By: Adam McGovern

He has become the portraitist of humanity.

By: Franklin Bruno

“We ought to go into rehab, but we’re too stoned to care.”

By: Greg Rowland

His name did not optimize his brand equities.

By: Brian Berger

Superior technique and intellect plus searing emotionalism.

By: Lucy Sante

He was a model for the “gentleman cambrioleur” Arsène Lupin.

By: Alix Lambert

An artist of the gesture and the “spectac­ular instant.”

By: Tor Aarestad

He takes onto himself all of our evil urges and failings.

By: Joshua Glenn

His talent defined an era of sf; the decline of his talent marked the era’s end.

By: Adam McGovern

As Batman, he disclaimed heroism without undermining it.

By: Mark Kingwell

Without him there would be no Nashville scene.

By: Alix Lambert

“Every person on this planet has a right to be true to themselves.”

By: Brian Berger

“Sherwood Anderson knew something. He had the instinct.”

By: Mimi Lipson

The sophist­ication of Jones’s voice has never dimin­ished its authen­ticity.

By: Deb Chachra

A cartoonist to watch out for.

By: Brian Berger

The copious spirit of a public intellectual and unlikely youth-culture avatar.