Bill Lignante, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Lignante

artist

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1925

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 27-Feb-2018

Profession: animator, penciller

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Gaetano "Bill" Lignante (born March 20, 1925 - February 27, 2018) was an American artist notable for his varied career as a comic book illustrator, comic strip artist, animator and television courtroom sketch artist.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lignante was in the Navy and studied art at Pratt Institute.
He first drew The Phantom when he completed a strip left unfinished after the death of Wilson McCoy in 1961.
He then drew the Sunday strip from August, 1961 to May 1962.
He did The Phantom comic book (interior art) for Gold Key Comics, from issue 1-18; continuing the book for King Comics, through issue 28 and he also contributed to Charlton Comics, when they published Phantom issues 30-74 (although Jim Aparo did most art, as Lignante was in courtrooms by then).
He had a 16-year career as an animator for Hanna-Barbera.