I was speaking with my brother about how artist, writers disappear and are never heard of again and we got onto a rather unhappy subject of those who had died (I think he may have mention that Ron Smith had passed away) and how it is important that they should be remembered, because many of them never got any credit when they were alive.
Not sure if this has already been suggested any chance of a memorial for these guys/gals.
Unless of course it?s already been done and I can?t find it
Cheers
NSFTM
I sincerely hope Rons still with us.
He's not dead, is he?
I'll assume he's alive till I hear otherwise I think (see Bellardinelli thread).
Surely, if an artist of his standing had died, it would have warranted a mention in the comic!!?
Ron was spoken about in the present tense at Dreddcon 3, and we'd have heard in the interim. But a memorial to say Eric Bradbury would be a nice touch on behalf of the site. Anyone want to create one?
Sadly, just recieved this from Chris Westnon:
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but it is with deep regret that I have to report that Don Lawrence, artist of The Trigan Empire passed away yesterday from Pneumonia. He was Seventy-five. I'm sure you are all aware of his great artwork.
I was priviliged to call Don my friend and mentor; he was generous enough to offer me a whole year's personal tuition in the art of illustrating comics... a time I'll treasure forever. I'll miss him terribly.
That is indeed sad news about Don Lawrence - his artwork for the Trigan Empire was superb - someone should reprint it...
Yes the conversation I had with my bro which brought this on - I think it is important for there to be a memorial on this site for the creators that are no longer with us - it seems only right that we acknowledge their passing and give thanks for the entertainment that they have provided us readers.
There is space for a mini bio for each creator on their profile page, which could be an obitury if the creator is dead. If anyone wants to write bios for any creators, alive or dead, please let me know.
Cheers,
Wake
Or they could write their own obitury now, for fun ;-)