Although I never met him in the flesh, Michael Turner, thorough his art, inspired me and made me love comics all over again. I first experienced, what I call Turnerism, in the Witchblade/Tomb Raider crossovers. I call it Turnerism because there was always something in his art that just made me believe. It was from those days that I was always looking for the next story or piece of artwork from him.

His artwork inspired me with just the insane amount of beauty that shone through it all, even in the most dark of stories there was a grand beauty to it. Although I went a different direction with my art, his style was always there to encourage mine. I was always excited to see something out on the shelf by him, even if he only drew the cover.

My prayers are with his family and friends. He will be sorely missed by one and all. Through his art I feel that I have known him since forever and a day, and thus I feel as though I have lost an old friend.

*Ignore the mood at the bottom... wouldn't let me change it.*