2024 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Three: The Dearly Departed
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This is an installment of 2024 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)
2024 – THE DEARLY DEPARTED
These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists, and selected others, died in 2024.
DAVID MARK KUNZLE
April 17, 1936 – January 1, 2024
comics historian
LEO PANAS
May 20, 1924 – January 2, 2024
Lowell Sun sports cartoonist
BRIAN JOHN McCONNACHIE
December 23, 1942 – January 5, 2024
National Lampoon and MAD cartoonist
ALEXANDER BURNS (ALEX) COOK
April 16, 1924 – January 23, 2024
Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial cartoonist
comic strips: Buckeye Corner
Fellow Travelers
That’s Life
Cap’n Scupper
CHARLES PHILLIP (PHIL) BISSELL
February 1, 1926 – January 25, 2024
sports and editorial cartoonist
JOSE MARIA DELBO (DEL BO)
December 9, 1933 – February 5, 2024
comic book artist
comic strips: The Phantom
Superman
The Sunday Superman Special
ALFREDO CASTELLI
June 26, 1947 – February 7, 2024
Italian comics creator and writer
comics historian
JOHN JOSEPH (JACK) HIGGINS
August 19, 1954 – February 10, 2024
Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoonist
PAUL NEARY
December 18, 1949 – February 10, 2024
British and American comic book artist
comic strip: Jeff Hawke
ENRIQUE BADIA ROMERO
April 24, 1930 – February 15, 2024
European comic artist
comic strip: Modesty Blaise
RAMONA FRADON
October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024
comic book artist
comic strip: Brenda Starr
ELENA STEIER
February 14, 1958 – March 1, 2024
West Hartford News editorial cartoonist
comic strips: The Ramp Rats
The Goth Scouts
The Block
Dinosaur Circus
Suzy Q
Nancy
ROBERT DAVID (CHANCE) BROWNE
June 17, 1948 – March 4, 2024
comic strips: Hi and Lois
Hägar the Horrible
MICHAEL CHARLES (MIKE) THALER
October 8, 1926 – March 23, 2024
magazine gag cartoonist
DONALD CONWAY (DON) WRIGHT
January 23, 1934 – March 24, 2024
Miami News/Palm Beach Post editorial cartoonist
ROBERT LEE (BOB) BEERBOHM
June 17, 1952 – March 27, 2024
comics historian
ROBERT EMERY (BOB) LYNCH
April 15, 1933 – April 6, 2024
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram editorial cartoonist
TRINA ROBBINS
August 17, 1938 – April 10, 2024
comix book cartoonist
comics historian
RONALD (RON) MOFFATT
1941/42 – May 13, 2024
Soo Today cartoonist
DONALD DAVID (DON) PERLIN
August 27, 1929 – May 14, 2024
comic book artist, magazine cartoonist
comic strip: The Spirit
Funky Winkerbean
HUGH EDWARD (ED) HALL
September 25, 1962 – May 19, 2024
The Baker County Press editorial cartoonist
JOHN KENNETH ADCOCK
May 1950 – June 1, 2024
cartoonist, illustrator
comics historian
DONALD LEWIS (DON) MADDEN
October 14, 1927 – June 10?/9?, 2024
Playboy and other magazines cartoonist
JOHN ADLER
September 29, 1927 – June 11, 2024
Harper’s Weekly historian/Thomas Nast biographer
HOWARD ROY BECKERMAN
December 25, 1930 – June 29, 2024
animator
comic strip: Miss Chipps
THOMAS ALEXANDER (TOM) ENGELHARDT
December 29, 1930 – July 28, 2024
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist
DAVID STEWART ADAMS
November 5, 1938 – August 9, 2024
comic strip: The Bean Family
JULIE C. HARRIS LARSON
September 20, 1959 – August 17, 2024
comic strips: Suburban Torture
The Dinette Set
JOHN ANTHONY GRAZIANO
August 2, 1962 – August 17, 2024
comic strip: Ripley’s Believe It or Not
WILLIAM RODNEY (BILL) FRIDAY
November 8, 1942 – August 23, 2024
Oregon cartoonist
LARRY S. TODD
April 6, 1948 – September 28, 2024
comix book cartoonist
comic strip: Dr. Atomic
ROBERT MICHAEL (BOB) FOSTER
November 16, 1943 – September 30, 2024
animation, magazine cartoonist (Myron Moose)
comic strip: Donald Duck
ROGER KUTNOW LEWIS
January 9, 1941 – October 2, 2024
comic strip: Shaping The City
CHARLES WRIGHT FREDERICK
November 3, 1942 – October 4, 2024
editorial cartoonist
JEROME WALTER (JERRY) FEARING
July 16, 1930 – October 12, 2024
St Paul Pioneer Press editorial cartoonist
comic strip: Rooftop O’Toole
It Happened in Minnesota
Como Scrapbook
The Story of Minnesota
Supermayor
PHILIP M. (BUNK) GRIFFIN
June 17, 1940 – October 16, 2024
comic strip: Mountain Al
STEVEN CHRISTOPHER (STEVE) STARK
October 4, 1950 – October 18, 2024
editorial cartoonist
GREGORY J. (GREG) HILDEBRANDT
January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024
fantasy illustrator, comic book artist
comic strip: Terry and the Pirates
TIMOTHY LEE (TIM) JACKSON
January 16, 1958 – November 3, 2024
Chicago Defender and self-syndicated editorial cartoonist
comics historian
LARRY CURTIS JOHNSON
October 12, 1949 – November 15, 2024
Boston Globe sports cartoonist, editorial cartoonist
WILLIAM JOSEPH (BILL) HENNESSY
December 9, 1957 – December 9, 2024
courtroom sketch artist
WAYNE LAVERNE HORNE
September 29, 1927 – December 21, 2024
magazine gag cartoonist
Corrections encouraged
Additions accepted
feature image by Phil Bissell
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