2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Three: The Dearly Departed

This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.
(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed)

2023 – THE DEARLY DEPARTED
These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2023.

JACK BENDER
March 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023
newspaper sports cartoonist, editorial cartoonist
comic strips: Nutheads; Alley Oop

DAN ROSANDICH
July 21, 1957 – Januaty 9, 2023
magazine cartoonist
comic panels: Mum’s The Word; Yooper Bloopers

MICHAEL DOUGAN
March 26, 1954 – January 13, 2023
altenative cartoonist

CHARLES A. FILIUS
January 24, 1961 – January 24, 2023
comic strip: Paradox Found

AL SCHWEITZER
November 28, 1921 – January 30, 2023
St. Louis Post-dispatch cartoonist, illustrator
comic feature: Weatherbird

JIM STRAHLE
October 24, 1948 – January 31, 2023
comic panel: Strahle’s Baliwick

CHRIS BROWNE
May 16, 1952 – February 4, 2023
magazine cartoonist
comic strips: Hägar the Horrible; Hi and Lois;
Chris Browne’s Comic Strip; Raising Duncan

WALLY FAWKES (‘TROG’)
June 21, 1924 – March 1, 2023
political cartoonist, musician
comic strip: Flook

IAN FALCONER
August 25, 1959 – March 7, 2023
author, illustrator theatrical designer
New Yorker cover artist

FRANK HILL
September 10, 1929 – March 10, 2023
comic book writer/artist; advertising artist
comic strips: Senator Gassius; Short Ribs; Bugs Bunny;
Tom and Jerry; Dennis the Menace; Half Hitch; Ponytail

BILL TIDY
October 9, 1933 – March 11, 2023
comic strips: Chelm of Tryg2; The Cloggies;
The Crudgingtons; The Forsythe Saga; Grimbledon Down;
Kegbuster; The Last Chio Shop in England; Nero;
The Sporting Spagthorpes; Stand Up Billy Buckitt!

JOE GIELLA
June 27, 1928 – March 21, 2023
comic book artist
comic strips: Batman; Character Clues; Mary Worth; The Phantom
assisted on: Flash Gordon; Johnny Reb; Sherlock Holmes;
Buck Rogers; The Amazing Spider-Man

NORM ROCKWELL
December 14, 1937 – March 28, 2023
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: The New Breed (contributor)

ELLEN KEEFE DERBY
June 11, 1927 – April 3, 2023
newspaper cartoonist for Woodward column

BRUCE PETTY
November 23, 1929 – April 6, 2023
magazine cartoonist

PERRI HART
October 10, 1957 – April 8, 2023
photographer, painter
John Hart Studios (B.C.; Wizard of Id; Dogs of C-Kennel)

SHARON MALHEIRO
November 26, 1956 – April 10, 2023
Register & Tribune/Cowles Syndicate comics editor

AL JAFFEE
March 13, 1921 – April 10, 2023
comic book writer/artist; magazine cartoonist; MAD magazine
comic strips: Tall Tales; Debbie Deere; Jason

ED KOREN
December 13, 1935 – April 14, 2023
magazine cartoonist

PETER PICKERSGILL
September 5, 1945 – April 15, 2023
Canadian editorial cartoonist
comic: Gargoyle Gossip

TED RICHARDS
October 20, 1946 – April 21, 2023
underground/alternative cartoonist; magazine cartoonist
comic strips: E. Z. Wolf; Astral Outhouse; Dopin’ Dan; 40 Year Old Hippie

SANDY KOSSIN
June 4, 1926 – April(?), 2023
book and magazine illustrator, MAD magazine

RICHARD OLSON
October 10, 1944 – April 30, 2023
comic and cartoon historian

BRUCE MCCALL
May 10, 1935 – May 5, 2023
magazine author/illustrator

SAM GROSS
August 7, 1933 – May 6, 2023
magazine cartoonist, magazine cartoon editor
comic strip: Cigarman

DON CARLTON
December 28, 1936 – May 16, 2023
comic strips and panels: Good Earth Almanac; Doonesbury;
The Far Side; A Wistful Visitor’s Ouray Sketchbook

JACK MILLIE
October 19, 1949 – June 6, 2023
comic strip: Amanda Panda

JOHN ROMITA
January 24, 1930 – June 12, 2023
comic book artist
comic strips: The Amazing Spider-Man; Flash Gordon

CLAY BUTLER
June 23, 1955 – June 13, 2023
illustrator, designer, photographer, cartoonist
comic strip: Sidewalk Bubblegum

GINNY LINDEMANN
December 12, 1944 – June 28, 2023
comic panel: Emily and Toby

DAVID ILLSLEY
March 7, 1942 – July 4, 2023
cartoonist, artist, videographer
comic panel: Us Older Folks…; Ace; Boomer McBragg!

JIM VADEBONCOEUR, JR.
October 24, 1946 – July 7, 2023
comics historian

PETE KAMINSKI
February 9, 1990 – July 12, 2023
Creators Syndicate creative coordinator

JIM ADCOCK
June 12, 1948 – July 19, 2023
Bayside Gazette cartoonist

ROBERT STRINGER
April 28, 1948 – July 24, 2023
cartoonist, architect

JIM KORKIS
August 15, 1950 – July 28, 2023
cartoonist, Disney historian

JOE TONELLI
November 19, 1926 – August 27, 2023
St. Petersburg Times artist

GERRY SHAMRAY
February 19, 1957 – September 25, 2023
cartoonist,illustrator, artist
comic strips: Cleveland; Funky Winkerbean; John Darling; Wyse Advice

JAY LEESON
March 5, 1979 – September 28, 2023
radio host, columnist
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal cartoonist

JOHN DUSKO
April 3, 1933 – October 7, 2023
cartoonist, illustrator, painter

KEITH GIFFEN
November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023
comic book writer artist
comic strip: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Danger

BILL LEE
November 15, 1938 – November 15, 2023
magazine cartoonist
comic panels: Fogarty; Bottoms; LeeScapes

LATISHA MOORE
January 23, 1976 – November 26, 2023
National Cartoonists Society events executive director

JOHN YARDLEY-JONES
May 2, 1930 – December 6, 2023
Canadian editorial cartoonist

IAN GIBSON
February 20, 1946 – December 11, 2023
British comic artist
comic strip: Judge Dredd

JOHN BURNS
1938 – December 29, 2023
British comic artist
comic strips: The Seekers; Modesty Blaise; Jane; Matt Marriott; Girl Chat; The Tuckwells; more

Additions sadly accepted
Corrections encouraged