I don't even know how to start this. I never had to write such a thing before, I am not good at it, and my wording will be poor at worst, awkward at best...And I have hoped I would never have to write such a thing.

I am terribly sad to announce you the passing of Crazy-Wolf , maybe some of you knew him as arcomoxis . He passed away last week, at the age of 30. I don't know the circumstances of his death, but I suppose it was an accident.

I didn't know him that well, still I wish I would have: we met a lot through skype, we talked about meeting IRL...It will never happen now. And heck, we had know each other for 8 years now ! You know how sometimes you meet someone with whom you get along perfectly? Someone that gives you the feeling you have known him forever? He was a bit like that. I'll not only remember him as a talented artist, but also as an incredibly kind person.

That guy was a true artist. Always creating, always working on something. He graduated from an art school that focused on movie directing and scriptwriting. He was always working, which is probably why I had so much trouble getting in touch with him (let's be honest that he was sometimes a bit disorganized). I had the chance to see some of the projects he was working on and we were in talk so I could participate in it.

I even totally forgot that he is one of the very few who read one of my horror/lovecraftian style novel some years ago (unpublished...maybe one day): I remember that he even proposed me to illustrate it.

Then two years ago I pitched him a comic book idea, since I was looking for an artist and he could have been the person for the job. We discussed the plot and details for months, and while he had to walk away from this project to work on some more serious stuff, the ideas and themes he brought to my original idea really had an incredible impact on the whole story.

Hopefully one day this story will come to fruition: if it hadn't be for him, it wouldn't be what it is now. And one of the characters he fought tooth and nail to have incorporated to the story will be named after him.

Merci pour tout : merci pour tout ce que tu m'as apporté d'un point de vu artistique, que ce soit dans le dessin, l'écriture de scénario. Et merci pour ton amitié : à en voir la réaction de tes proches, tu laisses un grand vide derrière toi. C'est le cas pour moi également.

Bon voyage l'ami.
Rest in peace my friend.