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General Comics Chat: Dick Giordano RIP

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    Long time comic pro and DC stalwart Dick Giordano passed away on Saturday from complications arising from pnuemonia.
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    thats sad :( i liked his wonky angles.
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    Fare thee well, Mr. Dick Giordano. Fare thee well.

    It is only recently that I have fully comprehended the impact of Mr. Giordano upon my comic reading life. For example, during his editorial tenure at Charlton Comics he mid-wived the Action Heroes line which counted amongst their number (my personal favourites) Mr. Steve Ditko's Blue Beetle and The Question amongst others such as The Peacemaker. When he jumped over to DC (this is how I heard it anyway) DC bought said characters as a gesture of appreciation for the newly employed Mr. G. Little, if anything, was done with said characters but they were available and fresh in the mind of a hirsute young buck from Northampton who had a couple of ideas about these here superheroey comics he'd like to try out. In the end names were changed but it looks like: no Mr. Dick Giordano - no Watchmen. Also while editing at DC he instigated the legendarily short lived six-gun series Bat Lash which I liked, so there.

    Throughout the '80s I really enjoyed the insights and information contained within Mr. Dick Giordano's "Meanwhile..." columns which ran throughout DC's line of books. These were like Stan's Soapbox but actually "talked up" to the audience, which was most appreciated. In fact if I am reading a back issue and a "Meanwhile..." appears I will always read it and always be entertained. Maybe it'll be the one about how little Frank Miller has "something" planned for Batman in 1986 or this idea they have for changing the paper stock or apologising for price rises. Whatever it is it's always worthwhile stuff.

    And of course he drew stuff too, I primarily remember Mr. Giordano for his work on Mr. Neal Adams' Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow; both of which series would have ramifications that would echo down the corridors of time to this day. He was a good, solid artist who I probably wildly under-appreciated due to his style not being quite my cup o' tea. But his art will continue to live and no more pertinent example could there be than the imminent reprinting of Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali. In which his inks grace Mr. Neal Adams again and we find that the comic encapsulation of all that is awesome actually already happened in 1978. And Mr. Dick Giordano was there when it happened.

    Fare thee well Mr. Dick Giordano.

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