Batman Fans: Jim Aparo has passed away

[Enraged_Ape]

Some of you youngsters may not know who he was, but he left a HUGE mark on the Batman character. Along with Neil Adams, Irv Novick, and Dick Giordano, he helped completely redefine Batman in the 1970s, bringing him out of the clowny 1960s era and making him the total bada$$ we know and love today. I loved Aparo's art. I will miss him greatly.





------------

The Aparo Family has asked me to send this information out to all parties. It is with the deepest regret I have to inform you of the passing of the legendary Jim Aparo early Tuesday Morning, July 19, 2005. Mr. Aparo, who was 72, died from complications relating to a recent illness. All Funeral arrangements will be a private ceremony for Family and Friends of Jim.

Aparo, born in 1932, was primarily self-trained as an artist. After years of working in commercial fashion design in Connecticut, his first break in the comics field was with a comic strip called "Stern Wheeler," written by Ralph Kanna, which was published in 1963 in a Hartford, Connecticut newspaper for less than a year. In 1966, editor Dick Giordano at Charlton Comics hired him as a comic book artist, where his first assignment was a humorous character called "Miss Bikini Luv" in "Go-Go Comics." Over the next few years at Charlton, Aparo drew stories in many genres--Westerns, science fiction, romance, horror, mystery, and suspense.

http://comicbookbin.com/jimaparorip001.html

[cleofus1]

1. yes...rest in peace

one of my all time favorites...

[dwckabal]

2. Fuck...I don't know how I missed that

That should have been all over ComiCon...didn't hear a peep.

Damn.