Iconic: Iconic People
Jobs/Roles:
- Artist
Date of Birth: September 29, 1926
Date of Passing: August 23, 2018
Birthplace: New York City, NY
Pronouns: He/Him
Gender:
Russ Heath (September 29, 1926 – August 23, 2018) was an American comic book artist best known for his hyper-realistic DC Comics war stories and his work on the Little Annie Fanny feature for Playboy magazine. Born in New York City and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, Heath spent decades producing some of the most technically accomplished war comics in the industry, working for DC, Marvel, and Atlas Comics across six decades. Like Irv Novick, his work was appropriated without credit by Roy Lichtenstein for multiple celebrated pop art paintings including Blam and Brattata. He advocated for creator rights throughout his later career and was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.