Yesterday’s tragic news about the death of comics journalist (and Newsarama contributor) Daniel Robert Epstein has brought forth a number of touching and notable remembrances from the following:
The Beat
The Comics Reporter
The Engine
Eric Reynolds (who has a nice rundown of recent interviews, mostly for Suicide Girls)
Film Threat
Suicide Girls
Devin Faraci
Chris Arrant
Comingsoon.net
Comic by Comic
MDM Online
Sean Collins
Mark Millar
Max Evry
Jamie Q at D&Q
Ian Brill and Jesse Thorn
FilmStew
The news hit me like a brick yesterday, and not just because he was only five years younger than me or because I had just been reading his interview with Joe Matt. He was someone whose work I admired and was inspired by, especially when preparing for an interview myself.
Anyone can get on the phone and set up an interview — cartoonists are lonely people who are eager to promote their work. Not everyone can know what to ask once the interview starts. Epstein did.
Note: If you come across any more tributes, let me know in the comments section and I’ll add it to the list.
June 14th, 2007 at 9:13 am
You said it perfectly with “I admired and was inspired” by his work, please add me to that category.
My thoughts go out to his family and myriad friends.
June 14th, 2007 at 9:56 am
I don’t know for sure if I’e ever read any of his interviews, but my condolences go out to his family, you, and all appropriate venues for the loss. It’s hard for many geeks to speak without going into raving looney fandom mode; it sounds like he had a talent, and I’m I’ll read more about it today when I read his prior works.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Awful awful news. My condolences to his family.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Awful awful news. My condolences to his family.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:31 am
I had read a few of his interviews on Newsarama (including his most recent) and he was a fantastic interview. He made every piece he wrote flow like a regular conversation, and that’s something you see all too rarely.
A talented writer who will definitely be missed.
June 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Very nice tribute also on FilmStew.com, where he contributed regularly.
http://www.filmstew.com/showBlog.aspx?blog_id=1098
June 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Jesse Thorn from The Sound of Young America and I have our memorials .
June 14th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Eek, I guess HTML is funky here. The link is: http://www.maximumfun.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=833