The Powers That Was

John Powers Severin, one of the founding cartoonists with Mad magazine in 1952, has died at the age of 90. Other work included an extensive career in the war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat for EC Comics, then Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos for Marvel, then he was the primary penciler in the Silver Age The Incredible Hulk (that probably means something to you if you live in your parents’ basement). He wrapped things up with a 45-year stint ripping himself off at Cracked, with even the publisher saying the magazine is “a bunch of crap, and John Severin.” For his contributions, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003.