mike wieringo passes away

Wow. He was still so young too. Details here.

I do not pretend to be the world's biggest Wieringo fan or anything, but I can tell you that every time I opened a book by him it was slick, professional, and damn good. Never did I go, "the story was good but Wieringo's art really brought it down". Never! My favorites things of his were his Fantastic Four run with Mark Waid and his fantasy book, Tellos. Not a surprise as they are the things he is most known for.

Something that always made me happy about Wieringo's art, is that he was a true COMIC BOOK artist, in every sense of the word. His clean cartoony style was all-ages friendly, and if you were a newbie to comics, and you opened one, it is exactly what you would expect (and want).

Sucks.

Here is some of his art after a quick google image search, but this does not do the guy justice at all. Check out his AMAZING deviantART gallery and his web page, mikewieringo.com. And better yet, buy one of his books.