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Legendary comic book writer and artist Sam Keith passed away on March 15, 2026, at the age of 63. Keith lost his battle with Lewy body dementia, a degenerative neurological

Jack Kirby, widely known as a co-creator for the Marvel Universe, will soon have a street in the Lower East Side named after him.

Among the 19 individuals that have been selected to be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2026 are Gerry Conway & Don Heck; Conway was instrumental in the creation of key characters for both Marvel and DC, including The Punisher, Spider-Man’s clone Ben Reilly, and Ms. Marvel plus Firestorm, Power Girl, and Jason Todd for DC. Conway was the writer on the epic 'Death of Gwen Stacy' in Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel Comics. Don Heck, meanwhile was a key figure during the Silver Age of Marvel comics, co-creating Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Black Widow, The Mandarin, Wonderman, The Swordsman, Lorna Dane, Havok, and Sunfire, to name a few, and drew DC’s Batgirl, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Justice League of America. To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, the person must have made a significant contribution to the comic book/graphic storytelling medium. The Hall of Fame trophies will be presented in a special ceremony at the San Diego Convention Center on the morning of July 24. The Eisner Awards in 30+ other categories will be presented in the traditional Friday evening ceremony at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.

Comic book artist and writer legend Jack Kirby is being honored in a truly fitting way. A portion of Essex Street on New York City’s Lower East Side—between Delancey and

Few characters in Marvel Comics have undergone as profound a transformation as Jean Grey did in the 1970s.

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