Nuts.
― Deric W. Haircare, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 00:14 (seventeen years ago)
Aw, geez. RIP.
― Garrett Martin, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 01:06 (seventeen years ago)
A huge loss to comics, even if I can trot out the tired cliche that the work remains even after the man passes. Now excuse me, I've got to find that Celestia harmonica to blow.
― Matt M., Tuesday, 12 February 2008 01:56 (seventeen years ago)
RIP
― M.V., Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:08 (seventeen years ago)
:(
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:26 (seventeen years ago)
RIP man, thanks for some truly strange comics.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:35 (seventeen years ago)
So, so sad. RIP the greatest American writer of comic books.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 07:34 (seventeen years ago)
Aw fuck. Rest in peace, crazy guy.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:52 (seventeen years ago)
:( Bummer
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.slate.com/id/2184806/
― M.V., Wednesday, 20 February 2008 19:32 (seventeen years ago)
Marvel was the House That Squares Built, and in the kingdom of the unhip, Gerber was the only writer who had a clue.
Horseshit!
― Ioannis, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:25 (seventeen years ago)
Agreed, but Gerber did have a clue.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 22 February 2008 01:47 (seventeen years ago)
currently working my way through 'essential howard the duck,' the first gerber i've ever read. love it! some of the weirdest and most intelligent comic-book writing i've ever come across. looking forward to tracking down everything else he ever did.
while i always kinda wish the essential books were in color, somehow black and white seems to suit these stories better than, say, early '60s lee-kirby.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 19 May 2011 14:11 (fourteen years ago)
Gene Colan and B&W were made for each other, imo
― WmC, Thursday, 19 May 2011 14:15 (fourteen years ago)
TOMB OF DRACULA should be done in a giant B/W omnibus with good paper. None of that glossy crap. Until then, the ESSENTIALS are the best collection.
And, JD, make sure you tip into Gerber's run on THE DEFENDERS (ESSENTIALS vol. 2, 3) and MAN-THING (pretty sure he has work in both, but most of v.1 is him). He wrote a spate of minis for DC in the late 70s/early 80s that are worth picking up (particularly the PHANTOM ZONE mini he did with Gene Colan). And if you can find his FOOLKILLER mini from 1991-92 (or thereabouts) do yourself a favor and and get all ten. It's one of my favorite pieces of Gerber writing, though it isn't out there or cosmic in any form. It's also completely overlooked, though I can't say why, other than it's never been collected and is "atypical" Gerber writing.
― Matt M., Friday, 20 May 2011 16:53 (fourteen years ago)