Russ Heath

Little Annie Fanny is a fully painted, multi‑page satirical comics series created by Harvey Kurtzman (concept, scripts, layouts) and rendered primarily by Will Elder (finished art). It ran in Playboy magazine from October 1962 to September 1988 across 107 episodes, lampooning American pop culture, media, politics, and sexual mores.

Russell Heath Jr. (September 29, 1926 – August 23, 2018) was an American comic book artist celebrated for his unparalleled realism in war comics, extensive work for DC Comics, and distinctive contributions to Playboy magazine’s satirical feature Little Annie Fanny. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Heath became known for his meticulous attention to detail, authentic depictions of military hardware, and genre versatility.

By Joe Maneely, Gene Colan, Russ Heath Edited by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo Published by Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library # 4 is out and this time we get the entire contents of the first eight issues of Timely/Atlas/Marvel’s War Comics, originally published from the end of 1950 right up to the beginning of 1952. Harvey Kurtzman’s Two-Fisted Tales at EC Comics had already started and Frontline Combat followed during this same time period.