http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11590

Truly a sad day for the comics industry, and he was only 44. :(

Yeah, my mailbox was full of friends letting me know about this horrible news this morning. This is just one more thing helping to make 2007 one of the worst years of my life.

:(

Mike Wieringo will be missed.

I was greeted with the sad news this morning.

He was an extremely friendly and approachable guy at conventions (and even on places like deviantart,) I'm glad to have gotten to meet him.

Tellos was a major inspiration as to why I'm drawing comics at all today.

A total loss for the comics community AND the world.

damn, so young too...
he will be missed.

i really digged his style

his last blog entry, 2 days before he passed on

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JUST A QUICK ONE TODAY
⊆ August 10th, 2007 by ringo | ˜ 157 Comments »

I had to keep the sketch pretty quick today if I was going to get it done and posted at all. I spent the morning with an electrical contractor here at the house. I’ve been having trouble with my heating and air conditioning unit switching its breaker off during the height of the heat of the day the past few afternoons (and for those of you in the southeast dealing with these 100-plus degree days, you know just how sweltering and oppressive this week has been). As it turns out, my entire wiring setup outside is horribly old and doesn’t meet code. It also contains quite a bit of aluminum wiring– which the contractor tells me is very dangerous and not in use anymore. So I got the great news that it’s going to cost me thousands of dollars to bring everything back up to code…. and not have the danger of causing a fire at any point as well. Ah, the joys of being a homeowner….!

I’ve had several folks inquire about my 2007 sketchbook and whether it would be for sale here on the site. Steven Gettis has set up a store link in the PERSONAL section of the column at the right for selling the sketchbook and prints I’ve produced. So anyone interested in the things offered there, I’ve got a PayPal account set up to handle the sales that way.

OK… have a great weekend, everyone.

This is Entry 412.

Mike

Mike Wieringo was a huge inspiration for me. The world is a considerably less worthwhile place without him. May he spend eternity at the great drawing table in the sky.

Even though I haven't followed print comics for years, I knew of Mike Wieringo from being the webcomics/size acceptance nerd I am. Mike contributed some beautiful art to the Fat Wonder Woman Blog , some of the best of that whole art blog.



44 is too young to die. I'll be 38 a week from Sunday. Anyway...

From seeing all of his artistic contributions and how loved he was/is, I know he will be missed and his influence will live on.

He died on my birthday, and let me tell you, as big a fan as I was for his style, that was not the kind of gift I wanted for my big day.

He was an incredible artist. His style stood out from the stuff we get thrown at our faces nowadays. It was simple, but competent, and he did nothing but entertain us. The industry lost a great guy.

dueeast
Even though I haven't followed print comics for years, I knew of Mike Wieringo from being the webcomics/size acceptance nerd I am. Mike contributed some beautiful art to the Fat Wonder Woman Blog , some of the best of that whole art blog.



44 is too young to die. I'll be 38 a week from Sunday. Anyway...

From seeing all of his artistic contributions and how loved he was/is, I know he will be missed and his influence will live on.

Wow. This thread is really hitting home for me. I'm friends with Jamar. Seeing 'Ringo art and Jamar's blog ... I've got some dust in my eyes. Be back in a bit.

i like how friendly his art was

i remember i used to wanna draw like him.
i remember reading his interview on a comic magazine... he seemed like a really cool guy

Hyptosis did an excellent image about Mike's passing.

Too bad someone had to call Mike a "dead prat". :\