RIPs

[Colin YNWA]

Neal Adams was such an influence on so much and his work in the late 60s and 70s was better than almost anything else out there and shaped the work of so many. Look at early work by Bill Sienkiewicz. Just a leader who drove what comics could look like forward.

Love and respect to his family and friends.

[broodblik]

A sketch he did for Dredd although he never had any published prog work:

[Proudhuff]

A sketch he did for Dredd although he never had any published prog work:

wow what could have been...

[broodblik]

A good tribute to Neal Adams:

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-comic-artist-neal-adams/

[Colin YNWA]

Another comics legend has passed. George Perez after his long battle with cancer.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-legend-george-perez-died-yesterday-aged-67/

The term legend is often over used but in the case of Perez (as will Neil Adams) its well deserved. He has left so many beautiful stories behind, his legacy is quite something to behold.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Oh, dreadful news. Another Master artist is gone.

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Kenneth Welsh, who played Windom Earle in Twin Peaks, at the age of 80.


Dennis Waterman, who starred in Minder, The Sweeney & New Tricks, amongst many others, at the age of 74.

[rogue69]

model & Actor Jethro Lazenby aged 31, son of singer Nick Cave & model Beau Lazenby

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

leonid kravchuk, the first president of a democratic, independent ukraine (and who made his country a member of a very select club - just two strong - in giving up the entirety of their nuclear arsenal in return for future security guarantees from russia), has died aged 88.

[rogue69]

Actor Robin Parkinson aged 92 best known asthe narrator of Button Moon and played Monsieur Ernest Leclerc in Ailo Allo!

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Fred Ward, a great character actor most notable in films like The Right Stuff, Southern Comfort and Tremors, has died. It is Friday the 13th, of course.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/13/entertainment/fred-ward-obit/index.html

[rogue69]

 Misty and Tammy comic artist and illustrator Maria Barrera Castell (Gesalí), aged 85

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-comic-artist-maria-barrera-castell/

[CalHab]

Ricky Gardiner, guitarist on Bowie's Low album and Iggy Pop's Lust for Life.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/17/ricky-gardiner-guitarist-for-david-bowie-and-iggy-pop-dies-aged-73

That's an incredible couple of years he had: Sound+Vision, The Passenger, Lust for Life, Speed of Life and many others.

[Link Prime]

A belated RIP for both Neal Adams and George Perez.
Two masters of this thing we love.

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Actress, screenwriter and director Kay Mellor, known for Fat Friends, The Syndicate, Girlfriends and Band of Gold, has died aged 71.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61478428