Joe Palooka began in the Spring of 1930, eight years later, in the Spring of 1938, the very popular comic strip introduced a, let’s say, eight year old child.The next Sunday Max and Alice returned and then reappeared twice more. Don’t know how far ahead Ham Fisher and Mo Leff (art assistant/ghost) worked but Little Max […]
Editorial cartoonist Ann Cleaves has passed away. Ann Elspeth Whitney Cleaves July 26, 1945 – July 7, 2022 From the obituary:It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved sister and friend, Ann Whitney Cleaves. Ann Elspeth Whitney was born on July 26, 1945 in Schenectady, NY to Elspeth Paterson Whitney […]
Editorial cartoonist Larry Terrill has passed away. Lawrence Mervin (Larry) Terrill October 1, 1935 – October 8, 2022 From the obituary: A talented artist throughout his life, Larry started drawing at the age of 5 or 6, when “he would wait for the newspaper to be delivered” and then spend his time copying the comics. […]
Cartoonist Mary Kincaid has passed away. Mary Elizabeth Kincaid (née Getz) June 4, 1923 – September 14, 2022 From the obituary: Mary grew up in and around Toledo OH, and when she was ten her mother passed away of a heart condition. Luckily, she had a doting father with whom she was close until his […]
Editorial cartoonist and illustrator David Boyd has passed away. Robert David Boyd (Sr.) October 1938 – September 20, 2022 From The Newnan (Ga.) Times-Herald obituary:Legendary political cartoonist, artist and character David Boyd Sr., 83, passed away Tuesday after a long illness. Boyd published his first political cartoons in 1968, in The Newnan Times-Herald. The cartoons […]
Magazine cartoonist and humor writer Bruce Cochran has passed away. Edward Bruce Cochran October 9, 1935 – August 22, 2022 From the obituary:Bruce spent most of his remarkable 63-year career as an independent professional cartoonist, illustrator, humorist and writer based in Kansas City, getting his start as a writer and illustrator for Hallmark Cards, Inc. in […]
Editorial cartoonist Jerry Holbert has passed away. Jerry W. Holbert November 9, 1958 – August 2, 2022 From the obituary: Jerry was a talented artist who got his start working for Disney as an animator before beginning his career of 32 years as the political cartoonist for The Boston Herald. He was the recipient of […]
Update: The New York Times Obituary: One of Ms. Noomin’s most startling and moving pieces was a 1994 story called “Baby Talk: A Tale of 4 Miscarriages,” in which she wrote of her own miscarriages, of the ignominies and the cruelties she endured at the hands of medical professionals as she kept trying to conceive. […]
Underground/alternative cartoonist and editor Diane Noomin has passed away. Diane Noomin (née Diane Robin Rosenblatt) May 13, 1947 – September 1, 2022 The news of Diane’s passing is being shared on social media.From Charles Kochman on the afternoon of September 1:I am so sorry to share the news that Diane Noomin passed away earlier this […]
Golden Age comic book artist Lily Renée Phillips has passed away at age 101. Lily Renée Peters Phillips (née Willheim) May 12, 1921 – August 24, 2022 Lily’s children have notified comics fandom through Trina Robbins: It’s with great sadness that my sister and I regret to inform you of the passing of our mother. […]
The Comics Journal released its obituary of Paul Coker, Jr. today.Comics historian and Cartoon Art Museum curator Andrew Farago does a great job by Coker. This has perhaps the best accounting of Paul’s early career at Hallmark Cards. One of his first clients, the Kansas City-based Hallmark, hired him as a staff designer in 1955. […]
Cartoonist and advertising artist Kirk Luehrs has passed away. Kirk Allan (Bro Kirk) Luehrs March 23, 1941 – August 1, 2022 From the obituary: He was a talented artist & writer who worked in advertising and had a successful comic strip the Oregonian of newspapers. He attended the University of Washington and Mount Angel University, […]
Classic comics compiler, editor, and publisher Ron Barlow has passed away. Ron Barlow January 1, 1949 – August 9, 2022 The news broke on Ron’s Facebook page:I just found out that an old friend has passed from cancer. This saddens me more than I thought it would … Rest in Peace Ron Barlow. He was […]
There has been an unfortunate rash of deaths in the comics world lately. After The Daily Cartoonist’s initial reports other memorials and tributes have appeared. Here is a collection of those eulogies. Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist known in America for children’s book illustrations and for covers for The New Yorker portraying tiny, gentle people with […]
French cartoonist and New Yorker cover artist Jean-Jacques Sempé has passed away. Jean-Jacques Sempé August 17, 1932 – August 11, 2022 From The Guardian: Jean-Jacques Sempé, who illustrated the much-loved Little Nicolas series of French children’s books, has died aged 89. “The cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé died peacefully [on] Thursday evening, 11 August, 2022, in his […]