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Marie Severin 1929 – 2018

A trailblazing comics creator, Severin’s work ‘behind the scenes’ is as distinguished a legacy as her printed body of art.

Sir Edward Grey Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever 2

Sir Edward Grey Witchfinder is an excursion into the realms of gothic western. The western seems to be making a comeback, but it’s been infected by zombies and lycanthropes and invariably sultry witches. Why is this? Maybe it’s because it’s an era that already carries mythic overtones. Maybe it’s the looming, shadowed landscapes. Maybe it’s crass commercialism.

Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever 1

Regular readers will have gathered that I am now hooked on Mignola’s Hellboy universe. This title is set in the late 19th Century, in which Grey travels to Utah on the trail of someone, for reasons not yet given; but I guess the main point of interest here is the art. John Severin is now 89, which makes him as far as I know the oldest artist still working in comics.