Source: theouthousers.com

1. Darwyn Cooke

Darwyn Cooke will be remembered as one of the greatest talents of our time. His art was inspiring and beautiful and his writing was by turns thrilling and novelistic,but always rooted in a love of comic books.

An astounding visual storyteller, he knew how to put together a page like no one else. I read New Frontier again, just wanting to remember Darwyn, but I came away from it with so much more respect for Cooke’s capabilities as a writer and an artist than I had before.

I don’t even think New Frontier is his best work (his Parker series is absolutely incredible) and doesn’t that say it all? He wrote and drew what I consider to be the best Justice League story of all time and it wasn’t even the best he had to offer.

New Frontier is one of my favorite comics of all time, and Darwyn’s artwork and writing meant a lot to me. When I first heard the news of Cooke’s illness, I tweeted out something that I felt was the best way I could put my feelings: “When I close my eyes and picture the DC Universe, I see it the way Darwyn Cooke drew it.” Tons of people have written about Cooke in the last few days, but I wanted to add my voice to the chorus.

Thank you for what you gave us, Darwyn, you will be sorely missed.