John Cassaday who drew Star Wars for Jason Aaron’s Marvel comics run has tragically died at the age of 52.
John Cassaday died this evening atthe age of 52. He was admitted to the ICU at Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York, last week. His sister Robin wrote “My little bro John passed away at 6:51pm Texas time. Please keep me and my mom in your prayers.”
Co-creator of Planetary with Warren Ellis, Desperadoes with Jeff Mariotte and I Am Legion with Fabien Nury, he was the artist on Astonishing X-Men with Joss Whedon, Captain America with John Ney Rieber and Jeph Loeb,, and Star Wars with Jason Aaron, John Cassaday was a very popular, incredibly detailed, diverse and design-focused comic book artist with multiple Eisner Award wins to his name for Astonishing X-Men, Planetary, and I Am Legion. He began his career directing television news after attending film school, pivoting into comics while working in construction and, after some success for independent publishers.
The thoughts of everyone at Fantha Tracks is with John’s family, friends and colleagues.
