Not An April Fools' Joke

Prolific comic artist Jim Mooney passed away on Sunday. You can read more about him on Mark Evanier's blog here.
Mooney is one of those almost nameless talents who worked quietly in the background, never really getting the acclaim of big names like Jack "King" Kirby, or Steve Ditko, but whose work, if you've read enough comics, you've no doubt encountered, perhaps without really taking note.
If you're like me, you did take note, even if his work wasn't always at the front of your comic book consciousness, but regardless, his passing marks the loss of yet another major talent.
That he had a successful collaboration with recently deceased writer Steve Gerber on Man-Thing and Omega the Unknown helps to drive home just how many talented comic creators we've lost this year.

It's Hard Out There For A Geek

Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90.
There's been a rash of Geek Icon deaths in the past month or so; I hope it stops soon.
As Dave Campbell pointed out after the death of Dave Stevens, it's been a bad month for geeks.
First Steve Gerber, then D&D creator Gary Gygax - not being into D&D, this one didn't affect me personally, but being a geek I can't help but sympathize - the aforementioned Dave Stevens, and now Arthur C. Clarke.
I've greatly enjoyed all of the works of Clarke that I've read, and he will be missed, though I have to say that, while even at 90 it's still too soon, unlike the others who were taken far, far too soon, Clarke did have a good long run.
As for what's been up in my life today, don't ask. Work stuff - that strictly speaking isn't even my work stuff - spilling over into my off the clock time = annoyance.
On a positive front, I had an eye appointment and things are going swimmingly. So much so that I don't have to go back for two months.
There was more I was going to write, but it's going to have to wait because I don't feel like writing it now.