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John Severin, Our Army At War, #272, Sgt. Rock

Artist: John Severin (All)

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Title:	John Severin, Our Army At War, #272, Sgt. Rock
Artist:	John Severin (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	727
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	6/2/2021
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The single greatest compliment I ever heard abut John Severin’s art — and there were many others — came from Jack Kirby, via Mark Evanier:

“Jack used to say that when he had to research some historical costume or weapon for a story, it was just as good to use a John Severin drawing as it was to find a photo of the real thing.”

Severin’s lavish attention to detail caught my eye early. The line-work was so precise and polished. It was amazing stuff, especially considering that those details needed to reproduce on cheap, pulpy newsprint running on industrial web presses.

Severin was best known for three non-superhero genres: Westerns, humor, and war. He was a pro at all three, and everything else he touched as well.

As Evanier wrote, “They don’t make ’em like that anymore.”

Indeed they don’t.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/2/2021

This page tells a story on it's own with setup, the action, climax and falling action! Severin packs in the humanity in the piece too as Sgt. Rock a matter of factly gives orders with a stern look holding back for the sake of his troops.

J H
Member Since 2019

Posted on 6/3/2021

The power of the imagery in that first panel tells the tale of his talent. A wonderfully set scene, that tells so much story. And I love seeing what Kirby thought of him. How could you not be impressed? Whether you followed his genres or not, it's impossible to not see how great his art was. Look at how carefully he rendered that grenade? A beautiful page. Congrats!

John C
Member Since 2014

Posted on 7/2/2021

Stellar.

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