yung gribbleMar 24

Sam Kieth recently passed away of Lewy Body Dementia, at the age of 63.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sam-kieth-creator-of-the-maxx-and-sandman-has-died-aged-63/

Sam Kieth, Creator of The Maxx and Sandman, Has Died, Aged 63

Tonight, it is my sad duty to confirm the death of legendary comic book creator Sam Kieth, creator of The Maxx, at the age of 63. Sam died on the 15th of March, after suffering from Lewy Body Dementia, a degenerative disease described as a combination of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He is survived by his […]

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Show threadyung gribbleMar 24

He's one of the coolest inkers and painters of the 90's. Mixed media rocks, ink rocks, traditonal art rocks, 1990's big explosive unrealistic veiny organic Baki shapes rock.

He's in that camp of cool capeshit artists with Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, Jae Lee in my mind, like their work always stood out as ~experimental~ in the 80s and 90s in the fairly static world of marvel+dc art so you look forward to their issues. I would have a lot to work on to reach his level, especially my own shape clarity and color confidence 😝

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@scumsuck oh geez I didn't realize he was only 63. Quite young for dementia that advanced. RIP.
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Show threadyung gribbleMar 24
@mashimero right! I learned he had to end his last comic run of maxx/batman cuz of his health...