Legendary Eisner Award-winning comic book artist Tim Sale, who influenced generations of creatives in that medium as well as many in film and television, died Thursday
The post on Sale’s account — which has changed its name to “Remembering Tim Sale” — indicated he “passed with the love of his life beside him
Last week, DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee announced that Sale was not well, writing on Twitter,
“I regret to share the very sad news that the legendary artist Tim Sale has been admitted to the hospital with severe health issues.”
Lee’s message was retweeted by Sale’s partner Susan Bailey last week who said she’d be “reading your replies to him to brighten his day.
Much of Sale’s work was in partnership with writer Jeph Loeb, who was also a producer-writer on Smallville, Lost, Commando and Teen Wolf,
The duo created Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory
The Long Halloween has been mentioned as an influence on Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, and certainly seems to be part of the DNA of Matt Reeves’ more recent The Batman.