Roger Slifer (Co-Creator of Lobo) Currently in Critical Condition After Hit-and-Run - Polidicks

[quote][img]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2012/06/screen-shot-2012-06-26-at-4.56.50-pm.jpg[/img] A veteran comics writer/editor and animation producer, Roger Slifer is best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Lobo with Keith Giffen. We learned this week that the 57-year-old Slifer is in critical condition after being struck by an automobile in a hit-and-run incident. He remains in a medically-induced coma while authorities continue their investigation, which would seem to hinge on help from the public. According to KABC-TV in Los Angeles, California, Roger Slifer was struck just before 1 a.m. last Saturday, at the intersection of 5th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica. Witnesses said that a late 1990s or early 2000s white sedan struck Slifer while he was in the crosswalk, and continued north on 5th. A witness called the police and Slifer was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with broken ribs, a broken collar bone, a broken shoulder and a head injury that necessitated placing the writer in a chemically-induced coma and removing a portion of his skull s as to relief pressure on his brain. Slifer's prognosis hasn't been explicitly stated, but his sister-in-law Emma has provided some updates via [URL="https://www.facebook.com/emma.slifer"]Facebook[/URL], writing, "A feeding tube has been installed with an Ensure type nourishment. His intercranial pressure is within the range that they want." Additional updates are also coming from longtime comics editor Jim Salicrup on his [URL="https://www.facebook.com/jim.salicrup?ref=ts"]Facebook page[/URL].[/quote] This isn't the full article, but the rest wasn't as important. I'm posting this here, mainly because I'm friends with a few of his colleagues, and can add some more info. Fairly serious brain injury that has already been operated on, chance of recovery/where he'll be after coming to still unknown. [url]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/06/27/lobo-co-creator-roger-slifer-critical-condition-hit-and-run/[/url]

The fuck is Lobo?

[QUOTE=Hullu V3;36523081]The fuck is Lobo?[/QUOTE] Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (born July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".[1] :downs:

[QUOTE=Hullu V3;36523081]The fuck is Lobo?[/QUOTE] [img]http://images.wikia.com/villains/images/3/3f/Lobo.gif[/img] This guy, He's some wolverine/punisher parody character who was popular in the 90s.

[QUOTE=Hullu V3;36523081]The fuck is Lobo?[/QUOTE] One of superman's major enemies.

[QUOTE=Ryder1337;36524613]One of superman's major enemies.[/QUOTE] i thought kryptonite was superman's only major enemy

[QUOTE=KaIibos;36525391]i thought kryptonite was superman's only major enemy[/QUOTE] Hard to tell for sure with the extremely varying power level of characters in comic books where one day, they'll get taken down by a kid's kick to the ball and other days they can survive supernovas happening up their rectum, but when Lobo fought Superman, they were pretty much on equal levels. Sad news though, Lobo is one of my favorite DC character and I really hope Roger will pull through.

Sorry, but what's with all the articles about obscure people in here? How is something supposed to be sensationalist when no one knows who the fuck we're talking about? Just like that article about that spoony guy or whatever, who the fuck is that? News Node plz.

[QUOTE=Irkalla;36529097]Sorry, but what's with all the articles about obscure people in here? How is something supposed to be sensationalist when no one knows who the fuck we're talking about? Just like that article about that spoony guy or whatever, who the fuck is that? News Node plz.[/QUOTE] It's not supposed to be sensationalist. Why do people think that as soon as the section becomes "Sensationalist Headlines" they have to be [i]fucking idiots[/i] about what they post? Instead of "Car Crash Kills Two" it has to be something brain dead retarded like "DEMONS ON THE ROADWAY" If its not "relevant" you can dumb voted out of the section.

[QUOTE=Zambies!;36529169]It's not supposed to be sensationalist. Why do people think that as soon as the section becomes "Sensationalist Headlines" they have to be [i]fucking idiots[/i] about what they post? Instead of "Car Crash Kills Two" it has to be something brain dead retarded like "DEMONS ON THE ROADWAY" If its not "relevant" you can dumb voted out of the section.[/QUOTE] I mean, not to shit on the guy featured in the topic, but this wouldn't be seen in a paper or on cable news or even on the nightly news, so it probably doesn't belong here. Two separate forums exist for a reason. Just dumb for something like "random obscure guy that literally 2 people on facepunch know of dies/is in hospital/retires/etc." to be posted here, when there's the news node for stuff like that. That being said, enough of my borderline backseat moderating and soapboxing. Hate to hear that a creator is in this condition, and it kind of pisses me that the guy just runs off. Our society needs to, collectively, behave in a more responsible manner. Shit like this happens everyday and I find that it's a plague of modern society.

[QUOTE=Irkalla;36529097]Sorry, but what's with all the articles about obscure people in here? How is something supposed to be sensationalist when no one knows who the fuck we're talking about? Just like that article about that spoony guy or whatever, who the fuck is that? News Node plz.[/QUOTE] I knew [I]exactly[/I] who this guy was, they named my favorite god card after him: [img]http://images.wikia.com/yu-gi-ohfanon/images/5/5f/Slifer_the_Sky_Dragon.jpg[/img]