Comments on: Steve Gerber Moves On From A World He Never Made http://wrightopinion.com/2008/02/11/steve-gerber-moves-on-from-a-world-he-never-made/ I read comics and then write about them. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:08:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Blog@Newsarama » Quote Unquote: Remembering Steve Gerber http://wrightopinion.com/2008/02/11/steve-gerber-moves-on-from-a-world-he-never-made/#comment-573 Blog@Newsarama » Quote Unquote: Remembering Steve Gerber Wed, 21 May 2008 17:17:37 +0000 http://thewrightopinion.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-573 [...] –Brendan Wright “As a kid, I was aware that Gerber’s work was different from anyone else’s at Marvel, I guess everyone had to be aware of that, as he satirized superheroes, religion, rock music, cults, game shows, space opera, comics, etc, while writing about such things as Kyle Richmond carrying his brain around in a bedpan, a scientist with an ape’s body, the Soofi soap cult, the Badoon aliens and their game shows, The kidney-obsessed Kidney Lady, The Celestial Man who was actually a Cthulhian nightmare, the Elf that murdered folks and never actually encountered the Defenders, giant attacking salt shakers, Space Turnips, a duck running for President, etc. You never knew what the hell was coming up next in those titles, and I was crazy about those books.” [...] [...] –Brendan Wright “As a kid, I was aware that Gerber’s work was different from anyone else’s at Marvel, I guess everyone had to be aware of that, as he satirized superheroes, religion, rock music, cults, game shows, space opera, comics, etc, while writing about such things as Kyle Richmond carrying his brain around in a bedpan, a scientist with an ape’s body, the Soofi soap cult, the Badoon aliens and their game shows, The kidney-obsessed Kidney Lady, The Celestial Man who was actually a Cthulhian nightmare, the Elf that murdered folks and never actually encountered the Defenders, giant attacking salt shakers, Space Turnips, a duck running for President, etc. You never knew what the hell was coming up next in those titles, and I was crazy about those books.” [...]

]]> By: Ben Saunders http://wrightopinion.com/2008/02/11/steve-gerber-moves-on-from-a-world-he-never-made/#comment-505 Ben Saunders Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:36:28 +0000 http://thewrightopinion.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-505 thanks to mark, tom spurgeon, and others for their detailed obituaries. sincere condolences to steve's family and friends. i wish i could have met him. i loved his work and am profoundly saddened by this news. he was, quite simply, one of the most original and challenging writers to ever work in the super-hero genre. thanks to mark, tom spurgeon, and others for their detailed obituaries.

sincere condolences to steve’s family and friends.

i wish i could have met him. i loved his work and am profoundly saddened by this news. he was, quite simply, one of the most original and challenging writers to ever work in the super-hero genre.

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 13, 2008: Diamond keeps its fig leaf http://wrightopinion.com/2008/02/11/steve-gerber-moves-on-from-a-world-he-never-made/#comment-499 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 13, 2008: Diamond keeps its fig leaf Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:29:14 +0000 http://thewrightopinion.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-499 [...] Wein, Dave Sim, Rantz Hoseley, Jeff Lester, Neil Gaiman, Lea Hernandez, Evan Dorkin, Robert Boyd, Brendan Wright, Mark Millar, Mike Sterling, Don MacPherson, Alan David Doane, Sean Kleefeld and Mark Evanier. [...] [...] Wein, Dave Sim, Rantz Hoseley, Jeff Lester, Neil Gaiman, Lea Hernandez, Evan Dorkin, Robert Boyd, Brendan Wright, Mark Millar, Mike Sterling, Don MacPherson, Alan David Doane, Sean Kleefeld and Mark Evanier. [...]

]]> By: “Skyless Space And Time Without Depth” « A Trout In The Milk http://wrightopinion.com/2008/02/11/steve-gerber-moves-on-from-a-world-he-never-made/#comment-498 “Skyless Space And Time Without Depth” « A Trout In The Milk Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:17:21 +0000 http://thewrightopinion.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-498 [...] Brendan Wright [...] [...] Brendan Wright [...]

]]> By: RAB http://wrightopinion.com/2008/02/11/steve-gerber-moves-on-from-a-world-he-never-made/#comment-494 RAB Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:36:11 +0000 http://thewrightopinion.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-494 Calling Steve one of "our culture’s truth-tellers" is particularly apt. That's what his work was all about. Calling Steve one of “our culture’s truth-tellers” is particularly apt. That’s what his work was all about.

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