Artist Dave Cockrum, 63 years old, died Saturday of complications from diabetes. Most of you reading this blog will probably have no idea who Dave Cockrum is. But you are all familar with some of the characters he had a hand in creating. Cockrum was co creator of the New X-Men. Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Storm and a host of others he helped bring to life. And like many old stories in the history of comics Cockrum received no lasting benefit from his creations. At one point he was living in poverty while his characters were coming to life on the big screen and bringing Marvel Comics millions of dollars. Finally Marvel was convinced to help his situation out. I have no idea of amounts but it couldn't have been close to what his characters brought the company.
I never met the man but by all accounts he was one of the nicest guys in the industry. Over the years his art fell out of favor with current fans, which is a shame. Cockrum had more talent and ideas than so many of the flavor of the month artists out there. He should have been creating comics till the end.
My sympathies go out to his family and friends.
2 comments:
The only cartoonist that I know of is Stan Lee. I guess I'm not into that as much as others. Sorry to hear of his passing though. The world is without another artist.
I didn't know his name when I saw it here.. but I sure know of his work.
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