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Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante is a comic book artist who was a regular contributor to the Sonic the Hedgehog comics and their spin-offs published by Archie Comics, along with illustrating other comics, including Archie's Mega Man comic series. His first Sonic work was the interior art for the story "The Mirror Zone" in the Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!.

Spaziante is the longest running artist for the Sonic comic series published by Archie Comics, as well as one of the most prolific. His contributions have been mostly cover art, although he has occasionally done interior art (mostly in the earlier days of the series). Spaziante's work has been praised by fans, particularly for how detailed and in line with with official artwork his work tends to be.

History

Spaziante was a member of a group along with Ken Penders and Steven Butler known collectively as "Team Sonic", because of their extensive work on the series. The trio interviewed with Offenberger as they approached Sonic the Hedgehog #150’s release. In the interview, Spaz talked about the early years he spent as an up-and-coming comic book artist with Archie Comics and what it was like to work his way up.^[1]

Credits

Cover artwork

Archie Comics

Various issues of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Universe:
- #1
- #25
- #50-#55
- #75-#78
Sonic Boom:
- #1-#2
- #5
- #8-#10
Sonic X:
- #1-#23
- #25-#40
Knuckles the Echidna:
- #1-#25
Tails:
- #1-#3
Knuckles:
- #1-#3
Sonic Quest:
- #1-#3
Sonic Super Special:
- #1-#15
Best of Sonic the Hedgehog:
- Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Comics
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble
Knuckles' Chaotix
Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles
Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special
Sonic Blast
Free Comic Book Day:
- Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2007
- Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2008
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia

Writing

Archie Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face! ("The Mirror Zone")

Pencils

Archie Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #21-#22
- #25
- #30
- #36-#43
- #50
- #82 (layouts)
- #97 (first panels)
- #98
- #226-#227 (layouts)
Sonic Super Special:
- #6
- #11
- #13 (Page 22)
Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!
Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special

Miscellaneous

Sonic and the Tales of Terror

Inks

Archie Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #36-#42

Colors

Archie Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #98
Sonic Super Special:
- #7

Trivia

Spaz has illustrated the cover of every Sonic the Hedgehog milestone issue, starting with Sonic the Hedgehog #25.
Spaziante often signs his work with his pen name, "Spaz" (derived from the first part of his surname, and a play on the shorter term for the word "spastic").

References

↑ Offenberger, Nik . Team Sonic Racing Towards 150. Silver Bullet Comic Books. Archived from the original on 2 November 2005.

External links

Patrick Spaziante at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.
Patrick Spaziante at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Archie Comics staff members

