Comments on: R.I.P. Jim Mooney

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:25:57 +0000

This Sunday's (4-12) Funky Winkerbean has a large re-creation of the first Supergirl cover drawn by Jim Mooney!

What a lovely surprise to see.

By: Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:10:42 +0000

My blog about my best friend Jim:

http://markellisink.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28

By: Jim Blasko

Jim Blasko — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:03:23 +0000

The news of Jim's death makes me terribly sad. 20 years ago in 1988 when I was 10 years old, I was lucky enough to meet and speak to Jim Mooney a few times. As a kid my dad had a flea market spot in Stuart FL(The B&A Flea Market- it still exists today!), and my dad sold Baseball and Football Cards there. I would join my dad each weekend as I liked the idea, sometimes I even put some of my own Spider-Man Comics on the Table.. Jim Mooney came by a few times and he picked up some of the comics I had. He would smile and talk to me, and once told me he was going to bring me something the next time he seen me. I had no idea who he was or what he was talking about. One weekend, he came by and gave me Amazing Spider-Man #76 and on the inside he had signed the comic to me, "To Jim from Jim Mooney" I was shocked to see HE was the artist of this older Spider-Man book and we had the same name!! He told me to hold on to it because it was his personal copy and he didn't have another one...My amazement to this has remained throught my life. His kind gift it's part of what's inspired me to own a comic book business. It's been one of the greatest stories of my entire life. I'm glad to be able to share it with you.. Unfortunatly the comic Jim Mooney signed to me was stolen sometime in my early 20's... If anyone's seen it..I trade any comic I have for it... RIP Jim Mooney , Thank you for showing me the good in people. Thanks for the inspiration- I will miss you deeply. Jim Blasko Las Vegas NV Formally of Port St Lucie Fl.

By: Qohelet

Qohelet — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:46:26 +0000

I join with you to mourn Jim Mooney's departure. I know he had a great past with comic books in the 40-50-70's, but I only knew him on Marvel comics, inking the pencils of super-heroes drawings. So long.

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:37:51 +0000

I first got to know Jim Mooney's work from the 1960s version of Dial "H" For Hero in House of Mystery. It was a bizarre, trippy little '60s DC comic from the Go-go check era and yet Jim Mooney's art just made it all...work in way that successive artists couldn't. He was also great on Spider-Man too.

By: Citizen K

Citizen K — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:59:04 +0000

Awww... I feel so sad to read this. As a lover of Supergirl/Ms. Marvel, I always hoped that I'd be able to meet him. I guess now, at least, not in this plane of existence.

Interviews I read of him, he seemed like a genuinely down to earth and pleasant individual.

He seemed to genuinely care about the characters he helped establish, and that came through in his art.

Although he was 88, it's still a surprise; icons like him always feel like they'll be with us forever. He's left us a legacy of artwork and stories, and that's a part of him, so in many ways, he will be.

I hope with all the collections out there of artists work, someone will put out a tribute to Mr. Mooney.

Prayers and thoughts go out to his family and friends.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:20:55 +0000

He was a great artist, and from the interviews I read, an interesting gentleman as well. At 88, his death can't be too surprising, and he did leave a legacy of wonderful art, but he'll still be missed.

By: kirbydotter

kirbydotter — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:17:30 +0000

Rest in Peace Mr. Mooney.

I think he was made to draw teenagers heroes best.
He drew a few issues of legion of Super-Heroes, the Robin stories (loved those), Supergirl... He is the definitive Supergirl artist.

This is probably due to his style of inking, soft not hard lines, I recognized him for his "cute" young faces.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:51:05 +0000

Well, he said here that he did.

CBA: Drawing in Bob Kane's style?

JIM: This was actually, it was ghosting. Dick Sprang was one of their better production artists, and he'd taken off and wanted to do something else. So Dick took off for Arizona, and DC was looking for someone to fill in. So, that's where I fit in, and I stayed on Batman for quite a few years, and then I did "Robin, the Boy Wonder" in Star-Spangled Comics, and, let's see, I worked for some of their House of Secrets and House of Mystery, "Tommy Tomorrow," almost everything came along, and I handled it for DC. I was with DC on a freelance basis for almost 20 years.

http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/07mooney.html

By: sononsj

sononsj — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:26:28 +0000

I'm prett sure he stated in an interview that he had actually never ghosted for Bob Kane, though.

By: sononsj

sononsj — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:25:24 +0000

Wow... I loved his work on ASM.

This sucks.

By: T.

T. — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:29:26 +0000

Hey Jack, *I* found it funny at least, so no worries. I was a big fan of Mooney's but I still can't get too broken up because hey, he was 88 years old which is a good run and also, he had a great career working on huge icons and getting well-known in the industry. He seems to have had a good life, at least professionally.

By: Jack Fear

Jack Fear — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:25:19 +0000

Golly, Mister Midnight, isn't it obvious? With Mooney's passing coming so close on the heels of Steve Gerber's, God must be planning an OMEGA THE UNKNOWN revival! Watch your back, Mary Skrenes!

Sorry, did that sound unnecessarily cavalier in its insistence in seeing the ending of a human life totally in brain-damaged fanboy-monkey terms? Cos that *totally* wasn't my intention at *all.*

By: Mister Midnight

Mister Midnight — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:50:41 +0000

Man....not Jim Mooney too.....what is going on??? God needs to space this stuff out a little more....or not. Guess he knows what he's doing.

One thing's for sure...seems like he's really stocking up on some great comic talent lately.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:07:00 +0000

He was a great artist, and we'll certainly miss him.

By: Dan (other Dan)

Dan (other Dan) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:45:13 +0000

Aw, crud. Too bad.

He did some great work in Alan Moore's Supreme post-retirement, as well.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:42:22 +0000

Yeah. Geez. It sucks. He really was the best Supergirl artist ever.

And I apologize for the really stupid typo.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:40:05 +0000

Well, dang.

His artwork was lovely and I bet he was, too.

By: David Kirkpatrick

David Kirkpatrick — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:13:43 +0000

That's really depressing news. He was the first artist I got a commission from when I began collecting original art four or five years ago. He did a cover-level commission of Supergirl and Red K, based loosely on the old 80 page Giant books. He was wonderful to deal with, did a fabulous job, and really made it easy on a novice to the comic-art collecting biz. I've picked up a number of other pieces by him since then, but that one will always be special.

David Kirkpatrick
CAF: http://qurls.com?i=33485

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:56:38 +0000

He drew a great Supergirl and a great Spider-Man. Rest in peace, Mr. Mooney.