Famous cartoonist Tim Sale, who influenced the latest Batman movies, died on Thursday (6/17) at the age of 66. Last week, DC Comics creative director and editor Jim Lee announced that Sale was not doing well, tweeting about his hospital stay “with serious health problems.”
The designer’s main work was done in the 1990s in collaboration with writer Jeph Loeb (who became producer-screenwriter of “Smallville”, “Lost”, “Heroes” and directed the defunct Marvel Television). The duo created epochal comics of Batman, Superman and Catwoman such as “Superman The Four Seasons” (1998), “Batman: The Long Halloween” (1996-1997), “Batman: Dark Victory” (1999) and “Catwoman: City eternal “(2004).
“Batman: The Long Halloween” is by far his most famous publication. The plot was mentioned by Christopher Nolan as an influence on his “Dark Knight” films and is the basis of Matt Reeves’ latest “Batman” – which has “thanks” to the artist in his credits.
The original comics were made into an animated film by Warner Bros. Animation, released digitally in two parts in 2021.
Sale and Loeb’s partnership also extended to Marvel, where they released a collection of “Colorful” titles: “Daredevil: Yellow” (2001), “Hulk: Gray” (2003), “Spider-Man: Blue” ( 2002)) and “Captain America: White” (2015).
In a statement on social media, DC said, “Tim Sale was an incredible artist whose vision of the iconic characters had real human depth, and his innovative page design changed the way an entire generation thinks about. comic book narration “.
Tim Sale was an incredible artist, whose portrayal of iconic characters had real human depth, and his groundbreaking page designs changed the way an entire generation thinks about comic book storytelling. Our condolences go out to Tim’s family and friends. We will miss him deeply. pic.twitter.com/VgXxu7O0V4
– DC (@DCComics) June 16, 2022
Source: Terra
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