[MOPO] JERRY WEIST

2011-01-10 Thread Kirby McDaniel
I am so saddened to hear of the passing of Jerry Weist. Jerry was a very nice guy, very knowledgeable about comics (something I know little about), and developed an interest in sci-fi and horror movie posters. MovieArt did some business with Jerry and I remember his coming to Austin to visit a fri

[MOPO] Jerry Weist RIP

2011-01-09 Thread Kenwick Cook
The Forry Ackerman Facebook page announced the passing of Jerry Weist... I don't know how much he was into movie posters, but his price guide(s) for comic art and magazines were very helpful, and his 'values' are often seen in Heritage's "estimates". I've had the pleasure of trading with him a

Re: [MOPO] Jerry Weist RIP

2011-01-09 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
yes he passed away Thurs or friday. I believe it was Leukemia I knew Jerry for many years and I have a great piece of art I traded him another great piece of art for about 15 years ago one of the old time dealers in comics and comic art At 11:34 AM 1/9/2011, Kenwick Cook wrote: The Forry Ac

Re: [MOPO] Jerry Weist RIP

2011-01-09 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Jerry published one of the very first E.C. comic book fanzines, "Squa Tront" (whenever astronauts would encounter two hideous aliens in an E.C. story one would be saying "Squa Tront" and the other would be saying "Spa Fon"). I got to know Jerry at the late 1960s comic book cons, and when I co-ran t

Re: [MOPO] Jerry Weist RIP

2011-01-09 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
Jerry was a very nice guy and knowledgable collector and dealer. He will be missed. On Jan 9, 2011, at 11:34 AM, "Kenwick Cook" mailto:kenwick...@aol.com>> wrote: The Forry Ackerman Facebook page announced the passing of Jerry Weist... I don't know how much he was into movie posters, but his p

Re: [MOPO] Jerry Weist RIP

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Here's an excellent tribute to Jerry, written by his best friend * http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=%2034&s=259&ai=104708 * On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: > Jerry was a very nice guy and knowledgable collector and dealer. He will be > miss