RIP Mike Wieringo [Archive]

maxx

08-13-2007, 09:33 AM

OMG!! NOOOO!!!

NOO

that man made me wanna draw comics. I have pretty 90% of tellos still in my house...the man omg...i have a few issues of his run in robin. This is soo fucked up...no.

i feel like crying right now. This is not cool one bit. seriously..what..the..fuck. I still have an old issue of wizards where he teaches you how to draw spider-man.

:sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad:

he was literally the guy who made me wanna draw comics...when i got into comics as a kid i tried to find anything he drew. also got some flash he did. god bless him.

08-13-2007, 09:34 AM

Damn. He was one of my favorite Flash artists as well. And his run on Fantastic Four was damn good. Bart Allen(his creation alongside Mark Waid) and Mike Wieringo in the same year. That really sucks.

maxx

08-13-2007, 09:42 AM

Damn. He was one of my favorite Flash artists as well. And his run on Fantastic Four was damn good. Bart Allen(his creation alongside Mark Waid) and Mike Wieringo in the same year. That really sucks.

they better bring bart back now.

Sano

08-13-2007, 09:49 AM

Man I freaking loved his pencils on Spider-Man books. My eyes are tearing up like a little bitch. 44 years old damn man. RIP.

:sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad::sad:

str[e]ak

08-13-2007, 09:57 AM

sano, yeah totally. i really loved his work on friendly neighborhood spider-man.

in fact, the only poster i own is the door poster with his artwork of spider-man on it.
http://www.hillcity-comics.com/poster_misc/AUG051988.jpg

RockCho

08-13-2007, 10:11 AM

Damn... RIP.
=\

Awesome artist and very good storytelling skillz.

P. Gorath

08-13-2007, 10:38 AM

saw this on newsaram too...not really familiar with his work

Khaotika!

08-13-2007, 11:01 AM

GODDAMMIT!! He was taken much too young. :sad: :sad: :sad:

Loved his work, still have a lot of his issues laying around. He had a fantastic work ethic and a style that stood out on the stands. He was definitely an inspiration to me, and to many others. He'll be missed terribly. :sad:

RIP 'Ringo. :sad:

maxx

08-13-2007, 11:22 AM

he made comics kid friendly...no matter what the story was going on his style was sooo kid friendly. he truly posessed the heart of someone who understands what comics are meant for. He will always be my hero.

Geese Pants

08-13-2007, 11:50 AM

We lost a great artist..................IMO one the best Spiderman artist out there.
Every comic book I read with his art I really enjoyed..........regardless of how corny the story was.
RIP :sad:

Sp00ky

08-13-2007, 11:52 AM

I don't understand. How the fuck do you have a heart attack when you're a vegetarian? That's the whole fucking point of eating so healthy. What a fucking gyp, the world was robbed of a great man. RIP =(

maxx

08-13-2007, 12:02 PM

dog-face

08-13-2007, 12:18 PM

Wow.

RIP Mike Wieringo.

Zephyranthes

08-13-2007, 05:22 PM

Yeah, I was very surprised to read about his death on the news sites. His style was always very attractive. I didn't follow too much of his work particularly closely, but I am pretty into the Fantastic Four he did with Waid. Their FF comics were the first ones that really got me into the team.

Apathy-Inc

08-13-2007, 05:35 PM

I couldn't believe it when I read it on Deviant art.
44 years old, physically fit, and one of the nicest guys in comics, not to mention one of the most talented.

I'd never had the privilege of knowing him like so many others, but it still knocked the wind out of me.

You just never know.

Zephyranthes

08-13-2007, 05:54 PM

Yeah, that was what surprised me so deeply. He was only 44 and they said he had a heart attack. That's hard to believe. I guess I don't know what he looked like or if he was a big dude or anything, but someone just posted that he was a vegetarian.

Gasp

08-13-2007, 05:55 PM

great artist. its a damn shame.

ViciousSLASH

08-13-2007, 06:34 PM

This sucks, he's one of my favorite artists.

