RIP Massimo Belardinelli

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It's yet to be fully confirmed, but apparently Massimo Belardinelli passed away at the end of March.

To say this was a unique talent is putting it mildly. He turned his hand from everything to the sublime (Ace Garp, Peter Milligan's The Dead) to the the shit (Moonrunners) but had thrill-power throughout. Even Moonrunners was pretty to look at and Ace Garp leapt off the page at you and forced itself into your mind, to the extent that I remember an episode which had a whole page of him just going mental while presumably Wagner and/or Grant has a sneaky fag somewhere.

RIP Belardinelli.

I think we should celebrate his life and achievements by remembering his work. For example, Massimo Belardinelli was the man who gave THIS to the world.

http://www.2000adonline.com/functions/cover.php?choice=93&Comic=2000ad

So without him there would be no thrill-power as we know it.

― Vic Fluro, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

This is sad, I LOVE his Ace Trucking Co stuff. So much detail and weirdness all rendered with a strange elegance.

― chap, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

:(

Given the right material nobody else could do what he did.

― Groke, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

I think it was the Groke who once said that Bellardinelli is an example to us all - a man who could hold down a successful career as a comics artist despite being entirely incapable of drawing people.

God bless him.

― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:59 (eighteen years ago)

Sad news. I always think of him drawing far more stuff than I think he actually did, because he seemed so dominant in early 2000AD.

― aldo, Saturday, 14 April 2007 08:55 (eighteen years ago)

My tribute to Massimo - includes self-hyping Pitchfork link action.

― Groke, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

Tom, you glorious straight-haired ho.

― David R., Tuesday, 17 April 2007 13:37 (eighteen years ago)

Actually Tom, I reckon he could have drawn you!

― Pete, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

Ha - John Kerry as Ezquerra character is awesomely OTM.

― David R., Tuesday, 17 April 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

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