Damn....get well soon Peter David.

[runawayboulder]

Hope he's OK.

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/12/peter-david-suffers-a-stroke-while-on-vacation/

 

[Spade]

Horrible news. The man's a legend. I hope the damage done is reversible.

 

[Specter313]

X-Factor is the first book I read every week that it's out, and is always an enjoyable read. I respect his talent immensely, and I hope that he gets well soon so that he can continue to share it with the world.

 

[Thwip!]

Spider-Man 2099 is a prideful display in my collection

 

[runawayboulder]

Hell, his Peter Parker TSSM run was epic.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

His run on The Hulk is legendary.

Get well, Peter.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Hope he gets well, I've read his stuff since his Hulk run and it's almost like hearing bad news about a friend.

 

[THANOSRULES]

My two favorites were the Hulk and Captain Marvel.

I've always planned to get into X-factor, but am saving that.

 

[Donnie Darko]

All New, All Different X-Factor was a favorite of mine as a kid. Get well soon, Mr David.

 

[bored]

Hope he can recover. Glad he's at least able to put out a statement. "X-Factor" is a wonderful beacon of consistent high quality.

 

[Artistsean]

My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family and friends right now. I hope he has a speedy recovery.

 

[Hawkingbird]

This is awful. I wish him the best

 

[JewishHobbit]

Dang. Get better Peter David.

 

[squeekness]

This is deeply distressing, I don't have the words. X-Factor is one of my favorite books right now. I certianly hope he recovers quickly.

 

[Themanofbat]

Get well Mr. David...

 

[Specter313]

His wife has updated with his condition:

As reported over the weekend, fan-favorite comic scribe Peter David suffered a stroke while on vacation in Florida. Today, in a detailed entry on her personal blog, David's wife Kathleen described the writer's current condition and the events that led to the stroke.

"I am grateful that my husband is still alive," Kathleen David wrote, stating that the diagnosis of Peter David's condition is "a small stroke in the Pons section of his brain."

"Now we have to figure out where we go from here and how we get Peter back to what he was before the stroke," Kathleen said. "We know that a total recovery is slim because damage to the brain doesn’t go away but the brain can be trained to work around the damage and give Peter back what he has lost."

According to Kathleen David's post, Peter David had not been sleeping well for the past week and experienced blurry vision in his right eye, drooping of one side of his face, loss of feeling in his hand and was unable to move his right leg correctly -- many early warning signs associated with a stroke according to The American Stroke Association. After exhibiting these symptoms during their family's vacation in Florida, the writer was admitted to Celebration Hospital where the decision was made to transfer him to Florida Hospital in downtown Orlando. At Florida Hospital, he underwent an MRI and some other tests, and doctors subsequently determined he had suffered a stroke rather than a heart attack.

At present, Kathleen David notes that her husband has "lost most of the use of his right arm, his right leg is incredibly weak, the vision in his right eye is blurry, and the right side of his face is drooping slightly.

"But the brain is there with all its quips and quick retorts," she continued. "He has had the nurses laughing a lot.

"Today we figure out what the next step is and where it is going to happen. Tonight the New Year Begins and for us it is a very different beginning than we thought we were going to be having. Thank you everyone for your good wishes, prayers and kind words. They do help. And big thank you to our Orlando buddies who have taken us into their houses and helped us deal with what is going on.

"Continue to think good thoughts for Peter," she concluded. "This is not going to be easy for him or us but we will get through this together."

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42906

 

[JewishHobbit]

I know it's completely unimportant in light of Peter David's condition, but I wonder what's going to happen with X-Factor? Will they put it on hiatus until (hopefully) he recovers well enough to return to it or will they pass it on to someone else? Will they have someone ghost write this storyline using his ideas and then cancel the title until he'a healthy enough to come back for something else?

Honestly, the comic he writes means absolutely nothing in the seriousness of the condition but Marvel does have to make some sort of call on it. I wonder what their thinking process is?

 

[runawayboulder]

My guess is someone works off his plots in the meanwhile. I'm sure there's several issues in the can.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Damn, that sucks. Wishing him and his family the best.

 

[squeekness]

My guess is someone works off his plots in the meanwhile. I'm sure there's several issues in the can.

I hope this is the case and not that he gets taken off comeplely because while the artists have been good and bad, the writing has always been great. He needs to stay.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

He must've had the stroke after reading Amazing Spider-Man #700.

 

[squeekness]

LOLs.

 

[runawayboulder]

That's so foul.....

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

Hillary Clinton apparently picked up a copy as well.

 

[runawayboulder]

Lmao, you're a twisted man OP.