#In Remembrance

[dethkomic]

On Army of the Doomstar Day - And Remembering Jon Schnepp

Hey Goofballs. I didn't really have anything like this planned until the moment hit me, spontaneously. Today's a very special day, as Dethklok the live band gears up to go on tour, we've been blessed with not only a new Dethalbum, but a conclusion to the whole series. This being a momentous finale, over a decade in the making, I again wanted to take a minute to remember someone, just as I did last year..

Jon Schnepp was a guy you could pick out, even if it weren't for the fact that he was usually the tallest dude in any given crowd. He loved comics, music, good vegetarian food that didn't suck, and loved meeting his sweaty nerd fans. As a comic book artist myself, I had the rare privilege of meeting Jon on several occasions through the years at various comic conventions. We also kept in touch on social media, leaving likes and words of praise on each other's projects. Genuine to a fault, Jon was always the biggest fan of anything his friends were doing. He had impeccable comedic timing too. I'll never forget the message he sent me on Facebook when friends and I attended the first ever 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise:

"I want to go... :("

For as big a Metalocalypse fan as I've been through the years, Jon absolutely eclipsed me in all ways. He loved the show, loved talking about the show, loved discussing production and animation and the characters, whose likenesses he himself designed. One of my prized possessions is a comic book Jon signed and drew a Murderface on the inside frontispiece of. We all agreed that triangle-hair was the pinnacle of good character art.

When he died in 2018, I remember he was either going to be at, or had recently attended a convention in my former hometown of Columbus, Ohio. I remember letting him know I wasn't going to be able to make it, but promising to catch him on the next one. I never got the chance.

Jon Schnepp left behind a hole in the cartoon and comic industry that has yet to be filled to this day. But he also leaves a hell of a legacy. I've been in comics since the early 2000's and one thing I can guarantee you readers is that the rarest thing in the entertainment industry is this: Getting the ability to see a story through to its conclusion.

As artists, it's a sad fact that we don't always get to see what we create come full-circle. We're extra-super lucky still, to have that circle continue on after we're gone. Regardless of what you believe, I bet it would do Jon proud to know his work lives on, today. I bet he'd love the movie and it's wild animation and incredible art and music and story. I bet he'd be happy to have that closure. I know he'd love hearing how much we all enjoyed it, knowing the wild ride we all took to get here.

Jon, we miss you, man. Brendon, Tommy, writers, artists, animators, and any and all sweaty nerds reading this -- you did it. We the fans love you and we'll see you on the road. Hold your heads high. You carried the torch across that finish line.

We'll take it from here.

[longtallglasses]

Artist Jackie Kirk with the subjects of her one-woman show, The Face of AIDS, that showed at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco in 1991.

Virtually unknown at the time, she was among the first to artistically address the AIDS crisis, specifically in the Bay Area.

“What made the series unique is that Kirk painted a self-portrait after each time she painted a dying AIDS victim. They hung side by side in the gallery to reflect what she felt while staring into the eyes of a dying man.” 

“Perhaps some people may approach this show with fear,” she wrote in her artist’s statement for the historic show. “They may think it is about death. It is not. I am painting courage and strength. It is, above all, about life.” 

Jackie painted and created prolifically throughout her life; she passed away on June 25, 2021. (credit) (credit)

[professorambrius]

Actor and Voice of Two-Face, Richard Moll Has Died

Actor Richard Moll Has died. He's best remembered as bailiff Bull on the popular TV series Night Court and the voice of Two-Face on Batman the Animated Series.

[virtie333]

My mom would have been 90 years old today. I think of her and miss her every day.

[hoorstiel]

Not gonna lie...Patrick probably shoulda done some coke

[andrewisdoing]

“Well, when I am singing I am a completely different person. I could be very free, depending on the situation I could do what I want.” - Selena

[truedevotiondesign]

In Memoriam

In Memoriam Decade

[leannareneehieber]

A Melancholy Stone Maiden in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Upstate New York. Of all the photographs I took that were included in the interior of A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS, this one is my favorite. She's so dynamic and unique.

[goldyapper]

It is so funny whenever big finish puts Nick Briggs as a side character with his normal voice and I'm just laughing cause he is in soooo many audios.

[nerdy-spooks]

Remembering Corey Ian Haim, He passed away on this Day 13 Years ago, I remember that day I didn't quite understand because I was only 7 and didn't quite understand death, But he was a wonderful person and he shaped my childhood with his wonderful movies and I along with many others miss him.

As tragic as it is to this day he is free and no longer in pain he is free, I send my love to his family and friends, He'll never be forgotten and he will live on through Memories and all his lovely work.

May others continue to remember him.❤️🕊️

[histsciart]

In Remembrance...

Red poppies to honor all our veterans.

Botanical art by Edward Julius Detmold for News of Spring and Other Nature Studies (1917) by Maurice Maeterlinck.

[minayuri]

❤️ 𝕽𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕯𝖜𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝕱𝖗𝖞𝖊 ❤️

(February 22, 1899 - November 7, 1943)

It's now been 80 years...💔🥀

[professorambrius]

Favorite Tony Jay Roles

This past August 13th, marked the 17th anniversary of the passing of actor and voice over actor Tony Jay. Known for his deep baritone voice, Tony would go on to voice many villainous characters in his career.

He performed in several Disney productions and famously provided the voice to the evil Judge Claude Frollo from ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' where he not only provided Frollo's voice but also performed the song 'Hellfire'' which is considered by many as the best Disney villain song.

Thanks to Tony's distinctive voice, he would go appear in numerous cartoons in the 80s through the 2000s. He would also go on to appear in many tv shows where he played both good and evil characters. Tony did get show off his humor in several roles.

Despite his talent for playing evil roles, Tony Jay was a kind and wonderful man who many enjoyed working with.

Judge Claude Frollo, Disney's ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''.

Shere Khan, ''TaleSpin''

Shere Khan ''The Jungle Book 2''

Monsieur D'Arque, Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast''

Chairface Chippendale, ''The Tick''

Baron Mordo, ''Spider-Man the Animated Series''

Dr. Werner Lipschitz, ''Rugrats''

Rex Smythe Higgins, ''Hey Arnold''

Nigel St. John, ''Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman''

Laszlo Glagorian, ''The Golden Girls''

Some of my favorite Tony Jay roles.

[dark-ethereal-visions]

Brittany Murphy in 1999 during her goth phase.

[andrewisdoing]

“This world we live in is the dance of the creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye, but the dance lives on.”

- Michael Joseph Jackson

(August 29th 1958 - June 25th 2009)

[thenewgothictwice]

Laila Shawa (1940, Gaza City – 24 October 2022) - Protective Hands, 1992 (acrylic on board)