Topic: The new obituary thread (Read 74474 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #540 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:38:17 AM »

Well, this is horrible third-hand rumour, but a fellow I know who used to work for DARPA and is now with a think-tank told me this morning that Breitbart "had a Hitchensian reputation with the bottle in the wonk community".

Grain of salt and all that.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #541 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:44:12 AM »

Quote from: Thad on March 01, 2012, 07:13:36 AM

Breitbart.

It is a surprise.

And in the interest of not immediately saying terrible things about the recently-deceased, I'll leave it at that. Be civil, guys.

You have no idea how hard it is to not gloat. Good thing I have twitter!

Büge · « **Reply #542 on:** March 01, 2012, 05:55:55 PM »

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/03/01/conservative-outrage-over-breitbart-death-comments-are-disingenuous/

A² · « **Reply #543 on:** March 01, 2012, 09:24:21 PM »

EDIT: STOP MOVING THE DAMN POSTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE REPLYING TO THEM GOD

Thad · « **Reply #544 on:** March 02, 2012, 07:33:50 AM »

Quote from: Büge on March 01, 2012, 05:55:55 PM

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/03/01/this-guy-are-sick/

Fair enough. People who criticize gross comments about Breitbart but didn't criticize the same sort of comments FROM Breitbart are utter hypocrites.

I still don't think "But Breitbart did it!" is a good defense of any sort of behavior whatsoever, though.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #545 on:** March 03, 2012, 06:36:40 PM »

Ralph McQuarrie.

Büge · « **Reply #546 on:** March 03, 2012, 08:18:15 PM »

We'll never see his like again.

Thad · « **Reply #547 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:55:16 AM »

Sheldon Moldoff.

Quote from: Evanier

Shelly Moldoff was one of the artists who worked on the historic Action Comics #1 (1938) which featured the first appearance of Superman. He didn’t work on the Superman material in that issue but he did have artwork in what some call the most important comic book ever published. And he was the last surviving person who did.
Shelly Moldoff worked as an assistant and ghost artist to Bob Kane on the earliest Batman stories that appeared in Detective Comics.
Shelly Moldoff drew the cover of Flash Comics #1 (1940) which introduced the original Flash to the world.
Shelly Moldoff drew the cover of All-American Comics #16 (1940) which introduced the original Green Lantern to the world.
Shelly Moldoff was the artist of the original Hawkman feature beginning with the character’s fourth appearance and continuing for several years.
Shelly Moldoff was by some accounts the inventor of the horror comic book, having proposed the idea to EC Comics publisher William Gaines before Gaines came out with his own Tales From the Crypt.
Shelly Moldoff was the ghost artist for Bob Kane on the Batman comic book stories and covers that Kane allegedly drew between 1953 and 1967. He also worked for DC Comics directly, often as an inker of covers on all their key titles including the Superman books.
Shelly Moldoff also worked for Kane as the main artist/designer of the animated TV series, Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse.
Shelly Moldoff was a very nice man and as you can tell, a very important person in the history of the American comic book.

Joxam · « **Reply #548 on:** March 06, 2012, 01:23:47 PM »

Robert Sherman, songwriter for Disney.

Thad · « **Reply #549 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:15:50 AM »

Peter Bergman of Firesign Theater.

Büge · « **Reply #550 on:** March 10, 2012, 06:50:54 AM »

1938-2012

Mongrel · « **Reply #551 on:** March 10, 2012, 09:55:45 AM »

No.

No fucking way.

Ah.

FUCK.

Mongrel · « **Reply #552 on:** March 10, 2012, 09:58:02 AM »

Confirmed by the BBC

EDIT: Man, literally YESTERDAY, they did an peice on him on the Sailor Twin site that bemoaned how his work has been handled in North America; how his best work had been basically unavailable since the mid 90's and that none of his work from the past 15 years was available in the US at all.

I agreed and cynically added a comment that it would probably take his death to get the ball rolling on proper reprints here in North America.

FUCK.

I actually had no idea his health was so poor. He did a staggering amout of mind-altering substances early in his career, but had been Mister Clean Living for years now, though I think he was still partaking of the occasional joint, etc.

Thad · « **Reply #553 on:** March 10, 2012, 10:24:10 AM »

Mothra · « **Reply #554 on:** March 10, 2012, 10:27:29 AM »

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Joxam · « **Reply #555 on:** March 10, 2012, 01:22:05 PM »

Oh man seriously!? Holy fuck.

Niku · « **Reply #556 on:** March 10, 2012, 01:47:00 PM »

good ridd

no sorry i can't even joke :( feels bad man

Romosome · « **Reply #557 on:** March 10, 2012, 01:55:05 PM »

Rest in peace, Peter Bergman

I'll never be able to see the Firesign Theater live now. It's a sad day.

Thad · « **Reply #558 on:** March 12, 2012, 07:46:47 AM »

The Moebius tributes are pouring in. I like Gaiman's. Appropriately, it has a Moebius painting of Death.

Robot 6 has excerpts from a bunch of different sources. Worth reading.

Büge · « **Reply #559 on:** March 12, 2012, 05:06:01 PM »

Here's a gallery of Moebius with everybody.

Quote from: Thad on March 12, 2012, 07:46:47 AM

The Moebius tributes are pouring in. I like Gaiman's. Appropriately, it has a Moebius painting of Death.

I liked the tribute that Tony Diterlizzi did. It's pretty touching.

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