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 […]
Comic strip and comic book cartoonist Frank Hill has passed away. From the obituary: Frank Richard Hill, (93) of Soquel, Ca. passed away peacefully on March 10th, 2023 of natural causes. Frank’s career was fueled by creativity and the joy of cartooning and illustration. He would claim that he knew he wanted to be a […]
Underground comix cartoonist Ted Richards has passed away.From Last Gasp publisher Ron Turner: Talked to Miranda Lee Richards today… She let me know her father, the cartoonist Ted Richards had passed away on Friday of Lung Cancer… Ted was the creator of Dopin’ Dan comix, The Astral Outhouse and was one of the infamous Air […]
Political cartoonist Peter Pickersgill has passed away. From the CBC notice: Longtime political cartoonist, radio commentator and author Peter Pickersgill of Salvage, N.L., has died. According to an online funeral home obituary, Pickersgill — whose 2003 book Neither Here nor There: Reflections on the Smiling Land chronicled his observations on half a century of his time in […]
Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel, in four ultra large panels, writes and illustrates of her friendship with the late, great Vermont cartoonist Ed Koren in a wonderful tribute as seen in Seven Days. Seven Days editorial cartoonist Tim Newcomb also honors Ed with a funny cartoon of Ed entering heaven. Also: Seven Days publisher Paula Routly […]
Syndicate comics editor and gay rights advocate Sharon Malheiro has passed away. From the obituary: Sharon Malheiro passed peacefully in her sleep on April 10, 2023… She attended Drake University, class of 1978, graduating with a Degree in Journalism. From 1979 to 1987 she served as managing editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune […]
New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren has passed away. From VTDigger: Edward Koren, who spent more than six decades delighting readers of the New Yorker with his unmistakably shaggy and joyous cartoons, died Friday at his home in Brookfield. He was 87 years old. Koren’s wife, Curtis, confirmed his death to the New York Times. sold […]
Comics historian Maurice Horn has passed away. A death notice for famed comics historian Maurice Horn has been discovered. Maurice Horn became the preeminent comics historian of the 1960s through the 1980s with his books. It was Maurice Horn’s massive World Encyclopedia of Comics in 1976 that put his name front and center. Though not […]
Beloved cartoonist Al Jaffee has passed away. From The Washington Post: Al Jaffee, the ingenious Mad magazine illustrator who was as adept at creating wacky cartoon gags as he was at producing caustic social commentary, and whose drawings, he cheerfully suggested, helped corrupt the minds of generations of young Americans, died April 10 at a […]
Joe Cool Type CoolFrom NBC News: The American Red Cross partnered with the popular Peanuts cartoon brand to create an exclusive T-shirt featuring Snoopy for people donating blood. Now, the shirt is going viral on TikTok and first-time blood donors are showing up to get their hands on the exclusive merch. The Red Cross Organization […]
Cartoonist Jim Strahle has passed away. From the obituary: Jim was a 1966 graduate of Parkview High School in Springfield, MO, where he began drawing cartoons for the school newspaper. However, it was ten years later, at the mark of his reunion, that he was prompted to finally face his fears about cartooning and work […]