David Bridges
John Cassady, a number of Eisner award-winning comics artist, has handed away on the age of 52.
Mentioned to have been admitted to the ICU at Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York final week, Cassady’s sister, Robin, confirmed on social media yesterday that her “little bro John handed away at 6:51pm Texas time. Please maintain me and my mother in your prayers.”
Some of the distinguished comics artists of the twenty first century, Cassady will likely be without end remembered for his time because the artist on Astonishing X-Males. Along with author Joss Whedon, Cassaday’s re-envisioning of the X-Males in a post-New X-Males world from 2004 by means of to 2008 elevated Astonishing into one in all Marvel’s greatest books on the time, giving X-Followers many unbelievable moments (particularly with Cyclops, who Cassaday did an unbelievable job of exhibiting simply how highly effective Scott could possibly be when unleashed, like in his iconic panels of Cyclops leveling a Sentinel in Astonishing X-Males #8), in addition to defining a brand new search for Marvel’s mutants within the mid-aughts. Extra just lately, Cassaday relaunched Marvel’s Star Wars comics line alongside Jason Aaron in January 2015, serving to to reshape the then-newly-rebooted Star Wars canon as he helped depict the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han between the occasions of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Again.
Cassady’s prolific physique of labor additionally consists of the likes of Captain America with Jeph Loeb and John Neiy Reiber, co-creating Planetary with Warren Ellis, I Am Legion with Fabien Nury and Desperadoes with Jeff Mariotte. Cassaday’s writing credit embrace work on Hellboy: Bizarre Tales, Rocketeer Adventures, Bela Lugosi: Tales from the Grave, Little Nemo: Dream One other Dream, Union Jack and X-Males: Alpha Flight. Not simply restricted to comics, Cassady moreover directed an episode of the sci-fi collection, Dollhouse, appeared as an actor within the 2012 horror movie Home On the Hill, and in addition served as an idea artist on Zack Snyder’s movie adaptation of Watchmen.
Beloved within the trade, Cassady’s dying instantly impressed an outpouring of eulogies from a few of comedian’s prime expertise, together with Mark Waid, Ben Templesmith, Scott Snyder, Declan Shalvey, Charles Soule, Heather Antos, Dean Haspiel, Jimmy Palmiotti, J.H. Williams III, Andy Khouri, and lots of extra writers and fellow artists who had been touched not simply by Cassaday’s work, however his kindness to the many individuals he labored with throughout his time in comics. Try a number of under.
John Cassaday. Oh gosh, this one is hitting onerous.
You welcomed me into comics once I was a no one and new.
You mentored me once I was studying to attract.
You impressed a technology.
Could the Pressure be with you. All the time. pic.twitter.com/EYKnMnERUp
— Heather Antos 🔜 FanExpo Edmonton (@HeatherAntos) September 10, 2024
I see the horrible information is out. Relaxation in peace John.
There’ll by no means be one other John Cassaday. pic.twitter.com/RmPHLiu78o
— 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 (@Templesmith) September 10, 2024
Though I by no means bought the prospect to know him personally, the impression of John Cassaday’s work on myself and the entire trade is indelible. It is a great loss to the comics neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/jw9TXk5Z2O
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) September 10, 2024
John Cassaday was a once-in-ever expertise. I’m so fortunate I set to work with him a bit right here and there.
The worst factor about making it work in a inventive discipline is that you simply get to know geniuses after which you need to watch them go.
RIP. pic.twitter.com/rKu3E5Eepm
— Charles Soule (@CharlesSoule) September 10, 2024
Our ideas are together with his household and pals presently.
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