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Jackson “Butch” Guice, an Inkpot Award winning comic book artist best known for his work on Micronauts, The Flash, Action Comics and more, has died at age 63.
Most recently, Guice’s work was seen in Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma from DC Comics, a revival and reinvention of the cult comic book character he co-created Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. He was also well known as one of the architects of the classic “Death of Superman” and”Reign of the Superman” storylines.
The news began to filter out online earlier today, thanks to posts from his friends and admirers on BlueSky. Said Andrew Farago, curator of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, “Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but just got word that Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice has passed away after his recent health struggles. Deepest condolences to his friends and family.”
“Aw s**t,” posted inker Mark Stegbauer. “Butch Guice has passed away. I’ve been following his work since back in the Micronauts days. So many great books he did. This sucks.”
Writer and artist Matthew Dow Smith added, “Absolutely gutted to hear that my dear friend from my Crossgen days, Butch Guice, has passed away. I have no words. Butch was one of a kind. And I can’t imagine a world without him in it.”
Guice got his start in the ’80s in fanzines, before breaking out with his Marvel work on Rom and Micronauts. From there he moved to the X-Men line, simultaneously pencilling X-Factor and New Mutants, before hopping over to DC Comics later in the decade, including Teen Titans and The Flash. Guice would jump back and forth from publishers, though, heading back to Marvel to work on Doctor Strange and Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Other highlights include pencilling DC/Marvel: All Access, the kick-off to the Amalgam event that brought the two universes together, as well as a long run on Birds of Prey.
In the ’90s, as noted above, he became a staple at CrossGen on titles like Ruse, before leaving to join Geoff Johns in crafting Olympus for Humanoids. Since then, he’s hopped between publishers for various works, including the recent The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special for DC, and issues of Immortal Hulk and Invaders for Marvel.
Guice is survived by his wife, Julie, and daughter, Elizabeth Diane.
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