John Severin, 1921-2012

My all-time favorite sequence by the incomparable John Severin, from Mad #5, June-July 1953. From the lovely Nanuk the Canuk to Miltie the Mountie delivering his dying words as he hangs over the panel border, there was nothing Severin couldn't draw.

Dwayne McDuffie, 1962-2011

How did I miss this news?

We should have had many more years of reading and entertainment. And he should have become very, very rich. He'll have to make do with fondly remembered and dearly missed.

Shirtless Saturday - Kara Zor-El

Today's shirtless superhero also marks a sad occasion. Settle down, there's no joke coming.

Michael Turner has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 37. [CBR]

Now hold on just a Gingold-guzzlin' minute here...

You mean to tell me that this couple -- these folks we've never seen before, but who know Alfred and where "the house" is, an who Batman would "know anywhere"...

You mean they really are...?
Well, I'll be superamalgamated.

No explanation, just "Yep, we sure are dead. We don't look like us, and we don't even look like we looked last issue, and we are dead as dead can be, but here we are. Mysterious, isn't it. But it's true, Batman says so, and he's never wrong, except about that whole Brother Eye thing. So, how you been?"

Somebody's nose should be twitching, all right.

Disclosure: I edited the second panel, borrowing dialogue from the panel just before it, because it seems that DC has forgotten how to do a Dramatic Reveal. Don't they know the characters only say their own names in conjunction with a full-face portrait? Isn't this cast of characters confusing enough without having characters that intentionally don't look the same from issue to issue?

Dave Stevens

July 29, 1955 - March 10, 2008

MORE: I won't try to keep up with the outpouring of grief and respect from the comics community, but I would be remiss not to link to Heidi MacDonald and Mark Evanier.

What, again?

I know, I know.

Thank goodness for Sleestak.

Mike Weiringo, 1963-2007

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Nothing new to add, just very sorry to see him go.

Better late?

I know, I know, I feel terrible.

Thank goodness for Mark Evanier.