R.I.P. Russ Cochran 0

[The Voord]

"Russ Cochran passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2020. Russ Cochran was a resident of Missouri at the time of passing."

On a personal level, I first got in contact with Russ circa 1979 to subscribe to his EC Library project.  Subsequently, as a result of receiving his newsletters, I subscribed to his Art Auctions during 1982 and spent the best part of ten years mostly buying EC original artwork from him.  He started me off on this hobby and for that I will always be grateful.

Rest in peace, Russ, you made your mark in life.

[Bird]

R.I.P. 

a giant of our hobby

[pemart1966]

Don't know whether the EC Library would have ever happened without Russ' passion and hard work.  Russ was always into cool esoteric projects producing all kinds of cool stuff you didn't know you wanted until you saw it.  

 

Thanks for it all Russ.

[tth2]

RIP

A titan in our hobby.

[Ryan.]

RIP. 

A colossus in our hobby. 

[glendgold]

Russ produced the first original artwork catalogue I ever saw, Graphic Gallery, the predecessor to his auctions.  I'm fairly sure the first  one I sent away for was #4, in 1974, when I was ten. This was the first time I saw Frazetta art for sale - pen and ink pieces for the massive sum of $75. It shaped my understanding of what all the adults who had $75 were interested in - Foster, Raymond, Herriman, Barks etc.  There was some boilerplate in them about how they weren't just displays of items for sale, but were to be catalogues, too, of artwork you might never see again because it would end up in permanent collections.  I was just leafing through a couple of his catalogues and this description turns out to be TOTALLY ACCURATE.   Or, at least, accurate until the Lucas Museum opens up.

 

 

[AnkurJ]

Sad news! 🙁

[Unca Ben]

RIP Mr. Cochran.   bought stuff from him, too.  Not art, but comix and books.

[Readcomix]

RIP and thank you for all you did to champion all that wonderful material. Stan Lee liked to use that phrase "keepers of the flame" for fans; he may have meant Marvel fans, but for the hobby at large Mr Cochran certainly was a Keeper of the Flame in the best and truest sense. Thank you, good sir!

[Point Five]

RIP Russ Cochran, very sorry to hear this. My being here today is a direct result of his EC reprint projects of the 1990s, which started me collecting 1950s comics. Loved his passion for our hobby.

 

[NelsonAI]

My condolences to his family and friends.

[grapeape]

R I P Russ 😢

[Lee B.]

If anyone wants to read through Russ's first auction catalog, the entire catalog, with final auction prices written in, is scanned and available here:

http://comicartads.com/content/russ-cochrans-comic-art-auction-1-1980

Russ was a true pioneer in this hobby.  Best, Lee

[shadroch]

Rest in peace. Our hobby would be very different if not for Mr Cochran. A true giant.

[ThothAmon]

Just saw that Mr. Cochran passed away. Want to acknowledge his outsized role in the development of our hobby. He probably reprinted more gold comic art than everyone else combined. 
‘Marie Severin hand colored cover print and Frazetta’s Golden Girl are a couple of his projects. 


 

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