Jack Kamen
Cartoonist
A popular comic book artist of the 1950s, Jack Kamen is most famous for his work for EC Comics. EC specialized in tales of horror and mad science; the label was run by William Gaines, later founder of Mad magazine. Kamen was particularly known for his "Kamen girls," the voluptuous and cold-hearted damsels that often appeared in his drawings. Kamen's son Dean Kamen is the creator of the IBOT wheelchair, the Segway scooter and many other inventions.Extra credit: Among his other projects, Kamen drew for Brenda Starr comic books in the late 1940s.
Other comics artists include Will Eisner, Milton Caniff and Daniel Clowes.
Four Good Links
EC Comics: Jack Kamen
Archival biography of Kamen with that '50s feel
Jack Kamen Facts
Nice rundown on his career from a Finnish comics fan
Jack Kamen Interview
The Comics Journal talked with Kamen in 2002
The Saga of EC Horror Comics
Not about Kamen specifically, but a grand recap of the EC Comics phenomenon
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Best Known As
Cover artist for EC Comics
