Jesse Hamm, acclaimed comic book writer and artist, whose "Tips From Jesse Hamm" Twitter account helped thousands of burgeoning comic book creators, passed away on Wednesday. His wife, Anna Sahrling-Hamm, broke the tragic news on her Twitter account that Hamm had passed away due to a blood clot in his lungs.

Hamm was a member of the Portland-based Helioscope studio.

Hamm had worked as a professional artist for years, but his first major mainstream comic book was the 2007 graphic novel, Good as Lily, which he drew with writer Derek Kirk Kim for DC's short-lived (but very much ahead of its time) Minx line of books. He worked for Marvel Comics on an issue of Hawkeye with his Helioscope studiomate, Steve Lieber, during the acclaimed Matt Fraction, David Aja and Matt Hollingsworth run on that series. He worked for DC on an issue of Batman '66 with another Helioscope studiomate, Jeff Parker.

Parker and Hamm then did a brilliant crossover series for Dynamite Entertainment, Flash Gordon: Kings Cross, bringing together a number of the King Comics Syndicate characters together in a very fun adventure.

Hamm also co-wrote (with Mark Rodgers) and drew the series, The Blessed Machine, for Mad Cave. Most recently, he was working as the artist on Dark Horse Comics' Plants vs. Zombies series with another Helioscope studiomate, writer Paul Tobin, with Plants vs. Zombies Volume 18: Constructionary Tales due out in July.

While Hamm was an excellent comic book artist, he was perhaps even better when it came to writing about comics. He jokingly described "Tip From Hamm" as, "JESSE HAMM will not let his lack of fame or achievement stop him from tweeting advice to all and sundry!" but his work on "Tips From Hamm" was an impressive achievement in and of itself. He had a brilliant way of teaching people with just a few words on Twitter and his advice was excellent. He would also sell collections of his tips on Gumroad and he would have other pieces of comic book creating advice on his Patreon.

Years ago, when Good As Lily had just been released (the above photo of Jesse from ComicVine was from that period), Jesse wrote an outstanding guest column for "Comics Should be Good" here at CBR about eight things he'd like to see more of in comics. You can read that here and reading that will give you a small sense of how much of a loss his passing is for the world of comic books.