Saturday, August 9, 2008

Jack Kamen R.I.P.

Jack Kamen, best known for his work at EC Comics, has died. The cause of death is being reported as cancer.

For more info click HERE.



Thanks to Brian James Riedel for the letting me know.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

BUMMER. HOW MANY OF THE ORIGINAL EC LINE UP ARE EVEN LEFT NOW?

Mr. Cavin said...

Mr. Door Tree over at Golden Age Comic Book Stories put up four Kamen stories as well as a bunch of covers yesterday. Not to point people away, but it seemed germane.

To see this stuff, you'll have to scroll past whatever hundreds of new things Mr. Door Tree has posted since yesterday. Sorry, but his style is a little hard for linking to directly.

Mr. Karswell said...

>HOW MANY OF THE ORIGINAL EC LINE UP ARE EVEN LEFT NOW?

Not sure really.. I bet there's a few. Anyone wanna do the homework and check for us? I'm too laaaaazaaay.

>put up four Kamen stories as well as a bunch of covers yesterday

Thanks Mr C! Peeps go see!

Anonymous said...

Awwww man,i know he was viewed as a kind of second-stringer in the EC.lineup,but i always loved his work(he did more than Krigstein),he also did the work for the comic book used in the CREEPSHOW movie,right?.

bzak said...

Howdy,

As best as I can determine, the follwing artists are the last of the E.C. greats:

Sheldon Moldoff
Marie Severin
John Severin
Al Williamson
Al Feldstein

Brian James Riedel

Mr. Karswell said...

Thanks Brian

Anonymous said...

Sad news.
R.I.P. Mr. Kamen.

Anonymous said...

I believe Jack Davis is still alive, no?

bzak said...

Howdy,

You are correct sir, Jack Davis is still among the living. Don't know why I thought he had passed. Must of been the "Foul Ball" to the noggin' that did it.

Brian James Riedel