Steve Ditko Dead: Spider-Man Co-Creator Was 90

michaelbuckbee · on July 7, 2018

One of the marks of genius is when a creator's work becomes so influential, copied and expounded upon that to modern eyes it appears "normal".

Steve Ditko was such a person.

Here's a good article covering it:

Here is Hugo nominated author Saladin Ahmed describing (far better than I can) just how stylistically ground breaking Ditko was:

Jim Lee describing how Ditko provided the foundational "visual vocabulary" to comics:

jccalhoun · on July 7, 2018

Ditko was a really interesting person. Created such iconic characters. Rarely gave interviews. Super Objectivist.

The article says he had no children so I wonder what will become of his estate?