If you haven't heard so already, ~
PatCarlucci, a great artist passed away today after a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. I didn't know Pat as well as many folks around here did, but he left a very profound impression on my when I first had the pleasure to meet him at Baltimore Comic Con 2006. He was really friendly and outgoing and always willing to lend an ear for feedback or just to chat. I hadn't encountered anyone else like that at the convention, or many other places since then. He really was a special person.
My prayers go out to his family.