Michael Turner Dies
Michael was a very important artist who loved his work and his fans. Although he was a comic book artist, some of his most known work, Witchblade, was adapted to manga and anime. It’s a really great loss to the comic world.
"Michael Turner, beloved comic book artist, passed away in Santa Monica, Calif. on June 27 at the age of 37 after years of battling chondrosarcoma, a form of cancer that affects bones and cartilage. "In this all access world, very little remains that one could consider truly rare," said Marvel Editor in Chief Joe Quesada. "Mike Turner was one of those things. One of those rare individuals who come around once, maybe twice in a lifetime, a cut above the rest of us, special in every way, undeniably touched by god or whatever higher power you believe in. After getting his start on Witchblade for Top Cow, Turner not only launched his own publishing company, Aspen, but brought his dynamic art style to both Marvel and DC. His work has graced dozens of Marvel comics, most notably on covers to Civil War."
You can check his cover art here.
And here you can read a very important tribute and life lesson. Don’t miss it.
