An Eyewitness to a Crucial Time in Comics

By John Walters on Monday, March 4, 2002.

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Jack Kamen was an artist for EC Comics in the early 50s, when it put out some of the most creative, daring comic art ever. But after a brief golden age, EC was devestated by a wave of reaction and censorship. Jack Kamen left the business, made his living in commercial art, and raised four children- including the inventor Dean Kamen.