Ernie Chan passes away at age 71 (Comic Book Forums)

• Ernie Chan passes away at age 71

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Canuck I have no life moderator Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 10685 My Collection	Posted: May 18, 2012 9:37:13 am Another great lost. Veteran artist Ernie Chan, perhaps best remembered for his work in the 1970s on Batman and Conan the Barbarian, passed away Wednesday at age 71. According to cartoonist Gerry Alanguilan, Chan recently had been diagnosed with cancer. His death follows that of fellow Filipino artist Tony DeZuniga last week. “It’s sad to lose one, but it’s truly crushing to lose so many in such a short amount of time,” Alanguilan wrote on his website. “But Mang Ernie lived a full life. He had accomplished a lot. There was a point in time that he was one of the hottest artists working comics. DC wouldn’t give you the honor of drawing so many cover on their mainstream titles if you weren’t so well regarded. He deserves to be remembered and recognized as someone who contributed positively to the image of Filipinos and their talents worldwide.” Born July 27, 1940, as Ernesto Chua in the Philippines, he legally changed his last name to Chan after becoming a U.S. citizen in 1976. Chan broke into American comics in the early 1970s drawing short stories for DC Comics’ Ghosts mystery/suspense series before beginning a nearly two-year stint on Batman in 1975 while also penciling Claw the Unconquered and Detective Comics. Under the name Chua, he also served as the publisher’s primary cover artist from about 1975 to 1976. Moving to Marvel in the late ’70s, he illustrated such titles as Conan the Barbarian, Kull the Destroyer, Power Man and Iron Fist, and inked Sal Buscema’s pencils on The Incredible Hulk. Chan shifted into animation and the 1990s before retiring in 2002. Funeral services will be held Monday in Oakland, California. "Disliking everything is not the same thing as having an opinion"
glh08 Wise Beyond the Years moderator Location: Mapleton, ND Posts: 2870 My Collection	Posted: May 18, 2012 2:11:02 pm R.I.P. He will be missed.
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