Comments on: RIP: Jim Mooney

by: Lewis Weiser

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:44:13 +0000

I just found out about Jim’s passing…in 2003 he an I e-mailed back and forth for over an hour + …very neat guy..he had been commissioned by me to do Ernie chan’s Batman #279 cover(which I still have) very nice work…in late 2007 I wrote him for a MTU #28 Hercules splash comm. he got back to me 1 or 2 times then nothing for several months…I had a feeling Jim was failing….then in late March? Jim mailed me again concerning the details of the Hercules piece -I responded..then….nothing. He must have died a day or 2? later? wish I would have kept that e-mail now. RIP the amazing Jim Mooney.

by: Dan McDaid

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:51:01 +0000

Oh, that’s heartbreaking news. When I was a kid, he was *the* Spider-Man artist, ahead of either of the Gil Kane or even the Romitas and Ditko. I had no idea he’d been in the business so long (since the beginning it seems!). Anyway, RIP Jim.

by: gene phillips

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:23:07 +0000

Nice reminiscence, Mark.

I like his SUPERGIRL and LEGION stuff best, but his Marvel period was interesting. He wasn’t by nature an action-artist, but he did one or two MS. MARVELs that showed that he could do it if he wanted.

by: Mark

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:58:51 +0000

My blog dedicated to Jim:

http://markellisink.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=7&Itemid=28

by: Hannibal

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:39:10 +0000

Jim Mooney, for me, was the guy who drew Omega the Unknown and inked just about everyone during the 70’s at Marvel. His style was such that it was instantly recogniseable no matter who he was inking and his pencils were always enjoyable. Another great down for the year and we’re barely a quarter through.

by: Melissa

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:37:43 +0000

I read Supergirl as a child and loved it. I was delighted to meet Jim Mooney in the early 80s and my husband, writer Mark Ellis and I soon become friends with Jim and his wife, Anne.

Over the years, we became as close as family, and even had the pleasure of working with Jim when he did the pencils for Anne Rice’s The Mummy comic back in the 90s. He and Mark collaborated on other comics projects.

We will miss him so much–he was just a fabulous human being whom we loved dearly.

by: ~chris

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:07:06 +0000

It was a privilege to see Jim Mooney at his panel (hosted byMark Evanier of course) at Comic-Con ’06, and to speak with him at his Artist Alley table. He struck me as a quiet and extremely modest gentleman. Jim’s talent and temperament will be missed.

by: Al

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:47:16 +0000

I agree, Paul. I always liked his Supergirl work. He drew good figures and features, which, really, hopefully, comes across as the compliment it ’s intended to be. RIP Jim.

by: Paul Kupperberg

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:08:20 +0000

I know Jim Mooney’s probably better remembered for his later Marvel work, but to my 9-year old fan’s mind, he’ll always be THE artist on Supergirl. I urge everyone who cares to pick up the SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERGIRL volumes and take a look at some of the most charming art of the era.