Comics and illustration historian and publisher Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has passed away. “Jim was one of those rare figures in the history of comics, an amateur in the best and most noble sense of the word, a scholar with discriminating taste, a selfless researcher before the internet existed, an historian who helped create a foundation […]
Cartoonist Clay Butler has passed away. From the obituary: Clay [David Butler] was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma, a rare aggressive eye cancer in January 2022. It metastasized to his liver in September. He died on June 13th 2023 at home with the support of hospice, 17 ½ months after the original diagnosis. Clay became a […]
Linda Walter, cartoonist for the Susie Q. Smith comic panel and strip among others, died 14 years ago and since then she had been kept at a funeral home without getting a proper burial. From WTEN-TV: WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (NEWS10) — After going unclaimed for many years, the cremated remains of 1950s comic strip illustrator Linda […]
Actor, singer, and Amanda Panda cartoonist Jack Millie has passed away. From the Swing Era Big Band Facebook page: Sad news for Swing Era Big Band and fans. Jack Millie passed away June 6th … Jack’s wife Bonnie said he died at home from stage 4 COPD… From the obituary: Jack was a gifted and […]
Comic artist John Romita has passed away.John Romita, Jr. broke the sad news that his father had passed away: My father, John Romita passed away peacefully in his sleep this Monday morning. He is a legend in the art world and it would be my honor to follow in his footsteps. Please keep your thoughts […]
More comic strip stuff. Teaser Tuesday Curtis, Crabgrass, and Dick Tracy leave us on tenterhooks as to what will follow this week. As regular readers of Mike Curtis’s Dick Tracy know the Diet Smith resolution may take months.Also waiting to be resolved is the decision of what comic strip The Canberra Times will keep publishing. […]
Cartoonist Ellen Keefe-Derby has passed away. From the obituary: Before Ellen moved to California from Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1952 … she worked as a cartoonist for the Elizabeth Woodward column of the Boston Globe and continued doing so for awhile after moving. From 1946 to 1957 Ellen provided header illustrations/cartoons for Elizabeth Woodward’s Column for […]
Comics historian and R. F. Outcault/Yellow Kid authority Richard D. Olson has passed away. The report of Richard’s passing was shared on a comics board: Richard Olson (Yellow Kid) passed away last Sunday close to his home in Mississippi after battling ongoing health issues. His wife Gayle of 54 years was with him that day. […]
Wrangler/ranch hand/pilot/artist/cartoonist Bill Chapman has passed away. William Scott (Bill) Chapman December 20, 1933 – April 22, 2023From the obituary: Bill, as he was known, grew up in Yellowstone National Park, summering and wintering in differing locations for years, believing he was a miniature adult as other children were few and far between. He was […]
Longtime Doonesbury inker Don Carlton has passed away. From the obituary: Don’s early career in the publishing industry included a job as the circulation manager at National Catholic Reporter. However, his longest professional role was his 43-year stint as the “inker” for the comic strip Doonesbury, written by Garry Trudeau. Don’s long collaboration with Garry […]
John Hart Studio gag writer-colorist-letterer Perri Hart has passed away.From the obituary: Perri Hart, 65, photographer, comedy writer, artist, painter, beer drinker, world traveler, wannabe stand-up comic, die-hard life-long New York Yankee fan, and friend to everyone she met, passed away peacefully on April 8th at Mercy House in Endicott. Perri was predeceased by her […]
Cartoonist Sam Gross has passed away. Saturday Review, Argosy, True, Good Housekeeping, Rogue, Gent, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Playboy, Penthouse, Punch, Harvard Business Review, Parenting Magazine, Smokers Magazine, The American Bystander, Comopolitan, and so on. And, of course, The New Yorker. Jason Chatfield in his paean to Sam: I’m devastated to hear that today, one […]
Writer-illustrator-humorist Bruce McCall has passed away. William Grimes at The New York Times reported the loss: Bruce McCall, whose satirical illustrations for National Lampoon and The New Yorker conjured up a plutocratic dream world of luxury zeppelin travel, indoor golf courses and cars like the Bulgemobile Airdreme, died on Friday in the Bronx. He was […]
Ted Richard’s family has released a notice of his passing: The family of Ted Richards wishes to make his friends and associates aware that Ted, the cartoon artist and tech marketing and design innovator passed away peacefully at age 76 on Friday, April 21 after a bout with lung cancer. Ted Richards was prominent as […]
Illustrator Sandy Kossin has passed away.Adrian Sinnott has shared the sad news that Sandy has passed away: Another incredible talent and good friend gone. Sandy Kossin, proud Berndt Toast Gang, National Cartoonists Society and Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame member has passed. Here’s his bio from the BTG 50th anniversary show in 2016: “Sandy […]