Sid Check
Sidney Check, also known as Sid Check, (August 2, 1930 – June 19, 2002) was an American comic book artist best known for his stories in EC Comics. Sidney Charles Check was born on August 2, 1930, in Newark, New Jersey. His parents Abraham Check and Ida Applebaum-Check were Polish immigrants who had come to the United States in 1926.
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Sid Check
- Born
- 2 August 1930
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey
- Died
- 19 June 2002
- Place of death
- Coney Island
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- cartoonist · comics artist
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In 1948 Check graduated from the School of Industrial Art in Manhattan, and the following year he broke into comic books, working with Wally Wood, as well as on solo assignments. Often compared to Wally Wood because of a stylistic resemblance. His work appeared in EC's New Trend titles: Crime SuspenStories, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror and Weird Science. He drew for several Marvel Comics series, including Weird Wonder Tales, Battle Action, Journey into Unknown Worlds. For Magazine Enterprises he contributed to White Indian. He also drew for Classics Illustrated and for Harvey Comics' Tomb of Terror. Apocolytes's World of Comics commented: When Check left comic books in 1958, he took up work with the United States Postal Service. Though he drew a few stories in the early 1970s for DC Comics' war titles, and spot illustrations for Amazing Stories during the mid-1970s. He died on June 19, 2002, in Coney Island.
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• Born — 2 August 1930 • Birthplace — Newark, New Jersey • Died — 19 June 2002 • Place of death — Coney Island • Penciller — y • Artist — y • Inker — y
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Sid Check is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded with the occupation cartoonist. Recorded as cartoonist and comics artist.
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1930
Sid Check was born on 2 August 1930.
2002
Sid Check died at Coney Island.
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- Feiffer, Jules. Backing into Forward: A Memoir, Doubleday, 2010.
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