Post by Babu Baboon on Oct 1, 2017 14:41:41 GMT -6
As we celebrate his 91st birthday and honor him with his Milton Caniff award, lets horor the sneaky SOB for pulling off the best stunt ever.
Heath was one of the artists who sometimes assisted Kurtzman and Will Elder on their regular Playboy strip "Little Annie Fanny".[17] Writer Mark Evanier described Heath making the most of one such assignment:
One time when deadlines were nearing meltdown, Harvey Kurtzman called Heath in to assist in a marathon work session at the Playboy Mansion in Chicago. Russ flew in and was given a room there, and spent many days aiding Kurtzman and artist Will Elder in getting one installment done of the strip. When it was completed, Kurtzman and Elder left...but Heath just stayed. And stayed. And stayed some more. He had a free room as well as free meals whenever he wanted them from Hef's 24-hour kitchen. He also had access to whatever young ladies were lounging about...so he thought, 'Why leave?' He decided to live there until someone told him to get out...and for months, no one did. Everyone just kind of assumed he belonged there. It took quite a while before someone realized he didn't and threw him and his drawing table out.[17]
Sure, he did all those great DC war comics, Journey into Mystery, his Atlas work, etc. But IMHO, his most brilliant accomplishment is setting himself up briefly as Hef 2.0 in the friggin
Playboy Mansion!
