For all you Robotech fans... sad news (or not depending on how strongly you feel about US anime in the 80s). Carl Macek died over the weekend, he was 58.
I had lunch with Carl and a bunch of other folks who'd worked on the original "Heavy Metal" about a week ago... Michael Gross, Bernie Wrightson, Carl and a few other great folks were there thanks to (believe it or not) Facebook where everyone had reconnected. Carl and Bernie sat next to me, so I got to discuss some seriously cool stuff about the Heavy Metal days and new stuff they're working on (Carl was constantly writing and he discussed his short fiction with me). Carl was very hopeful about the Robotech movie (Warner Brothers and Tobey Maguire apparently working on it) and other planned Robotech productions (Shadow Rising, etc). He seemed to have many irons in the fire production-wise and seemed very full of life... it was remarked that he looked quite young and didn't seem to age.
So, it's a shock to find he passed away over the weekend (I saw him last Thursday... healthy as can be) on April 17th. If you're a fan of his work and his efforts from as early as the mid-70's to bring Japanese anime to US shores, then miss him.. but be thankful we had him, his eye for animation trends and his creativity in this lifetime.
I had lunch with Carl and a bunch of other folks who'd worked on the original "Heavy Metal" about a week ago... Michael Gross, Bernie Wrightson, Carl and a few other great folks were there thanks to (believe it or not) Facebook where everyone had reconnected. Carl and Bernie sat next to me, so I got to discuss some seriously cool stuff about the Heavy Metal days and new stuff they're working on (Carl was constantly writing and he discussed his short fiction with me). Carl was very hopeful about the Robotech movie (Warner Brothers and Tobey Maguire apparently working on it) and other planned Robotech productions (Shadow Rising, etc). He seemed to have many irons in the fire production-wise and seemed very full of life... it was remarked that he looked quite young and didn't seem to age.
So, it's a shock to find he passed away over the weekend (I saw him last Thursday... healthy as can be) on April 17th. If you're a fan of his work and his efforts from as early as the mid-70's to bring Japanese anime to US shores, then miss him.. but be thankful we had him, his eye for animation trends and his creativity in this lifetime.
