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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 15, 2017 16:37:12 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 16, 2017 22:27:34 GMT -5
Damn good artist, too. We used to carry an instructional book on caricature, in our art section, that he wrote, when I worked for B&N. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 16, 2017 22:30:55 GMT -5
Astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has passed away, at 82. I remember watching his mission, as a kid. I was reading his obituary and saw that, like me, he was a Naval ROTC graduate, though he was an aviator, while I went Supply Corps. He also retired as a captain (I resigned my commission, as a lieutenant, junior grade). He was one of the best spokespersons for NASA and space exploration.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 17, 2017 11:32:29 GMT -5
Astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has passed away, at 82. I remember watching his mission, as a kid. I was reading his obituary and saw that, like me, he was a Naval ROTC graduate, though he was an aviator, while I went Supply Corps. He also retired as a captain (I resigned my commission, as a lieutenant, junior grade). He was one of the best spokespersons for NASA and space exploration. Coming so close on the heels of John Glenn's death it truly feels like the Space Age is over. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 17, 2017 13:58:20 GMT -5
Astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has passed away, at 82. I remember watching his mission, as a kid. I was reading his obituary and saw that, like me, he was a Naval ROTC graduate, though he was an aviator, while I went Supply Corps. He also retired as a captain (I resigned my commission, as a lieutenant, junior grade). He was one of the best spokespersons for NASA and space exploration. Coming so close on the heels of John Glenn's death it truly feels like the Space Age is over. Yeah... I find it really sad to think that mankind once walked on the moon but that nobody currently alive did. It wouldn't be so bad if, since then, we had walked on Mars or built permanent space habitats... but apart from the ISS, most of our space accomplishments have been made with robots. I understand that it's faster, cheaper, more efficient and probably simply better, scientifically speaking, but that old "final frontier" aspect seems to belong to the past rather than the future. *edit* Slam reminded me that we still have six moon walkers among us*. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 17, 2017 14:36:30 GMT -5
Coming so close on the heels of John Glenn's death it truly feels like the Space Age is over. Yeah... I find it really sad to think that mankind once walked on the moon but that nobody currently alive did. It wouldn't be so bad if, since then, we had walked on Mars or built permanent space habitats... but apart from the ISS, most of our space accomplishments have been made with robots. I understand that it's faster, cheaper, more efficient and probably simply better, scientifically speaking, but that old "final frontier" aspect seems to belong to the past rather than the future. I was being a little hyperbolic. Half of the twelve men who walked on the moon are still with us. But it really does feel like the end. In the last few months we've seen the last of the Mercury Seven and the Last Man to Walk on the Moon leave us. The Space Age is rapidly coming to a close. Still with us are: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, David Scott, John W. Young, Charles Duke and Harrison Schmidt. But all of them are in their 80s. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 17, 2017 15:25:49 GMT -5
Yeah... I find it really sad to think that mankind once walked on the moon but that nobody currently alive did. It wouldn't be so bad if, since then, we had walked on Mars or built permanent space habitats... but apart from the ISS, most of our space accomplishments have been made with robots. I understand that it's faster, cheaper, more efficient and probably simply better, scientifically speaking, but that old "final frontier" aspect seems to belong to the past rather than the future. I was being a little hyperbolic. Half of the twelve men who walked on the moon are still with us. But it really does feel like the end. In the last few months we've seen the last of the Mercury Seven and the Last Man to Walk on the Moon leave us. The Space Age is rapidly coming to a close. Still with us are: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, David Scott, John W. Young, Charles Duke and Harrison Schmidt. But all of them are in their 80s. Hey, you're right! I honestly didn't know about the others, but Buzz I knew was still with us. Now I feel cheered up! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 19, 2017 17:32:55 GMT -5
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Post by Gene on Jan 19, 2017 17:37:12 GMT -5
"Albert's path is a strange and difficult one."
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 20, 2017 19:57:55 GMT -5
Miguel Ferrer is sad to hear. The apple didn't fall far from the tree there; great performances in a host of tv and movies, as well as voicing the Weather Wizard on Superman TAS. He was a long time comic fan and I want to say he worked with Bill Mumy on at least one comic book project and they were in the band The Jenerators together. Check out this photo:  Bill Mumy, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Bob Kane, Miguel Ferrer and Mark Hamill. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 23:08:12 GMT -5
Miguel Ferrer is one of my favorite supporting actor on NCIS Los Angeles and I'm shocked that he died at the age of 61.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 21, 2017 11:31:28 GMT -5
Artist John Watkiss (Sandman, Deadman, Legends of the Dark Knight, Trigger) has passed away, from cancer. Great artist; loved his work in Sandman, with the Marco Polo story.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 21, 2017 15:36:52 GMT -5
Artist John Watkiss (Sandman, Deadman, Legends of the Dark Knight, Trigger) has passed away, from cancer. Great artist; loved his work in Sandman, with the Marco Polo story. Aw no... That one really hurts. Watkiss was a great artist, and his idiosyncratic style was a pleasure to behold. His Conan the adventurer issues are the best of the lot, for all that he was seen as a fill-in artist, and as you point out his Marco Polo issue in Sandman remains a classic. I'm really, really sorry to hear of his illness and passing. 2017 is off to a very bad start. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 23, 2017 10:58:08 GMT -5
Gordon Kaye, star of the long running BBC wartime sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, has died aged 75. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2017 12:05:30 GMT -5
Gordon Kaye, star of the long running BBC wartime sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, has died aged 75. I just loved that British Sitcom and he was great in it. I was sad to learn this today. |
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