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RIP, John Speidel
14 years ago
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I received word yesterday that John Speidel passed away, suddenly, on February 15. He was only 52.
John was one of the 'old guard', an active member furry fandom back in the 80's when he was a member of the ROWRBRAZZLE APA. He was best known for his manic KITTY MALONE serial and his STEPPINWOLF strip which ran for a time in the Comic Buyers' Guide at that time. His work appeared in a few books here and there, such as in GraphXPress's MORPHS. He even drew a story for the FURKINDRED graphic album, in collaboration with fellow 'Brazzlers Mark Ashworth and Diana Vick. The last official word I'd had on his activities was that he had been working locally in Winnipeg as an animator.
John had a wonderfully loose and manic style which was influenced by classic animation, and his work was a delight to pore through. Some of his KITTY MALONE strips are archived over on the Spontoon website: http://spontoon.rootoon.com/SPwKM001.html
John was one of the 'old guard', an active member furry fandom back in the 80's when he was a member of the ROWRBRAZZLE APA. He was best known for his manic KITTY MALONE serial and his STEPPINWOLF strip which ran for a time in the Comic Buyers' Guide at that time. His work appeared in a few books here and there, such as in GraphXPress's MORPHS. He even drew a story for the FURKINDRED graphic album, in collaboration with fellow 'Brazzlers Mark Ashworth and Diana Vick. The last official word I'd had on his activities was that he had been working locally in Winnipeg as an animator.
John had a wonderfully loose and manic style which was influenced by classic animation, and his work was a delight to pore through. Some of his KITTY MALONE strips are archived over on the Spontoon website: http://spontoon.rootoon.com/SPwKM001.html
Somewhere in my archives I have a pencil sketch by John that looks like a book illustration -- quite a change from his usual style that appeared in Rowrbrazzle and elsewhere. If I can unearth it, I'll post it.
Here's a link to John's obit in his local paper. http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-188420/name-John_Speidel/classification-id-1/order-publish_date|DESC,last_name|ASC,first_name|ASC/page-23/
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