Ookla The Mok, KISS, Lord Pumpkin & a brilliant duck they made a terrible movie about

[captain_slinky]

Steve Gerber, creator of "Howard The Duck" passes away at age 60

Howard the Duck was one of the first "Adult" (read: "Non-Superhero") comic books I ever bought. It was Howard the Duck Annual #1, got it at a garage sale when i was maybe 7 or 8 years old. I had no idea what it was, all i knew was that it had a lot of words.

Since then I have accumulated a near-complete run of Howard the Duck comics and i can tell you that they are without a doubt the MOST late-70's comic book you'll ever read. If some Alien were to come down and ask you "EARTHLING! WHAT IS THIS PHENOMENON KNOWN AS THE SEVENTIES?!?!?" you could just hand him these comics and he'd know it all perfectly.

Steve Gerber was also the creator of the 80's cartoon "Thundarr the Barbarian", which holds a special place in every 30-something's heart.

And let's not forget that he was the first person to put the band members of 70's Super-Group "KISS"! And that he was one of the chief creators behind Malibu Comics' "Ultraverse"!

**EDIT** Creepy to read the last post that he ever mad ein his blog just a few days ago...

Nothing new to report medically. I’m up in the middle of the night, working on Doctor Fate. Will let all of you know what’s going on with that in a day or so.

http://www.stevegerber.com/sgblog/

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

It should be noted that Howard the Duck is currently playing in the free movies section of On Demand on Comcast.

[schizoauthoress.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. That's really sad.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

No it shouldn't :P

That movie had such minor involvement from Steve... and really, it just wasn't faithful to the character. And it really was such a good character, too!

[jrsonday.livejournal.com]

My Dad made us watch that movie like 400 times growing up. My boyfriend and I watched it when were home. Ooooooooooo dear.

[amberlorien.livejournal.com]

That's so weird reading that last blog line. Seems there were a few comics deaths in the last week.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Really? Who else died?

[(Anonymous)]

Stephano something, an artist from France. Saw it in one of the LJ feeds. Probably newsarama.

[amberlorien.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I wasn't logged in. That's me ^