Johnny Zito

Education

Johnny Zito is a native of Philadelphia Pennsylvania and graduated from Saint Joseph"s Preparatory School in 2000. Afterwards, he attended Temple University obtaining degrees in Film, New Media and Theology.

Career

Johnny"s early career began in print with political cartoons. Most notably for Review Publishing. The duo"s sophomore effort, LaMorte Sisters, was also purchased by Zuda in 2009.

Both comics were nominated for Harvey in the Best Online Comic Category.

2009 and 2011 respectively. When Zuda dissolved in 2010 Black Cherry Bombshells and Louisiana Morté Sisters were migrated to the District of Columbia Online imprint along with several other popular titles.

In 2009 Zito and Trov teamed with to digitally distribute a mini-series based on their self-published comic Carnivale De Robotique. Zito and Trov"s webcomic based on the public domain character Moon Girl was digitally distributed through before being printed by in Spring of 2011.

In 2010 they began digitally distributing a space-horror webcomic, Doctorate.O.G.S. of Mars, through.

The comic has also been optioned as a film by High Treason Pictures. Their production company, South Fellini, released their first feature film, Alpha Girls in 2013 through Gravitas Ventures. In 2015, production began on a second feature film, American Exorcist.

Johnny has also designed tee shirts for Shirt.Woot, Columbia Broadcasting System and Philadelphia"s CheeseSteak Tees.

Achievements

• 2009: Harvey Award Nominee - Best Online Work for The Black Cherry Bombshells 48 Hour Film Project - Best Editing, Best Special Effects for The Kingpin of Pain Finalist Secretariat In Philadelphia Screenplay Film.org for The LaMorte Sisters Columbia Broadcasting System Star Trek T-Shirt Design Competition - First place design.

Works

• book

  • Dogs Of Mars TP

    (Isolated on the farthest frontier of civilization, Noctur...)