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Comics Industry Reacts To… The Death of Lou Reed

Published Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:35:45 -0500

The world of Comics reacts to the passing of Lou Reed…

Underground, above ground, or scattered to the wind as ashes, wherever Lou Reed is, it better be Velvet. R.I.P.

— Bill Sienkiewicz (@sinKEVitch) October 28, 2013

Oh shit, Lou Reed passed, what a bad ass he was

— OoooOOOeming! (@Oeming) October 27, 2013

Lou Reed at a Strand Books event for his 2011 Fantagraphics Book, The Raven: http://t.co/HtyqgaVqzI — Eric Reynolds (@earinc) October 27, 2013

Kind of hoping somewhere in Lou Reed's will it says: "And oh yeah — METAL MACHINE MUSIC? I was totally fucking around with you all." — Duane Swierczynski (@swierczy) October 27, 2013

RIP Lou Reed who taught the young me an important lesson about the nature of time https://t.co/qbspXYxluF — Larry Marder (@larrymarder) October 27, 2013

Aw crap, we lost Lou Reed. Saw him live about 10 yrs ago & he was still absolutely amazing. Thanks for the magic, Lou. X — Lee Garbett (@LeeGarbett) October 27, 2013

So sorry to hear about Lou Reed. RiP

— The Bechkonomicon (@CorinnaBechko) October 27, 2013

Gabriel Hardman:

Oh man, Lou Reed. Reed and The Velvets were more important for me than I can even say.

— Gabriel Hardman (@gabrielhardman) October 27, 2013

Jim Mahfood:

R.I.P. LOU REED. Thank you for the absolutely brilliant music. You know my life was saved by Rock 'n… http://t.co/7VJJZ1OIpw

— Jim Mahfood (@JimMahfood) October 27, 2013

Bryan Lee O'Malley:

Singing Lou Reed songs at band practice instead of practicing — Bryan Lee O'Malley (@radiomaru) October 27, 2013

Patton Oswalt:

"Where was I when I heard Lou Reed died? A pumpkin patch in Moorpark. A pumpkin patch. In Moorpark." — me, to my grandchildren — Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) October 27, 2013

Janna O'Shea:

<3 Lou Reed <3

— Janna O'Shea (@dreamyeyed) October 27, 2013

RIP Lou Reed. I listened to you all the time. & your interviews.

— Ben Templesmith (@Templesmith) October 27, 2013

Joel Hodgson:

Lou Reed, the architect of Punk Rock and the originator of the term "Satellite of Love" has left the planet #LouReedrip — Joel Hodgson (@JoelGHodgson) October 27, 2013

Wish I could get a drink in Lou Reed's honor at his old hangout Cedar Tavern but then everything in life goes away — Alejandro A. Arbona (@Alejandrobot) October 27, 2013

Lou Reed. Loved you.

— Peter Krause (@petergkrause) October 27, 2013

RIP Lou Reed, I'll never be able to listen to Mambo no.5 again #sadtimes

— Jay Gray (@Jay__Gray) October 27, 2013

RIP Lou Reed. I really loved the song Mambo 5 — BarmyArny (@BarmyArny) October 27, 2013

So… Lou Reed is dead. Going to lose myself tonight in Magic and Loss. — Gary Erskine (@garyerskine) October 27, 2013

RIP, Lou Reed

— David Macho (@davidmacho) October 28, 2013

Can't imagine a nicer place to be than with @TheDandyWarhols & friends after hearing of Lou Reed's passing. His legacy will echo on forever

— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) October 28, 2013

"…But she never lost her head Even when she was giving head…" Lou Reed- Walk on the Wild Side http://t.co/zwa4M3IyiQ

— Sara Pichelli (@sara_pichelli) October 28, 2013

RIP Lou Reed. 71 is too early to go.

— lee joel bermejo (@ljbermejo) October 28, 2013

GODSPEED LOU REED, WARRIOR POET. http://t.co/47JGpfwOzK

— AKIRA THE DON (@akirathedon) October 28, 2013

Found video of that Lou Reed show at the Web 2.0 summit in 11/06 I mentioned earlier – cc: @cacheop http://t.co/PJBmvWHEnA

— Ron Richards (@ronxo) October 27, 2013

"@guardianmusic: Lou Reed v Lester Bangs: a classic interview from the vaults http://t.co/X4PG2fIrSK"

— Alex SeguraAAAAHHHH! (@alex_segura) October 27, 2013