Steve Ditko Deadko

[Blumf]

The cranky shut in of the comics world made it to 90, so not bad.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44748923
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ditko

Creator of such characters as Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Squirrel Girl (!?), and everybody's fave, Mr. A.

[The Culture Bunker]

Mr A did (sort of) lead to the Question, though, right? So credit for that, though I much preferred Q when Dennis O'Neal was at the helm as that whole Objectivism stuff is a bit rum for my liking.

[madhair60]

At the risk of sounding like a gay homosexual, Spider-Man/Peter Parker meant an enormous amount to me as a kid, and the kind of earnestness that I got from these 60s Spidey comics only exists nowadays as an ironic joke. So I have done a very small cry today.

[The Culture Bunker]

At the risk of sounding like a gay homosexual, Spider-Man/Peter Parker meant an enormous amount to me as a kid, and the kind of earnestness that I got from these 60s Spidey comics only exists nowadays as an ironic joke. So I have done a very small cry today.

I do get what you mean. I wasn't helped by sharing a first name with Mr Ditko's most famous creation, which subsequently helped lead to an obsession with red haired women that took the best part of 20 years to shake off .

[Blumf]

Jonathan Ross' documentary In Search of Steve Ditko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwDnhMO8is

[New Jack]

Stan Lee will probably claim he's the one who died, eh readers?