|
0 members (),
6
Murran Spies, and
5
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
 Previous Thread |
|
Next Thread 
|
|
 Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 11,187
#deleteFacebook
|
OP
#deleteFacebook
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 11,187 |
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 34,634
Bold Flavors
|
|
Bold Flavors
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 34,634 |
RIP  I've been a fan of his art since I was a young teenager, and I always associate him with Spider-Man even though I saw his art on lots of other things. At only 44, this is very sad.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 5,074
Wanderer
|
|
Wanderer
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 5,074 |
Sad news. His Spidey was so dynamic.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274 |
I'm in total shock. I used to read his blog regularly but had gotten out of the habit. So unexpected, so sad. Warren Ellis just posted that he and Wieringo were finally going to do a book together this year.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 4,926
Legionnaire!
|
|
Legionnaire!
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 4,926 |
This is a shock. He was only 44 and a vegetarian! Died of a heart attack. I was always a fan of his art. This is sad.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,190
Wanderer
|
|
Wanderer
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,190 |
I was a big fan of his work. He will be truly missed.
Some people are like slinkys: not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when you knock them down a flight of stairs
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 3,446
Legionnaire!
|
|
Legionnaire!
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 3,446 |
He drew fun comics. I miss those. And I'll miss him.
Just spouting off.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 9,198
Wanderer
|
|
Wanderer
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 9,198 |
Terrible news, much too young.
|
|
|
 Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948
Don't Stop Peelieving
|
|
Don't Stop Peelieving
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948 |
This is awful news.  I loved his work on TELLOS. 44 is too young.
"Anytime a good book like this is cancelled, I hope another Teen Titan is murdered." --Cobalt
"Anytime an awesome book like S6 is cancelled, I hope EVERY Titan is murdered." --Me
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,181
Wanderer
|
|
Wanderer
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,181 |
This makes me sad. I loved his Flash run with Waid. He was very unique in that his comics were very energetic and fun, while being very clean and economical in his linework. Very, very much like Jeff Smith. I'll treasure my books of his that I own even more.
He would have been a great "young Legion" artist.
'Ringo, you'll be missed.
White. A blank page or canvas. His favorite. So... many... possibilities.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 9,168
Wanderer
|
|
Wanderer
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 9,168 |
Wow -- a real shock. It'll be a shame to think of what he never got a chance to do, but we'll always have all the great work he conritbuted to comicdom.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948
Don't Stop Peelieving
|
|
Don't Stop Peelieving
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948 |
CBR posted some comments from Mark Waid and Matt Haley: Mark:
"Everything is moving in slow-motion this morning. I have never worked with anyone more talented than Mike, more on my exact creative wavelength, and likely never will. Mike was one of the very best friends I have ever had and without question one of the two best partners. Someone remind Barry Kitson to keep taking care of his health, because if he goes, there's really no point to me ever sitting down to a keyboard ever again." Matt:
"What do I say about my friend? I don't know how to deal with this, it's a case of 'I was just talking to him.' Mike and I came up through the comics ranks together, and we used to trade sketches of each others' childhood superhero characters. He genuinely loved drawing comics, and his absolute joy in creating shone in books like 'Tellos,' where I used to call him and beg him to do a children's book because of the charm and wit he infused his animal characters with. I could go on and on about how he was a master of the artform blah blah, but none of that matters. He loved to draw, and now he's gone. And it makes me want to draw twice as hard to remember and honor him.
"I miss my friend."
"Anytime a good book like this is cancelled, I hope another Teen Titan is murdered." --Cobalt
"Anytime an awesome book like S6 is cancelled, I hope EVERY Titan is murdered." --Me
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274 |
Newsarama has another separate post with thoughts from Mark Waid, Todd Dezago and Karl Kesel.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948
Don't Stop Peelieving
|
|
Don't Stop Peelieving
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948 |
![[Linked Image]](http://www.legionworld.net/upload/00000008/THC.jpg) My new wallpaper. This is the cover for the oversized TELLOS HC referenced on Ringo's last blog update. I have to watch IST for when this comes out.
