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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 12, 2012 22:01:48 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 12, 2012 22:15:18 GMT
A full life lived and one hell of a legacy left behind.
A massive loss to comics.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 12, 2012 22:31:02 GMT
Darn it.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 13, 2012 18:22:48 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 13, 2012 18:27:17 GMT
Absolutely scummy move.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Aug 13, 2012 18:38:32 GMT
They've edited it now to remove the blatant plugs for current products
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Post by legios on Aug 13, 2012 18:55:19 GMT
His passing is a great loss to comics. He will be much missed.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 13, 2012 18:56:29 GMT
I saw the original statement and I wish the internet would just shut up. There's nothing unusual about a company mentioning the current thing an employee is working on in an obit. The wording could have been better, but really this is just a storm in a tea-cup. I'm not seeing anything malicious here.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 13, 2012 19:06:42 GMT
Not malicous. Just crass.
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Post by blueshift on Aug 13, 2012 19:17:23 GMT
I saw the original statement and I wish the internet would just shut up. There's nothing unusual about a company mentioning the current thing an employee is working on in an obit. The wording could have been better, but really this is just a storm in a tea-cup. I'm not seeing anything malicious here. -Ralph Yeah but if you're got a day to write a tribute to a man who has worked for your company for over 60 years, you don't just give him three lines, half of which are plugging an upcoming comic and not even mentioning anything else he's ever done. (Here's the original to those late to the party: i.imgur.com/WgAiY.jpg ) |
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Post by legios on Aug 13, 2012 19:23:06 GMT
I actually think it was meant as a complement to the deceased. On some level you could read the original obit as praising the fact that he was still producing great work right up until his passing. I don't think it was intended quite as cynically as it has been taken to be honest.
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Also, it is half a sentence (out of three sentences) about something that he did do. I don't see it as inappropriate.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 13, 2012 19:45:06 GMT
Oh I agree there was no malicious intent, but it was crass to say the least.
Given the man's stature and body of work for them, if they didn't have a detailed obituary to hand, a small note commenting on his passing and advising tributes would follow would have been far more appropriate.
It's a spectacular PR fail.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Aug 13, 2012 19:45:36 GMT
I actually think it was meant as a complement to the deceased. On some level you could read the original obit as praising the fact that he was still producing great work right up until his passing. I don't think it was intended quite as cynically as it has been taken to be honest. edit Also, it is half a sentence (out of three sentences) about something that he did do. I don't see it as inappropriate. Karl If done properly, yes absolutely. But the original version made no mention of any of his other DC work, just the thing you could buy now. Obviously written by a junior PR person (you would hope) but it shouldn't have gone out like that, there's no excuse. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 13, 2012 19:52:08 GMT
It's just a quick note, not a full obit. There's nothing to see here. Move along.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Aug 13, 2012 22:52:52 GMT
Very sad to hear this.
I didn't read a full Joe Kubert comic until about 7/8 years ago; he was one I always heard of (not least of all through the ads for his school) but I first saw interior art by him helping out Adam (who was sick) on Incredible Hulk. I thought it was really cool of him to do that, and it was interesting to compare and contrast father and son directly. Good work as well.
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Post by primenova on Aug 14, 2012 6:51:41 GMT
I don't collect DC - but noticed that Joe was working on a DC comic [newsarama] that was down for release Oct? At least they should show Joe's fans the last issues he worked on - but not going to advertise it in a statement - if that is what they did.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 14, 2012 21:47:40 GMT
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