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Post by paulie on May 5, 2014 16:57:57 GMT -5
Well... I wrote about how much I liked Sgt. Fury today and we've lost Dick Ayers.
I'm sure others can wax poetic far more than I am capable but let me add...
Go buy the Ayers-Severin Sgt. Fury issues. They're great.
And... I think Dick was one of Kirby's best inkers. Great stuff.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 5, 2014 17:03:43 GMT -5
That sucks. Never met the guy, but he seemed like he had a deep respect for the art and craft of comics, and even for his audience... in a way that a lot of guys of his generation never did. RIP.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 17:07:28 GMT -5
Well, crap. Ayers would be a true comics great, IMHO, if all he'd done was ink Kirby's Atlas monster stories so dynamically.
But then came that long, long run on my favorite comic ever, Sgt. Fury ...
RIP, sir.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 5, 2014 17:08:17 GMT -5
So sad to hear this news. A very under-appreciated artist. I thought he was turning out some good work even in the late 90s with Peter David on Soulsearchers and Co. RIP Mr.Ayers
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 5, 2014 17:12:22 GMT -5
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Post by paulie on May 5, 2014 17:14:09 GMT -5
Wow. What a cover. Better in B&W.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2014 17:27:11 GMT -5
Al Feldstein just a few days ago and now Dick Ayers.
One of my very favorite things in all comics is a really good pre-hero Marvel monster story. And Dick Ayers inked a bunch of the best ones. Goom, Fin Fang Foom, Diablo, Elektro ...
And let's not forget Groot! Soon to be a major movie matinee idol!
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Post by Icctrombone on May 5, 2014 17:31:33 GMT -5
He was one of the Foundations of Marvel. How old was he?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 5, 2014 17:35:46 GMT -5
He was one of the Foundations of Marvel. How old was he? 90 |
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Post by Rob Allen on May 5, 2014 17:51:42 GMT -5
When Atlas Comics lost its distributor in 1957, Stan Lee had to stop buying new work from freelancers for several months. When the time came to start buying new work again, Dick Ayers was one of the first to get the call. Kirby and Ditko had to wait another year. Dick was a solid pro and a really nice guy. He lived in the northern suburbs of New York and was well-known to local fans. And he kept really good records, which the people at Atlas Tales and the GCD appreciated.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 18:04:06 GMT -5
I'll have to do the math when I get home -- it's complicated by the every-other-issue cycle of reprints that started in late 1970 -- but he must've pencilled close to 100 issues of Sgt. Fury ... from #s 8-42 (except for Kirby's return for the famous Captain America issue, #13, which Ayers inked) & then #s 47-on (John Severin handled all the art for the preceding 3 issues, then switched to inking Dick), with the exception of Herb Trimpe's #92.
And of course he pencilled The Single Greatest Issue of All Time.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 5, 2014 18:29:48 GMT -5
I'm glad I got the chance at SDCC about a decade past to thank Dick Ayers for all the enjoyment his comics brought to my childhood. That leaves just Joe Sinnott remaining of the Bullpenners of the early Sixties. A very sad thought.
Cei-U!
I summon the relentless march of time!
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Post by Icctrombone on May 5, 2014 18:30:10 GMT -5
I'll have to do the math when I get home -- it's complicated by the every-other-issue cycle of reprints that started in late 1970 -- but he must've pencilled close to 100 issues of Sgt. Fury ... from #s 8-42 (except for Kirby's return for the famous Captain America issue, #13, which Ayers inked) & then #s 47-on (John Severin handled all the art for the preceding 3 issues, then switched to inking Dick), with the exception of Herb Trimpe's #92. And of course he pencilled The Single Greatest Issue of All Time. He Penciled Watchmen # 5 ? |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2014 20:08:38 GMT -5
I'll have to do the math when I get home -- it's complicated by the every-other-issue cycle of reprints that started in late 1970 -- but he must've pencilled close to 100 issues of Sgt. Fury ... from #s 8-42 (except for Kirby's return for the famous Captain America issue, #13, which Ayers inked) & then #s 47-on (John Severin handled all the art for the preceding 3 issues, then switched to inking Dick), with the exception of Herb Trimpe's #92. And of course he pencilled The Single Greatest Issue of All Time. He Penciled Watchmen # 5 ? I'm sure he must mean Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1. |
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Post by MWGallaher on May 5, 2014 20:29:19 GMT -5
Ayers first burned his way into my consciousness with his art on "It! The Living Colossus!" in Astonishing Tales. As a giant monster fan turned superhero fan, this was almost the perfect comic for me, and Dick's art, while maybe not his finest work, was striking and memorable. He gave the book a vibe that made it match the Marvel monster reprints that it incorporated. It was retro before retro was cool!
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