For real--Steve Gerber, Howard's creator, has died. Gerber was an astute satirist, and if your only exposure to Howard the Duck was the 1980s movie, well, that wasn't Howard the Duck.
Gerber was one of those writers who had a tremendous influence on me over the years but whom I never met. His last work, which he wrote literally on his deathbed, was the latest incarnation of Doctor Fate.
Below: God explains the mystery of life in the last issue of Gerber's 2002 Howard the Duck revival:
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