Russ Heath
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Heath at the Big Apple Con,
November 14, 2008 |
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| Born | Russell Heath, Jr. September 29, 1926 New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
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Notable works
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Little Annie Fanny, All-American Men of War |
| Awards | 1997 Inkpot Award 2009 Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame |
Russell Heath, Jr. (born September 29, 1926) is an American artist best known for his comic book work – particularly his DC Comics war stories for several decades and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's Little Annie Fanny featurettes – and for his commercial art, two pieces of which, depicting Roman and Revolutionary War battle scenes for toy soldier sets, became familiar bits of Americana after gracing the back covers of countless comic books from the early 1960s to early 1970s.
Heath drawings of fighter jets in DC Comics' All-American Men of War #89 (Feb. 1962), were used by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein in his oil painting Blam and Brattata.
Heath was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.
Raised in New Jersey as an only child, Russ Heath at an early age became interested in drawing. "My father used to be a cowboy, so as a little kid I was influenced by Western artists of the time. Will James was one, an artist-writer—I had most of his books. Charlie Russell was my favorite because his work was absolutely authentic, because he drew what he lived..." Largely self-taught, Heath began freelancing for comics during summers while he was in high school, and both penciled and inked at least two installments of the naval feature "Hammerhead Hawley", in Holyoke Publishing's Captain Aero Comics vol. 2, #2 (Sept. 1942) and vol. 3, #12 (April 1944).
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