Michael Turner: 1971-2008
Saturday, June 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pm Category: Uncategorized |
Jesus.
I hate seeing news like this and I hate writing about it even more. More than that, I hate that it happens.
Michael Turner passed away yesterday from a rare kind of bone cancer. The guy was 37. I had a love/hate relationship with his art, but the man was a respected titan in the field and the comics industry is slightly less awesome now that he’s gone. Seriously, without Michael Turner covers a lot of books won’t sell.
And let’s face it. Comics are going to be a lot less sexy without his influence. The girls he drew were hot. This is really sad on a number of levels.
I really liked the work he did on Superman/Batman early in Jeff Loebs run on that book. Anybody else have any favorites they’d like to point out?
Responses to “Michael Turner: 1971-2008”
How horrible. I got to meet him a few years ago at SDCC 2003 and the guy was a pleasure. He had been drawing and signing books all day, you could see his exhaustion and waited until everyone had a book signed on the last day of the Con. What a true loss to the comics community.
Always hate to see someone who’s work I admired pass on. I’d go back and forth on his stuff too, liked some, didn’t like others, but whether I thought it was awesome or not, his talent was undisputable. First Wieringo, now Turner…it’s been a rough stretch.
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