Doug Turnbull, For the Atlanta Journal Constitution:As the years pass — now there have been six — since 95.5 WSB traffic-reporting legend Captain Herb Emory’s tragic death, the remembrances of his life are as poignant as the memories during his philanthropic, larger-than-most-of-ours life. Certain phone calls and messages received still materialize in the brain with the […]
Cartoonist Bill Nellor has passed away. William L. (Bill) Nellor September 12, 1923 – April 8, 2020advertising agency artist, director, owner cartoonistFrom the obituary:… he had an ongoing comic series in the Press Democrat called the “Funny Fizzles” which were all based on real life patented inventions that never made it to production. Quite humorous. […]
Famed caricaturist and comic artist Mort Drucker has passed away.Morris (Mort) Drucker March 22, 1929 – April 8, 2020Master caricaturist, illustrator, and comic artist Across Facebook and Twitter are notes of sadness.From The Berndt Toast Gang:There are many things in life we hope not to have to do and this is one of them. The incomparable […]
Editorial cartoonist Samuel Joyner has passed away.Samuel R. (Sam) