2022: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Three: The Dearly Departed

This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.
part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed

2022 – The Dearly Departed
These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2022.

Anthony F. (Tony) Tallarico
September 20, 1933 – January 6, 2022
comic book artist; book author/illustrator
comic strip: Davy Jones
comic panel: Trivia Treat

Orlando Francis Busino
October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic strip: Oh Gus (Boy’s Life)
comic strip: Gil Thorp
comic strip: Moose Miller

Ronald Joseph Goulart
January 13, 1933 – January 14, 2022
author; comics historian; comic books
comic strip: Star Hawks

Robert David Barbour
March 7, 1951 – January 31, 2022
cartoonist; illustrator
Carolina Cartoons
Asheville Times-Citizen

James Sherman Hill
October 4, 1946 – February 7, 2022
journalist
Washington Post Writers Group managing editor

Melvin James (Mel) Keefer
July 2, 1926 – February 11, 2022
comic books; animation; book illustrator
comic strip: Perry Mason
comic strip: Dragnet
comic strip: Gene Autry
comic strip: Mac Divot
comic strip: Will Barton, M.D.
comic strip: Thorne McBride
comic strip: How to Murder Your Wife
comic strip: Rick O’Shay

Robert Charles (Bob) Southee
April 2, 1930 – February 11, 2022
sports cartoonist
comic panel: Sports Personality
comic panel: Sportraits

William (Bill) Woodman
October 30, 1939 – February 12, 2022
magazine cartoonist

Richard Gordon (Dick) Guindon
December 2, 1935 – February 27, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: Guindon
comic panel: Carp
comic strip: The Carp Chronicles

Stuart Wilk (Stu) Goldman
March 26, 1947 – March 3, 2022
editorial cartoonist (Philadelphia) Jewish Exponent
comic panel: Stu Goldman’s Eavesdroppings

Stanley Frederick (Stan) Mott
February 27, 1933 – March 22, 2022
automobile magazine cartoonist

Anthony Zola (Tony) Saltzman
March 27, 1938 – March 24, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: The Heptiles

James Elliott Bama
April 28, 1926 – April 24, 2022
artist; illustrator
assisted sports cartoonist Bruce Jenkins, Jr.
comic panel: They’ll Do It Every Time (assisted Hatlo)
comic strip: Miss Cairo Jones (assisted Oksner)

Neal Adams
June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022
comic books; illustrator; advertising artist
comic strip: Bat Masterson
comic strip: Ben Casey
comic strip: Chip Martin
comic strip: The Heart of Juliet Jones
comic strip: Peter Scratch
comic strip: Secret Agent Corrigan
comic strip: Rip Kirby
comic strip: On Stage
comic strip: Sally Forth
comic strip: Cannon
comic strip: Big Ben Bolt
comic strip: Buck Rogers
comic strip: Funky Winkerbean

Justin Considine Green
July 25, 1945 – April 23, 2022
underground comix cartoonist
comic strip: Musical Legends (Pulse magazine)
comic strip: Sign Game (Sign of the Times magazine)

William Breckinridge (Bill) Wilson
February 23, 1930 – April 29, 2022
trade paper cartoonist; comic art collector

John Earl Whitaker
August 20, 1928 – May 4, 2022
comic panel: Sam’s Supermarket

Hudson S. (Hud) Armstrong
September 15, 1945 – May 11, 2022
comic strip: Booker D. and the N.G.s
comic strip: Poor Richard’s Journal

Stanley C. (Stan) Gomberg
May 6, 1927 – May 18, 2022
magazine cartoonist

William Nathanial Rupp
December 27, 1945 – May 24, 2022
U. S. Army (ret); TV and radio communications
comic strip: Balls ‘N’ Tees

Ranan Raymonde Lurie
May 26, 1932 – June 9, 2022
editorial cartoonist; political caricaturist

Stuart Scott Carlson
September 1955 – June 10, 2022
political cartoonist
comic strip: Gray Matters

Baxter Black
January 10, 1945 – June 10, 2022
cowboy poet/columnist/author/songwriter
comic strip: Ag Man

Everett Peck
October 9, 1950 – June 14, 2022
magazine illustrator

Rollin William (Speedy) Zawistowski
March 31, 1926 – June 26, 2022
gag writer

Robert C. (Bob) Harvey
June 22, 1937 – July 7, 2022
cartoonist; comics historian

Judith Grace (Judy) Dixon
January 15, 1927 – July 7, 2022
children’s book illustrator; comic books; greeting cards
editorial cartoonist

Ann Elspeth Whitney Cleaves
July 26, 1945 – July 7, 2022
editorial cartoonist

Thomas Joseph (Tom) Kane, Jr.
December 9, 1934 – July 10, 2022
Boston Herald sports cartoonist

James Burnett (Jim) Ivey
April 15, 1925 – July 14, 2022
comics archivist; comics historian
editorial cartoonist
comic panel: Thoughts of Man

Sidney R. (Sid) Jacobson
October 20, 1929 – July 23, 2022
comic books
comic strip: Flash Gordon
comic strip: Richie Rich

Paul Allan Coker, Jr.
March 5, 1929 – July 23, 2022
book illustrator; animation; advertising
magazine cartoonist
MAD
comic strip: Lancelot
comic strip: Horace and Buggy

Randy Hugh Farb
August 27, 1960 – July 24, 2022
librarian
comic strip: 4 Corners

Gretchen deSanzi Grauer Vanderhoof
August 9, 1930 – July 27, 2022
clothing and fabric designer
NEA colorist

Kirk Allan Luerhrs
March 23, 1941 – August 1, 2022
US Navy; advertising artist
comic strip: Pilgrim

Jerry W. Holbert
November 9, 1958 – August 2, 2022
Boston Herald editorial cartoonist

Jean-Jacques Sempe
August 17, 1932 – August 11, 2022
French cartoonist/illustrator
Esquire magazine cartoons
New Yorker cover artist

Edward Bruce Cochran
October 9, 1935 – August 22, 2022
magazine cartoonist

Mary Elizabeth Kincaid
June 4, 1923 – September 14, 2022
comic strip: Contes Francais

Robert David (Dave) Boyd
October 1938 – September 20, 2022
editorial cartoonist
comic strip: Apple Pie
comic strip: Sovereign State of Affairs

Lawrence Mervin (Larry) Terrill
October 1, 1935 – October 8, 2022
display artist
editorial cartoonist

Dennis Julian Renault
August 23, 1936 – October 19, 2022
magazine cartoonist
editorial cartoonist

Pascal Elie
1959 – October 21, 2022
editorial cartoonist

George Booth
June 28, 1926 – November 1, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: Spot
comic panel: Local Item

Danilo P. (Danny) Bulanadi
February 9, 1946 – November 3, 2022
comic books
comic strip: The Amazing Spider-Man

Roger Mahony
1935 – November 5, 2022
comic strip: The Gambols
comic strip: Andy Capp

Wayland David Moore
September 8, 1935 – November 7, 2022
artist
editorial cartoonist

Gene Basset
July 24, 1927 – November 24, 2022
sports cartoonist
editorial cartoonist

Richard Manley Kemplin
December 11, 1930 – November 25, 2022
editorial cartoonist

Donald A. (Don) Orehek
August 9, 1928 – December 6, 2022
magazine cartoonist
Cracked magazine
comic panel: Laff-A-Day
comic panel: This Funny World

Lee Sharp Lorenz
October 17, 1932 – December 8, 2022
magazine cartoonist
New Yorker cartoon editor

John Cecil Hanks
1940 – December 17, 2022
magazine cartoonist

images are self-portraits and © the respective cartoonists and their estates

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