EC War Comic Pastiche

Here's my somewhat sardonic pastiche of a 1950s EC 'new wave' war comic. 'Two-Fisted Tales' and 'Frontline Combat' were two war titles edited, written and given layouts by Harvey Kurtzman, one of the few outstanding talents in comics history. The stories range from straight out heroism to more thoughtful tales which far from glorify combat. They were way ahead of their time both in their message, which was that war ain't that great, and in their technical achievements, which have arguably yet to be surpassed. EC were the first comics to allow artists to draw as themselves, rather than in the 'house style'. This approach allowed creators to create their own fanbases, and meant the EC artists vied to outdo each other in artistic excellence. The style I'm going for here is obviously modelled on Harvey Kurtzman himself, though I would need a few more years practice to match his skill with a brush. The fact that I'm working in the computer age means that I could apply zipatone (dots) effect with photoshop and do the lettering very quickly.