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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2022 17:14:33 GMT -5
Jim Lee sent this out today... Let's keep Tim and his family in our thoughts and hope for a recovery. While we hope for the best, let's celebrate Tim's work a little... I first discovered Tim's work on an adaptation of one of my favorite fantasy series; these came out in the mid 80s but I didn't discover them until the late 80s when I was at university in Boston...  though most folks probably know Sale's work form his Batman stuff or the "colors" minis he did at Marvel with Jeph Loeb. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2022 19:35:37 GMT -5
Very sad to hear this, and from what little we know it does not sound good, but will absolutely hold up hope for a recovery. His family is in my thoughts and I pray for the best. Indeed it was the Batman work that was my introduction to Tim, and I can still remember first seeing the cover to the Haunted Knight collection:  I fell in love with his style instantly, it just "felt right" for Batman. I pretty much picked up all the Loeb and Sale books from then on. One of my favorite comic book scenes ever, his depiction in the Long Halloween of Batman's "gift" to Solomon Grundy on Thanksgiving:  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 13, 2022 20:52:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the first Tim Sale piece I saw was, since he did a little here and there. The Comico work was among the earliest. I wasn't necessarily a fan until he started doing the Batman stuff, in LOTDK.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 13, 2022 21:44:04 GMT -5
Like @jaska, the Haunted Knight TPB was the first exposure I had to Sale's artwork, back in the mid-90s. I really love his and Loeb's colour series for Marvel.
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Post by foxley on Jun 14, 2022 3:23:40 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the first time I saw Sale's work was the Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 in 1993.  This was the first of Halloween specials that would later give rise to The Long Halloween mini-series. His art definitely made an impression on me, as it was unlike anything else I was seeing in comics to the time. It hooked me pretty much immediately, and it was refreshing to see an artist pursuing his own style as opposed to legion of Rob Liefeld imitators who were proliferating at the time. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 14, 2022 7:29:52 GMT -5
Very bad news to hear. Hopefully he will recover. Until I looked at his wikipedia page I wouldn't have guess he was his age. For some reason I always assumed he was a younger man. This I am fairly certain was the first of his work I saw. From memory it was a pretty interesting story.  |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 14, 2022 8:04:37 GMT -5
Although we never crossed paths (that I know of), Tim Sale and I were at University of Washington at the same time and took the same Experimental College cartooning course from my pal Nils Osmar (a course I later helped teach). I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 16, 2022 15:45:30 GMT -5
I just read that he passed away at 66.
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 16, 2022 16:01:57 GMT -5
Extremely sad news.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2022 16:15:13 GMT -5
RIP Mr. Sale. Your legacy endures.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2022 18:01:58 GMT -5
 Dang, too young, this is very sad and I feel for his family. RIP, and yes, well said @mrp, his legacy will definitely endure.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 16, 2022 20:11:37 GMT -5
Saw it while I was at work.
When I first saw his work, I wasn't much of a fan; but, the more I saw, the more it grew on me, especially after he started doing the LOTDK stuff and the Color stuff. Less we forget, he also provided the "dream" art for the first season of Heroes.
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Post by majestic on Jun 17, 2022 11:44:06 GMT -5
Loved his art style and all his DC and Marvel work. RIP.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 17, 2022 13:46:27 GMT -5
Another great loss. Rest in peace, Mr. Sale.
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