Yeah, Enemy Ace is the goods.

What makes it really sad is that Kubert really hadn't lost his skill due to age. He had a string of late career graphic novels which were notable, he did the occasional inking job for his sons, and he was running his school. We should all be so productive.
 

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I actually pondered going years ago, and took a tour and scoped the place out pretty thoroughly. I ultimately decided I simply wouldn't be able to handle the workload. But yeah, to answer your question, it's still around. I imagine more graduates go into related design fields(storyboarding is a big one, I bet) nowadays, but that place has all the bases covered.

Stephen Bissette (one of the artists on Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run) was one of the first students at Kubert's school. He's pretty devastated today, calling Kubert "my second father," crediting him with convincing Bissette's actual father that drawing comic books wasn't a waste of time, etc. I'm sure there are many others who could tell similar tales today.

Kinda funny; when I was a kid there were two hyper-masculine artists at the Big Two: John Buscema at Marvel and Kubert at DC. My feeling is that Kubert could (and did) draw Conan but Buscema couldn't draw, much less write, something like Fax from Sarajevo.

EDIT: Bissette's tribute is here.

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Ron Palillo passes away at the age of 63.

Yes, Arnold Horshack, although I also remember him from such random brief appearances as in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6 and even the ridiculous Snake Eater.

I'll always remember Screech kicking his ass.

Poor guy. He seemed to have lived a really shitty life up until the last few years. With Epstein dying few months ago, Boom-Boom better get his affairs in order.

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Stephen Bissette (one of the artists on Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run) was one of the first students at Kubert's school. He's pretty devastated today, calling Kubert "my second father," crediting him with convincing Bissette's actual father that drawing comic books wasn't a waste of time, etc. I'm sure there are many others who could tell similar tales today.

 

Kinda funny; when I was a kid there were two hyper-masculine artists at the Big Two: John Buscema at Marvel and Kubert at DC. My feeling is that Kubert could (and did) draw Conan but Buscema couldn't draw, much less write, something like Fax from Sarajevo.

 

EDIT: Bissette's tribute is here.

Thank you for that llnk.  I just recently received information on the Kubert's School correspondence courses.  Was thinking maybe to reaquaint myself with sequential work and Kubert's school was the one to go to.  I saw that he had passed away on Sunday.  Such a huge loss.  He was an influential creative force for me - actually, one of a few and well, they're all leaving this plane in force (Frazetta, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Moebius, and now, Kubert).  I hate mortality.  

The only positive is the legacy left behind by all of the greats.  And Kubert has left quite an impact with his.  Such a tremendously huge loss for the industry. 

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Thank you for that llnk.  I just recently received information on the Kubert's School correspondence courses.  Was thinking maybe to reaquaint myself with sequential work and Kubert's school was the one to go to.  I saw that he had passed away on Sunday.  Such a huge loss.  He was an influential creative force for me - actually, one of a few and well, they're all leaving this plane in force (Frazetta, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Moebius, and now, Kubert).  I hate mortality.  

 

The only positive is the legacy left behind by all of the greats.  And Kubert has left quite an impact with his.  Such a tremendously huge loss for the industry. 

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????

May, last year. Jesus. Totally missed that one. The Studio is one of my favorite artbooks of all time. I think I need to go have a little cry...

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WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????

 

 

May, last year. Jesus. Totally missed that one. The Studio is one of my favorite artbooks of all time. I think I need to go have a little cry...

Oh, gosh, sorry!  Yes.  His passing was a horrible hit to the artist community.  Even Frazetta considered Jones to be the "best American painter".  There has been a documentary in the works and money being raised (I've donated some to this worthy cause) to get it completed and released.  Here's a link: http://macabfilms.wordpress.com/

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Ron Palillo passes away at the age of 63.

 

Yes, Arnold Horshack, although I also remember him from such random brief appearances as in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6 and even the ridiculous Snake Eater.

Don't forget the Jeff Altman classic Doin' Time.

Harry Harrison.

That is awful news. I didn't get into his "alternate history" novels (just not my thing), but I loved Stainless Steel Rat, Make Room! Make Room!, and the "To the Stars" trilogy is my favorite Space Opera after Foundation. Also of note: Planet of the Damned and Deathworld: the later novel is a cooler version of what Avatar ended up being, except Harrison published it in the early 60's. Oh and West of Eden is the tits.

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That is awful news. I didn't get into his "alternate history" novels (just not my thing), but I loved Stainless Steel Rat, Make Room! Make Room!, and the "To the Stars" trilogy is my favorite Space Opera after Foundation. Also of note: Planet of the Damned and Deathworld: the later novel is a cooler version of what Avatar ended up being, except Harrison published it in the early 60's. Oh and West of Eden is the tits.

I also liked his Hammer and the Cross  trilogy - short version, it's kind of an "alternate history" in that instead of a prominent Viking leader converting to Christianity, he decided to found a "church" based on the Norse myths. Really well done. 

EDIT - I forgot Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers which is more fun than anyone should be allowed to have. 

RIP Harry Harrison.
 

Oh fuckin' hell. The Stainless Steel Rat books and Spaceship Medic were a big part of my teen years. RIP.

FUCK.

Tony Scott in an apparent suicide.

Tell me this is a Hoax. I'll gladly apologize if if this is a twitter hoax.

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/tony-scott-director-top-gun-dies-apparent-suicide-52661 - only 'reputable' source thus far.

EDIT: KTLA - http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-san-vincent-bridge-suicide,0,6600078.story

EDIT 2:  TMZ - http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/19/tony-scott-dead-suicide/

Damnit...RIP...

WTF? Please tell me this isn't true.

Fuck, man... and the guy had small children... Goddammit... RIP Tony.

