Post by Icefanatic on Sept 29, 2017 13:05:27 GMT -5
I meant to post something here about the passing of Len Wein close around the time it happened, September 10th.
Then I got busy with other things and it fell through the cracks and slipped my mind.
Len did a lot of awesome things in comics. Most prominently he co-created DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel's Wolverine, and helped revive the X-Men while co-creating Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm and Thunderbird. He was also the editor for Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' landmark miniseries for DC, Watchmen.
He was also, by pretty much all accounts, a really awesome guy. In comics, and other entertainment media, the creators you grow up idolizing because of their work often disappoint you with their failings simply as a human being. Not Len Wein.
I got a second chance to mark Wein's passing today when I read a very heartfelt eulogy by a friend of his over at BC.
Remembering Len Wein: A West Side Time Travel Story
I wish we had more creators like Len Wein working in comics today, or maybe even just one.
Then I got busy with other things and it fell through the cracks and slipped my mind.
Len did a lot of awesome things in comics. Most prominently he co-created DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel's Wolverine, and helped revive the X-Men while co-creating Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm and Thunderbird. He was also the editor for Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' landmark miniseries for DC, Watchmen.
He was also, by pretty much all accounts, a really awesome guy. In comics, and other entertainment media, the creators you grow up idolizing because of their work often disappoint you with their failings simply as a human being. Not Len Wein.
I got a second chance to mark Wein's passing today when I read a very heartfelt eulogy by a friend of his over at BC.
Remembering Len Wein: A West Side Time Travel Story
I wish we had more creators like Len Wein working in comics today, or maybe even just one.
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