Mike Wieringo, RIP
08-13-07 | 09:43 AM
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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/
A real tragedy. He was a favorite of mine and 44 is much too young.\\details: http://www.newsarama.com/
08-13-07 | 09:59 AM
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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.
08-13-07 | 10:16 AM
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Damn. He signed my 1st appearance of Impulse, many moons ago at Heroes Con.
08-13-07 | 02:11 PM
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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.
My condolences ot his friends and family.
08-13-07 | 03:11 PM
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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.
He would always be really personal on his blog too, so this feels like a bigger loss then if it was just another artist.
08-13-07 | 05:07 PM
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08-14-07 | 05:48 AM
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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.
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.
08-14-07 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by reverie
Wow. I wasn't a huge fan of his art, but it conveyed a lot of fun. You just never know.. Sad news indeed.
his art had "youthfullness" to it.
i always thought a much younger prson was benind the pencil.
he was great.
08-14-07 | 02:05 PM
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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.
08-14-07 | 02:23 PM
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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.
