John Styrk, Jr., 1973/74-2006
The artist John Styrk Jr. was killed over the weekend in an early Saturday morning auto accident in Michigan after being hit by an SUV that ran a stop sign. Styrk was the artist behind the small press comic Boomtown Scabs, and had just the night before attended a meeting of a local comics group. Styrk's mother described her son as fun-loving in the news story. The accident is still under investigation.