Comments on: RIP Stéphane Peru http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:20:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Serge LaPointe http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-890109 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:03:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-890109 As a close friend and studiomate of Steph, I am touched to read so many nice words about him. Thanks to you all. As a close friend and studiomate of Steph, I am touched to read so many nice words about him. Thanks to you all.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-875227 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:13:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-875227 Well Rick - if it's any consolation - I live and work 14 hours a day in a office in West LA and the only exercise I can get on a daily basis is walking back to the Valley. I'm living the New Yorker's fool paradise dream in LA. ~ Coat Well Rick - if it’s any consolation - I live and work 14 hours a day in a office in West LA and the only exercise I can get on a daily basis is walking back to the Valley.

I’m living the New Yorker’s fool paradise dream in LA.

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Coat

]]> by: Rick Parker http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-873316 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:19:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-873316 It's sad when anyone dies, especially one so young with so much life yet to live. Although I did not know Mr. Peru, and know only what I read here, I offer my condolences to S. Peru's friends and family. Being this type of artist often means spending many hours in sitting at a drawing table or computer in isolation doing work which is often stressful and not conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Having spent much of my fairly long life in the same or similar type work, I'd like to offer my observations. Since we're all stuck, basically, with the bodies we were born with, it's incumbent on us to take care of them. It's boring and no one wants to hear it, but an unhealthy diet and no excercise, exascerbated by stressful conditions leads to clogged arteries and high blood pressure which in turn lead to heart attack, Diabetes and stroke. Excessive use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes only hasten the process. This advice has no relation to Mr. Peru but is simply directed to other artists or writers who may read this with the hope that it will help them to remain healthy to make art and enjoy the many wonderful things life has to offer. It's great to create, it's nice to make money doing it and work is important. Life is worth living, and it's up to each of us to do what we can to give ourselves our best chance of doing so. Sorry if this sounds preachy, they don't call me "Ma" Parker for nothing... It’s sad when anyone dies, especially one so young with so much life yet to live. Although I did not know Mr. Peru, and know only what I read here, I offer my condolences to S. Peru’s friends and family. Being this type of artist often means spending many hours in sitting at a drawing table or computer in isolation doing work which is often stressful and not conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Having spent much of my fairly long life in the same or similar type work, I’d like to offer my observations. Since we’re all stuck, basically, with the bodies we were born with, it’s incumbent on us to take care of them. It’s boring and no one wants to hear it, but an unhealthy diet and no excercise, exascerbated by stressful conditions leads to clogged arteries and high blood pressure which in turn lead to heart attack, Diabetes and stroke. Excessive use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes only hasten the process. This advice has no relation to Mr. Peru but is simply directed to other artists or writers who may read this with the hope that it will help them to remain healthy to make art and enjoy the many wonderful things life has to offer. It’s great to create, it’s nice to make money doing it and work is important. Life is worth living, and it’s up to each of us to do what we can to give ourselves our best chance of doing so. Sorry if this sounds preachy, they don’t call me “Ma” Parker for nothing…

]]> by: Chav http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-871223 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:08:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-871223 Heart 'tack at 33 here. Didn't knock me off obviously but did leave me with an arrhythmia that could finish the job if it ever gets the notion. Heart ‘tack at 33 here. Didn’t knock me off obviously but did leave me with an arrhythmia that could finish the job if it ever gets the notion.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-869446 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:03:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-869446 My ex-roommate died of a heart attack at age 31. Many are in denial that his nearly daily diet of diet pepsi and pizza with extra cheese was a contributing factor to his demise.... ~ Coat My ex-roommate died of a heart attack at age 31.

Many are in denial that his nearly daily diet of diet pepsi and pizza with extra cheese was a contributing factor to his demise….

~

Coat

]]> by: Joe Lawler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-868688 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:44:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-868688 I had a stroke at 27. These things definitely happen. It could have been a congenital problem, or a number of other things. I had a stroke at 27. These things definitely happen. It could have been a congenital problem, or a number of other things.

]]> by: Al http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-867516 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:27:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-867516 >Could Peru have been “overworked?”> There could be something to that. I didn't know Stéphane, but I suppose it could have been a genetic heart defect, or a combination of stress and diet and such. Such a shame when someone so young dies of health related issues. >Could Peru have been “overworked?”>
There could be something to that. I didn’t know Stéphane, but I suppose it could have been a genetic heart defect, or a combination of stress and diet and such.
Such a shame when someone so young dies of health related issues.

]]> by: The Comics Creator http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-865205 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:28:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-865205 Yes, it's baffling and shocking... A friend of mine also died of a heart attack in his mid-twenties. Could Peru have been "overworked?" Yes, it’s baffling and shocking… A friend of mine also died of a heart attack in his mid-twenties.

Could Peru have been “overworked?”

]]> by: V. Smith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-864796 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:56:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/stephane-peru-dies-newsarama/#comment-864796 Dying of a heart attack at 26? What the hell's going on? I'm 26! Dying of a heart attack at 26? What the hell’s going on? I’m 26!

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