I didn’t know Tom Spurgeon, a longtime critic and lover of comics who passed
away last week at just 50. We met but once at a convention. I know his work, though, and I know a lot of other people in the comics world who did know him, admire him, care for him.
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Spurgeon was editor of Fantagraphics’ The Comics Journal for several years before launching his website The Comics Reporter.