The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Good friend of the blog and well known character on the Brit comics scene Barry Nugent from the Geek Syndicate Podcast told me about the recent sad news concerning one of his friends and fellow comics podcasters Eric Martin, who he described as ” a great supporter of Geek Syndicate back when we first started and came on a few episodes. He then went on to start up a few podcasts of his own Comic Playground and DC Noise. He was also a regular contributor to many of the comic book podcasts out there and their forums. He was a huge supporter of the Comic Podcasting community who loved comics and all things geek.”

Eric died of a massive heart attack in his sleep in mid-November; he was only 36. Obviously his family and friends are all shocked at his sudden, unexpected death; some of them, Barry tells me, have decided to try and do something positive – Eric leaves behind his young daughter Gracie, aged 8 and they’ve announced on the Geek Syndicate podcast that Eric’s brother Mike has set up a PayPal account where friends and fans can donate to a fund that will be established for Gracie to use when she is older; the Nuge also tells me they are planning some auctions further down the line to help raise more funds; more details on that when we hear them. Meantime the GS page has details of the PayPal account and how you can make a donation; the GS boys have also put up two episodes with Eric as a tribute.