Bernard Krigstein, or B. Krigstein, (1919–1990) was an American artist and illustrator best known for his groundbreaking work in comic books. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Krigstein was trained as a classical painter. He is best remembered for his work for EC Comics in the 1950s. At a time when many comics artists regarded their work as disposable, Krigstein struggled to expand the boundaries of what could be possible in the comics medium. For example, Krigstein was one of the first comics artists to use panels of different sizes and shapes in order to portray the passage of time. A map highlighting Brooklyn and the rest of New York City. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Entertaining Comics was headed by William Gaines but is better known by its publishing name of EC Comics. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...

Perhaps his most famous work is the short story "The Master Race", a powerful fable about the Holocaust, first published in Tales Designed to Carry an IMPACT #1. This story is remarkable both for its subject matter (the Holocaust was rarely discussed in popular media of the 1950s) and for its cinematic style. Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...

By the early 1960s, Krigstein had become frustrated by the artistic compromises that the comics industry at the time demanded. For a period he worked in commercial illustration, painting book jackets and record covers. In 1962 he took a position at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, where he taught for twenty years. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... High School of Art and Design is a vocational high school in New York City that offers a traditional education, augmented with advanced courses in art and commercial design. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ...

Krigstein was posthumously inducted into the Halls of Fame of the Harvey Awards (1992) and the Eisner Awards (2003), the two most important awards in the field of comics. The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Eisner Award is given for creative achievement in comic books, one of the most prestigious such awards in North America. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• B. Krigstein: Comics by Krigstein, Bernard. Fantagraphics Books, 2004. ISBN 1560975733 A collection of comics stories by Krigstein.
• B. Krigstein, Vol. 1 by Sadowski, Greg. Fantagraphics Books, 2002. ISBN 1560974664. A lavishly illustrated biography of Krigstein, complete with eight of his comics stories.

Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, underground comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, and graphic novels located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Krigstein Archives, dedicated to Krigstein's work in multiple media.
• Essay on Krigstein from The New Yorker, by Art Spiegelman.
• The Master Race online