Universal Press Syndicate co-founder Kathleen Andrews has passed away.Kathleen Whalen (Kathy) AndrewsMarch 12, 1037 – April 16, 2021 Kathy was there in the beginning: In 1970, Andrews McMeel Universal was founded as Universal Press Syndicate by Jim Andrews and John McMeel. With an impressive company name and energetic young owners, Universal Press Syndicate began in a […]
Cartoonist and newspaperman Ray Collins has passed away.Ramon Ward (Ray) Collins March 17, 1931 – March 28, 2021 From the obituary: After Korea, Ray returned to work at the Seattle Post Intelligencer where he had started as a copy boy upon leaving school. This led to a 30-year career with the newspaper, initially working in the […]
Updating some items that were posted here earlier.photo via Doug GilfordThe New York Times has printed their obituary for Frank Jacobs. Frank Jacobs, an inventive satirist who in his 57 years at Mad magazine mocked popular culture and politics, often in pitch-perfect verse and lyrics, died on April 5 in Tarzana, Calif… Mr. Jacobs brought […]
Pop artist and cartoonist Chris Yambar has passed away.Rev. Christopher David (Chris) Yambar July 4, 1961 – March 27, 2021 From the obituary: Chris was called to the ministry at age 19 to work with inner-city youth … he published Manna Underground Press / The Activist, a newspaper specializing in arts, music, and social commentary, from […]
1940s Wonder Woman writer Joye Hummel has passed away. Joye Evelyn Murchison Kelly (neé Hummel)April 4, 1924 – April 5, 2021 Anina Bennett was among those breaking the sad news: RIP Joye Hummel Murchison Kelly, the first woman to write [Wonder Woman] comics in the 1940s. After Joye it would be nearly 40 years before […]
MAD writer Frank Jacobs has passed away.Franklin (Frank) JacobsMay 30, 1929 – April 5, 2021 The Jacobs family broke the news on social media: I’m sad to announce that my father, Frank Jacobs, passed away this morning. From a 2009 Los Angeles Times article: Just out of the Army, where he wrote for the newspaper Pacific […]
© Bianca Xunise Xunise’s work is funny and thoughtful. Her linework has this playful energy, and she has a masterful talent for playing with tone in different ways, even as her work shifts from moving personal stories to deep political analysis to elegant and perfectly structured gag cartoons. She is part of the great tradition […]
Artist and illustrator Gerald Lazare has passed away. Gerald John (Jerry) Lazare September 25, 1927 – March 23, 2021painter, illustrator, comic artistGerald Lazare began his professional art career creating comic books for Canada’s Bell Features during World War II after U.S. comic books were banned.From the Comic Book Daily entry:He was still 15 and he […]
Magazine cartoonist Rod McKie has passed away. Roderick (Rod) McKieNovember 28, 195?/196? – March 26(?), 2021 From the McKie family: I am so sorry to tell you all that Rod passed away last night. We are all heartbroken. We have been together for 46 years and life without him will be duller, darker and very […]
It is being reported that author and cartoonist George Mandel has passed away.George Mikali MandelFebruary 11, 1920 – February 13, 2021From the March 18, 2021 Shelf Awareness notice: George Mikali Mandel, the author and cartoonist who was an early member of the Beat Generation, died last month in New York. He was 101. Born in […]
It is being reported that Frank Thorne has passed away. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Thorne June 16, 1930 – March 7, 2021 Social media is reporting that cartoonist Frank Thorne has died and Marilyn, his wife of 70 years, joined him only a few hours later. Mark Evanier relates some highlights of Frank’s career. Frank’s big break […]
It is being reported that cartoonist Liz Berube has passed away.Elizabeth Ann Safian (Liz) BerubeJanuary 7, 1943 – January 15, 2021 Writer/artist for comic books, Liz spent most of her comics career as a comic book colorist. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s and signing as “elizabeth” she contributed pages to the DC romance […]
Editorial cartoonist Bill Sanders has passed away.William Willard (Bill) Sanders October 14, 1930 – February 27, 2021 From The Milwaukee Journal: Milwaukee Journal political cartoonist William (Bill) Sanders was remembered Sunday as a dynamic artist who wasn’t afraid to challenge those in power. Sanders died Saturday at the age of 90. Sanders began his cartooning career […]
Cartoonist Brian Turner (aka Renrut) has passed away. Brian William Turner December 15, 1949 – January 31, 2021writer, cartoonist, researcher, and educatorFrom the obituary:Brian was a prolific writer who worked diligently on his novels, articles, books, and research projects right up to the weeks before his death. One of a handful of baseball historians […]
Cartoonist and television writer Allan Burns has passed away.Allan Pennington BurnsMay 18, 1935 – January 30, 2021From the obituary: Allan blossomed at Punahou School in Honolulu and discovered a talent for animation and writing, eventually having cartoons published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Allan began creating humorous greeting cards and eventually did enough work to make […]