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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Film Howard the Duck creator dies

Posted By on Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM

The movie version of Howard the Duck was, of course, utterly horrendous, but the comic book the film was adapted from was pretty damn incredible.

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Well Steve Gerber, the writer who created Howard — as well as a slew of other stuff like Thundarr the Barbarian animated series (which was dope) — died Sunday. The comics news site Newsarama reported:

After a battle with pulmonary fibrosis, acclaimed and beloved writer Steve Gerber died on Sunday from complications due to his condition. The news was confirmed by a close acquaintance. He was 60 years old.

Gerber was a comics fan all his life, having started the fanzine Headline in his early teens, and eventually finding work as a writer at Marvel in the early ‘70s, working under Roy Thomas. Amid the work that was coming out of Marvel at the time, Gerber found his own, unique voice which often mixed the usual superhero tropes with satire, commentary and an absurdist sense of humor. During his early days at Marvel, Gerber is best remembered for writing The Defenders and Man-Thing, and of course, creating Howard the Duck and Omega the Unknown and having notable runs with many Marvel characters, from Shanna the She-Devil to the Guardians of the Galaxy, Son of Satan, and Tales of the Zombie. In many ways, Gerber was 1970s Marvel. It was his unpredictable, groundbreaking work and strong desire to stray from the beaten path throughout the ‘70s that made Gerber a role model for the next two-plus generations of comic book and other writers, including Michael Chabon and Glen David Gold.

For the full story, visit: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=146401

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