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John Byrne
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That's no kind of age.
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Greg Kirkman
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I'm still working my way through FANTASTIC FOUR from the beginning, and I just so happen to be smack in the middle of Buckler's run. Just read # 159 and # 147 (both posted upthread) within the last few weeks.
R.I.P.
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David Philpott
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I enjoyed his work over the years. He will be missed. R.I.P.
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Larry Gil
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Loved his work on Deathlok . RIP
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David Allen Perrin
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Rest In Peace, Rich.
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Steven Myers
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Loved his work! RIP
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Rick Senger
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Buckler had his detractors probably owing to his reputation for panel swiping but I don't know many comic book pros who don't do some of that now and then. In the seventies his Adams-esque line was pretty sweet and he did an enjoyable Kirby riff on some of those FFs too. I bought and enjoyed a ton of his efforts. RIP
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John Byrne
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Buckler had his detractors probably owing to his reputation for panel swiping but I don't know many comic book pros who don't do some of that now and then. In the seventies his Adams-esque line was pretty sweet and he did an enjoyable Kirby riff on some of those FFs too. I bought and enjoyed a ton of his efforts.•• At the risk of being accused of "speaking ill of the dead" it was A LOT more than "now and then".
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Wallace Sellars
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RIP
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Steven Myers
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From Paul Levitz I learned something about Rich:
Rich Buckler passed away this week, leaving behind a major body of work, the innovative design of Deathlok, and a complicated reputation in the field. One factor not as noted in his obituaries as perhaps it should be is his important role in increasing the diversity of the talent pool in the '70s. Rich helped bring to the field a host of young people, first as assistants, then many launching successful careers of their own--and most of them came from racial and ethnic backgrounds completely underrepresented in American comics at the time. Some of that came from the moment in our social history, some came from his connection to Detroit fandom (which seems to have been more diverse than some other groups), but opening those doors was an important step forward for comics. When he did work that was his own, Rich was capable of finding a very distinct and fantastic personal style; when he slipped into working factory-style, modeled on some of the worst behaviors of the earliest comic book artists, his career declined. But his generous role in developing future stars like Denys Cowan (himself a prodigious champion of a more diverse field at Milestone) is worth remembering as much as any artwork he produced.
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Eric Smearman
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I enjoyed his work. SUPERMAN VS. SHAZAM is a favorite. Would've
loved if he'd stayed on ALL-STAR SQUADRON a little longer or had
done a major run on SUPERMAN or JLA. Very much saddened by this
news.
Edited by Eric Smearman on 21 May 2017 at 12:06pm
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Robert Bradley
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At the risk of being accused of "speaking ill of the dead" it was A LOT more than "now and then".
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There were quite a few of them in his FF run. Enough that my 12-year-old self noticed noticed them at the time.
I just put them down now as his reaction to Marvel asking him to draw in a "Kirby style".
That said, I liked him drawing in his own style - I wish they would have just gone with that.
Edited by Robert Bradley on 21 May 2017 at 12:13pm
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