R.I.P. Carlos Pachecho

He was diagnosed with ALS in September and passed away today at age 60.

His work with Kurt Busiek (Avengers Forever, etc) was stellar.

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That seems rather quick when you hear about people with ALS living for a very much longer time. I’m wondering if it was by choice to end, which honestly I’d probably consider the same thing in such situation.

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Not a lot of details out yet. Might not be actually be cause of death, but his diagnosis was public. I do know sometimes ALS can attack breathing pretty quickly.

Regardless of the cause of death, this has been a terrible year for losing creators.

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Yeah. Thus the circle of life… sadly no one escapes death, it will come for us all one day! :frowning:

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‘And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death’ - PF

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What sad news. Carlos was an underrated artist and very nice. Crazy how fast the news went from diagnosed with ALS to this, but it’s hard to know what state he was in when he got the diagnosis.

Damage Control #2 is his last cover art he did.

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