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February 11, 2008
Steve Gerber (1947 - 2007)
Well today just wants to be a sad day, doesn't it?
Mark Evanier shares his memories:
Stephen Ross Gerber was born in St. Louis on September 20, 1947. A longtime fan of comic books, he was involved in the ditto/mimeo days of fanzine publishing in the sixties, publishing one called Headline at age 14. He had a by-mail friendship with Roy Thomas, who was responsible for the most noteworthy fanzine of that era, Alter Ego. Years later when Roy was the editor at Marvel Comics, he rescued Steve from a crippling career writing advertising copy, bringing him into Marvel as a writer and assistant editor. Steve soon distinguished himself as one of the firm's best writers, handling many of their major titles at one time or another but especially shining on The Defenders, Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Morbius the Living Vampire, a special publication about the rock group Kiss...and of course, Howard the Duck.[...]
...Steve began to get work in the animation field, starting with a script for the Plastic Man cartoon series produced by Ruby-Spears. This led to a brief but mutually beneficial association with the studio, especially when Steve launched and story-edited one of the best adventure cartoons done for Saturday morning TV, Thundarr the Barbarian. Later, he worked for other houses on other shows, including G.I. Joe and Dungeons & Dragons.
I didn't know Steve Gerber but he created all of the animated projects I watched as a kid and still remember fondly today. In a strange way, he influenced my love for tales of the fantastic.
Funny, and strange, the invisible connections we have with other people.
(via rantz1, mark evanier's memories of Gerber, comics reporter)
Posted by Groonk at February 11, 2008 07:33 PM | Ministry of Comics, People Who Died
