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Feb. 12th, 2008
[Obit] Trapped In A World He Never Made
Feb. 12th, 2008 02:24 pm( Stephen Ross Gerber, 1947-2008 )
"Plants are like people. Writers are like plants. Therefore, and this may come as a surprise, writers are like people. Given them light, water, nourishment, a comfortable pot and an encouraging world and they'll grow."
When I was growing up reading the funny books, Steve Gerber's name was one of the first writers' names I actually sat up and took notice. His ideas were much wilder, much more bizarre than any other writer out there, particularly in a company where the temptation was to do everything in Stan Lee's voice.
Gerber was, to me, the Grant Morrison of his day. When you picked up a Gerber comic, it's the same as when you pick up a Morrison now: you don't necessarily know what you're going to get... but you know that you're going to be in for a mind-bending ride, one way or another.
He was a unique and individual voice, and he never gave that up, never buckled, never backed down from that. He will be deeply missed.
- -- "Howard the Duck" #16
When I was growing up reading the funny books, Steve Gerber's name was one of the first writers' names I actually sat up and took notice. His ideas were much wilder, much more bizarre than any other writer out there, particularly in a company where the temptation was to do everything in Stan Lee's voice.
Gerber was, to me, the Grant Morrison of his day. When you picked up a Gerber comic, it's the same as when you pick up a Morrison now: you don't necessarily know what you're going to get... but you know that you're going to be in for a mind-bending ride, one way or another.
He was a unique and individual voice, and he never gave that up, never buckled, never backed down from that. He will be deeply missed.