All-American Men At War, issue 111
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Title
All-American Men At War, issue 111
Description
Russell Heath was drafted into the United States Army Air Forces in 1945. After a short stint, Heath returned to work as a comic book illustrator. Heath is best-known as the artist for hundreds of war stories for DC Comics publications – some of his illustrations became the basis of paintings by Roy Lichtenstein.
Comic book artist and art educator Joe Kubert said of Heath:
He could illustrate mechanical things like rifles and tanks in a realistic way that few other artists could. He would build models of the things he would draw prior to drawing them and his stuff would come out right on the button.
Other artists used to keep what they called a swipe file - pictures of things they may have to draw someday that they could use for reference. Russ's work was so good, other artists used it as reference.
Comic book artist and art educator Joe Kubert said of Heath:
He could illustrate mechanical things like rifles and tanks in a realistic way that few other artists could. He would build models of the things he would draw prior to drawing them and his stuff would come out right on the button.
Other artists used to keep what they called a swipe file - pictures of things they may have to draw someday that they could use for reference. Russ's work was so good, other artists used it as reference.
Creator
Russ Heath
Publisher
DC Comics
Relation
Robert M. Ervin
Language
English
Identifier
01/MSS 1980-09
Files
Collection
Citation
Russ Heath, “All-American Men At War, issue 111,” War Stories: Soldiers' Lives In Their Own Words, accessed May 1, 2024, https://warstories.omeka.net/items/show/12.