Joe Kubert passes away

Joe Kubert at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

News came over Twitter yesterday that famed comic artist Joe Kubert passed away at the age of 85. A legend in the industry, I have never heard a bad word about his artwork. His love of comics was so great that he formed a school just for learning how to draw comics. While I never really followed his career (since for most of my youth the only comic I picked up regularly was The Transformers) I see the effect he’s had on people I do pay attention to now. Two of his sons, Andy (who was working with his father on Before Watchmen: Nite Owl miniseries) and Adam, have followed in his footsteps and he has three other children. Joe now joins his wife, Muriel, who passed in 2008.

Related articles (each has a different look at his artwork and history)

• In Memoriam: Joe Kubert (1926-2012) (ifanboy.com)
• R.I.P. Joe Kubert (goodcomics.comicbookresources.com)
• RIP Joe Kubert, Comics Legendary Artist, Teacher & Father (comicbookresources.com)
• Joe Kubert Passes Away, Aged 85 (comicsbeat.com)
• Joe Kubert R.i.p (1926-2012) (newsarama.com)
• Joe Kubert, 1926 – 2012 (comicmix.com)
• Here’s some art by the late Joe Kubert: 1926 to 2012 (comicsforge.com)
• Joe and Andy Kubert Talk Working Together On ‘Before Watchmen: Nite Owl’ (geek-news.mtv.com)