RIP Ernie Chan/Chua

[palitoy]

http://www.erniechan.com/news.asp?aid=152

Sad to see this, anybody who grew up in the bronze age knows what a work horse this guy was.

[emeraldknight47]

RIP Mr. Chan. Here's one of my fave EC pieces...

[enyawd72]

What a talent...he was one of my favorites, and that Batman issue 277 is my all time favorite. Great detective story with a cool Scooby-Doo type mystery.

[kingdom warrior]

Awwwww Damn!! I loved his version of Conan, Great Artist! It's killing me to see my Fav artist dying off...:(

[torgospizza]

RIP, Ernie. His inks did every bit as much for Conan during the 70s and 80s as Buscema's pencils, and my favorite rendition of the Hulk was his.

[madmarva]

Loved his COnan and Batman. He's my favorite inker on Buscema's pencils. He did do a great Hulk. His work was underappreciated by fandom in my opinion.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Workhorse is right. His interior work was always fantastic. His inks on Conan were insanely detailed, and he did a fine job on Batman. DC put him on almost every cover for quite a stretch, and the results varied. You could tell they overloaded him and he had to rush with background details and correct anatomy.

But when he was allowed to really give his work the attention it deserved, no one could touch him.

Another great one gone.

Chris

[Blue Meanie]

2 Greats within a 2 week period. Fellow Philippines artist Tony Dezuniga was the other great that passed away a week ago:

Tony Dezuniga RIP... - Mego Talk

Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of meeting either one. RIP Ernie.

[The Shadow Knows]

Sad news and a fine artist. At least I have his issues of CONAN and a couple pieces of original art to remember this exceptional talent! He will be missed.

[torgospizza]

Fellow Philippines artist Tony Dezuniga was the other great that passed away a week ago...

I don't know what was in the water in the Philippines back then, but they had some phenomenal talent coming over here in the 70s: Chan, DeZuniga, Alcala, Niño, Tanghal, Redondo, Talaoc...just crazy how much talent was there.

[johnnystorm]

Ironically, it was Tony deZuniga who got ernie Chua into DC. He was a great artist, his covers defined an era of DC Comics in the late 70s. Met him at Pittsburgh con a few years ago, really nice man. RIP

[samurainoir]

Original Comic Art by Ernie Chan: THOR Marvel AVENGERS | eBay
ERNIE CHAN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1976 COMMISION ORIGINAL COMIC ART | eBay
Doctor Strange Color Commission - 1979 Signed original art by Ernie Chan | eBay

Ernie Chan Comic Artist Autographed Original Drawing | eBay


Ernie Chan original art watercolor ink Conan the Barbarian & Red Sonja WOW CGC 1 | eBay

MARVEL CLASSICS COMICS #23 Original BRONZE-AGE Cover Art by ERNIE CHAN 1977 | eBay

[The Toyroom]

I'm loving this face-off!

[The Toyroom]

Claw The Unconquered!

[The Toyroom]

What I love about Ernie's work was not only did he do covers for the mainstream titles like Supermana, Flash and Batman but he did a lot of the lower tier as well, like The Joker, Kobra, Claw...Very versatile.