A Few More Words About The Late, Great Joe Kubert

* Clifford Meth was first with information about the late Joe Kubert's funeral plans -- it's later today -- and information on how to donate to charity in the artist and educator's name as well as how to write a letter of sympathy to the family. I did that late in the day yesterday, and it felt a lot better than roaming around on-line arguing over coverage issues. I hope you'll consider doing the same.

* This site's obituary was here. The "collective memory" entry here will run at 7 AM through Friday. Please continue to send me your links, if you want. I'll put them to use.

* I made an unfortunately angry tweet yesterday about an aspect of coverage. I can't back away from the criticism that it embodies, nor would I want to, but I deeply regret the way that statement was made and the way that it potentially drove attention to a place other than Mr. Kubert's passing and the grand accomplishments of his career. I hope for the sake of furthering dialogue rather than shifting it that any blogs that ran the first tweet might at least call attention to the second one or to the vast majority of this site's coverage.

* My hope when someone of Joe Kubert's stature passes away is that we take at least some time to ponder their career and art, their personal example and even their shortcomings in a serious, sober but not melancholy fashion. This can involve venturing an opinion, but mostly I think it involves learning more about the person. That usually means reading. I quite liked posts from Steve Bissette, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker and Bill Schelly among many others. I enjoyed looking at the art posted here, which I think is the most beautiful work Kubert did. I'm uncomfortable with wholesale appropriation of copyrighted material, but it's something to see. I liked looking at some of Kubert's early work, posted here. I also liked looking at these Rima covers!

* As a side note, I'm gratified that so many people are speaking well of the Tarzan period, which I think offers up Kubert's loosest, most fun material on a consistent basis over a period of time. I've always recommended those comics to people looking for a big group of comics to explore that they probably haven't seen before and want to read for cheap; I just hope that option is still there for future friends of mine.

* One thing that's striking when you look at Kubert's career is how much formidable work he did after he turned 60. That's not always the case for cartoonists, for a variety of reasons, but it's wonderful that comics frequently has a place for talented older artists to continue to express themselves if they so desire. It's a great strength of the comics culture, that we continue to pay attention to these voices.

* Continued condolences to his family, his friends, his professional peers, his students and his fans.
 
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