On Friday, CR reader were asked to "Name Three Characters (1-3) And Two Comics Creators (4-5) Whose Deaths Affected You." This is how they responded.
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Scott Dunbier
1) Elektra
2) Phoenix
3) Phyllis Wallet
4) Archie Goodwin
5) Al Williamson
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Oliver Ristau
1. Alexandra DeWitt
2. Jim Corrigan
3. Gwen Stacy
4. Will Eisner
5. Tony DeZuñiga
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Buzz Dixon
1) Jones, the old lizard who "is ready not to be any more" in the "Mossy Sparks" strip in Vaughn Bode's Deadbone
2) Gwen Stacy
3) Captain Marvel (no, not that Captain Marvel, the other other Captain Marvel)
4) & 5) Here I'm going to beg an indulgence. It has been my pleasure and privilege to be friends with many wonderful comics creators, and to say the deaths of Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby wracked me with grief and sorrow would be an understatement. But I know people who the general public does not know -- John Dorman, f'r instance -- who had brief comics careers before settling into animation or fine art, and their deaths affected me just as much as Steve and Jack's. Ultimately, however, I'm going to have to say the two deaths that affected me the most were those of George Caragonne and Mark McClellan, both of Penthouse Comix, whose passings left me utterly psychologically devastated in a way no others have. In no small part this is because of my close proximity to both during those days, my deep friendship with Mark, and my empathy / pity for George as he slowly but surely destroyed himself and the magazine he built. Not a day goes by when I don't think of any of the five men I just mentioned, but while I've made my peace with the passings of Steve, Jack, and John, the ghosts of George and Mark still haunt me.
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Stergios Botzakis
1. Ben Parker
2. Kid Miracleman
3. Tonantzín Villasenor
4. Mark Gruenwald
5. Steve Gerber
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Mark Waid
* Gwen Stacy
* Jean Grey
* Rond Vidar
* Mike Wieringo
* Julie Schwartz
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Sean T. Collins
1. Roger the Homunculus
2. Jordan Wellington Lint
3. Tonantzin Villasenor
4. Seth Fisher
5. Dylan Williams
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Trevor Ashfield
1. The boy in "The Kid's Night Out" (Giant-Size Man-Thing # 4)
2. Elektra
3. Gwen Stacy
4. Wally Wood
5. Gil Kane
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Rodrigo Baeza
1) Balder
2) Raven Sherman
3) Gwen Stacy
4) Steve Gerber
5) Roberto Fontanarrosa
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Joe Schwind
* Melvin Mole
* Bertha Cracken
* Joe Schumacher
* Reed Crandall
* Jack Jackson
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Fred Hembeck
1. Hyper-Man (Action Comics 265, 1960)
2. The Caveman from Krypton (World's Finest Comics 102, 1959)
3. Superman ("The Death of Superman" Superman 149, 1961)
4. Raoul Vezina
5. Cara Sherman-Tereno, both good friends of mine and under appreciated cartoonists
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Steve Murphy
1. Gwen Stacy
2. Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
3. The Ancient One
4. Jon D'Agostino
5. John Buscema
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Matthew Craig
1. May Parker (the elder)
2. Tulip O'Hare
3. Gwen Stacy
4. Mike Wieringo
5. Mark Gruenwald
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D. Alexander Cox
1. Pirate the Rabbit in WE3
2. Roger the Homunculus
3. Pa Kent in ALL-STAR SUPERMAN
4. Charles Schulz
5. Jean "Moebius" Giraud
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William Burns
1. Dick Davenport
2. Andy Lipincott
3. Grills
4. Charles Schulz
5. Seth Fisher
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Jamie Coville
1) Neil Gaiman's Sandman
2) Barry Allen Flash
3) Aunt May
4) Jerry Robinson
5) Wes Alexander
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Michael Grabowski
1. Stinky
2. Tonantzin
3. Bran Mak Mufin
4. Dave Stevens
5. Jack Kirby
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Chris Duffy
1) Jean Grey
2) Farley
3) Adam Warlock (70s)
4) Charles Schulz
5) Steve Gerber
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John Platt
1. Farley the dog
2. Roger the Homunculus
3. Evelyn Cream
4. Will Eisner
5. Steve Perry
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Marty Yohn
1. Manhunter (Goodwin/Simonson)
2. Boy Blue (Fables)
3. Cleo (Jeff Smith's Rose)
4. Joe Kubert
5. Charles Schulz
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Gil Roth
1) Everyone in the Fantastic Four
2) Elektra
3) Stinky
4) Edward Gorey
5) Charles Schulz
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Matt Emery
1. Agent 355
2. Judge Giant
3. Jonah Hex
4. Dylan Williams
5. Jim Shepherd
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Danny Fingeroth
(1) Ma Kent
(2) Pa Kent
(3) Pamela Hawley
(4) Harvey Pekar
(5) Jerry Robinson
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I deleted a couple for not following the format and a couple for not providing a name. I know in the latter case many of you figure I should probably know your name based on the e-mail or on the nickname, but early in the morning when I do these that isn't always the case and I just keep going. Sorry!
