Clement Sauvé 1977-2011

This is stunningly difficult to write. Clement Sauvé, the brilliant Montreal comic book artist, has lost a brutal fight with cancer at the age of 33.

Clement and I worked together a while back, creating the HUMAN DEFENSE CORPS comic book for DC. As a writer, I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful and faithful version of my scripts. As each page came in, I was elated at the work, and a little jealous that Clement was so much better at drawing than I was.

A cover we produced together. Sketch by me, finished art by Clement.

I only found out Clement was sick about 48 hours ago, and was planning a wonderful tribute to him on Friday, to give him a nice shout out while he was in the hospital to lift his spirits. But we didn’t have even that long.

Look at how GOOD this guy was at drawing hardware and soldiers. Amazing levels of detail and care.

I’m thrilled I got to work with Clement. Equally thrilled I got to meet him and hang out at a Toronto convention a couple of years ago. He recorded an interview for a Hoverboy documentary for me, and it was screamingly funny. I’m going to pull out that footage soon and cry my eyes out.

33 years. That’s just wrong.

To check out more of Clement’s work, click HERE for his Deviant Art page.