June 14th, 2009
inkdick: june 14 2009 sweetwater is dead…
My former professor, my mentor, and above all my friend Jeremy “Sweetwater” Mullins died yesterday. He fell off a hiking trail and fell 60 feet to the rocks below. He was only 32.
I only knew him for a year and two months but in that short time he helped me out so much. He helped me find direction in my comics, he started SEQALAB, he is the reason I started inkdick in the first place and he challenged me to keep doing it after the class was over. Out of all the professors I’ve had at SCAD, he’s had the biggest impact on me. Without him I don’t know where I would be right now in life and in comics. Many of his past students would tell you the same thing.
And now he’s gone.
This fucking sucks.
July 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
I keep seeing things that remind me of him…and part of me is happy that they’re mostly related to his sense of humor…
I really miss that asshole….
July 13th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
That’s probably as accurate of a reaction as I can think of, it still hurts so bad to think of that moment, or even the day on a whole.
July 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
this really struck me
holding onto a moment
that won’t go away
July 13th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
the last panel tells it all. I wish I had the opportunity to thank Sweetwater for all he did for you. He must now hear it in my heart.
July 13th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
man, that sucks… good luck getting through the next few strips.
July 13th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I didn’t think much about this until i clicked on the link to “Sweetwater’s” comic and saw a picture of him that i recognized somewhere else
it was here
http://www.sisterclaire.com/?p=1093
So in a small way he has helped my life to. Even if it was just to help make two of my favorite comics on the web
Rest in peace.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:42 am
well done man, i dunno how else the emotion could have been depicted
July 14th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I was wondering when this was going to come up. It must have been a hard comic to make, but then again you’d be making him proud by pushing on and keeping drawing. You’ve handled this comic really well.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
about the same how i felt when i heard the news….good job handling it.
July 14th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Pranas,
I’m a new reader. I started early last week going back from the first comic and reading up to the current moment. I’m sorry to hear about your mentor and friend. It’s especially rough when these types of things come on sudden through trajedy. Know that those of us who follow you - even those as new as me - Mourn with you. Solidarity brother, solidarity.
Danny
Twin Cities MN
July 14th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I couldn’t say anything at the memorial because you had already captured the crux of my speech that I had in my head, that more than anything he taught us, it meant the most that he really, truly believed in us.
July 15th, 2009 at 8:09 am
POWERFUL depiction! (LAST panel)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am
/man hug/ dude, sorry…