2. I guess i first knew Tom as editor of The Comics Journal, later as maintainer of the essential news site Comics Reporter, co-author of very smart biography of Stan Lee, and co-compiler of a really fantastic oral history of @fantagraphics
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3. Tom was a man of many many trades as an interviewer, reporter, convention organizer and even, for a few years, comic strip writer. But he was, above all, a fine & discerning critic. He loved comics & wrote about them with a rare acumen. We we so lucky to have him.
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4. As a man, Tom was a lively, opinionated, curmudgeonly, warm, passionate about art. He loved talking about art and it was a ritual for me to spend an evening drinking with him every year at the Toronto Comics Art Festival, catching up on gossip.
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5. I knew Tom had a serious health scare a few years ago but I honestly thought he had recovered. So his death is shock. I'm still trying to figure out what it means that Tom is no longer here. Tom Spurgeon, 1968-2019. RIP
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Too young. RIP.
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I am so sincerely sorry for your loss.
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I didn't know him that well but he always came across as being good to everyone in comics. That and he was important to and for comics and comics makers. I feel for his family and those who knew him well-- which was a lot of folks.
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This is very sad; really respected him
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oh gosh. What a terrible loss.
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