Writers	Bailey \| Baker \| Bollers \| Cacace \| Castilglia \| Chacon \| DeCesare \| Edkin \| Emery \| Enos \| Esposito \| Esquivel \| Fingeroth \| Flynn \| Gallagher \| Gray \| Kanterovich \| Oliveras \| Penders \| del Rio \| Rolston \| Skolnick \| Slott \| Spivey \| Stanley \| Strom \| Taylor \| D. Tipton \| S. Tipton \| T. Rex \| Yardley
Pencils	Allan \| Axer \| Bates \| Bedell \| Best \| Bigley \| Butler \| DeCarlo \| De Liz \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Doran \| Fry \| Hands \| Herbert \| Herms \| Higgins \| Huang \| Hunter \| Hutchison \| Galan \| Golliher \| Graphic Color Works \| Gray \| Greene \| Hernandez \| Hesse \| Hill \| Jampole \| Lim \| Manak \| Mawhinney \| Maxwell \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Ortega \| Paddock \| Parent \| Penders \| Peppers \| POWREE \| Ribeiro \| del Rio \| Schoening \| Shaw \| Skelly \| Smith III \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Strom \| Brian Thomas \| Bryce Thomas \| C. Thomas \| Underwood \| Valentino \| Wahnish \| Wells \| Yardley
Inks	Amash \| Archer \| Austin \| Bates \| Bollers \| Crawford \| D'Agostino \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Eklund \| Gray \| Higgins \| Koslowski \| Martin \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Milgrom \| Oliveras \| Pacheco \| Parent \| Penders \| Pepoy \| Powell \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| Ribeiro \| Scarpelli \| Schoening \| Sheehy \| Stanley \| Thomas \| Tomas \| White \| Wiacek \| Woodruff \| Yardley
Colors	D. America \| L. America \| Baker \| Bollers \| Cassata \| Chher \| Chu \| Delgado \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Dillon \| Downer \| Gray \| Felix \| Gagliardo \| Gopher \| Grossman \| Herms \| Hunzeker \| Ieraci \| Jensen \| Kaminski \| Lisefski \| Mason \| Namlede \| O'Quinn \| Parent \| Penders \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| Stanley \| Tsetsekas \| Vozzo \| Yardley
Letters	Davidson \| Deering \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Eisman \| Gagliardo \| Gallagher \| Higgins \| Liu \| Merlin \| Money \| Morelli \| Nakrosis \| Orzechowski \| Powell \| Penders \| Williams \| Workman \| Yoshida
Covers	Amash \| Austin \| Bates \| Best \| Brown \| Bryant \| Bryce Thomas \| Butler \| Capps \| D'Agostino \| Delgado \| Downer \| Evans \| Fry \| FT \| Galan \| Greene \| Harder \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Heroic Age Colors \| Hesse \| Horn \| Hunzeker \| Jampole \| Jensen \| Knight \| Lovallo \| Ly \| Manak \| Martin \| Mawhinney \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Moore \| Novin \| Parnell \| Penders \| Peppers \| Piperberg \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| T. Rex \| Ribeiro \| Riley \| Robinson \| Robinson \| Rodríguez \| Sega \| Scarpelli \| Schoening \| Shaw \| Skelly \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Thomas \| Unger \| Wells \| Yardley
Assistant Editors	Gabrie \| Lovallo \| Pellerito \| Spaziante
Editors	Castiglia \| Edelman \| Fulop \| Gabrie \| Kaminski \| Pellerito
Editor-In-Chiefs	Goldwater \| Gorelick
Presidents	Goldwater \| Pellerito
Publishers	Archie Comics \| J. Goldwater \| R. Goldwater \| Silberkleit
Licensing	Castiglia \| Chau \| Chu \| Gaccione \| Ham \| Harris \| Hatori \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Leffler \| Lopez \| T. Penders \| Reyes \| Sega Licensing

[1] Offenberger, Nik . Team Sonic Racing Towards 150. Silver Bullet Comic Books. Archived from the original on 2 November 2005.

