Comments on: RIP Steve Gerber

By: Yipyop

Yipyop — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:55:10 +0000

[...] Already this year the comic book world lost two of its legends: Steve Gerber in February (Howard the Duck, Omega the Unknown) and now Dave Stevens (The Rocketeer). Dave drew the best Bettie Page in my opinion. And where would we be without Ookla the Mok? Posted in Uncategorized at March 12th, 2008. Trackback URI: trackback [...]

By: crucialcomicbooks.com » Weekend of WonderCon

crucialcomicbooks.com » Weekend of WonderCon — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:18:03 +0000

[...] For those of you who don’t know, Mark Evanier was a good friend to writer Steve Gerber. The world lost Gerber recently and Mr. Evanier has taken it upon himself to continue the Gerber blogs. If you’ve read those blogs, it is obvious that Steve Gerber’s death hit Mark pretty hard. I thanked him for carrying on the writer’s memory and he smile and joked about hacking into another person’s web page. I could tell that he was still having a rough time. This really made me think about the mood at WonderCon. If you look at comic artists (that includes writers as well) as sort of a brotherhood, these people just lost a brother. They didn’t all know him and they probably didn’t all like him, but he was a big part of their world. I felt bad for hitting a nerve in Mark. There were more polite smiles and thanks and then I went off to see old school Hulk artist, Herb Trimpe. [...]

By: Steve Gerber 1947-2008 | Comic Book Blogs

Steve Gerber 1947-2008 | Comic Book Blogs — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:00:28 +0000

[...] Publishers Weekly’s Heidi MacDonald remembers: part 1, part 2 [...]

By: Cary Coatney

Cary Coatney — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:10:34 +0000

Wow, what Ralph mentioned Steve being the creator of Thundarr the Barbarian -

It just dawned on me, that would make a great DVD set from Warner Bros.

Coat

By: Snikkkt! » Blog Archive » Steve Gerber 1947-2008

Snikkkt! » Blog Archive » Steve Gerber 1947-2008 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:05:19 +0000

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By: Marc Bryant

Marc Bryant — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:04:37 +0000

One more note. I have met most of my comic book idols. Stan Lee, Len Wein, Gaiman, Eisner etc. Steve Gerber and Gene Colan are the only ones who ever reduced me to babbling like an idiot. “I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!”

By: Laurie S. Sutton

Laurie S. Sutton — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:00:02 +0000

I was his editor on Void Indigo at Epic Comics and I’ll remember the fellow well.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:31:11 +0000

I admit, I did not get many comics made by him, but I did know of his influence on the biz and of his creativity, in general. He had very unique visions. For that I am grateful.

R.I.P. Steve Gerber

By: gene phillips

gene phillips — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:52:44 +0000

I wrote a history-oriented tribute to Gerber here:

http://arche-arc.blogspot.com/2008/0…1947-2008.html

By: Bob Andelman

Bob Andelman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:11:42 +0000

As a teen in the 70s, I absolutely revered Steve Gerber’s style, envied his talent, and admired his principles. His passing is a sad loss and it makes me realize how long ago those days were.

By: adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » Steve Gerber RIP

adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » Steve Gerber RIP — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:13:39 +0000

[...] I am sure everyone has heard the sad news by now, but comics writer Steve Gerber has passed away after a long illness. There’s obituaries and links to follow at The Beat. [...]

By: adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » Steve Gerber RIP

adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » Steve Gerber RIP — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:13:10 +0000

[...] I am sure everyone has heard the sad news by now, but comics writer Steve Gerber has passed aaway after a long illness. There’s obituaries and links to follow at The Beat. [...]

By: John Warren

John Warren — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:19:30 +0000

Hey Mr. Ward… just FYI… the original Omega series was released in TPB form in 2005. As recently as last week my local comic store was able to order a copy for me, so it seems to still be in print.

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café da manhã - 12.02.08 | GOMA DE MASCAR | Quando explode faz pop! — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:22:26 +0000

[...] – HQ: morreu Steve Gerber, roteirista, aos 75 anos de infecção por fibrose pulmonar [tava à espera de um transplante]. ele criou uma porrada de personagens nos anos 70 e 80, como Howard o Pato [esquece o filme], Thundar o Bárbaro [dos desenhos] e escreveu algumas das histórias mais legais do Homem-Coisa – o primo do Monstro do Pântano. [...]

By: McDonald

McDonald — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:02:48 +0000

In my pre-adolescence, I picked up Howard the Duck #5 in a quarter box. That thing really sold me on the idea of being a writer. It felt so revolutionary and full of righteous glee – and most of all, funny and weird. I was already a Python fan by then, and it was the first thing since them that hit me in the same kind of exciting way.

Aside from being one of the best anthropomorphic characters ever (Pogo is his only equal, imho), Howard the Duck celebrates the ideal of the individual better than any comic hero. Post-Gerber Howard writers have always portrayed the Duck as largely an apathetic misanthrope, but Gerber’s Howard was a bit of a populist crusader… He would run from danger more often than not, but he always had a point where he would revert to full-throated act of defiance, like some mutant John Brown. I always thought Steve was probably like that, too. I also thought Steve (and the Duck, for that matter) would probably be disagree like hell with that characterization.

Steve also wrote about loneliness better than any writer I can think of, with the exception of maybe Paul Shrader.

I also have a lot of fond memories of listening to the Man-Thing Thunder Records set when I was five. My five-year-old mind thought that clown was the coolest thing imaginable.

I hope Steve’s characters live on in stories to come (although I also hope some of them will be administered better). I actually have a feeling Gerber would want other people writing his characters. And I really hope Marvel will get off their asses and put out the unpublished Man-Thing GN he did with Grey Morrow.