User blog:ARTaylor/RIP Marie Severin

Marie Severin passed away yesterday following a stroke at the age of eighty-nine. Her death was announced by her longtime friend and Marvel staff member Irene Vartanoff. This unfortunately occurred the same day as Gary Friedrich.



Marie was born on August 21, 1929 in East Rockaway, New York. She started as a colorist for EC Comics at the request of her late brother John. She worked on the company's war and infamous horror comics before the company folded. Afterwards, she provided artwork for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

She eventually came over to Marvel Comics and served as their head colorist until 1972 when she began concentrating on penciling and inking. Her most famous contribution was designing the look of the original Spider-Woman. She then went to work at Marvel's Special Projects division providing work on their non-comic book works including Fraggle Rock and Muppet Babies.

She was named the Best Humor Penciler in 1974's Shazam Awards and later won the Inkpot Award at the 1988 San Diego Comic-Con. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2001.