Marie Severin

Marie Severin was an American comics artist and colorist best known for her work for Marvel Comics and the 1950's EC Comics. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2001. Obituaries found at Comics Beat "The Obituary Marie Severin Should Have Received" (http://www.comicsbeat.com/the-obituary-marie-severin-should-have-received/), New York Times "Marie Severin, Versatile Comic Book Artist, Dies at 89" (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/obituaries/marie-severin-versatile-comic-book-artist-dies-at-89.html), The Comics Journal "Features, Marie Severin: 1929-2018" (https://www.tcj.com/marie-severin-1929-2018/), Marvel.com "Remembering Marie Severin, 1929-2018" (https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/remembering-marie-severin), and The Atlantic "Culture, Remembering the Woman Who Changed Marvel Comics" (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/08/remembering-the-woman-who-changed-marvel-comics/569101/) (amongst many). Severin did support work as a colorist for EC Comics, from 1951 to 1955; Marvel Comics, from 1955 to 1957 and 1961 to 1992; Russ Cochran, from 1978 to 1991; Fantagraphics Books, in 1987; and DC Comics from 1996 to 1998. Marie also did further support work for Marvel Comics in production, from 1965 to about 1968; art director, from 1974 to 1979; coloring director, from 1980 to 1992. She was also head colorist from an unknown date to 1972. Severin did pencils and inks comics work around 1988 for use by Marvel Comics licensing and merchandising. Worked as a staff artist for the Federal Reserve Bank from 1957 to 1960. Works as artist on some filmstrips for Filmfax Productions in 1960, ones involving mythology is known. She did coloring syndication work for the Sunday comic strip Bat Masterson (Columbia Features, 1959 series), from about 1959 to about 1960. Severin did pencil and ink work for the fanzines, Marvelmania (Marvelmania International, 1970 series) #5 (1970), #6 (1971) [known, probably worked the entire run] and EC Lives (Ron Barlow, 1972 series), the 1972 EC Fan-Addict Convention book.