Monday, August 13, 2007

Thanks for the memories, Mike Wieringo

I don't have anything too much to say about the loss of comics artist Mike Wieringo this weekend. I never knew him, met him at a convention or anything, or even crossed paths with him online.

But I wanted to take just a very few words, because I remember when he started on Flash with Mark Waid, with whom he would go on to co-create Impulse. It took an issue or two for his work to feel rewarding to me, but it had a definite energy, and eventually...

1 comment:

Becca said...

Oh my gosh I'm so sad! I hadn't heard this yet! Wieringo is one of my all time favorite comic artists. I adored Tellos and had been hoping for more someday.

And he was sooo young!

I'm a little teary now.