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Steve Ditko Dead: Spider-Man Co-Creator Was 90
- michaelbuckbee 8y agoOne of the marks of genius is when a creator's work becomes so influential, copied and expounded upon that to modern eyes it appears "normal". Steve Ditko was such a person. Here's a good article covering it: https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-steve-ditko-defined-generation/ https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-steve-ditko-defined-generatio... Here is Hugo nominated author Saladin Ahmed describing (far better than I can) just how stylistically ground breaking Ditko was: https://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/1015407245109137408 https://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/1015407245109137408 Jim Lee describing how Ditko provided the foundational "visual vocabulary" to comics: https://twitter.com/JimLee/status/1015398670831898624 https://twitter.com/JimLee/status/1015398670831898624
- jccalhoun 8y agoDitko was a really interesting person. Created such iconic characters. Rarely gave interviews. Super Objectivist. The article says he had no children so I wonder what will become of his estate?