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Boston Globe
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Rob Stull, comic book creator and MFA artist-in-residence, dies at 58
'I didn't aspire like other young kids to be an actor, or an athlete,' he said in Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Advertisement 'We're incredibly saddened by the passing of visionary Boston artist Rob Stull,' The museum praised his original drawings that were displayed in the museum's galleries, saying that 'as artist-in-residence at the MFA, Rob created a visual response to our 2020–2021 exhibition Advertisement At the MFA, Mr. Stull also cocreated with When the giant banners of Mr. Stull's work were unveiled at the museum entrance, according to the MFA, Mr. Stull said that 'artists work their entire life to get this level of acknowledgment and respect. I'm over the moon.' In the School of the Museum of Fine Arts interview, posted online in 2021, he said there was a generational context to pursuing his calling. 'Art was like a family business,' he said. 'My father is a retired architect and was the founder of the oldest Black-owned firm in this part of the country.' One uncle was a ceramicist, and another taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, he said, 'so there was always art hanging on the walls of our home when I was a child.' He said he was welcomed into a community of artists 'at an age where I didn't fully understand how important it was to have access to artists like them. I was always drawing as a result of that.' Beginning three decades ago, he created and curated 'Sequential Art: The Next Step, 'a first-of-its-kind traveling exhibit spotlighting the contributions of African-Americans to mainstream comic book art and popular culture,' he said on his website. Advertisement 'The exhibit's mission was to increase the understanding, appreciation and awareness of sequential art,' Mr. Stull wrote. 'The secondary aspect was to empower people of all ages and races by bringing attention to the fact that talented artists of color not only work on characters like Batman, Spider-Man, JLA, and the X-Men, but we also create, write, illustrate, produce, and publish our own properties as well.' 'Sequential Art' was showcased at the 'In many ways, I'm amazed that I'm a Black comic book artist, but if you move in my circles, you start to realize that we have always been here, pursuing work in comics,' Born on Feb. 2, 1967, Robert B. Stull grew up in Brookline and Boston. His mother, Patricia Ryder Stull, held administrative and secretarial positions and was devoted to dance, from modern to tap, throughout her life, according to Mr. Stull's older sister, Cydney Garrido of Melbourne, Fla. Their father, Donald L. Stull, was a pioneering Black architect who founded groundbreaking firms and was a designer of Boston landmarks. Cydney said her brother 'was always introspective and thoughtful.' And because his talent flowered early, she said, it 'was kind of a given' that he would pursue art. In the 2018 Globe interview, Mr. Stull spoke about using the family home as his canvas while growing up in Brookline. 'I have a vivid memory of having a pack of jumbo crayons when I was maybe 3 or 4,' he said. 'I went straight to the bathroom — all those white walls — and completely covered the surface with drawings. My parents were so angry, but I remember my father said, 'Wait a minute, maybe there's something to this.' ' Advertisement Mr. Stull's art teachers at Brookline High School encouraged him to get a solid grounding in graphic design and illustration at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Those studies led to a varied career that included comics, advertising, and teaching at places such as the Sometimes his sister Gia, who now also lives in Melbourne, Fla., would watch over his shoulder as he created images. 'He didn't draw in the traditional way,' said Gia, who also studied art. 'He could start with somebody's foot at the bottom of the page and draw up into that page in near perfect realism perspective. It's like he did the sketching in his head.' She added that her brother 'was such a brilliant example of figuring out how to do what you love, and not giving up — making it work for you, and not settling anyone else's definition of what your life should be about. Everything he did was to serve his passion.' While studying at the museum school, Mr. Stull helped launch AWOL, Artists Without Limits. After graduating, he lived in New York City for a time and started Armada Design Group 'to provide authentic comic book inspired artwork in other areas of media and entertainment — specifically music and hip-hop,' he said in the 2021 interview. Advertisement Mr. Stull also founded the Ink on Paper production studio, was a partner in True Elements Publishing, and formerly served among the He told the Globe he always knew it was inevitable that art would be his passion. 'With all the artists in my life, it's like I was in the Mafia — I was born into this thing,' he said. 'I had no choice.' Mr. Stull's sisters, Cydney and Gia, are his only immediate survivors. They said a celebration of his life will be announced. 'It's never been easy to make it as an artist, but the opportunities to be expressive and visible are better now than ever before. But you can't just do one thing — you need to do a bunch of different projects,' Mr. Stull said in the 2018 Globe interview. 'I'm both a fan and a creator,' he said, 'and I always feel fortunate to be doing what I'm doing.' Bryan Marquard can be reached at