I hope it's not true either.  It seems like there's a lot of different articles, but let's all hope it's not.

The whole thing is almost too weird to be true.

The police found the suicide note in his car.  It's for real.

His sons are in their teens now.  What a blow.  Awful.

Damn, this is sad news. Looks like I'm gonna watch True Romance before I turn in tonight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/arts/television/william-windom-everyman-actor-is-dead-at-88.html?_r=1

As a kid who grew up watching sixties television voraciously, I can remember Mr Windom quite well. He'll definitely live on for his performace as Commodore Decker in Star Trek's classic episode The Doomsday Machine.

Aw shit.  Shit shit shit.  RIP Tony Scott.  Someone on my FB page just posted a link to "The Wrap" page.  Geezus.  

My Facebook obituary:

It is maddeningly surreal and heartbreaking to hear that Tony Scott, one of the most influential style-over-substance filmmakers to ever grace Hollywood, has died in an apparent suicide. Some thought he was a masterful purveyor of cheap thrills and high-grade Hollywood schlock. Others saw him as a detrimental anti-auteur whose slickness was ugliness, especially in comparison to his brother Ridley, and his tendencies only grew to be more and more apparent in his later films. From the vehicle fetishism of Top Gun and Days of Thunder, to the dark comedy as action film style of Beverly Hills Cop II and The Last Boy Scout, to brilliantly realizing Quentin Tarantino's prose with True Romance, it is no small feat that the younger Scott influenced a new generation and beyond of blockbuster filmmaking. Guys like Michael Bay owe a great debt to him, and especially in his case, they'll never be able to replace the singularity of the crazed energy this man emitted in his films.

May you rest in peace, sidelined from any massive explosions.

Goddammit, this hurts BAD. The Last Boy Scout and True Romance are ESSENTIALS and Revenge is so underrated.

And even before this, I defended the hell out of Domino.

Does anyone know what was going on in his life?  Did he have drug or mental problems?

From my favourite of his, a film I find endlessly watchable.

RIP Mr. Scott.
 

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Does anyone know what was going on in his life?  Did he have drug or mental problems?

Maybe he was just clinically, hopelessly depressed.  

I just fucking watched THE LAST BOY SCOUT with one of my really good friends last night.  We needed something in the background as we worked on a story idea and Shane Black's crackling script was the choice.  We didn't get much work done.  Fuck I love that movie.

Two of my earliest movie-going memories are TOP GUN and BEVERLY HILLS COP II.  I was 5 & 6 years old respectively.  Screw those Disney animated movies, I wanted some action and Tony Scott delivered.

RIP sir.
 

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From my favourite of his, a film I find endlessly watchable.

 

 

RIP Mr. Scott.
 

I can't decide whether to watch this or True Romance.  Depression is no fucking joke. I hope Ridley holds up, not to mention his kids. 

Whoa.

Didn't another Scott brother commit suicide? I seem to recall Ridley talking about the death of his brother being the reason he dropped out of Dune after Alien hit. 

That Spy Game clip is great. That's one of my favorite mid-afternoon "throw it on" movies. Taking a quick trip down his IMDB page, he had quite a few misses, but even those (The Fan, Deja Vu, Pelham Redux, fucking Domino, which I'll defend to my last breath despite knowing quite well that it's awful) were worth watching.

...and his "Beat the Devil" short for BMW was perfect. Just the perfect distillation of his 21st century style.

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 Guys like Michael Bay owe a great debt to him, and especially in his case, they'll never be able to replace the singularity of the crazed energy this man emitted in his films.

Bay should have to pay a royalty fee anytime he leaves his house.

The man shaped modern blockbuster filmmaking as much as anyone ever. And no matter what else he did he gave me The Last Boy Scout. This is a big one.

God dammitt; Tony Scott was probably one of the best action directors out there...truly sad news.

I'm going to watch "Man on Fire" this week; its one of his recent ones that i love to bits.

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God dammitt; Tony Scott was probably one of the best action directors out there...truly sad news.

Christ Im gonna back out of this one early, no need for a repeat of the whole Steve Jobs thing.

I'm sorry for his family and the people who cared for him, I don't like any of his movies but that doesn't mean the dude deserved to go out like that - and it doesn't mean he hasn;t had a profound effect on the modern blockbuster, which regardless of personal matters of taste cannot be denied.

Rest In peace.

Man I cross that bridge all the time. So weird.

Unspeakably awful news. This is the end of an era. I'm gonna hafta watch his greatest film tonight:

Fuckety fuck.

Man directed one of my favourite scenes of any movie.  

RIP Tony.

I grew up watching Top Gun, The Last Boyscout and Crimson Tide.  I don't think Tony was a great director, but he had greatness in him, and he definitely made a mark on my childhood and my interest in film.  RIP.

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And no matter what else he did he gave me The Last Boy Scout.

That should've been the start of a franchise.

Woah. Only just seen this news and am shocked. At first I thought it was a joke for some reason.

RIP Tony Scott. I hope that you've escaped whatever demons you were leaping from on that bridge.

I'm going to watch Man On Fire tonight.

Shit. I've had my problems with Tony Scott's filmmaking, but Last Boy Scout and True Romance are indeed classics. Suicide's just a shitty, shitty way for anyone to go. RIP.

No Top Gun sequel I guess, what a bummer

I was pretty shocked, too - both Scott brothers seemed to be so in love with filmmaking, I couldn't imagine either of them taking their own lives while they still had movies they wanted to make.

MAN ON FIRE is my personal TS favorite, but I also think DEJA VU is underrated. Never saw UNSTOPPABLE, but the combination of Scott with Denzel is one for the cinematic history books, IMNSHO.

Tony Scott is dead

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/witnesses-tell-lapd-they-saw-tony-scott-leap-from-bridge.html