Mike Rhode at Comics DC has posted his list of 2022 Deaths in Comic Arts. This list is much more comprehensive than The Daily Cartoonist’s roll call of U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists who passed last year. It is international in scope and covers the full range of comic arts – animation, comic books, […]
Cartoonist Jack Bender has passed away. John Henry (Jack) Bender March 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023Jack’s career as a cartoonist began in high school when he began contributing sports cartoons to The Waterloo (Iowa) Courier. He continued that, and added sports reporting, through his college years.From the obituary: After a long life filled with […]
Editorial cartoonist Richard Kemplin has passed away. Richard Manley (Dick) Kemplin December 11, 1930 – November 25, 2022 From the obituary: During his time at Eagle Rock High School, Dick was an athlete and budding artist whose illustrations and cartoons were prominently featured in the school’s newspaper and yearbook. Little did he know that his love […]
Cartoonist and cartoon editor Lee Lorenz has passed away. Lee Sharp Lorenz October 17, 1932 – December 8, 2022 MIchael Maslin is reporting Lee’s death: Very sad news tonight from Martha Lorenz, that her father, Lee Lorenz, The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 -1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 – 1997, passed away Thursday […]
Cartoonist Don Orehek has passed away. Donald August (Don) Orehek August 9, 1928 – December 6, 2022 The Berndt Toast Gang has passed on the sad news that the famed and prolific magazine cartoonist has died:The Berndt Toast Gang regretfully announces that, Don Orehek, longtime BTG member, incorrigible cartoonist, lighting quick caricaturist and all round […]
Comix cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb has passed away. Aline Ricky Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith) August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022 Rob Salkowitz for Forbes are among those reporting the death of Aline: Word started spreading on social media that Kominsky-Crumb died on Tuesday at her home in France from pancreatic cancer, confirmed by sources close to […]
Editorial and sports cartoonist Gene Basset has passed away. Gene Basset July 24, 1927 – November 24, 2022 Gene had a career that spanned the second half of the 20th century.From the obituary: Gene began his newspaper career in 1950 at the Indianapolis Times as a sketch artist and sports cartoonist. He remained there until […]
British cartoonist Roger Mahoney has passed away. Roger Mahoney 1933 – November 5, 2022 Famed in Great Britain as cartoonist on The Gambols and many other comic strips and in the United States for taking over the Andy Capp comic strip, The Daily Mail is reporting the death of cartoonist Roger Mahoney: Tributes have been paid […]
Cartoonist and comedian John Lotshaw has passed away. John Paul Lotshaw November 8, 1966 – November 25, 2022 John’s sister Ana announced the passing of her brother, loved by her and the entire National Cartoonists Society: Many of you have heard but others not of the unexpectedly passing of my brother John yesterday as he […]
Comic book artist Vic Carrabotta has passed away. Victor Salvatore (Vic) Carrabotta June 24, 1929 – November 22, 2022 Vic’s family and friends are sharing the news of his death on Facebook and Twitter.From the CBR obituary: Victor “Vic” Carrabotta, one of the last surviving comic book artists to have worked for Marvel in […]
Jeff Stahler tribute The Marine Corps Times (and The Navy Times and The Army Times and The Air Force Times) ran the Associated Press obituary:“George Booth was a remarkable artist who sold his first drawing to The New Yorker in 1969 and filled the magazine with a kind of wild delight for decades thereafter,” New Yorker […]
Comic book artist Danny Bulanadi has passed away. Danilo P. (Danny) Bulanadi February 9, 1946 – November 3, 2022 From The Art of Danny Bulanadi Facebook page: Danny Bulanadi has passed away on November 3, 2022 at 12:40 a.m. due to chronic heart failure. From the CBR obituary: Danny Bulanadi, longtime Marvel comic book inker who […]
Cartoonist George Booth has passed away. George William Booth June 28, 1926 – November 1, 2022 Update: The New York Times Obituary George Booth, the New Yorker cartoonist who created a world of oddballs sharing life’s chaos with a pointy-eared bull terrier that once barked a flower to death, and sometimes with a herd of […]
Editorial cartoonist Pascal Élie has passed away. Pascal Élie 1959 – October 21, 2022 From Terry Mosher and The Montreal Gazette:My friend Pascal Élie, editorial cartoonist for Le Devoir, died at 63 last week after struggling with a debilitating disease diagnosed when he was only 49. Always the professional, Pascal supplied cartoons for the newspaper […]
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Renault has passed away. Dennis Julian Renault August 23, 1936 – October 19, 2022 The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Dennis Renault has died in an accident near his Monterey County home.Via AOL News, which ran the SacBee’s cartoon gallery accompanying the obituary notice: Dennis Renault was The Sacramento Bee’s political cartoonist […]