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from a suggestion by Scott Dunbier; thanks, Scott
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Scott Dunbier
1) Elektra
2) Phoenix
3) Phyllis Wallet
4) Archie Goodwin
5) Al Williamson
*****
Oliver Ristau
1. Alexandra DeWitt
2. Jim Corrigan
3. Gwen Stacy
4. Will Eisner
5. Tony DeZuñiga
*****
Buzz Dixon
1) Jones, the old lizard who "is ready not to be any more" in the "Mossy Sparks" strip in Vaughn Bode's Deadbone
2) Gwen Stacy
3) Captain Marvel (no, not that Captain Marvel, the other other Captain Marvel)
4) & 5) Here I'm going to beg an indulgence. It has been my pleasure and privilege to be friends with many wonderful comics creators, and to say the deaths of Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby wracked me with grief and sorrow would be an understatement. But I know people who the general public does not know -- John Dorman, f'r instance -- who had brief comics careers before settling into animation or fine art, and their deaths affected me just as much as Steve and Jack's. Ultimately, however, I'm going to have to say the two deaths that affected me the most were those of George Caragonne and Mark McClellan, both of Penthouse Comix, whose passings left me utterly psychologically devastated in a way no others have. In no small part this is because of my close proximity to both during those days, my deep friendship with Mark, and my empathy / pity for George as he slowly but surely destroyed himself and the magazine he built. Not a day goes by when I don't think of any of the five men I just mentioned, but while I've made my peace with the passings of Steve, Jack, and John, the ghosts of George and Mark still haunt me.
*****
Stergios Botzakis
1. Ben Parker
2. Kid Miracleman
3. Tonantzín Villasenor
4. Mark Gruenwald
5. Steve Gerber
*****
Mark Waid
* Gwen Stacy
* Jean Grey
* Rond Vidar
* Mike Wieringo
* Julie Schwartz
*****
Sean T. Collins
1. Roger the Homunculus
2. Jordan Wellington Lint
3. Tonantzin Villasenor
4. Seth Fisher
5. Dylan Williams
*****
Trevor Ashfield
1. The boy in "The Kid's Night Out" (Giant-Size Man-Thing # 4)
2. Elektra
3. Gwen Stacy
4. Wally Wood
5. Gil Kane
*****
Rodrigo Baeza
1) Balder
2) Raven Sherman
3) Gwen Stacy
4) Steve Gerber
5) Roberto Fontanarrosa
*****
Joe Schwind
* Melvin Mole
* Bertha Cracken
* Joe Schumacher
* Reed Crandall
* Jack Jackson
*****
Fred Hembeck
1. Hyper-Man (Action Comics 265, 1960)
2. The Caveman from Krypton (World's Finest Comics 102, 1959)
3. Superman ("The Death of Superman" Superman 149, 1961)
4. Raoul Vezina
5. Cara Sherman-Tereno, both good friends of mine and under appreciated cartoonists
*****
Steve Murphy
1. Gwen Stacy
2. Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
3. The Ancient One
4. Jon D'Agostino
5. John Buscema
*****
Matthew Craig
1. May Parker (the elder)
2. Tulip O'Hare
3. Gwen Stacy
4. Mike Wieringo
5. Mark Gruenwald
*****
D. Alexander Cox
1. Pirate the Rabbit in WE3
2. Roger the Homunculus
3. Pa Kent in ALL-STAR SUPERMAN
4. Charles Schulz
5. Jean "Moebius" Giraud
*****
William Burns
1. Dick Davenport
2. Andy Lipincott
3. Grills
4. Charles Schulz
5. Seth Fisher
*****
Jamie Coville
1) Neil Gaiman's Sandman
2) Barry Allen Flash
3) Aunt May
4) Jerry Robinson
5) Wes Alexander
*****
Michael Grabowski
1. Stinky
2. Tonantzin
3. Bran Mak Mufin
4. Dave Stevens
5. Jack Kirby
*****
Chris Duffy
1) Jean Grey
2) Farley
3) Adam Warlock (70s)
4) Charles Schulz
5) Steve Gerber
*****
John Platt
1. Farley the dog
2. Roger the Homunculus
3. Evelyn Cream
4. Will Eisner
5. Steve Perry
*****
Marty Yohn
1. Manhunter (Goodwin/Simonson)
2. Boy Blue (Fables)
3. Cleo (Jeff Smith's Rose)
4. Joe Kubert
5. Charles Schulz
*****
Gil Roth
1) Everyone in the Fantastic Four
2) Elektra
3) Stinky
4) Edward Gorey
5) Charles Schulz
*****
Matt Emery
1. Agent 355
2. Judge Giant
3. Jonah Hex
4. Dylan Williams
5. Jim Shepherd
*****
Danny Fingeroth
(1) Ma Kent
(2) Pa Kent
(3) Pamela Hawley
(4) Harvey Pekar
(5) Jerry Robinson
*****
I deleted a couple for not following the format and a couple for not providing a name. I know in the latter case many of you figure I should probably know your name based on the e-mail or on the nickname, but early in the morning when I do these that isn't always the case and I just keep going. Sorry!
*****
from a suggestion by Scott Dunbier; thanks, Scott
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