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RIP Dave Cockrum

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:13 am
by anarky
:cry:

Why is it that Liefeld still walks the earth, and the good ones pass on?

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:30 am
by vynsane
because he made a deal with the devil to make certain people inexplicably worship the ground he walks on.

can't say i was a huge fan of his work, as i'm not so into the x-men as other, more red and blue characters, but some of his creations are my favorites - nightcrawler especially.

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:39 am
by anarky
He was like Gil Kane or Jack Kirby -- even if you weren't a fan of his work per se, you had to admire the impact he had.

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:01 pm
by Eternal Padawan
yeah, when I think vintage X-Men, I don't think Byrne. The image in my head is Cockrum's work.

He will be sorely missed.

Mike Wieringo has died

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:21 am
by anarky
I am not kidding, though I wish I was.

I just read this over at Newsarama. He apparently suffered a massive heart attack at the relatively young age of 44.

Don't know if you actually saw the man in person, vyn, but I had a chance to meet him at several conventions before he hit it big. He earned the moniker "nicest guy in comics."

:(

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:09 am
by Sambo
That truly sucks. You'll be missed 'ringo... :cry:

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:37 pm
by jjreason
This is awful. One of my favorite current artists. WHY, GOD, COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN LIEFELD?????? :x

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:56 pm
by vynsane
jjreason wrote:WHY, GOD, COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN LIEFELD?????? :x
that's a damn good question.

don't know if any of you took a look at it, but i did the two main characters from tellos in memoriam:

http://dailyscribble.vynsane.com/entry:13/

RIP Dave Stevens

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:02 pm
by anarky
The creator of the Rocketeer, dead at 53 from leukemia.

:cry:

So it goes.

Re: RIP Dave Stevens

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:08 pm
by Rollo Tomassi
That's sad. And scary. When I was a kid 53 seemed ancient. But now it's right around the corner for me... I would hate to think I only have that much time left.

We'll miss you Dave. Thanks for everything.

Re: RIP Dave Stevens

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:41 pm
by jjreason
I'd rather not even know. :( I don't wanna think I'm 2/3 of the way there, either.

First 'Ringo, now Michael Turner is gone.

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:08 pm
by jjreason
Jesus... what's in the pencils these guys use? What a great, great cover artist. :(

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/06/28/mi ... ssed-away/

Image

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Re: First 'Ringo, now Michael Turner is gone.

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:29 pm
by Diabolical
Damn. I wouldn't call myself a fan of his but he was sure talented.

And was pretty darn good at drawing hot chicks.

Re: First 'Ringo, now Michael Turner is gone.

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:15 pm
by vynsane
hrm... well, i guess that puts to bed any lingering fears that wallcrawlersweb.com is done for...

Re: First 'Ringo, now Michael Turner is gone.

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:57 am
by jjreason
Sorry Vyn, I guess it has been a while since I checked in there. :oops: