@Riot Can we please give Karthus a longer Q Range?

I know Karthus is supposed to be some sort of "Mid range mage", but there's So many problems with this. Most Close range mid Champs are super bursty and usually with some sort of hard CC that can just lock down Karthus and kill him almost instantly (Annie, Fizz, Kassadin, Katarina, Talon, Zed etc.. ) However, most other mid/long range champs have all their abilites at a longer range so they can harass without retaliation, and that usually means if the jungler comes to gank mid, Karthus has to play catch up and usually the opponent escapes into turret range. While Karthus is meant primarily for the late game, the problem is that it's the early game that he needs to be decent at if there's even a chance of heading into late game with him. If a Red could read this, It'd be really appreciated.