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2021 The Dearly Departed

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D. D. Degg Published: January 1, 2022 Updated: January 1, 2022 2 minutes 2 comments

This is an installment of 2021 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.
(part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations)

2021 – The Dearly Departed
These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2021.

WILLIAM BRYAN (W.B.)(BILL) PARK
June 12, 1936 – January 2, 2021
author, illustrator
magazine cartoonist: The New Yorker, Smithsinian Magazine, Harpers,
The Nation, The N. Y. Times, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Litigation
comic panel: Off The Leash

RICHARD ALLEN (DICK) KULPA
January 12, 1953 – January 3, 2021
cartoonist, caricaturist
editor: Cracked; Weekly World News
comic strip: Double Eagle and Company
comic strip: The Legend of Bruce Lee
comic strip: Star Trek
comic strip: Ghost Story Club

ELIZABETH SAFIAN (LIZ) BERUBE
January 7, 1943 – January 15, 2021
comic book cartoonist
comic strip: Karen

DANIEL BRIAN (DAN) GOLA
September 27, 1944 – January 25, 2021
marketing director
comic strip: Claude & Ernie

GERALD LIP
May 12, 1929 – January 28, 2021
cartoon editor, comic strip letterer/colourer
Daily Express; Daily Mirror; Daily Mail; London Evening Standard
comic strips: Modesty Blaise, Rubert Bear, James Bond, Garfield, Hagar

ALLAN PENNINGTON BURNS
May 18, 1935 – January 30, 2021
television writer
comic panel: The Younger Set

BRIAN WILLIAM TURNER
December 15, 1949 – January 31, 2021
writer, researcher, educator
cartoonist

STEVEN CLAY (S. CLAY) WILSON
July 25, 1941 – February 7, 2021
underground comix cartoonist, artist

ALAN HOWARD KING
September 16, 1947 – February 8, 2021
editorial cartoonist: Ottawa Citizen

GEORGE MIKALI MANDEL (né Louis George Rothschild)
February 11, 1920 – February 13, 2021
comic book artist 1940-43, author
gag cartoonist

WILLIAM WILLARD (BILL) SANDERS
October 14, 1930 – February 27, 2021
cartoonist: Pacific Stars and Stripes
editorial cartoonist: Greensboro Daily News
editorial cartoonist: Kansas City Star
editorial cartoonist: Milwaukee Journal

WILLIAM EDWARDS (BILL) MORGAN, JR.
December 13, 1931 – February 9, 2021
newspaperman, sports promoter
comic panel: Sports Day

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (FRANK) THORNE
June 16, 1930 – March 7, 2021
comic book cartoonist
comic strip: The Illustrated History of Union County
comic strip: Perry Mason
comic strip: Dr. Guy Bennett/Dr. Duncan

RONALD MABURN (RON) RICE
January 31, 1933 – March 15, 2021
illustrator, graphic artist, cartoonist
Shreveport Journal; Shreveport Times
comic panel: By The Bayou
comic panel: Sports Dictionary

GERALD JOHN (JERRY) LAZARE
September 25, 1927 – March 23, 2021
Canadian comic book cartoonist
newspaper/magazine/book illustrator

NEWTON CLAY (BUD) BURCH III
October 5, 1925 – March 24, 2021
illustrator, art director, cartoonist

RODERICK (ROD) MCKIE
November 28, 1957 – March 26, 2021
magazine cartoonist
Playboy, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal,
Reader’s Digest, National Lampoon, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, +

CHRIS YAMBAR
July 4, 1961 – March 27, 2021
comic artist, writer, publisher

RAMON WARD (RAY) COLLINS
March 17, 1931 – March 28, 2021
cartoonist
comic strip: Cecil and Dipstick (aka Cecil C. Addle)

MOIRA ANNA MCDONOUGH
March 18, 1961 – April 1, 2021
illustrator, cartoonist (The Penvy Pages)

FRANK JACOBS
May 30, 1929 – April 5, 2021
humorist
MAD Magazine 1957-2014

JOYE HUMMEL MURCHISON KELLY
April 4, 1924 – April 5, 2021
comic book writer (Wonder Woman 1945-47)

KATHLEEN WHALEN ANDREWS
March 12, 1937 – April 16, 2021
co-founder Andrews McMeel
AMU Vice Chairman, AMP CEO 

LOYD BRUCE HOLMAN
January 30, 1939 – April 24, 2021
comic strip: Down on the Farm

MICHAEL ELMER (MIKE) MUNDT
September 6, 1953 – May 7, 2021
comic strip: Macklin

JOHN ALLEN FURLOW
July 23, 1921 – May 8, 2021
freelance artist; art director Duke University
sports cartoonist (Nashville Banner. Chicago Sun-Times)

