Here's a tribute to Tom Artis at the time of his death in 2007, with commentary by a number of creators and editors who worked with him:
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2007/05/02/tom-artis-r-i-p/Years before, he had fallen into a diabetic coma for a few weeks, and when he recovered, he had ongoing related health problems until
his death.
Just 51 years old.
