Jack Davis, Frontline Combat #5, Title Splash
Artists: Jack Davis (All) , Harvey Kurtzman (Writer)
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DescriptionWar stories were among EC’s many strengths, and many of those, thanks to Harvey Kurtzman’s obsessive editorial attention, were accurately based on historical events.“Stonewall Jackson!” is a perfect example. Jackson, a brilliant Confederate military tactician, was accidentally shot by his own men in a nighttime battle. This Kurtzman- written story retells that tale through the voice of the supposed soldier who shot him. Lighting is an illusion created by a creative combination of black ink and negative space. On this splash, one of my personal favorites, Davis indeed creates a beautiful illusion of campfire light. There is no actual illumination here of course, but thanks to the well-crafted art, our mind’s eye sees it. The storytelling is equally effective. The camera work closes in on one figure through multiple panels — we instinctively know that this is our narrator and his story, even without reading the dialogue. Kurtzman and Davis were a terrific team. "All our stories really protested war. I don’t think we thought war was very nice generally. The whole mood of our stories was that war isn’t a good thing. You get killed. That’s the way war is; you get killed suddenly for no reason." — Harvey Kurtzman, 1972 EC fan convention panel. https://greggoldsteincomicartgallery.com/jack-davis-casualty-of-war/ Social/Sharing |
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comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004
Posted on 6/9/2020
Beautiful splash by my favorite EC artist! That's a lot of ink in that page! Masterful!
Jeff Singh 
Member Since 2004
Posted on 6/10/2020
Spectacular page. Kurtzman and Davis is a pairing of creators that could do no wrong.
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