Born May 3, 1939 in St. Luis, United States, Dennis O'Neil was one of the most important cartoonists in history. He began his career at a very young age, as soon as he finished his military service, following a short period in which he was a journalist. Noticed by R, who introduced him to the world of comics, later even became an assistant to Stan Lee. Worked for first Marvel Comics, then for Charlton Comics and finally for DC Comics. Every connoisseur of comics all over the world will therefore have had the opportunity to deal with his work, made up of many different projects that have seen the creation and characterization of characters that have become historical. On June 11, at the age of 81, Dennis O'Neil left us for natural causes and this world now has a big missing piece.
He was the architect, together with Neal Adams, of the relaunch in the 70s of the character of Batman, to which he remained tied for practically all his life. About twenty years later he worked on the series Legends of the Dark Knight and, again, in 1994 he participated in the film adaptation of the character for the film Batman: knightfall, in 2005 for Batman Begins di Cristopher Nolan and in 2008 for The dark Knight, by the director himself. Always with Adams he also edited and relaunched the characters of Green Lantern e Green Arrow, thanks to which he was able to deal with themes such as racism or poverty through comics, Purte won some awards as best dramatic writer.
He dealt with numerous other important works, among which we certainly mention the series of Wonder Woman, Justice League of America e Superman. With Dennis Cowan he also worked on the series The question e Azrael. Towards the end of his career he also devoted himself to teaching. In the 90s he taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and later published the volume The DC Comics Guide To Writing Comics. He also ran the non-profit organization The Hero Initiative.
