The world of comics lost a legendary champion today, when news broke that Rory Root died. I learned via Warren Ellis' email newsletter, who himself learned from Ed Brubaker. I'm pretty sucky at eulogies, but i can tell you that the Rory was one of the coolest guys i've ever known in this biz, and his store Comic Relied has been one of the top five stores in North America for as long as i've been reading them.

Rory, i love you man. Rest in peace, buddy.