Julius Schwartz was admitted to Winthrop University Hospital over the weekend with a case of pneumonia. We wish him the best for a speedy recovery. We’ll post more as we hear more. (Thanks to Harlan Ellison and Alex Jay Berman for the info.)
Julius Schwartz was admitted to Winthrop University Hospital over the weekend with a case of pneumonia. We wish him the best for a speedy recovery. We’ll post more as we hear more. (Thanks to Harlan Ellison and Alex Jay Berman for the info.)
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Our prayers will be with him during this tough time.
Chris
All good wishes to Mr. Schwartz. Keep us informed.
Michael Norton
Best wishes to him. Hope he makes it through with flying colors, and is home for the holidays.
After the tragic too-young death of Keiko the whale of pneumonia, we can do without any more tragedy from it.
I wish him the best. He was by far the best editor DC had for many years, and the Flash is one of my favorite titles he edited.
Best wishes for Julie’s recovery.
Anyone know where get well wishes can be sent directly to him?
To the best of this Silver Age reader’s recollection, as a kid in the 1970s, Julie’s was the second name from the credits that I learned to associate with a consistent mark of quality (right after Curt Swan’s). Here’s wishing him all the best.
Please keep us advised as to Mr. Schwartz’ health status. This man has done so much in his life that it is amazing to just think about it. His memoirs that were published a few years back were fascinating and entertaining. I will be hoping for the best.
Mr. Schwartz’s contributions to the field are so many, yet they tend to not get a lot of notice. I’m glad to see there are always some willing to stand by the guy, through thick and thin. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
That OTHER John Byrne
Best wishes to Julie and his family for a speedy recovery.
Rob
I certainly wish Mr. Schwartz a speedy recovery.
After all, according to the “Ambush Bug (nothing) Special” I have in my dusty old comic collection, his head is supposed to live on until the end of time. I’d hate to see a paradox form.
All kidding aside, please let us know how he is doing, PAD, and thanks for the info.
More good news from Harlan, for those who haven’t had the chance to keep up with his board: Julie’s granddaughter who is a nurse told Harlan today (a day in which he spoke earlier with a perfectly lucid Julie) that Julie is “150% better” than when he was admitted.
Though he’s sleeping a whole lot (important when you’re healing), he’s walking a bit now. Plus, the blood and kidney infections seem to be improving more and more.
Julie’s got to be feeling good, however grumpy hospital regimen has him: He’s been getting what has to be a heartwarming influx of calls and visits from all manner of people in the science fiction and comics community.
Which is important, after all. With a man of his age, health problems such as pneumonia and infections are going to keep him in the hospital for more than just a week, but I’m certain he’ll be buoyed by the flood of love and concern he’ll be getting.
I’ve never met Julie, more to my regret, and have never had any contact with him (unless a DC staffer forwarded the review of his autobio I wrote for SciFiNow some time back)–but I’m going to mail a letter of appreciation to the man. Maybe I’ll find the review and tuck that into the envelope.
Better men and women than I have told Julie how much he means to people and to the arts in which he’s worked, but I want to add my voice to the chorus all the same.
All I can think of right now is of the pink candy Julie kept in his office, some kind of sucking candy, and of how when I would come up to the office with ALixandra, who was about four years old at the time, he would feed her the candy and of how her eyes would get big and her hand would go out for “More, please?”
My prayers and thoughts are of Julie right now.
MIndy