Ben Potter, the YouTube character often called The Comicstorian, has died. He was 40.
In keeping with his spouse, Natalie Potter, who shared the information on X (formally Twitter), Ben died on June 8 following an “unlucky accident.”
“Two days in the past, on June eighth, my husband, Ben Potter, handed away in an unlucky accident,” the message started. “To a lot of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing tales from throughout a number of completely different mediums. To his family members, he was the most effective and most supportive people anybody might ask for. As a husband, a son, a brother, a pal, and even only a stranger, Ben was loving and real. He was somebody who would hear and find time for his family members. He would do his greatest to make everybody chortle and ensure they have been okay. He was our rock and he’d reassure his family members at any time when they wanted it.”
The assertion continued, “He was my world and I would like time to be with family and friends. I’ve so many issues I would like to determine however firstly, I have to grieve. I ask that you simply respect my privateness in addition to everybody else’s. Proper now my precedence is preserving all the pieces he is constructed and I haven’t got any plans past that.”
Natalie continued her message by sharing that she and Ben’s crew have been going to determine a method to maintain his legacy alive.
“His channel was certainly one of his biggest accomplishments, and whereas all of us want our time to mourn him, I do know he would not need it to finish like this,” she wrote. “Ben spent over 10 years spreading his love and appreciation for his hobbies. It was via his love of thrilling tales and effectively written characters that obtained him began on YouTube. The crew and I need to maintain that going. To honor him by persevering with to inform nice tales by nice folks, in addition to to maintain the reminiscence of our very personal superhero alive. We supported one another on all the pieces we wished to do and I am not about to cease now. – Nathalie Potter.”
Up to now, no different particulars surrounding his demise have been revealed.
Ben was remembered by his Comicstorian co-host, Hassan Khadair, in a put up on X.
“There aren’t any phrases that may really describe how devastating this loss is. Ben was my favourite YouTuber, my most chaotic coworker, my mentor, and the most effective buddies I’ve ever had. I’ll carry @Comicstorian with me ceaselessly,” he wrote alongside a sequence of images of him and his late pal.
CEO of DC Studios and filmmaker James Gunn took to threads to additionally mark the loss. The interplay was shared by Hassan, noting that “Benny would have gotten such a kick out of seeing James Gunn discuss him.”
After a fan requested if he had heard the information about Ben’s demise, James wrote, “I simply did. I am so sorry to listen to that. My coronary heart goes out to his household and buddies.”
Ben was additionally remembered by his followers within the comedian ebook group via tributes on social media and within the feedback of his YouTube movies.
Ben’s Comicstorian YouTube account — the place he steadily mentioned comedian books from Marvel and DC — has over 3.01 million subscribers and every of his movies amassed 1000’s of likes. The final add was three days earlier than his demise, a video titled Why DC’s Reboots Beat Marvel.
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