Severin 45 cracked-Some notable artists have appeared in Cracked's pages, in particular John Severin. Severin had done some work for early Mad and a great deal more for EC Comics' war books, and was one of the pre-eminent artists in western comics, but would come to be best known as Cracked's house cartoonist. For almost 40 years, he was the magazine's mainstay artist, frequently illustrating multiple articles in the same issue, and virtually all of its covers. Reacting to his own company's obituary of Severin in 2012, Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson wrote, "I don’t think I’m alone in thinking of CRACKED for most of its run as “a bunch of crap, and John Severin. Then after leaving EC, Severin went to Cracked, where he worked for some 45 years. As The Onion recalls, Severin worked on Sgt. Fury, The Hulk, Sub-Mariner, and Conan, among others.
Severin kept working late into his life, bringing back the Marvel character The Rawhide Kid, and he also worked on The Punisher, the Dark Horse version of Conan, and Witchfinder. read more
Severin kept working late into his life, bringing back the Marvel character The Rawhide Kid, and he also worked on The Punisher, the Dark Horse version of Conan, and Witchfinder. read more
