For new fans Wiringo(Ringo)died on sunday from a heartattack.Mark was one of my fav. artist of all time.He was the first to draw my fav.Comic charicter Bart allen and my fav. superhero spiderman as one of the last comics he whould ever do.This post below was first posterd on Newsarama.His last pice of artwork was a charicter he made.

MIKE WIERINGO PASSES AWAY

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The comics industry lost a luminary this weekend – Mike Wieringo passed away Sunday of a sudden heart attack. Details are still sketchy as of this time, but according to close sources, the acclaimed artist had chest pains at some point during the day and called 911, but the responders did not make it in time.

Wieringo was 44 years old. He was a vegetarian, and “one of the healthiest ones of us in the bunch,” as his longtime friend and collaborator Todd Dezago described him.

Wieringo worked every day, updating his blog and website with a constant stream of sketches at http://www.mikewieringo.com/. His last sketch was posted on Friday.



Today’s sketch is a return to the world of TELLOS and the two main characters of that story and realm, KOJ and JAREK. I’ve been doing quite a few sketches of the characters from the book lately as regular visitors to this site know… and that’s for a reason. Todd and I have been hoping to have a BALTIMORE COMICON exclusive…. something… to offer this year for the show. We had been talking about having an original prose story written by Todd with spot illustrations by me– but time is growing so short and there would be so much design work to be done for the story before I could create the illos that I think that’s going to have to be shelved as an idea. My Marvel work makes that close to impossible at this point. So I’m thinking that an exclusive sketchbook that we would offer for sale at the show may be the way we have to go. With that in mind, I worked up today’s sketch of ‘the boys’. We’re also hoping to have copies of the TELLOS COLOSSAL HARDCOVER with us in Baltimore… but I’m beginning to wonder if that will even be a possibility. I’ve been checking the Diamond shipping lists, and I was assuming that the book would be shipping on the 15th since that’s the date offered for availability from AMAZON.COM… but it’s not on Diamond’s list. Perhaps the 22nd will be the date… I hope.

So… plans are still up in the air at this point.

In the mean time… I’ll keep sketching. For now, though– it’s back to work.

First Impulse

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Edited by axl z on August 14, 2007 at 2:35:27.

Edited by axl z on August 14, 2007 at 2:36:25.

Edited by axl z on August 16, 2007 at 19:57:56.

While i'll miss him, I won't miss him as much as the greatest, Jack Kirby.

This was his last picture.I had a friend ask on my space why Im sad about this.Its becouse not only was he a fav. comic artist of mie but I'v meet him,talked to him and have had him draw for me.

I enjoy how his name is written clearly in the text you copy and pasted and you still get it wrong.

Sad news though. I have a few issues of Sensational Spider-Man that he pencilled back from '97. I enjoyed the simple cartoon look of his art.

MY MOMS MADIAN NAME IS WIRINGO SO IT'S A HABBIT OF MINE.I'LL EDIT IT ONCE MY KEYBORD IS FIXED.



Edited by axl z on August 15, 2007 at 5:58:08.

Actually, I was refering to how you call him Mark when it says Mike in the article.

I never say this but...

DblPwnage!

I feel like washing out my mouth now.

I WAS CALLLING HIM MARK?