User blog comment:LordTBT/News:RIP Brian Jacques, 1939-2011/@comment-208.99.128.104-20110210035226/@comment-67.40.27.143-20110210050352

When my Dad came home and told me yesterday, I sobbed for about five minutes. I still can't believe he's gone. But I know that he's there, amid sunny slopes and silent streams. He'll be chatting in the Dark Forest with all the old abbots and Martin will tell him new stories. They'll sing songs and he'll write many more books. Maybe someday we'll all get to meet him, when our time has come, and he'll be young, spry, and roaring out his war cry: "EULALIAAAA!" I first discovered him when I was in fifth grade, and ever since then, Redwall has always cheered me up when I am down. Hopefully somebody committed enough to his style will continue the books (like with the Oz series) but it will never be the same. Goodbye, Mr. Jacques. The world of Redwallers will miss you dearly.