Steve Ditko has passed.... 0

[comix4fun]

Leaving no known family, according to this article...

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steve-ditko-dead-spider-man-creator-was-90-1125489

 

Rest in Peace....

Edited July 7, 2018 by comix4fun

[Michaeld]

Another legend lost. Rest In peace Mr. Ditko.

[Twanj]

What an interesting and talented man. Rest in peace.

[PhilipB2k17]

We’ve lost one of Comicdom’s Mount Rushmore, IMHO. 

[Lucky Baru]

Sad news. 

[glendgold]

Ah, this is sad.  What a talent and what an enigma. 

I believe the article is incorrect -- he has relatives, just no descendents that we know of.  I recall relatively recent photos of him at a niece's wedding.  I think. 

 

 

[comix4fun]

19 minutes ago, glendgold said:

Ah, this is sad.  What a talent and what an enigma. 

I believe the article is incorrect -- he has relatives, just no descendents that we know of.  I recall relatively recent photos of him at a niece's wedding.  I think. 

 

 

I thought I remembered hearing that one of his siblings had kids....so you're probably right. 

[porcupine48]

[BookofStrange]

Fascinating man and a very talented artist. Hopefully he got a chance to die on his own terms, much as he lived. RIP Steve Ditko.

[nepatkm]

Rip ...  such sad news. 

[Brian Peck]

Very sad news. He was a unique artist and man. While many know him as the co-creator of Spider-Man he also was responsible for co-creating many other characters including Question, the Creeper, Shade, the Changing Man, and Hawk and Dove. He has been a virtual recluse for decades but continued to produce comics. He will be missed.

My only Ditko artwork I own. Beware The Creeper #4 page 19 pencils and inks by Steve. Always preferred his Creeper over Spider-Man it fit him better artistically.

 

 

 

[Aliens]

My idol, he was one of the most brilliant minds. Rip. Thank you for the good times. I hope they say in memory of mr ditko in the new Spider-Man film 

[CBT]

one of the great ones, from a better time, RIP

[1950's war comics]

[pemart1966]

Sad news.  Marched to the beat of his own drum for his whole life it seems.

His body of work at Marvel was quite short but there's no doubt that to this day it defined Marvel Comics and him as an artist.

[theflashunc]

If anything, his impact as an independent creator might be larger than the superhero work he did at Marvel and DC. He was a trailblazer in so many ways, and still cranking out great art even in just the last couple years.

And at the risk of dredging up an old debate, I have a hard time believing "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility" wasn't written by the emerging Randian on Spiderman's creative team.

Its impossible to over-state his legacy, really, and he did a large chunk of it on his terms.

[grapeape]

7 hours ago, glendgold said:

Ah, this is sad.  What a talent and what an enigma. 

I believe the article is incorrect -- he has relatives, just no descendents that we know of.  I recall relatively recent photos of him at a niece's wedding.  I think. 

 

 

Enigma. Abundance of creativity. R I P Steve Ditko I came home from work one day and my wife says, " you have a letter on your desk from Steve Ditko."

[The Voord]

Sad times.  One of my heroes, Harlan Ellison, passed away in recent weeks . . . now Steve Ditko.  

Link to an array of photographs I took of the Steve Ditko Artwork Exhibition in Palma, Spain, during 2016:

http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=178300

Edited July 7, 2018 by The Voord

[otherworldsj331]

Sad. Seems as if he lived according to his beliefs. Not everyone can say that. Sincere, genuine person. His Spider-Man art may be the gold standard among OA.

[PhilipB2k17]

8 hours ago, theflashunc said:

If anything, his impact as an independent creator might be larger than the superhero work he did at Marvel and DC. He was a trailblazer in so many ways, and still cranking out great art even in just the last couple years.

And at the risk of dredging up an old debate, I have a hard time believing "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility" wasn't written by the emerging Randian on Spiderman's creative team.

Its impossible to over-state his legacy, really, and he did a large chunk of it on his terms.

Nope. That line was all Stan Lee. An Objectivist would never say that. (Not sure Ditko was one by that point, anyway). 

Edited July 7, 2018 by PhilipB2k17