His run on FF with Waid was of the toppest of tier.

:sad:

Wellman

08-13-2007, 08:55 PM

RIP Ringo, the man did damn fine work. I only wish he could have done more.

I don't understand. How the fuck do you have a heart attack when you're a vegetarian? That's the whole fucking point of eating so healthy. What a fucking gyp, the world was robbed of a great man. RIP =(

Yeah, but from his last blog entry, maybe the heat played a factor. Heat does add a great deal of stress to the body besides making you sweat. Although it is one of those fucked up, out of no where deaths whatever the reason.

Taichi

08-14-2007, 04:39 AM

First Impulse, and now his Creator?

FUCK!

I'm so pissed right now. This sucks sucks sucks.

he was a great artist, I loved his work.

FUCK!

-=KOH=-

08-14-2007, 05:10 AM

Good luck, where ever you may be now Ringo.

maxx

08-14-2007, 06:23 AM

First Impulse, and now his Creator?

FUCK!

I'm so pissed right now. This sucks sucks sucks.

he was a great artist, I loved his work.

FUCK!

dude you should start a petition to bring back impulse in memory of mike. I would totally sign it.

Geese Pants

08-14-2007, 06:44 AM

I would sign it too.............that was a bitch way for Bart to go out.

Taichi

08-14-2007, 10:15 AM

Well, I have already written Didio about Bart. But I don't think he cares.

Didio isn't editor in chief of DC anymore. Alex Ross is, that's obvious by the JSA's newest recruit, and the fact that any character created after 1985 is being killed, shuffled to an alternate earth, or replaced by their forebear.

maxx

08-14-2007, 01:36 PM

its really effecting me that he died. I really meant what i said this is the guy who made me wanna draw comics...since i was 9 or 10. I've been thinking about this constantly...like i literally have thought about changing my whole art style to emulate him in his memory..though i'd constantly be in his shadow. I'm going to write something up later in the week for the petition and have you guys proofread it.

i'm really sad. :(

Carpet Lint

08-14-2007, 02:21 PM

Oh damn, that's horrible news.

Yeah, I've seen his name and his art around for awhile and always thought he was cool, but I never actually got the chance to check his older stuff out like Tellos and stuff. Just his run with Waid on Fantastic Four, which I enjoyed immensely.

Always terrible to hear about news like this. And damn...44 years old and vegetarian...tomorrow really isn't guaranteed to anyone. Damn, that is depressing as hell.

Taichi

08-14-2007, 02:51 PM

It's gotten to me too.

I really wish I had gotten to meet him.

maxx

08-14-2007, 06:32 PM

It's gotten to me too.

I really wish I had gotten to meet him.

thats truly my biggest regret is not meeting him. cause i've been going over the artists i've been a fan of..and he is truly the one who affected me the most.

Taichi

08-15-2007, 05:51 AM

I found one of his FF pics and it had me ROLLING.

it's Johnny in a pool, surrounded by children, and he's yelling "I HAVE NO PANTS!"

golden.

box

08-15-2007, 06:13 AM

Didio isn't editor in chief of DC anymore. Alex Ross is, that's obvious by the JSA's newest recruit, and the fact that any character created after 1985 is being killed, shuffled to an alternate earth, or replaced by their forebear.

Kinda funny cause Ross is also gonna be doing Avengers/Invaders for Marvel Comics.

Taichi

08-15-2007, 08:40 AM

Hey, I call it like I see it.

and the more work Ross does for Marvel, the Better.

just keep him away from my camp, please.

that said, this is Wieringo's thread, and I never should've brought it up in here. Sorry for derailing the topic.

Diek Stiekem

08-15-2007, 09:22 AM

RIP Mike :sad:

kane_warhead

08-15-2007, 05:26 PM

WHoah he died?

RIP

Locdown

08-15-2007, 06:51 PM

aww man.. I've been a fan of Ringo ever since he did his run on Sensational Spider-Man back in the late 90's. I'm gonna miss that guy.