MILTON THOMAS INGE
March 18, 1936 – May 15, 2021
comics and literature historian

ALAN MARTIN (AL) GOTTLIEB
June 1927 – May 2021
gag writer for comediennes
magazine and comic strip gag writer

RICHARD F. (RICK) KOLLINGER
December 30, 1949 – May 31, 2021
columnist
Easton Star Democrat editorial cartoonist

WILL BUNN (BUNNY) MATTHEWS III
February 15, 1951 – June 1, 2021
comic panel: F’Sure
comic panel: Vic and Nat’ly

REINHOLD C. REITBERGER
December 25, 1946 – June 25, 2021
cartoonist
comic historian: Anatomy of a Mass Medium

DANIEL P. (DANNY) SHANAHAN
July 11, 1957 – July 5, 2021
magazine cartoonist
The New Yorker (1988-2020), Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Playboy, Esquire,
New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune

JOHN PAUL McMEEL
January 26, 1936 – July 7, 2021
co-founder Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel

LOUIS JAMES TRAKIS
June 22, 1927 – July 7, 2021
cartoonist (comic books), sculptor

 
REYNOLD DASH RUFFINS
August 5, 1930 – July 11, 2021
illustrator, graphic designer

CHRISTOPHER BAILEY (CHRIS) FOOTE
August 4, 1958 – July 11, 2021
cartoonist, illustrator
comic: Doodles

ERNEST DONALD (ERNIE) POIGNANT
February 4, 1919 – July 15, 2021
editorial cartoonist: Swedish Press (Vancouver)
editorial cartoonist: Quesnel’s Cariboo Observer
editorial cartoonist: Haney Gazette

CLAES GOREN REIMERTHI
January 12, 1955 – July 23, 2021
Fantomen comic book writer
comic strip: The Phantom

DONALD EUGENE (DON) MARGOLIS
September, 1932 – August 3, 2021
magazine cartoonist

BARRY WAYNE McWILLIAMS
February 17, 1942 – August 14, 2021
editorial cartoonist: The Madisonian
comic: J. P Doodles

SAMUEL TARSHIS (SAM) ANSELL
May 25, 1922 – August 1, 2021
gag cartoonist

DAVID C. SIMONSON
May 9, 1927 – August 27, 2021
journalist, artist
gag cartoonist

FRANCIS JOHN (FRAN) FRISCH, JR
August 18, 1948 – August 29, 2021
cartoonist, illustrator
comic: Beartoons

JEFFREY R. (JEFF) PHILCRANTZ
July 26, 1946 – September 6, 2021
gag cartoonist

RUSSELL CHARLES (RUSS) KICK III
July 20, 1969 – September 12, 2021
editor: The Graphic Canon

MARGARET ACKERMAN SHULOCK
September 27, 1949 – October 17, 2021
cartoonist
comic panel: The New Breed
comic panel: Six Chix
comic strip: Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
comic panel: Sticks
comic panel: Rhymes With Orange
comic strip: Apartment 3-G

GENE D’ANGELO
ca. 1924 – 2021
King Features Syndicate and DC Comics staff cartoonist

SHARON SMITH KANE
February 18, 1932 – November 3, 2021
children’s book author/illustrator
comic strip: Buttons An’ Beaux

PIERRE GERARD (PETER) PEREIRA
May 15, 1962 – November 10, 2021
artist, illustrator, photographer, cartoonist
comic strip: The Daily Nib

KEVIN GLENN ROBINETTE
June 1949 – November 19, 2021
History of Comics professor

LOUIS (LOU) BROOKS
September 5, 1944 – November 21, 2021
cartoonist, illustrator, graphic artist

JERRY JOSEPH PALEN
July 9, 1943 – November 25, 2021
ranch hand, painter, sculptor, cartoonist
comic panel: Stampede

DONALD ALAN (DON) ASMUSSEN
October 31, 1962 – December 9, 2021
newspaper artist, cartoonist
comic strip: San Francisco Comic Strip
comic strip: Republican Convention Comic Strip
comic strip: Super Average Joe
comic strip: Bad Reporter
comic strip: Stanton

KEITH J. TAYLOR
October 21, 1949 – December 16, 2021
Chicago cartoonist

GÉRARD MARCEL FORTON
April 10, 1931 – December 18, 2021
European and American comic book artist
animated storyboard artist
comic strip: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

MORTON WAYNE THIEBAUD
November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021
painter, art teacher
comic strip: Aleck (Wing Tips)
comic strip: Fergus (Rexall Drugs in-house newsmagazine)

CLYDE STOKES WELLS
May 18, 1934 – December 27, 2021
editorial cartoonist: Augusta Chronicle

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