Editorial cartoonist Barry McWilliams has passed away. Barry Wayne McWilliamsFebruary 2, 1942 – August 14, 2021From the obituary: America’s ‘best known, least famous’ cartoonist Barry Wayne McWilliams passed away on August 14, 2021, at his home outside Whitehall, Montana. He was 79 years old. Barry began drawing his weekly editorial cartoon, J.P. Doodles, for the […]
Magazine cartoonist Don Margolis has passed away.Donald Eugene (Don) Margolis September 1932 – August 3, 2021 “He spent his career drawing cartoons, and his retirement making faces at his grandchildren.”Don’s career as described by comics historian Ken Quattro: The story, “I Married A Teen-Age Fly,” [1959] was actually parodying contemporary movies, such as “The Fly” […]
Sculptor and comic book cartoonist Louis Trakis has passed away. Louis James (Lou) Trakis June 22, 1927 – July 7, 2021 Sculptor, professor, printmaker, cartoonist who sought through art to “center the self via creation.” Taught at Manhattanville College, The New School, and in Greece. Designed iconic Marino’s Italian Ice and House of Weenies logos. […]
Illustrator, graphic designer and artist Reynold Ruffins has passed away. Reynold Dash Ruffins August 5, 1930 – July 11, 2021 From the New York Times obituary: Reynold Ruffins, an illustrator, graphic designer and artist who was an early member of Push Pin Studios, the impish and buzzy design firm founded by his Cooper Union classmates […]
The Phantom comic book and comic strip writer Claes Reimerthi has passed away.Claes Göran Reimerthi January 12, 1955 – July 23, 2021 The news from the Chronicle Chamber. Claes Reimerthi, giant of the Swedish comics community and one of the most important individuals in The Phantom history, passed away over the weekend. Claes Reimerthi’s first […]
Graphic designer and artist Bart Kaminski has passed away.Bartley Francis (Bart) Kaminski June 8, 1977 – July 22, 2021 From the obituary: Bartley Francis Kaminski, 44, passed away peacefully on Thursday following a courageous battle with cancer. Bart graduated from Palmyra Area High School in 1995, attended Mansfield University and later earned a degree in graphic […]
The New York Times and The Washington Post have published obituaries for Andrews McMeel Universal co-founder John P. McMeel. From The New York Times: John McMeel, co-founder of what began as a basement operation in a rented ranch house in Kansas, with a mail drop on Fifth Avenue in New York City, and grew into the […]
Cartoonist Ernie Poignant has passed away at age 102. Ernest Donald (Ernie) Poignant February 4, 1919 – July 15, 2021 From the obituary: At the age of four, Ernie discovered his love of doodling after drawing a stickman at his grandmother’s urging.Cartooning became his hobby growing up and once he enlisted in the army he […]
Danish artist Kurt Westergaard, famed for drawing a caricature the Prophet Mohammed which sparked outrage around the Muslim world, has died at the age 86, his family told Danish media on Sunday. Kurt WestergaardJuly 13, 1935 – July 14, 2021 From The Citizen: Westergaard passed away in his sleep after a long period of ill […]
Cartoonist Chris Foote has passed away. Christopher Bailey (Chris) Foote August 4, 1958 – July 11, 2021cartoonist, illustrator From the obituary: Chris graduated from Minnetonka High School, the University of Minnesota, and Atelier School of Fine Art. His educational life was exemplary. He excelled academically in all his studies with credit going to his natural God-given intellect, […]
Cartoonist and comics historian Reinhold Reitberger has passed away. Reinhold C. Reitberger December 25, 1946 – June 25, 2021 A cartoonist and comics historian based in Germany, Reinhold and Wolfgang Fuchs’ Anatomy of a Mass Medium, along with George Perry and Alan Aldridge’s Penguin Book of Comics (which I got one within a year of […]
Andrews McMeel Universal has issued a memorial to Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder John P. McMeel.excerpt: “I’m not sure I ever met anyone who was more enthusiastic and energized about life and work than John,” said Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side®. “I confess to being a little on the withdrawn side when I first […]
Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel Universal co-founder John McMeel has passed away. John Paul McMeel January 26, 1936 – July 7, 2021 Hall Syndicate/Publishers-Hall Syndicate salesman and manager Universal Press Syndicate Co-Founder, Sales Director, and President Andrews McMeel Universal Chairman On July 7 current AMU Chairman Hugh Andrews notified the company’s associates:I am deeply saddened to […]
Co-founder and Chairman of Andrews McMeel Universal John McMeel has passed away.John McMeel, Chairman of Andrews McMeel, passed away on July 7, 2021 at age 85. The company that became Andrews McMeel Universal started as a moonlighting alternative career of two firm friends, John P. McMeel and James F. Andrews. McMeel was a native of […]
Magazine cartoonist Danny Shanahan has passed away. Daniel Patrick (Danny) Shanahan July 11, 1957 – July 5, 2021 Michael Maslin is reporting the death of Danny Shanahan: The cartoonist, Danny Shanahan, who contributed drawings to The New Yorker from September of 1988 through last year, died early this morning, according to his wife, Janet Stetson. He […]