Mike Wieringo passes away at 44

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:45 am

Mike Wieringo ('Ringo') has passed away at the age of 44 from a heart attack.

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Sad. I liked his slightly cartoon-y style.

Texcap · Post by **Texcap** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:23 am

This is terrible news. I just checked his website late last week, to see his latest sketch and briefly read his comments on the upcoming TELLOS collection. Only last night I pulled the MODERN MASTERS volume devoted to him so as to get started reading it.

He was far too young, an amazing talent, and he'll be missed a great deal.

Onward and upward, friend.

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:10 am

i can't speak of mike weiringo without saying that the 2 times i met him he was completely rude to everyone and frankly turned me off of supporting his work.

perhaps i had the misfortune of catching him on a bad day both times...everyone speaks so highly of him it mystifies me as to how i managed to not meet that person on both occasions.

but, i'm not here to bash the guy and i hope it doesn't come off that way.

regardless of all that his artwork is amazing and it's a shame he left the world so young.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:11 pm

I cannot even say how devastated this makes me. Mike is my favorite comics artist and I've had the absolute pleasure of spending some time with him at four conventions, where he was always a totally nice guy.

Mike gave me my first convention sketch in '96, which was sadly stolen a few years ago). He was always a joy to talk with. I'll miss seeing his work and more than that, I'll miss our talks together at Heroescon.

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:35 pm

Shocking

-- I enjoyed his work. Only 44....damn.

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:52 pm

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:37 pm

I've never been a fan of his work but that just sucks.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:19 pm

I wasn't a fan until he drew one of my all time favorite FF stories. The FF went to Heaven and met God......who happened to look a lot like Jack Kirby.

Since then, I just had an affinity for his stuff.

He will be sorely missed.

steverino · Post by **steverino** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:03 am

I really liked his work on Robin.

He really was an asset to the industry.

Terribly sad.

ibreakhorses · Post by **ibreakhorses** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:11 am

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:14 pm

I met him at Heroes Con '96 and he signed an awesome Robin Litho he drew with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy for me.

I will miss his work.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:38 am

I have the obit that the Durham Herald-Sun ran for him (he lived here in Durham) and promise to scan it and post it here soon.

RIP, 'Ringo.

-slym

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:43 pm

slym2none wrote:I have the obit that the Durham Herald-Sun ran for him (he lived here in Durham) and promise to scan it and post it here soon.

RIP, 'Ringo.

-slym

Please do so.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:13 am

tarheelmarine wrote:
slym2none wrote:I have the obit that the Durham Herald-Sun ran for him (he lived here in Durham) and promise to scan it and post it here soon.

RIP, 'Ringo.

-slym
Please do so.

Agreed.