Current mood:

sad

R.I.P. Dave Stevens

I just heard about this. Dave Stevens passed away yesterday. He was one of my all time favorite artists. Most well known for creating the "Rocketeer" comics. Man, I loved the movie too! To this day, I think I still quote from it almost once a week. ("The Rock-a-who?", "It's aalll part of the show", etc.)

Mark Evanier, who knew him personally writes about Dave Stevens' life, career and death here.

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As I've mentioned before, my high school art teacher once had him as a student and knowing what a fan I was, he constantly used stories of Dave's skill and dedication to motivate and inspire me. For me, Dave Stevens was everything I wanted to be when I grew up. I met him a few times and he was always really nice. Once, I even had booth next to him, though I was too shy to muster more than the casual smile and "hello" for fear of coming across as a mega-fanboy. Last year I did an illustration for the Comic-Con souvenir book as an homage to The Rocketeer and a tribute to him, but it didn't end up getting published. I never got the chance to show it to him.