Alex Schomburg was a noted commercial artist, painter, and comic illustrator who happens to be one of my top answers when somebody begs the question "Who is your favorite artist?"
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War propaganda was EVERYWHERE in the 40s, and
Schomburg was a major player in the comic game |
Born in Puerto Rico in 1905, he moved to New York City in the early 20s. From there, he began work as a commercial artist with three of his brothers. Around 1928, the partnership between the Schomburg brothers had ended— he then landed a gig with the National Screen Service designing lantern slides and working on movie trailers.
Throughout the 30s, he freelanced interior art for Better Publications— a major publisher of pulp magazines. Fast forward a decade, and the guy is producing work for Timely Comics (the precursor to Marvel) and it’s at this time that he begins cranking out covers for titles like Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch— each drawn with the utmost care and attention to detail.
But with all that aside, let's take a minute or two to drool all over this guys work.
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| Black Terror smashing Robots?? |
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| Floating Space Tricycle?? |
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| Melting Face Doctor?? |
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| WHAT IS TRANSPIRING HERE?? |
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| but most of all? a smile that could light up the whole world. |
Alex Schomburg ended up leaving the comic industry in the 50s and allotted the rest of his career on covers and interior illustrations for various books and science fiction magazines. In 1977, Schomburg came out of retirement with some fellow golden age artists to work on both the cover and a six-page story on Invaders Annual #1, featuring the golden age Human Torch.
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