Jim Aparo... RIP

[ArAich]

[comicartfan]

Just to echo what's allready been said, we in the comic world have lost one of our greats -

 

I went to a NYC show that Jim was at two years ago. I actually bought a piece of art from * the artist's choice * and had him sign it. Very nice guy and he was surprized to see the page.

 

 

Curiously i went to spencer's web site , since he was Aparo's rep. all his art has been pulled as well as his name.

[slab_em-migration]

Brave and Bold was the best - all the major characters Jim worked on...

 

 

 

[miatajim-migration]

Wow, what a fantastic out pouring of support. I have never been a big comic book fan; to me Jim was just the nice guy who lived next door. We would stop and talk when we ran in too each other well getting mail; we’d gave him a hand clearing his driveway after a big snow storm, wave to each other when going out. It’s amazing to see how many lives he touched. I know his family is touched by the support from all of you. Jim

[jediknight]

I loved Jim's work on Aquaman. He'll be missed.

[grider67]

Here's a pint for ya, Jim...

 

RIP - One of the best.

 

[NeuroZombie-migration]

Jim's Spectre defined the character and he runs neck in neck with Neal for my all time fave Batman artist (maybe he slightly wins out by a nose, but...)

 

He will be missed.

[namisgr]

Aparo was underappreciated from doing characters that had brought acclaim to Adams just a few years before. For this Marvel-centric reader, his work on Adventure and Batman, along with Wrightson's and Kirby's stuff, were the reasons to keep interest in DC in the early 70s.

 

This simple yet terrifying reintroduction of the Spectre is one of my most favorite Bronze covers:

 

[Norrin_Radd]

Aparo was underappreciated from doing characters that had brought acclaim to Adams just a few years before. For this Marvel-centric reader, his work on Adventure and Batman, along with Wrightson's and Kirby's stuff, were the reasons to keep interest in DC in the early 70s.

 

This simple yet terrifying reintroduction of the Spectre is one of my most favorite Bronze covers

 

My favorite is #433. I was reading it just this weekend.

 

[shrunkenhead]

434 is my favorite cover in the run....I posted the scan earlier in this thread...

[Elvis]

 

Us horror heads will miss him, too. He did the art for this one from HoM 201, which I rank in my personal "Top 3" horror stories that warped my mind as a kid...

 

Holy cow!!! I think I read this book as a kid also and it warped my mind too. I did not realize this was Jim A!. Wow what an entertaining series

 

Thanks Jim!!

 

Via con Dios

[precodekeith]

 

Us horror heads will miss him, too. He did the art for this one from HoM 201, which I rank in my personal "Top 3" horror stories that warped my mind as a kid...

 

Holy cow!!! I think I read this book as a kid also and it warped my mind too. I did not realize this was Jim A!. Wow what an entertaining series

 

Thanks Jim!!

 

Via con Dios

 

John Albano died earlier this year, too.