We missed this while FR was down... but apparently Michael Turner, artist of Fathom and Witchblade, has died of cancer (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16988). He was 37.
You can read his old bio (http://www.wizarduniverse.com/061908turnerbio.html) on Wizard.com.
I'm not really the "thoughts and prayers" type... so I'll stick with my standard "Man, this sucks." :(
*sigh*
FYI there was a thread on the boards about this before the black out.
-MJB
i know a lot of people liked to complain about his work, but i enjoyed it
RIP
Quote from: MJB on June 29, 2008, 11:13:43 PM
FYI there was a thread on the boards about this before the black out.
-MJB
Yep. I posted it Saturday, but it was lost when the board went down.
Apparently Turner was the best man at my cousin's wedding a few years ago. I didn't realize it the time, as I left the reception fairly early, but I found out later when my cousin told me that his BM was a comicbook artist and wondered if I'd ever heard of him.
Ah well. Another comicbook guy struck down too early. Between this, Wieringo, Gerber, and that colorist a couple of months back, the past year has been especially scary. You just never know...
Quote from: Renegade on June 30, 2008, 10:10:03 AM
Apparently Turner was the best man at my cousin's wedding a few years ago. I didn't realize it the time, as I left the reception fairly early, but I found out later when my cousin told me that his BM was a comicbook artist and wondered if I'd ever heard of him.
Ah well. Another comicbook guy struck down too early. Between this, Wieringo, Gerber, and that colorist a couple of months back, the past year has been especially scary. You just never know...
Well he had been battling cancer for years. I mean it had to be rough on him to deal with it and still produce art for both DC and Marvel as well as creatively driving Fanthom. Even though I wasn't a huge fan I did think his work brought me back to the years of my childhood when everyone drew like Jim Lee.
Mr. Turner, you will be missed.
Damn. :( I knew he had been sick for a while, but it was still too soon.
RIP Mr. Turner.
I mostly posted my feelings on another forum but you can all guess what it is, that the dude was way too young to have this happen to him.
:(