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Comics People Remember Steve Dillon

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Philip J Bond, Steve Dillon, Brett Ewins and Jamie Hewlett.
Philip J Bond, Steve Dillon, Brett Ewins and Jamie Hewlett, for the launch of Deadline Magazine.

Today I have been in the pub talking with friends about Steve Dillon and his untimely death. There is shocks, there is sadness, there was talk about what a genuinely warm and kind man he was, and admiration for his work across the decades as fresh as ever.

Lots of other people have been sharing their reactions as well. Here are a few from social media.

http://twitter.com/warrenellis/status/789856946710994944

https://twitter.com/LiamRSharp/status/789936445855178752/

https://twitter.com/kierongillen/status/789850736016384000

https://twitter.com/willbrooker/status/789843083152203780

https://twitter.com/evandgoldberg/status/789886178984009728

https://twitter.com/Uptomyknees/status/789862896415105024

https://twitter.com/BrianLynch/status/789840918169853953

https://twitter.com/brubaker/status/789831114605023232

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Here's my story. I've known Steve for decades but this is a more recent one. Of late, there had been a meme regarding what was described as "Frank Face", based on Steve Dillon's inclination to draw this psychopathic murderer with the exact same expression from panel to panel, and to find it on other characters as well.

I remember chatting with Steve at the MCM London Comic Con bar last year (lemonades all round) to find that a) not only was he very familiar with the meme but that b) was putting in examples of the expression on purpose into everything he did, just to feed it further.

Goodbye Steve.

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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