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Columns | Michael Davis | News
Brian Augustyn: Night and Day
Michael Davis talks about what Brian Augustyn meant to him… and we guarantee you Michael’s not the only one with stories like this about how decent Brian was.
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John Paul Leon: 1972-2021
John Paul Leon, groundbreaking artist on Static and Earth X, died Saturday after an 14-year battle with cancer at the age of 49. He majored in illustration at New York’s School of Visual Arts, studying under artists such as Will Eisner, Walter Simonson, and Jack Potter. It was during this time that he received his…
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Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana: 1939-2019
Dorothy Catherine (D.C.) Fontana passed away peacefully last evening at the age of 80 after a brief illness. Ms. Fontana gained global notoriety for her writing and story editing on the 1960’s television series Star Trek, as well as the 1970’s animated series, which she also associate produced. Her myth-building work on classic Trek blazed…
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Love: A Comic Book Story
Ask 20 people to define “Love”, you’ll get 20 definitions. Here’s mine. I feel love is measured in how you’re treated when things go wrong, not when everything is okay. It’s one thing to say something in a joyous ceremony yet another when faced with real life. People tend to balk the moment it gets…
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Howard Cruse: 1944-2019
Howard Cruse, author of the acclaimed graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby and founding editor of the anthology Gay Comix, died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 75, Cruse’s daughter Kimberly Kolze Venter announced. Cruse came to prominence in the 1970s with the strip Barefootz, which appeared in a number of underground magazines and titles,…
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Gahan Wilson: 1930-2019
Gahan Wilson, a truly warped individual who channeled his perverse sense of whimsy and the macabre into an award-winning artistic career, died yesterday at the age of 89. His family posts: The world has lost a legend. One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He…
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Tom Lyle: 1953-2019
Tom Lyle, co-creator of Stephanie Brown a.k.a. Spoiler and the costume designer for the Scarlet Spider and professor and Internship Coordinator at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) has died at the age of 66 from complications of a stroke, as confirmed by SCAD. After getting his start in comics drawing Airboy and…
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Tom Spurgeon: 1969-2019
Tom Spurgeon, the longtime comics industry journalist, historian, editor and author passed away at the age of 50 today, according to a Facebook post by his brother Whit Spurgeon. Tom was best known for his comics industry news website The Comics Reporter since 2004, and for his five-year stint as Managing Editor and then Executive…
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UPDATE: Michael Davis victim of prank death hoax
UPDATE: Michael was hacked badly, with messages sent out to family and friends. He’s alive and well. We are incredibly sad to report that Michael Davis, longtime columnist for ComicMix, committed suicide one day before his birthday. We can list all his accomplishments in the comics field and go through his history and impact in…
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Mike Raub: 1951-2019
Mike Raub, long-time comic fan, retailer, broadcaster and podcaster, passed away tonight after a long illness. He was 68. Mike was the original podcaster here at ComicMix from 2006 to 2008, later creating Get The Point Radio, all while moonlighting from his day job as the director of AM programming for Cox Communication. If you…
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Stan Lee: 1922-2018
Stan “The Man” Lee has died at the age of 95, according to news reports. If you need biographical information about his life and his achievements, we strongly recommend his autobiographies Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee and Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir, because no one could tell Stan’s story better than he…
