Tony C. Caputo
American author, visual artist, entrepreneur, and former publisher
Tony C. Caputo (b. December 23, 1957) is an American author, visual artist, entrepreneur, and former publisher.2
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Born Dec 23, 1957.1
Companies
- NOW ComicsFounder6
Career
Occupation: publisher.4
- Date not recordedFounded NOW Comics3
In 1985, Caputo founded NOW Comics and NOW Entertainment Corporation, a multimedia company that published comic books, children's periodicals, trade paperback books, and home videos of such characters as Speed Racer, the Terminator, The Real Ghostbusters, Mr. T & the T-Force, and The Green Hornet. Caputo was active in comics fandom, and he founded NOW Comics with some of the people he had worked with on fanzines. At its height in 1990, the company had $5 million in sales, 17 employees and 70 freelancers.
Caputo ran NOW until 1994, briefly reviving the company from 2003 to 2005.
After leaving the comic book and entertainment business in 1994, Caputo moved into information technology, first with Ahrens Interactive in 1995, and then with HyperLOCK in 1996.
From 2005 to 2010, Caputo worked for IBM.
In the 2020s, he worked for Hitachi.
From Wikipedia’s article on Tony C. Caputo (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States5
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataTony C. Caputo on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTony C. Caputo on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataNOW Comics, Founder