Rumors, Facebook statuses and Twitter updates have been circulating from the comic community that Captain America co-creator Joe Simon and famed comic artist Eduardo Barreto have died.
We’re trying to confirm and Newsarama will update more as information is available.
update: Via ComicsBeat, Simon did pass away as with confirmation from Simon’s son’s Facebook. He was 98 and leave behind a legacy that is unlikely to be repeated. Also have confirmation that Barreto has passed away as well, sadly at only the age of 57.
December 15th, 2011 at 11:43 am
Oh no and oh no!
I can’t say much about Simon, but Barreto was always one of my favorite Superman artists, someone like Jose Luis Garcia Lopez who would show up once in a blue moon, wow us, and then vanish off the map for years on end. He is already missed.
December 15th, 2011 at 11:47 am
This is a shock because I knew him but hadn’t seen him much after he relocated to South America. I saw him a few years ago at Comicon. He should have had another 40 years like Joe Simon did.