Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with his Batman blanket, comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday.
The 63-year-old overhauled the X-Men comic and helped popularize the relatively obscure Marvel Comics in the 1970s. He helped turn the title into a publishing sensation and major film franchise.
Cockrum died in his favorite chair at his home in Belton, South Carolina, after a long battle with diabetes and related complications, his wife Paty Cockrum said Tuesday.
At Cockrum's request, there will be no public services and his body will be cremated, according to Cox Funeral Home. His ashes will be spread on his property. A family friend said he will be cremated in a Green Lantern shirt.
Cockrum received no movie royalties, said family friend Clifford Meth, who organized efforts to help Cockrum and his family during his protracted medical care.
"Dave saw the movie and he cried -- not because he was bitter," Meth said. "He cried because his characters were on screen and they were living."
"He had a genuine love for comics and for science fiction and for fantasy, and he lived in it," Meth said. "He loved his work."
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3 comments:
Are you sure he wasn't crying because of the travesty they made out of the Phoenix Saga?
I like the movie, but if they were going to do it about the government trying to force a cure on mutants then they shouldn't have included the parts about Jean Grey as the Phoenix especially a distorted version that had none of the vision or scope of the comic.
But I did like what I read about Marvel's efforts to help Dave Cockrum with his medical expenses. That's more like what coporations should be doing about their employees. It's a shame it's a rare occurance these days.
I just love the idea of an old man (ok he wasn't that old) dying in his Spiderman jammies. I wonder if the PJs had the feet in them?
If he hadn't been who he was, that would have been very creepy.
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