The Impact comics were some of the best work of his EVER!! His storytelling was impecable; his style clean and easy to follow.

Much needs to be said about the "less-is-more" theory in art. Sometimes TOO much detail robs the viewer of the essence of comic art: TELLING A STORY WITH PICTURES.

Even though the circumstances surround his death are unfortunate; He is truely missed.

I remember being allergic to the Image style of artwork that was so popular at the time.
A 'cartoony' artist like Parobeck wasn't 'hot' for most of the time of all too short career. He began to gain some recognition only at the very end of his life when the Bruce Timm's Batman Adventures style of art became cool. Parobeck had been doing this style way before it strted to influence comic book mainstream.

I also agree that Puckett and Parobeck's Batman was the best being published at the time (back when Batman was a series of long-boring-and-depressing crossovers like KnightFall/Knightquest/KnightsEnd and other nonsenses).

Puckett and Parobeck's Batman is to be added to the definitive Batman hall-of-fame along with Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers, Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, Doug Moench and Kelley Jones, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.

I would also like to mention that Mike Parobeck was a very generous artist and gave away an original piece of artwork every month to a lucky fan-writer of BATMAN ADVENTURES.

In many ways, he was an old school type of guy.
And considering how I worship the classics, that's the best compliment I can give him. He's up there, somewhere, with the best: Kirby, Toth, Swan, Big John Buscema, Eisner and too many of the best.

Am I the only one who wish that Heaven is a place where these guys are still producing great comicbooks?

The thing that I first noticed about him -- and it continues to intrigue me to this day -- is how he always managed to make his work in the Timm-verse books distinctive and personal without going outside the established style. He never showboated or tried to draw attention to his work -- but when you were reading a Mike Parobeck Batman Adventures, you always knew it. No offense to Ty Templeton, Rick Burchett, Timm himself or any of the talented folks who worked on those titles, but it was always Parobeck that impressed me the most.

Years later, I tracked down lots of his other work, and am still doing so today. I'm never less than amazed with how effortless he makes it look.

A shame he's not still around -- he was one of the bright, shining lights in the sometimes-very-dark 90s.

I love that JSA series (and El Diablo, and The Fly, and Batman: TAS ...)

I love Kiku (Johns: Kill off that J.J. Twerp!)

And I love Mike Parobeck's art.

I'll agree, Parobeck's run on Batman stands as one of the best and most influential of all time.

I had become an instant fan of Mike Parobeck when I saw his art for the first time. The very reasons why are exactly what Bill described in his loving tribute above (thank you, Mr. Reed).
When I heard of Mike's passing, he became the first comic creator of the modern age that I shed a tear for.
I did the same for Kirby, Gardner Fox, Bob Kane, and Julius Schwartz (there are so many others of that era too). And now, I'm not ashamed to say, that Mike Parobeck has a place there with them.

I could continue to memorialize the man and his work. But, I think I'd rather just re-read Bill's column.
It says it all.

I'm not trying to piss all over a "gracious memorial," because I loved the post itself. It IS a shame that Parobeck died, because he was such a talent (and it sounds like he was a wonderful guy, so the people he knew are lessened because of his death). But he had a choice.

Although, I only met him in passing, Mike Parobeck was a kind and talented man, and this isn't the time or place to piss on a gracious memorial.