Drew Hayes, Creator of Poison Elves...dead at 37

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:06 am

http://www.cosmictherapy.com/penews.html

March 23 Unadilla, NY — Sirius Entertainment is saddened to report that Drew Hayes, the maverick creator of POISON ELVES, has died in his hometown of Bellingham, Washington. Drew had a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. He is survived by his daughter, Mary and his mother, Sharon.

Drew was 37 years old.

This is part of an email I received through the Poison Elves guild earlier this morning...the rest is as follows :

Many of you have written to us asking about the well-being of Drew Hayes.

I am saddened to report that Drew Hayes, the maverick creator of POISON ELVES, has died in his hometown of Bellingham, Washington. Drew had a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. He is survived by his daughter, Mary and his mother, Sharon.

Drew had been hospitalized more than once over the last several years, but his return to good health had seemed imminent, so the suddenness of his passing was an unexpected shock to myself and others that knew him. Drew was 37 years old.

I last spoke to Drew in January, when he was arranging to submit his original cover for POISON ELVES Volume 11. Drew remained sincerely comitted to creating his best work ever in the years ahead. He had proposed re-launching the series with issue #80 and returning to a quarterly schedule in 2007. He was clear that that was his goal and his intention.

He was a loyal and genuine friend to me, my family and the family of creators at Sirius Entertainment. He is sorely missed.

If you would like to share your thoughts with Drew's family, please send your e-mails to

Robb Horan, publisher
Sirius Entertainment
&
Sales Director
Cosmic Therapy.com

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:22 am

Very sad. Maverick creator indeed

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:39 am

He went way too young...

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:47 am

Seriously shocked at this news I got to meet him a few times...

He will be missed...

-Brian

ibreakhorses · Post by **ibreakhorses** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:01 pm

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:35 pm

Never read any of his stuff but 37 is saddeningly young.

dac55 · Post by **dac55** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:56 pm

What a bummer.

David

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:48 pm

I don't know what to say....I'm sadden at the lose of one of best independent comic book creators.
What the man did with a ball point pen and no experiance in the comic book feild is amazing.

A great lose to the comic book world.

It also saddens me to see a little girl lose her daddy. I know from reading his Starting Notes that she was the love of his life.

RIP Drew.

I'm going to crack open a cold one and do some PE reading tonight.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:14 pm

If anyone needs one .

http://cgi.ebay.com/POISON-ELVES-1-Red- ... dZViewItem

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:00 pm

What a shame. Definitely one of my favorite Indie guys.

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:34 pm

There's so much more I want to say... I've been struggling for words on this for a few days now.

Instead, I'm just going to have a Guinness. Godspeed, Drew.

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:49 pm

jedimarley wrote:If anyone needs one .

http://cgi.ebay.com/POISON-ELVES-1-Red- ... dZViewItem

sold...i've actually been wanting one and had forgotten about it until just now.

besides, this is coming from cosmictherapy, which is owned by robb horan, one of the bigwigs at sirius.

so i know it's not someone looking to make undue profit on his death.

thanks for the heads up frank.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:35 pm

Rest in Peace Drew...

Say not in grief 'he is no more' but live in thankfulness that he was.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:35 am

Man . . . that sucks . . .

loved his work . . . the mulehides are a prized part of my collection . . . . RIP . . .

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:02 pm

siren3-4 wrote:Man . . . that sucks . . .

loved his work . . . the mulehides are a prized part of my collection . . . . RIP . . .

Speaking of....lemme know about my last PM over at Lyria.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:12 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
siren3-4 wrote:Man . . . that sucks . . .

loved his work . . . the mulehides are a prized part of my collection . . . . RIP . . .
Speaking of....lemme know about my last PM over at Lyria.

I haven't actually been able to devote the proper amount of time to looking them over.

I am pretty happy at first glance though and think I got a great deal. I will PM you as soon as I go throught them properly. (#15 was a 2nd print though)

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:31 pm

my next task is to get a set of the mulehides...

i've put it off too long considering how much i absolutely LOVE those stories.

i've got them in 2 different trade formats already.

now i need to add the originals.

JohnnyRnR · Post by **JohnnyRnR** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:00 am

Damn, I haven't finished the series yet, but I love what I've read. Definitely a talented, angry, sad, funny man. Was it brought to a reasonable endpoint?

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:22 am

jedimarley wrote:If anyone needs one .

http://cgi.ebay.com/POISON-ELVES-1-Red- ... dZViewItem

Thank for the post, Jedi

I just replaced my copy !! and, just for anyone else who may be interested in getting one, there are still copies left from this seller.

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:25 am

JohnnyRnR wrote:Was it brought to a reasonable endpoint?

not really...drew himself stated that the stuff coming up was what he was most excited about because it was something he'd been building up to for years.

the limited series and off-shoot stuff is ok...but it's NOWHERE near the same.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:02 am

Poison Elves OA for sale on ebay. Pretty nice for $50

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

X-O Dan-O-War · Post by **X-O Dan-O-War** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:18 am

jedimarley wrote:If anyone needs one .

http://cgi.ebay.com/POISON-ELVES-1-Red- ... dZViewItem

I picked one up too. Poison Elves was one of my favorite series and Drew sounded like a great person. Sad to hear.