Romeo Tanghal
Filipino comic book artist
Romeo Tanghal (born July 24, 1947) is a Filipino comics artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.
Career
Romeo Tanghal was born and raised in the Philippines. A self–taught artist, he often brought comic books to school instead of his textbooks. Drawing inspiration from artist Joe Kubert's work on The Brave and The Bold, he began doing comics illustrations after graduating high school, working for Gold Star Publications for two years as a production assistant for paste-ups, mechanicals, and corrections.
Tanghal briefly worked with various local publications before emigrating to Detroit in 1976 with his wife, Aurora. After meeting DC Comics editor Joe Orlando in New York, Tanghal's first published work in the U.S. was "If There Were No Batman... I Would Have to Invent Him" in Batman #284 (Feb. 1977). Following Orlando's advice, he then drew short stories for House of Mystery, House of Secrets, and Weird War Tales to adapt his style to better fit American comics.
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