John Severin
John Powers Severin (born December 21, 1921 in Jersey City , New Jersey , † February 12, 2012 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American comic artist and cartoonist.
life and work
Severin attended New York's High School of Music and Art and published his first comic at the age of ten. He served in the United States Army during World War II and became a professional comic book artist in 1947. Together with Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder , two former schoolmates who, like Severin, worked for EC Comics , he rented a drawing studio in Manhattan. In 1952 Kurtzman started the magazine MAD as editor, of which Severin was one of the five founding draftsmen. After he had stopped working for MAD in 1954, he switched to its competitor Cracked and stayed there for several years. In the mid-1950s, he began drawing for Atlas Comics, which was later acquired by Marvel Comics . Severin drew the comic The Incredible Hulk for Marvel . In 1970 Severin moved to Denver, where he established himself as a freelance comic artist and cartoonist.
Severin, who drew professionally until he was 89, was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003. He has published Punisher and Simpsons comics in German.
Severin, father of six children, also worked with his sister Marie , among others .
literature
- Franco Fossati: The large illustrated Ehapa comic lexicon . Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , p. 234.
- Andreas C. Knigge : Comic Lexicon . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , pp. 402-403.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e John Severin on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on February 24, 2012
- ↑ John Severin on lfb.it (Italian) , accessed 24 February 2012
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Tom McGhee: Famed comic-book artist Severin dies at 90 on denverpost.com (English) , accessed on February 24, 2012
- ↑ Matthew Price: “MAD,” “Hulk” artist dies on NewsOK.com , accessed February 24, 2012
- ↑ Complete List of Eisner Award Winners (English) ( Memento from October 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ John Severin on comicguide.de , accessed on August 24, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Severin, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Severin, John Powers (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist and cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jersey City , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2012 |
| Place of death | Denver , Colorado |