Hawksmoor
Amazing Spiderfan
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Sams_story/jeph.html
This 6-page comic was perhaps the most heart-wrenching media product I've ever seen/read/experienced.
It tells the real story of Sam Loeb and his heroic battle with cancer, in the fictional DC Universe, as if he was growing up in Smallville, as a close friend of Clark Kent.
The issue is emotionally-charged, wrought from a father's loss, and a father's love, and these conflicting emotions are painfully apparent throughout each of the 6 perfectly-crafted pages.
It's the first non-tv/film fictional item to bring me to tears reading it; never before has pain been so well communicated in the pages of a comic book, and never has it been more heartwarming to see creators of all levels band together - first to see Sam's writing work on Superman/Batman issue 26 would be drawn by all top-flight artists, and then to create a special project in memoriam.
Sam's death was a terrible thing, but the love and support shown by so many is an inspiration.
This 6-page comic was perhaps the most heart-wrenching media product I've ever seen/read/experienced.
It tells the real story of Sam Loeb and his heroic battle with cancer, in the fictional DC Universe, as if he was growing up in Smallville, as a close friend of Clark Kent.
The issue is emotionally-charged, wrought from a father's loss, and a father's love, and these conflicting emotions are painfully apparent throughout each of the 6 perfectly-crafted pages.
It's the first non-tv/film fictional item to bring me to tears reading it; never before has pain been so well communicated in the pages of a comic book, and never has it been more heartwarming to see creators of all levels band together - first to see Sam's writing work on Superman/Batman issue 26 would be drawn by all top-flight artists, and then to create a special project in memoriam.
Sam's death was a terrible thing, but the love and support shown by so many is an inspiration.