Nice piece on Julie Schwartz on CBS Sunday Morning. You can nitpick little almost-errors in these things but the overall effect was something that would have pleased Julie greatly. Also, Alan Brennert informs me there was a nice Schwartz obit on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos.
And here's a link to a good column by Andrew "Captain Comics" Smith, though I will nitpick a few points: He says, "Schwartz (with John Broome and Carmine Infantino) introduced a brand-new Flash in Showcase No. 4." Broome was the most important writer of that incarnation of The Flash but the introductory story was written by Robert Kanigher. There were four Showcase issues of the character and each had one story by Kanigher and one by Broome. Julie also — and I made this mistake, myself — did not introduce H.P. Lovecraft to the world. He sold a few of Lovecraft's last stories. But all in all, it's another tribute that would have delighted its subject.
By the by: Amidst all these obits, there seems to be some argument over whether Julie lived to be 88 or 89. I just did the math. Julius Schwartz was born on June 19, 1915. He died early the morning of February 8, 2004. Therefore, he was 88 years, 7 months and 20 days old. I may have contributed to the confusion because I told a story involving Julie last year and said he was 88 at the time…but that story occurred after that year's birthday.