John Taddeo
John Taddeo is a comic book writer and creator of the company Superverse. Taddeo has formerly worked for Marvel Entertainment and Big Entertainment (now called Hollywood.com). Taddeo conceived of the idea for "Zoom Suit" in the early 1980s when Bob Layton created the cover for Iron Man #117, which was listed as one of the 100 greatest comic covers of all time by Wizard Magazine. Iron Man's alter ego Tony Stark leaps from a plane with his armored super suit packed away in a suitcase. In that issue Tony manages to get dressed during the freefall and fly to safety, but Taddeo wondered what if it didn't work out that way. Inspired by Bob's cover image Taddeo wrote the first draft of Zoom Suit at the age of twelve.
Taddeo's first film based on his unreleased comic book "Crime Family", The Inside Job is about a young mobster trying to "Make his bones" and loaded with violence, profanity, vulgarity and maybe even blasphemy. In June 2005 the film received two Crystal Reel Awards from the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association, Best Narrative and Best Student Short film and has won several awards after that time including "Best Comedy" "Best Mafia Film" and "Best in Fest."
Taddeo is currently writing and directing an animated short feature series based upon the comic book "Zoom Suit." The original award winning animated short was an official selection in a record breaking 80 film festivals within a twelve-month period. Zoom Suit has received over 15 awards including, "Best of Festival" awards, Best of Fest" awards and the prestigious "Grand Festival Award" from Berkeley Video & Film Festival, 2005.