Newsarama is reporting that comic artist Marshal Rogers past away this weekend. Reasons for his demise were not immediately disclosed. The artist was 57.
I came into reading comics a little late to experience the defining arc Rogers did on Detective Comics with Steve Englehart, Terry Austin, and John Workman. But I heard about it and later got a chance to read it in trade paperback.
I instead discovered Rogers art through character pages in DC's Who's Who, stories in Secret Origins, and the 80's Silver Surfer series. I was impressed by his artwork. He used a fine line in his illustration and his style was unlike any other comic artist on the market at the time. In reading the trade of his Batman work, I could see how inventive he was for the time and the influence he must have had on artists such as Todd McFarlane and Arthur Adams.
When anyone dies, they die much too soon. But Rogers was still producing vital and beautiful artwork, most recently in 2005's Dark Detective series. I feel sorry for future generations how first experience his work through back issues and trade paperbacks.
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