A brilliant writer and talent, an entertaining dinner companion, and an all around great guy.
He will be missed.
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54 comments on “RIP Steve Gerber”
Since Fraser commented that HTD never contributed any lasting catch phrases to the lexicon, I guess he doesn’t still use the term “blanderize” as a synonym for adulterate or dilute. (I also refer to fast forwarding through commercials as “blipverting” – remember Max Headroom?)
No, I’ve never used blanderize in any way shape or form. I have worked “blipvert” into a conversation or two.
Most of my friends IN the seventies who liked the Pythons missed the Debbie Reynolds reference–I think i caught it because my family watched the Debbie Reynolds show and PBS picked up the Pythons in my area not long after.
I’d also like to put a word for French colorist Stéphane Peru who died of a heart attack the same day Steve Gerber did. His recent work includes Ultimate XMen, Teen Titans Year One, Iron Man. He was 26, and a very talented guy.
I remember meeting Steve Gerber at a convention in Phila a few years back, where we were both guests. I was still green around the gills, and just flustered when I was introduced to him, one of my favorite writers, and could only blurt out..”Steve, thank you for Howard the Duck!!!”
To which he replied, “You’re welcome!Now just who the f**k are you…?”
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Since Fraser commented that HTD never contributed any lasting catch phrases to the lexicon, I guess he doesn’t still use the term “blanderize” as a synonym for adulterate or dilute. (I also refer to fast forwarding through commercials as “blipverting” – remember Max Headroom?)
No, I’ve never used blanderize in any way shape or form. I have worked “blipvert” into a conversation or two.
Most of my friends IN the seventies who liked the Pythons missed the Debbie Reynolds reference–I think i caught it because my family watched the Debbie Reynolds show and PBS picked up the Pythons in my area not long after.
I’d also like to put a word for French colorist Stéphane Peru who died of a heart attack the same day Steve Gerber did. His recent work includes Ultimate XMen, Teen Titans Year One, Iron Man. He was 26, and a very talented guy.
I remember meeting Steve Gerber at a convention in Phila a few years back, where we were both guests. I was still green around the gills, and just flustered when I was introduced to him, one of my favorite writers, and could only blurt out..”Steve, thank you for Howard the Duck!!!”
To which he replied, “You’re welcome!Now just who the f**k are you…?”
Ah, what a guy.