CBC
24-02-2025
- Health
- CBC
Canada's bird flu vaccine order 'the right next step,' says Atlantic Vet College's infection control chief
Veterinarians on Prince Edward Island who have been monitoring the spread of avian influenza for years are encouraged by the federal government's move to vaccinate people who are most at risk. Last week, the Public Health Agency of Canada bought 500,000 doses of the vaccine that guards against the virus, which is also known as bird flu and formally as H5N1. "This is a great step, and it speaks to preparedness," said Dr. Jason Stull, the chief of infection control at the Atlantic Veterinary College, based at UPEI in Charlottetown. "We're taking this seriously, we're doing what we need to do so that we're in the best position so that should this virus change in a way that impacts us greater… that we can absolutely respond to it, so I think that that's the right next step to do." The Public Health Agency of Canada purchased 500,000 doses of the vaccine Arepanrix H5N1 from drug maker GSK to protect against the virus for those most at risk of exposure. That includes veterinarians and others who work closely with infected animals. Sixty per cent of the doses will be distributed to provinces and territories "in the coming weeks," the agency said on Feb. 19, while the remainder will be stockpiled "for national preparedness." P.E.I.'s Chief Public Health Office will determine who will be able to get the vaccine in this province. The agency said in a statement to CBC News that the National Advisory Committee on Immunization "has not recommended a broad deployment" of the vaccine. "Although P.E.I. has detected sporadic cases of H5N1 in wildlife over the last two years, at this time, P.E.I. has not had any H5N1 outbreaks in domestic agricultural production or human cases of H5N1," reads the statement. "P.E.I. will have access to H5N1 vaccine at any time for farm workers in the case of infected animals or if there is a need to provide prophylaxis to humans to prevent spread." Risk to humans low Stull said the biggest worry with bird flu on the Island is its potential to infect animals like wild birds and domestic poultry. The virus does have the potential to spread to humans if it enters our milk supply through dairy cattle that contract the flu through contact with infected animals. However, Stull said the risk of that is very low right now, so people shouldn't be afraid. He did say that Islanders and their pets should stay away from wildlife, particularly if it's dead, and domestic poultry. WATCH | 2nd avian flu strain found in U.S. dairy cows: Canadian farmers on alert as 2nd bird flu strain found in U.S. cattle 18 days ago Duration 2:04 Canadian dairy farmers are ramping up surveillance after a second strain of avian flu was found in cattle in the United States, where the virus has prompted a reduction in milk production. No cases have been reported in Canadian cows so far. "We've seen a variety of things happening in the United States. Over the past year, we've seen the virus move into dairy cattle, which previously we haven't seen," Stull said. "So part of it is really staying proactive and then taking the steps… to try and protect ourselves." Teen patient has recovered Canada reported its first domestically acquired human case of avian influenza last November when a teenaged patient in B.C. was placed on life support. The teen needed significant respiratory support, doctors said, then began to improve and was discharged from hospital on Jan. 7. An American patient, who was over the age of 65 and had underlying health conditions, died in Louisiana last month. To date, Canadian health officials say there has been no evidence of sustained person-to-person spread of the virus in any cases found in the world. In a statement to CBC News, Egg Farmers of P.E.I. said poultry farmers already adhere to biosecurity measures to protect their flocks and prevent the spread of disease, including controlling access to farms and cleaning and disinfection protocols. "Egg Farmers of P.E.I. wishes to reassure Islanders that the general public is not at risk of contracting avian influenza," the statement reads. "Our farmers are fully prepared to manage any potential outbreak should one occur. We have robust plans in place to respond quickly and effectively, ensuring the health and safety of our flocks, farmers, their families, and the public."
