I discovered some very sad news this morning when I went to check Comics Continuum, Michael Turner passed away Friday night.
I know for those of you who don’t speak this geek, this doesn’t mean a whole lot and might not know who he is, but Michael Turner was one of my favorite comic book artists. He was one of the first artists I ever really paid attention to and I made every effort to pick up his stuff regardless of if I really liked the writer. He was a popular cover artist for DC and Marvel and I always made it a point to buy his cover.
I was fortunate enough to see Michael Turner at Wizard Wold Chicago 2004, right around the time he was launching his own studio, Aspen Comics; and I had the privilege of having him autograph a few of my comics. In fact, I was so excited that he was there that I bought comics at the convention, even though I already had them at home. just so I could get his autograph.
The comics industry has lost a very talented man and in some way, comic art will never be the same to me.