"Anytime a good book like this is cancelled, I hope another Teen Titan is murdered." --Cobalt
"Anytime an awesome book like S6 is cancelled, I hope EVERY Titan is murdered." --Me
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 91
Substitute
|
|
Substitute
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 91 |
I actually broke down into tears when my fiancé told me the news... Mike was an inspiration to me during my years at art school, during which time TELLOS was one of my absolute favorite comics, and I was watching him over on Deviant Art just within the last few months. He'd uploaded so many great pencil pieces there, and not just of Spidey, the FF and TELLOS characters. He was a great guy to his fans and he was incredibly nice to my fiancé some years ago at San Diego Comic Con. We are fortunate enough to have one quick original sketch from him of one of my fiancé's original characters here at home. I feel terrible for Todd Dezago because they were good friends and an awesome creative team... Godspeed, Mike. The art world was dealt a serious blow with your untimely passing.
"Not imbalanced, just creatively calibrated!"
Talks about Transformers too much. Likes robots with plenty of bling, er big guns!
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,169
Leader
|
|
Leader
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,169 |
What a huge loss. I became a big fan with "Tellos," and I was always keeping an eye out for new stories. I hadn't heard about this hardcover, so I'll be sure to get it.
I loved his style and actually had told myself I'd commission a sketch from him at almost any cost if I saw him at a convention. And now I never will.
What a huge loss to the community.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,617
Deputy
|
|
Deputy
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,617 |
Terrible, Horrible news... I'd loved Ringo's work since way back when Impulse appeared in the Flash title. Such a terrible loss to the community.
Wayne@OZ
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274 |
I don't know why. It isn't like I ever got to meet him, but I found myself thinking of 'Ringo all day and barely holding it together. Scott Kurtz, PvP creator, posted a personal remembrance just a bit ago. That was it for me.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948
Don't Stop Peelieving
|
|
Don't Stop Peelieving
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948 |
I went and preordered the oversized TELLOS HC on Amazon. Almost the discount I'd get with IST, and it qualifies for free Super Saver shipping. Not to be morbid, but I noticed the listing for signed and numbered copies... I went with the regular edition in case there -aren't- any signed and numbered yet...
"Anytime a good book like this is cancelled, I hope another Teen Titan is murdered." --Cobalt
"Anytime an awesome book like S6 is cancelled, I hope EVERY Titan is murdered." --Me
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948
Don't Stop Peelieving
|
|
Don't Stop Peelieving
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,948 |
Scott Kurtzman:
I’m a huge-obese a-hole and I have no heart problems and Mike did everything right and he’s dead. How the hell do I reconcile that? Red Turnado, posted on NEWSARAMA:
Hades! I'm 46, I am overweight, I have diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, and Wieringo goes like this. Sometimes the world just does not make sense. Yeah. 
"Anytime a good book like this is cancelled, I hope another Teen Titan is murdered." --Cobalt
"Anytime an awesome book like S6 is cancelled, I hope EVERY Titan is murdered." --Me
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,886
Deputy
|
|
Deputy
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,886 |
This is really tragic, I feel badly for his friends and family. I remember the first couple of issues of Flash that Ringo did, right after Greg's pheonominal "Return of Barry Allen" storyline, and thinking, This guy doesn't "get" Wally! I thought it looked too cartoony, and Wally's jaw looked like he was Jay Leno's love child or something. But by the 3rd or 4th issue, I was sold! He was one of those artists who could convey speed & motion well on paper. The pages were so simple, yet so vibrant and alive!! He'll be missed by many!
Craig C.
- Time travel stories are told in chronillogical order.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 3,611
Legionnaire!
|
|
Legionnaire!
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 3,611 |
I wasn't familiar with his work until after the Baltimore Comicon last year. He was on a collaborators panel with Waid, Kitson, Busiek, and a couple more guys. I bought a Flash trade the following week based on the kind words Waid said about having worked together with him. I enjoyed his work. My condolences to those who knew him better.
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 29,248
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 29,248 |
I loved his work on Flash the most. But on any title he drew that I picked up, his art alone was always worth the money. He will definitely be missed.
Still "Lardy" to my friends!
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 11,187
#deleteFacebook
|
|
OP
#deleteFacebook
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 11,187 |
|
|
|
Re: Mike Wieringo RIP
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 17,274 |
I would have loved to have seen a 'Ringo drawn issue of the animated book.
|
|
|
|
Forums14
Topics21,031
Posts1,046,885
Legionnaires1,730
| |
Most Online53,886
Jan 7th, 2024
|
|
|
Posts: 1,203
Joined: February 2011
|
|
|
|
![[Linked Image]](http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7359/animatedlegionlh6.jpg)
