POISON ELVES' Drew Hayes (1969-2007)

[Malus]

Drew Hayes (July 20, 1969-March 21, 2007)

Sirius Entertainment is saddened to report that Drew Hayes, the maverick creator of POISON ELVES, has died in his hometown of Bellingham, Washington. Drew had a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. He is survived by his daughter, Mary and his mother, Sharon.

I knew Drew casually when we were both actively publishing our work from 1995-98. I dropped out, he continued.

Drew was a great guy. If he knew I was at a show, he would always come greet me or call my room to say "Hi." He had a very different audience from mine, but many times he'd send his readers over to my table.
He understood the diversity this medium so desperately needs.

Drew suffered significant cardiac damage from sleep apnea.
If any of you have a "snoring problem" that bothers others, and especially if you've been told that you sometimes stop breathing, do you and your loved ones a favor and get evaluated.

R.I.P. Drew Hayes - at age 37.

 

[Malus]

I corrected the faulty picture links; sorry about that.

Also, I forgot to include Drew's Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Hayes

Drew Hayes (Lawrence Andrew Hayes, 20 July 1969 - 21 March 2007) was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves.
Hayes began self-publishing I, Lusiphur under the Mulehide Graphics imprint in 1991. He changed the series title to Poison Elves with #8, and continued through #20. In 1995 he signed a "lifetime contract" assigning the rights to the series to Sirius Entertainment, where he produced another 79 issues, the last of which was published in September 2004. His work has been collected in ten Poison Elves paperbacks. He engaged in an ongoing mock "feud" with fellow comics creator Brian Bendis in the letters pages of his books.
Hayes had begun plans to resume creating new issues of Posion Elves, but died at the age of 37, of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. He was overweight, had suffered cardiac damage from sleep apnea, and had been hospitalized more than once.[1]

 

[tzarinna]

That's rough.