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It's always bad news when anyone passes away. And as we mentioned in our lastest podcast, the month of June has been an especially bad one with the passing of George Carlin, Tim Russert & Stan Winston. And now word comes down the artist Michael Turner has passed from complications of his cancer. I was never the biggest fan of his artwork but he was still pretty talented and I know he held weight in the community and was very talented. It sad to go back and see that he will never pencil another cover or draw another panel. But at least he's got his legacy in the community. Check out the full story over here and here at Newsarama. RIP Michael Turner

This month has sucked. So far, we've lost Tim Russert, Stan Winston & last night we lost George Carlin. Now I've watched approximately one of George's stand up routines when I was a kid but I really remember him from his appearances in Kevin Smith films. Although mostly limited to nothing more than cameos, Jersey Girl really provided his with a meaty role. And I really digged his performance, especially since it was such a distant role compared to his stand up. Kevin Smith has written up a wonderful piece over here at Newsweek and he does a wonderful job of summarizing his experience in working with the legend. One of these days we'll get to say those words on TV and make the man smile down from heaven. Fucken 'aye!

Stan Winston, creator & designer of such huge Hollywood icons such as The Terminator, the dinos in Jurassic Park, The Predator and most recently the Iron Man suit, has passed away, per a report over at Aintitcoolnews. Man this sucks. Winston has been in the game for such a long time and whenever someone needed to translate and manifest an idea into the real world, Stan was the man, the master of practical. Who knows how suck ass all those movies he was involved in would of been without his expertise. Check out the full story here at Aintitcool. Sad day indeed.