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American artist Russ Heath has died aged 91
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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 1062446" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>Most people will not have heard of Russ Heath but a lot will be familiar with some of his work.</p><p></p><p>I was first aware of his work (although I didn't know it at the time) from the back pages of the many American comics I read in the 60s. He drew the picture that accompanied the advert for <em>132 Roman Soldiers for $2.98</em>.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.redd.it/fbkogrcgre911.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>He specialised in war stories and one of his panels was used by Roy Lichtenstein for his <em>Whaam!</em> painting. Lichtenstein got millions and Heath got nothing.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T00/T00897_10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>He had an interesting life and at one point stayed in Hugh Heffner's mansion after finishing an art job. Everyone assumed he had a right to be there and he was able to blag several months of free accommodation, food and women.</p><p></p><p>RIP Russ</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/heath_russ.htm" target="_blank">Russ Heath</a></p><p></p><p>(I'm a bit late posting this and only found out when following some links after learning about Mike Noble)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 1062446, member: 176256"] Most people will not have heard of Russ Heath but a lot will be familiar with some of his work. I was first aware of his work (although I didn't know it at the time) from the back pages of the many American comics I read in the 60s. He drew the picture that accompanied the advert for [I]132 Roman Soldiers for $2.98[/I]. [IMG]https://i.redd.it/fbkogrcgre911.jpg[/IMG] He specialised in war stories and one of his panels was used by Roy Lichtenstein for his [I]Whaam![/I] painting. Lichtenstein got millions and Heath got nothing. [IMG]https://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T00/T00897_10.jpg[/IMG] He had an interesting life and at one point stayed in Hugh Heffner's mansion after finishing an art job. Everyone assumed he had a right to be there and he was able to blag several months of free accommodation, food and women. RIP Russ [URL='https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/heath_russ.htm']Russ Heath[/URL] (I'm a bit late posting this and only found out when following some links after learning about Mike Noble) [/QUOTE]
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