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 '''Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante''' is a comic book artist who was a regular contributor to the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comics and their spin-offs published by [[Archie Comics]], along with illustrating other comics, including Archie's ''Mega Man'' comic series. His first ''Sonic'' work was the interior art for the story "The Mirror Zone" in the ''[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!|Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!]]''.
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 Spaziante is the longest running artist for the ''Sonic'' comic series published by [[Archie Comics]], as well as one of the most prolific. His contributions have been mostly cover art, although he has occasionally done interior art (mostly in the earlier days of the series). Spaziante's work has been praised by fans, particularly for how detailed and in line with with official artwork his work tends to be.
-==Gallery==
+==History==
+Spaziante was a member of a group along with [[Ken Penders]] and [[Steven Butler]] known collectively as "Team Sonic", because of their extensive work on the series. The trio interviewed with Offenberger as they approached [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 150|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #150]]’s release. In the interview, Spaz talked about the early years he spent as an up-and-coming comic book artist with Archie Comics and what it was like to work his way up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111225637665476.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102023114/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111225637665476.htm |archivedate=2 November 2005 |title=Team Sonic Racing Towards 150 |publisher=Silver Bullet Comic Books |first=Nik |last=Offenberger |date= }}</ref>
-<gallery>
-STH40OffPanel.jpg|Spaziante's self-depiction in the 'Off Panel' of [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 40|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #40]].
+==Credits==
-</gallery>
+===Cover artwork===
+====Archie Comics====
+*Various issues of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
+*''[[Sonic Universe]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 1|#1]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 25|#25]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 50|#50]]-[[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 55|#55]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 75|#75]]-[[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 78|#78]]
+*''[[Sonic Boom (comic series)|Sonic Boom]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic Boom Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Sonic Boom Issue 2|#2]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Boom Issue 5|#5]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Boom Issue 8|#8]]-[[Archie Sonic Boom Issue 10|#10]]
+*''[[Sonic X (comic series)|Sonic X]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic X Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Sonic X Issue 23|#23]]
+**[[Archie Sonic X Issue 25|#25]]-[[Archie Sonic X Issue 40|#40]]
+*''[[Knuckles the Echidna (comic series)|Knuckles the Echidna]]'':
+**[[Archie Knuckles the Echidna Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Knuckles the Echidna Issue 25|#25]]
+*''[[Tails (miniseries)|Tails]]'':
+**[[Archie Tails Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Tails Issue 3|#3]]
+*[[Knuckles (miniseries)|''Knuckles'']]:
+**[[Archie Knuckles (miniseries) Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Knuckles (miniseries) Issue 3|#3]]
+*''[[Sonic Quest]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic Quest Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Sonic Quest Issue 3|#3]]
+*''[[Sonic Super Special]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 1|#1]]-[[Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 15|#15]]
+*''[[Best of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'':
+**''[[Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Comics]]''
+*''[[Archie Sonic & Knuckles|Sonic &amp; Knuckles]]''
+*''[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble|Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble]]''
+*''[[Archie Knuckles' Chaotix|Knuckles' Chaotix]]''
+*''[[Archie Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles|Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles]]''
+*''[[Archie Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special|Sonic &amp; Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special]]''
+*''[[Archie Sonic Blast|Sonic Blast]]''
+*[[Free Comic Book Day]]:
+**''[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2007|Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2007]]''
+**''[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2008|Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2008]]''
+*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia]]''
+===Writing===
+====Archie Comics====
+*''[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!|Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!]]'' ("The Mirror Zone")
+===Pencils===
+====Archie Comics====
+*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 21|#21]]-[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 22|#22]]
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 25|#25]]
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 30|#30]]
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 36|#36]]-[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 43|#43]]
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 50|#50]]
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 82|#82]] (layouts)
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 97|#97]] (first panels)
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 98|#98]]
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 226|#226]]-[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 227|#227]] (layouts)
+*''[[Sonic Super Special]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 6|#6]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 11|#11]]
+**[[Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 13|#13]] (Page 22)
+*''[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!|Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face!]]''
+*''[[Archie Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special|Sonic &amp; Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special]]''
+====Miscellaneous====
+*''[[Sonic and the Tales of Terror]]''
+===Inks===
+====Archie Comics====
+*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 36|#36]]-[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 42|#42]]
+===Colors===
+====Archie Comics====
+*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 98|#98]]
+*''[[Sonic Super Special]]'':
+**[[Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 7|#7]]
 ==Trivia==
 *Spaz has illustrated the cover of every ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' milestone issue, starting with [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 25|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #25]].
 *Spaziante often signs his work with his pen name, "Spaz" (derived from the first part of his surname, and a play on the shorter term for the word "spastic").
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.student.nvcc.edu/home/llwallace/patrick_spaziante.html Patrick Spaziante's website]
 *{{ME link|Patrick Spaziante}}
 *{{WP link|Patrick Spaziante}}
-{{-}}
 {{Archie Staff}}
 [[Category:Archie Comics staff|Spaziante, Patrick]]

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Changes: Patrick Spaziante

Revision as of 06:22, 26 November 2019

Contents

History

Credits

Cover artwork

Archie Comics

Writing

Archie Comics

Pencils

Archie Comics

Miscellaneous

Inks

Archie Comics

Colors

Archie Comics

Trivia

References

External links