Archives - The Humorous Art of John Severin

About this episode

This episode features a brief biography of John Severin, highlighting his work as an artist for 'Cracked' magazine.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of John Severin, the definitive artist of "Cracked" magazine.

People in this episode

Host: JT Wheatley

Topics covered

• biography
• comic books
• art
• humor
• John Severin

Keywords

• John Severin
• Cracked magazine
• comic book artist
• humorous art
• biography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cracked

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