by Mike Favila, Senior Editor
Ryan Bodenheim passed away last month at the youthful age of 44. We here at ComicsOnline loved his work at Valiant and Marvel and were really saddened by this news. Today, I got this little note from Bad Idea, the folks who put together the 2nd wave of Valiant:
Today a new BAD IDEA comic book arrives in stores and we’d like to take that opportunity to honor someone very dear to all of us by making a second comic book available to all of you.
Ryan Bodenheim, an exceptional storyteller, an exquisite illustrator, a colleague, a part of our family, and a friend, passed away far too young this past December. Ryan had been working with us on a book that we are so excited and proud to share. We are breaking a cardinal Bad Idea rule today and releasing the comic digitally. It’s a work in progress, but we wanted to share it in celebration of Ryan and his incredible talent. We’ll also be sharing some memories of Ryan on social media today and we hope you will join us in celebrating his life and work by posting some of your favorite Ryan Bodenheim books, art, panels, commissions, covers, etc.
We miss our friend dearly.
SPARK #1 by Ryan Bodenheim, Robert Venditti. Ulises Arreola & Dave Sharpe
“The comic book industry will never die because we love what we do. We won’t stop drawing, we won’t stop telling stories, we won’t stop reading them. We’ve been doing it since the caves.”
– Ryan Bodenheim
