Damn, this is getting to be a morbid night. First I saw the passing of Marshall Rogers and now I see that Drew Hayes died on March 21. I never met Mr. Rogers, but I met and knew Drew somewhat. Drew self published a comic called Poison Elves. It started out as a comic called I, Lusiphur before he changed the name to Poison Elves. This was a great comic, his art started off pretty crude but soon transfered into some really good work. For awhile this was one of my favorite titles.
When Brian and I were self publishing Diebold Drew was very helpful with tips and an offer to draw a cover for us for free. This was when he was probably at the height of his popularity in the indy field, so that was a big thing for us. I remember meeting Drew at a San Diego Con, he was sitting at our table with Brian and me talking and trying to smoke a cigarette and hide it from any officals as there was no smoking permitted in the con.
His appearance made you think he was some sort of crazed man. He was a big guy with long hair and liked to act the part he looked. But in truth he was a very nice man. He died of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. He has suffered from a lot of health problems over the years, which resulted in him not working on his comics. He was only 37 years old.
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I don't know this comic, but that's not unusual as I'm not big with the Indy ones. I'll check with some of the guys at work who are really into these.
Sad.
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