Tony Caputo

Tony C. Caputo (b. December 23, 1957[1]) is an American author, visual artist, entrepreneur, and former publisher.[2]

Career

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.[3][2][4] Caputo was active in comics fandom, and he founded NOW Comics with some of the people he had worked with on fanzines.[5] At its height in 1990, the company had $5 million in sales, 17 employees and 70 freelancers.[6]

Caputo ran NOW until 1994,[7] briefly reviving the company from 2003 to 2005.[8]

After leaving the comic book and entertainment business in 1994,[7] Caputo moved into information technology, first with Ahrens Interactive in 1995, and then with HyperLOCK in 1996.[9]

From 2005 to 2010, Caputo worked for IBM.[6]

In the 2020s, he worked for Hitachi.[6]

Books and articles

While working at NOW, he authored the graphic novel Vespers,[4] and wrote an article on the American comic book market,[10] which included detailed market share reports for the first time.[11]

Caputo's nonfiction books include How To Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book (Watson-Guptill), Visual Storytelling: The Art and the Technique,[12] Build Your Own Server (McGraw-Hill) and Digital Video Surveillance and Security (Elsevier/Reed). His articles have been published by ICv2.com.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Meyers, Greg W. (1988-12-30), "Comic book industry birthdays: December", Comics Buyer's Guide, no. 789, p. 34, retrieved 2026-08-13
  2. 1 2 McMaster, Carolyn (Aug 9, 1987). "Comics: Now a Multimillion Dollar Industry, Comics Aren't Just for Kids Anymore". Lawrence Journal-World.
  3. ↑ "Gotham teams with NOW for H'wood ending" - Hollywood Reporter
  4. 1 2 "Tony C. Caputo is the publisher and found of NOW Comics and is the author of the new graphic novel 'Vesper's'" - KRT Photos
  5. ↑ "NOW Comics", Comic Shop News Special, no. 1, p. 28, 1988, retrieved 2026-08-13
  6. 1 2 3 "About – Tony C Caputo". www.tonyccaputo.com. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
  7. 1 2 "NOW Comics marks revival with 'Vespers'" - Chicago Tribune[link removed]
  8. ↑ Melby, Nathan (2003-07-25), "Now Comics returns", Comics Buyer's Guide, no. 1549, p. 14, retrieved 2026-08-13
  9. ↑ "Hyperlock receives patent for HyperCD and HyperDVD". Emedia Professional. 11 (9). Archived from the original on October 12, 2004 – via FindArticles.
  10. ↑ Caputo, Tony C. (1997). "The Comic Book is Dead -- Long Live the Comic Book". Independent Publisher.
  11. ↑ "Free Comic Book Industry Whitepaper From Bestselling Author" - PRWeb
  12. ↑ "Art of storytelling Multimedia connects Plainfield writer's two new books" - The Herald-News
  13. ↑ "Now Comics' Tony Caputo Asks 'What If...'" - Internal Correspondences V2
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