Template:Did you know nominations/John Romita Sr.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

John Romita Sr.

John Romita Sr.
John Romita Sr.
  • ... that John Romita Sr. (pictured) was the art director of Marvel Comics throughout the 1970s and 1980s? Source: Daniels, Les (1991). "Research and Development (1970–1978)". Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams. pp. 161 and 163. ISBN 9780810938212. In July 1973, Stan Lee announced that John Romita had been officially appointed Marvel's art director ... Unofficially, Romita had been moving into the position for some time., Keefe, Jim; Mietus, John (n.d.). "Interview: John Romita". Keefe Studios. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009.

Created by FlairTale (talk). Self-nominated at 02:29, 8 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/John Romita Sr.; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes

Image eligibility:

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: Definitely prefer the second hook. The picture is not very clear at 100px, so I would avoid using it. Just needs a QPQ and this should be GTG. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 09:57, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

  • Approved Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 07:40, 11 September 2023 (UTC) Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 08:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
    • Note to Dr. Swag Lord: the proper approval icon is {{DYKtick}}, and it should be substituted: . Important that you know this, because the bot only moves nominations to the Approved page that have the correct icon as an image, not a template. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:15, 13 September 2023 (UTC)