Comic books lost one of their greats earlier this week with the death of comic book legend John Severin, according to The Beat. As an artist, Severin contributed tremendously to the comic book industry having worked on books such as THE INCREDIBLE HULK, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, CAPTAIN SAVAGE and many more. Born on December 27th, 1921 Severin had an illustrious career in comic books where he contributed to comics well into the final years of his life. For Severin, comics were a great passion.

The artist first began drawing at the age of 10, and at that very young age he began to contribute to The Hobo News, an early 20h Century newspaper that predates the present street newspapers we see today.

Severin entered into main stream comic books with his work on EC Comics, before the publisher folded back in the 1950's. Severin was one of the five artists to launch Harvey Kurtzman's MAD, one of the most influential comic book publications ever. However, Severin didn't stop there. The creator did plenty of work for Marvel comics, too. Some of his most memorable comic book work includes SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS which won awards for Best War Title two consecutive years in 1967 and 1968. The artist continued to draw well into the 2000's and you may have seen his work on books like DESPERADOES, SUICIDE SQUAD, PUNISHER and B.P.R.D. Some of his most memorable work include his illustrations on THE RAWHIDE KID in 2003, one of the very first gay western's.

Take a look at his full list of works.

John Severin was an incredibly influential figure in comics and paved the way for some of our favorite artists today. Please take a moment to remember one of comics' greatest artists by commemorating his talents and remember the influence he had on the industry as a whole.

Source: The Beat

we lost a good one

R.I.P

Man, Valentine's Day must suck for his loved ones right now. Prayers for them all.

An amazing artist with an amazing porfolio. He will be missed.

Not again! This has been a bad year for comic lovers.

Best wishes to friends and family.

R.I.P

@spiderbat87 said:

R.I.P

@mikeclark1982 said:

we lost a good one

90 years old seems to be a good age.

A legend lost but not forgotten. R.I.P.

@Primmaster64 said:

@spiderbat87 said:

R.I.P

RIP John Severin

RIP

RIP bigman.

@The Sadhu said:

A legend lost but not forgotten. R.I.P.

Very True. R.I.P. John Severin

Condolences to his family and friends. Truly a sad loss but he blessed the comics world with his remarkable work.

God rest him.

Gosh, I loved his work on Sgt. Fury. A true legend. May he rest in peace for all time now.

RIP

Nice write up. Truly a legend.

Descanse em paz.

R.I.P

R.I.P.

Rest in Peace

@The Poet said:

RIP

Rest in peace

R.I.P.

Rest in peace.

Man I love Sgt.Fury and the howling commandos I still have a few of those issues. While I do feel sympathetic for the family members who are still alive. im not the type of person who likes to dwell on the persons death but more celebrate there life and he has put his mits on some good works.

I mean Rawhide kid was a great series but those old comics I never made it a point to really notice he was gay though. And there is nothing like classic conan the barbarian comics. nothing against Dark Horse as they are doing a fantastic job. But there is no school like the old school.

And John since im not good at saying goodbye. Ill say Bon Voyage.

Respect to John Severin. RIP

RIP

@Deadcool said:

@mikeclark1982 said:

we lost a good one

90 years old seems to be a good age.

This. Glad to see anyone have a great run, and he clearly had more than one those and in more ways. People like this are immortalized in their works, as people are immortalized in the hearts of those who cherished them.

Rest in Peace. Remember, Legends never die.

we will never forget

Very sad news, RIP