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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #180 on: July 01, 2018, 09:07:50 AM »
Back in 2011 I shared this YouTube link of Harlan showing his prized comics collection to someone on this link:
http://youtu.be/ajv592IboH4

The one con I saw him at I know his fee was partially paid in golden-age comics.
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Re: Obituaries
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #181 on: July 06, 2018, 06:44:37 PM »
And we just lost Steve Ditko.  Apparently he died several days ago, and even then he hadn't been discovered for a couple days.  A sad ending.

He might actually have died the same night as Ellison... That's one hell of a bad day for popular culture.

https://www.tcj.com/beyond-spider-man-steve-ditkos-letters-provide-insight-into-an-enigmatic-creator/

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #182 on: July 06, 2018, 07:02:14 PM »
Thanks Eric.
I just learned about it myself.

An obit with some on his career can be read here:
http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/07/06/steve-ditko-dies-spider-man-doctor-strange-co-creator-marvel-comics/

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #183 on: August 24, 2018, 11:44:19 AM »
Russ Heath just died.

https://www.cbr.com/russ-heath-obituary/

Oddly enough, I think my favorite story of his was "Plastic Sam" in MAD... which was his only work for EC comics proper, although he did a couple small pieces in the early Mad Magazine issues as well.

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TCJ ran a obit here:
http://www.tcj.com/russ-heath-1926-2018/

https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/08/24/russ-heath-r-i-p/
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #184 on: August 24, 2018, 06:51:52 PM »
Man, I loved his Sci-Fi stories along with the "Sea Devils" series he did. I know he did work for Marvel by the way.

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #186 on: August 30, 2018, 03:17:26 PM »
Thank you, Yoc.  It seems like we’re losing all our last few EC creators this year.  Harlan Ellison, Russ Heath, Nick Meglin all did a story or two, and Marie of course worked on more of the EC comics than anybody.  Is there anybody left who worked on the EC Comics themselves, not counting MAD?

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #187 on: August 30, 2018, 04:02:19 PM »
Hi Eric,
I'm told Angelo Torres is still with us. 

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Re: Obituaries - Gary Friedrich
« Reply #188 on: August 31, 2018, 06:16:20 AM »
With permission, Roy Thomas posted this to the Grand Comics Database list yesterday:

Hi List--
I won't go into details at this point, but I wanted to mention that one
of my oldest and dearest friends, Gary Friedrich, passed away last
night, from the effects of Parkison's, which he had had for several
years.  That and his near-total hearing loss had left him feeling
isolated in recent years, and his wife Jean seems content that he is
finally at peace.  As many of you will know, he did considerable work
for Marvel during the late 1960s and 1970s, and for Charlton in the
1960s, including a remembered run on SGT. FURY, stints on CAPTAIN
AMERICA, DAREDEVIL, SHIELD, and others, and of course the basic
concept/creation of the motorcycle-riding Ghost Rider at Marvel.  I'd
know Gary since I was in college and he still in high school, when he
came to work at the Palace Theatre in Jackson, MO, and some of my
happiest memories of our days in the rock band he founded circa 1962 and
which existed for a couple of years.

Best wishes,
Roy

https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/08/30/gary-friedrich-r-i-p/
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #189 on: August 31, 2018, 01:42:32 PM »
Thanks for sharing that Bob.  The rock band ending brought a smile to my face.

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #190 on: November 12, 2018, 01:42:10 PM »
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #191 on: November 12, 2018, 02:58:40 PM »
Thanks Geo.  I just shared the same news on our Facebook page with this very detailed feature on Stan that The Comics Journal has shared on their site:

http://www.tcj.com/stan-lee-1922-2018/

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #192 on: November 12, 2018, 03:54:19 PM »
We knew it was coming but it’s still a shock. I was only lucky enough to meet Stan once, briefly, at a con.  I thanked him for having entertained me my whole life; he looked at me with that Stan Lee gleam in his eye and said “You know I did it all just for you, right?”

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #193 on: November 13, 2018, 08:54:25 AM »
R.I.P. Stan Lee.

What surprised me, after the news broke, was the extent of the coverage. The success of the Marvel movies made him something of a non-fan/collector household name. Before then, based on the brief live action TV show and various cartoons, all we might have seen/heard would have been, "Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man has died."

I related to Spider-Man more than most. I graduated high school the same month he did. My first visit to my college campus coincided with his.

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #194 on: November 13, 2018, 06:57:36 PM »
The GCD front page mentioned that Canadian artist Jack Tremblay passed away as well. He drew stories for Bell Features comics during WWII and later became a painter.
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