"Russ Heath, Whose Comics Caught LIchtenstein;s Eye, Dies at 91", Obituary, The New York Times, By Neil Genzlinger, Aug. 30, 2018

Russ Heath, a prolific comic book artist who was known for viscerally illustrated combat stories — and for either inspiring or being outright copied by the Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, depending on whom you ask — died on Aug. 23 in Long Beach, Calif. He was 91.

The cause was cancer, his daughter Sharon Heath Herzel said.

Mr. Heath was a versatile artist who began his career shortly after World War II and was still drawing into this century, having worked on series for comics publishers like DC and EC and for magazines such as Playboy and National Lampoon.
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