Comments on: Jim Mooney passes.

By: Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:49:19 +0000

My blog dedicated to my best friend, Jim Mooney:

http://markellisink.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=7&Itemid=28

By: Shannon Weathers

Shannon Weathers — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:26:49 +0000

I am very sorry to hear about Jim’s death. He was a very nice man and one of my favorite artists. I was lucky to commission both Foolkiller and Legion of SuperPets drawings from him in recent years.

Jim created Streaky the Supercat, another favorite of mine.

By: Sam Little

Sam Little — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:00:36 +0000

Very sad news. Jim Mooney was one of the greats. I bought a Spider-Man page from him once and was so excited to get a personal e-mail from him and a beautiful work of art in the mail. He will be missed.

By: dan doggett

dan doggett — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:40:33 +0000

wow!rogers,gerber now mooney….the greats are leaving us quickly!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:27:25 +0000

This should be a main article, not a blogspot. More evidence that the focus strays form comics far too much.

By: jack schnerk

jack schnerk — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:44:32 +0000

this man gave me as a kid more heroes…and more busted-up telephones that my parents could deal with…with his incredible “dial h for hero” series, back in the day. and although he didn’t know what it meant either, a final “sockamagee” to you, dear sir!

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:16:47 +0000

By: kalorama

kalorama — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:38:45 +0000

Sad news. Mooney was one of the mainstays at Marvel during my youth. His run as inker/finisher over Keith Pollard’s pencils on Spider-Man was one of my favorites.

By: snikt snakt

snikt snakt — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:53:37 +0000

RIP Jim, some of my favorite Spidey comics were written by you, thanks for all your hard work!

By: Daniel Hartman

Daniel Hartman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:28:59 +0000

Rest in peace Jim. A highlight of a trip to my first Minnesota FallCon was getting to spend time chatting with you. You were a true class act.

By: Eder Russo

Eder Russo — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:33:15 +0000

We lost another great artist. My feelings to his family.
Rest in peace, Jim. I will always love all your Spider-Man´s Marvel Team-Up stories.

By: Jerry Stein

Jerry Stein — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:03:24 +0000

Wow – surprised this isn’t a Newsarama feature.

A great artist from a different time (altho if the stories of how he drew Supergirl are true, maybe he’s an artist for the ages (wink wink nudge nudge).

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:56:30 +0000

I’ve been loving his work on Ms. Marvel, which I’m reading the Essential of right now. Clean, dynamic storytelling. It’s wild to think he was pushing 60 when he was doing that work.

By: Rodney Rodis

Rodney Rodis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:51:22 +0000

i was lucky enough to sit next to jim at one of my first cons. we talked the whole time and he was wonderful person.

i was lucky enough to buy a suprema page from him. it’s one of my prized possessions.

By: Wonder Boy

Wonder Boy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:45:41 +0000

Oh…my god.

That’s so sad.

By: Jason Baron

Jason Baron — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:22:19 +0000

Peace to him and his. A life well spent, bringing joy to others through his creativity.

By: barry miller

barry miller — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:44:25 +0000

It is always sad when one of the all time greats passes away,and make no mistake about it based on his body of work Jim Mooney was one of the greats,and one of the Marvel work horses of the seventies. He could do it all,pencil and ink his own work and ink other artist’s work,also his pencilos stood out when inked by people with styles much different than his own. When you stop and think of all the different characters he lent his talent to,all the different “eras” he worked through,you wonder if any of the “young artist” working today could possibly have the staying power of this man.

By: Glen Cadigan

Glen Cadigan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:57:26 +0000

Jim Mooney was a true gentleman, and someone who left a mark on comics in six different decades. Although he’s best known for Supergirl, he probably worked on more pages of Spider-Man once he left DC, and even after he retired, he added to his already impressive page count with a run on the Superboy comic which was based on the live action TV series. In the ’90s he was a regular contributor to Claypool Comics, both on Elvira and Soulsearchers & Company, the latter of which was written by Peter David and pencilled by Dave Cockrum before Mooney added his inks. Anyone who’s seen his commission artwork knows that he could still draw exceedingly well even up ’till recently, and that’s quite the accomplishment. He was a true professional in every sense, and one which today’s artists could learn much from.

By: Matthew Craig

Matthew Craig — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:02:51 +0000

That is sad. Mooney worked on a lot of neat college/postgrad-era Spider-Man stories, back in the ’80′s – including a faboo Doc Ock/Black Cat arc in Spectacular Spider-Man.

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