Oh, Lord…not another obit. But I do want to note the passing of Martin Greim, an important figure in comic book fandom and later a writer of comics. Marty died Saturday at the age of 74 and they're saying heart failure was the cause.
He was a guy who truly loved comic books and the folks who made them. He was active in running comic conventions in Boston and he published a magazine called Comic Crusader, which was mostly filled with his writing and drawing. When I first knew him, he very much wanted to write and draw professionally but a degenerative eye condition made half that dream impossible. He did manage to write a number of comics, including The Shield and his own creation, Thunderbunny. Before his eyes failed him, he wrote and drew one Donald Duck story that was published and I know he was very proud of that.
I had not been in touch with Marty for a long time but I recall spending much of a New York Con with him back in the seventies, talking about our favorite comics and debating some differing tastes. He was one of the good guys and we've lost way too many of them.