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Jack Davis, Frontline Combat #5, Title Splash

Artists: Jack Davis (All) , Harvey Kurtzman (Writer)

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Title:	Jack Davis, Frontline Combat #5, Title Splash
Artist:	Jack Davis (All)
Artist:	Harvey Kurtzman (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Title Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,759
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	6/9/2020
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War 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.

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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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