Michael Turner is gone

[junkboy]

I am really really sad those 2 days so i wanted to open a thread. One of my fave. artists and probably lots of ppl's, is gone. On Friday June 27th at 10:42 Pacific Daylight Time at the Santa Monica Hospital in California, Turner died after a long battle with cancer. I have learned the news as i returned from a friend of mine... from Newsarama.com. And i was completely shocked. i think the news is announced in Wizarld World Chicago Convention. What a sad place and time for such a thing to be announced. I mean all the comic fans around.

Whatever... I was a fan of him since Top Cow days but a much bigger fan after his own company of Aspen Comics.
I will miss you very much Mike. And also will feel very very sad as i grab the valiant Uncanny X-men 500 cover by him, next month. Sigh...
Probably Iron Maiden says it right. Only the good die young...
As Mike was just 37.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

wow... That is shocking news and a hard hit to the comic community. He was a very nice guy. I met him and he gave me a few signed drawings at Wizard World.
He was so young too. It's just incredibly sad.

[Dr. Doom]

I think we could have done without the cryptic subject title.

He was a great, great artist who no doubt had a huge impact on the way comics have been drawn for the past like 10 years (at least around then was when I first heard of him). I'll definitely miss seeing his stuff.

[GK Punk]

Well he was probably one of my least favorite artists out there but it's sad to hear he passed away.

[ZariusTwo]

I was particulary grateful that he brought back Rocky and Bullwinkle...

...Oh sorry, that was his run on Supergirl...

[Spike Spiegel]

Wow...him and Wieringo, two of my artistic influences....dead:-?:-?