Mike Wieringo, RIP
 

Ringo, the artist with the great cartoony style whose work graced The Flash, Fantastic Four, Spiderman and others, has apparently died of a massive heart attack at 44.

A real tragedy. He was a favorite of mine and 44 is much too young.\\details: http://www.newsarama.com/

Wow, that's terrible news. I really enjoyed his artwork.

Wow, only 44? That's really sad news. :(

OMG! I am shocked! I just saw him at Heroes Con just a couple of months ago. This is just unbelievable. I'm very sad by this news. My condolences to his family and friends. Wow.

Damn. He signed my 1st appearance of Impulse, many moons ago at Heroes Con.

Way too young. Like Mike Parobeck who was around 31 and Gene Day who around 32.

Holy Shit. :(

I am absolutely stunned by this.

Wow. I wasn't a huge fan of his art, but it conveyed a lot of fun. You just never know.. Sad news indeed.

I didn't care for Mark Waid's work on FF or Peter David's work on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but each time I would see an issue, I would think to myself "Man, I really dig 'Ringo's art. I hope the next book he winds up on is a book I enjoy." Sadly, I guess now it is never to be.

My condolences ot his friends and family.

Yeah, this is really shocking. I would check out his blog all the time. He post a few sketches a week and always share a few stories in them.

He would always be really personal on his blog too, so this feels like a bigger loss then if it was just another artist.

I know he worked with at least one good writer, if not more.

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Yeah, I saw this on CBR and was shocked as well - I really dug his art style and Tellos was just amazing...

:rip: Ringo

may GOD usher him forward into heaven - RIP

Man, that sucks. He was a favorite of mine. :rip:

He was a favorite of mine as well. Comic fans can be so bitchy about artists being late and unreliable, but here was a guy who was about as rock solid as you could get.

His run on FF was a favorite of mine and I was going to try to get him to sign the first HC for me at Baltimore Comicon.

It's a shame he passed at such a young age.

exactly the thought i had.

his art had "youthfullness" to it.
i always thought a much younger prson was benind the pencil.

he was great.

I am a huge fan of his artwork. I litterally bought a sketch he did at a recent convetion on eBay a few weeks ago. Everyday when I've gone into my toy room, I've gotten a smile from looking at it. I had hoped to one day make it to a convention to commission a piece myself.

I'm a huge fan too, from his original Flash run and on. Just finished reading his "Modern Masters" volume a month or so ago, and was hoping for some other Tellos stuff. Wow.

Somehow, this particular page seems appropriate...

http://www.sockpuppetasylum.com/scans/ff1.jpg