Sidney Check, known as Sid Check, was an American comic book artist best known for his stories in EC Comics.
10 Facts About Sid Check
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Sidney Charles Check was born on August 2,1930, in Newark, New Jersey.
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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.
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Sid Check was often compared to Wally Wood because of a stylistic resemblance.
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Sid Check's work appeared in EC's New Trend titles: Crime SuspenStories, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror and Weird Science.
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Sid Check drew for several Marvel Comics series, including Weird Wonder Tales, Battle Action, Journey into Unknown Worlds.
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Sid Check drew for Classics Illustrated and for Harvey Comics' Tomb of Terror.
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Little is known about artist Sid Check, aside from the fact that he was a contemporary of fellow artists Wallace Wood, Joe Orlando and Harry Harrison, among others, in the 50s.
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Sid Check's art is generally engaging and attractive, if not entirely as well constructed as Wood's art was.
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When Sid Check left comic books in 1958, he took up work with the United States Postal Service.