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<DIV>In a message dated 2/8/2004 7:51:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, jwatson8@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial> <http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2004_02_08.html#003669><BR><BR>> <BR>> He passed away this morning.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>This is a bittersweet time to be a comics fan... there is so much great stuff out there, and Julie's tenure at DC is as responsible as Stan Lee for the way modern superhero comics look. No one beat his stuff for sheer jaw-dropping wonder and baffling surreality. Alas, we've lost many of comics' Golden Age and evern some Silver Age lgends these last few years... John Buscema, Gil Kane, John Romita, and now Julie. If oyu ever get a chance to meet any of the remianing old pros at conventions or anything, don't miss it, because they won't be around much longer, and when they're all gone, some piece of comics' history goes with them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for posting this.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Jim Crocker, Manager<BR>Modern Myths, LLC<BR>34 Bridge Street #4<BR>Northampton, MA 01060<BR>www.modern-myths.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>