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Joe Kubert dies at 85; comics artist created 'Sgt. Rock'

Joe Kubert's art seemed tattered at the edges and populated by rangy heroes with haunted eyes. He and his wife founded the only accredited trade school for comic book artists. Joe Kubert was never a superstar comics artist — his work didn't have the necessary bombast or polished edges — but the man who drew ragged, soulful soldiers in "Sgt. Rock," "The Haunted Tank" and "Enemy Ace" did something his characters would have admired: Kubert marched farther and longer than anyone else and proved himself a natural leader.

 

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