Tag: John Cassaday

It was 70 years ago this month that Captain America, the greatest of all the patriotic-themed superheroes, first hit newsstands with a red, white and blue shield gripped in his gloved hand. He also gets his own feature film this summer, “Captain America: The First Avenger,” and to mark the moment,  we’ll be talking to writers, artists, actors, directors and musicians about the star-spangled icon’s legacy and future. Today: John Cassaday. There’s no artist on the scene today who captures the stolid but sentimental mien of Captain America with more feeling than John Cassaday, whose work has the feel of vintage homefront poster art and a romanticized version of a truly heroic reality. We asked Cassaday to write a bit about his feelings regarding a character that might (and often does) look like a walking flag in the hands of lesser artists. “Captain ...