Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker.
Chaykin at Special Edition NYC in Manhattan
Chaykin in May 2019
American Flagg #2 (Nov. 1983) by Chaykin. The piece shows off Chaykin's sense of design, clear lines, fashionable clothing, and American nostalgia and jingoism common to many of his works.
Chaykin in 2012
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.
Kane at the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con
Original 1971 Bantam paperback Blackmark, an early example of the graphic novel.