You may have to be a bit of a comics nut to be saddened by this. You've probably never read his work, but if you read comics at all, this is the guy who influenced every comic book writer you ever liked. He more or less invented the graphic novel with his chronicles of life in early 20th century New York, and The Spirit was perhaps the most innovative newspaper strip in the history of the comics page. The man literally wrote the book on how to make comics, and was still putting out innovative work as of last year, at age 87. He will be missed.
Keep an eye out for the inevitable, slightly-too-wordy Michael Chabon tribute in Harper's or McSweeny's sometime in the spring.... In the meantime, Newsarama has a good overview of his career.
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