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| John Severin |
BOOKSTEVE has reported the death of legendary artist JOHN SEVERIN. Click on the link to read what Steve has written:
http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/02/rip-john-severin.html
MARK EVANIER also has an interesting post about John at the following link:
http://newsfromme.com/2012/02/14/john-severin-r-i-p/
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As for myself, I probably first saw JOHN SEVERIN's work back in the '60s on NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D., reprinted in the pages of a British comic called POW! John inked JACK KIRBY's pencils and, as with everyone whose art he embellished, made something that was great even greater still. He did the same with HERBE TRIMPE's pencils on THE INCREDIBLE HULK in the '70s, and also his sister MARIE's work on KULL THE CONQUEROR in the same decade.
http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/02/rip-john-severin.html
MARK EVANIER also has an interesting post about John at the following link:
http://newsfromme.com/2012/02/14/john-severin-r-i-p/
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As for myself, I probably first saw JOHN SEVERIN's work back in the '60s on NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D., reprinted in the pages of a British comic called POW! John inked JACK KIRBY's pencils and, as with everyone whose art he embellished, made something that was great even greater still. He did the same with HERBE TRIMPE's pencils on THE INCREDIBLE HULK in the '70s, and also his sister MARIE's work on KULL THE CONQUEROR in the same decade.John was no "mere" inker however, and was a penciller par excellence himself. He worked on such titles as TWO-FISTED TALES, and FRONTLINE COMBAT for EC COMICS, as well as various western titles for ATLAS/TIMELY/MARVEL. He also contributed (for 45 years) to CRACKED, a satirical magazine very much in the style of MAD, on which he had been one of the founding cartoonists when it first hit the stands back in 1952.
Definitely one of the greats, who will certainly be remembered for many years to come.
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