Legendary artist Tim Sale has died at 66

The comedian world has misplaced one other legend. Tim Sale, the artist behind Batman: The Lengthy Halloween, died in the present day on the age of 66.

A press release on his official Twitter account stated, “It’s with a heavy unhappiness that I need to announce that Tim Sale handed away in the present day. He handed with the love of his life beside him, and loves all of you very a lot. Please share pictures and tales below this publish, as we hope to share them with the group.” A reason for demise hasn’t been revealed, however Sale had been admitted to hospital earlier this week with “extreme well being points.“

Tim Sale attended the Faculty of Visible Arts in New York Metropolis in addition to a comics workshop run by Marvel artist John Buscema. After breaking into comics, Sale started collaborating with author Jeph Loeb and was launched into stardom with Batman: The Lengthy Halloween. The restricted collection was an enormous success and proved to be a significant affect on all method of Batman media, together with Christopher Nolan’s The Darkish Knight trilogy and Matt Reeves’ The Batman. The story additionally acquired a two-part animated adaptation as a part of the DC Universe Animated Films final yr. Sale and Loeb adopted up that success with Superman for All Seasons, Batman: Darkish Victory, Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Grey, Catwoman: When in Rome, and Captain America: White.

Tim Sale was additionally introduced in to offer the paintings of precognitive artist Isaac Mendez on Heroes, which counted Jeph Loeb as a author and producer. The font used within the present’s captions and credit was additionally created by Sale and was primarily based on his personal handwriting. Tim Sale isn’t the primary comics legend to have died in latest months, as we misplaced Neal Adams in April and George Pérez in Could. Our ideas exit to Tim Sale’s household, pals, and everybody who has been touched by his exemplary work.