Despite being a success history and almost a celebrity for decades, Marc Ecko also has been through big - and I mean BIG - bumps. Complex, which might be considered as Marc's most successful venture overe the long-run, it struggle for years to find solvency. Allegedly Marc Ecko Enterprises was facing very serious economic risks for which, part of it was sold to Iconix Brand Group in 2009. Marc Ecko has disappeared as both as an artist and as a celebrity. Since Marc's tag name, websites and logos were directly attached to his ventures we don't hear about him as often.
As a personal opinion, I really believe that Marc Ecko disappeared right when he was a very important clothing designer, which is a really cool time to retire. But, I think that Ecko is one of the most talented artists that have had a very good balance between a business-oriented mind, originality, craziness, style and "real". He always sold merch upon the idea on never become a sold out by celebrating and encouraging individuality. That kind of products/art/companies are very needed nowadays. The world needs a bit more of an artist that had no limits and his soul had no price...