{"id":464,"date":"2005-01-04T21:34:02","date_gmt":"2005-01-05T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=464"},"modified":"2005-12-05T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T19:19:10","slug":"rip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rip-2","title":{"rendered":"RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Eisner<\/a> died today. He’s a pretty legendary figure in the history of the comics. I would’ve met him a few years ago at a small press comics expo, but he got stuck in Florida, due to bad weather, and had to skip the show.<\/p>\n

Also, Kelly Freas<\/a> died on Sunday. He illustrated a ton of science fiction book and magazine covers, and was best known for the cover of a Queen album (that one with the big robot<\/a>). I didn’t know Freas’ work that well, but he did paint a cover for my friend Paul’s book Strange Trades<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would’ve written about some of the celebrity deaths that occurred between Christmas and New Year, but I would’ve made a really<\/span> tasteless joke. So bad, even I knew it was tasteless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will Eisner died today. He’s a pretty legendary figure in the history of the comics. I would’ve met him a few years ago at a small press comics expo, but he got stuck in Florida, due to bad weather, and had to skip the show. Also, Kelly Freas died on Sunday. He illustrated a ton … <\/p>\n

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