was working at a comic shop in Houston. I will never forget the time he explained to me why you don’t see “slick” printed in comics… never mind “flick.” The man loved comics and had a huge heart. I’ll never forget how he really looked after all the kids in the neighborhood who hung out at the shop. We all called him “Carbo.” RIP.

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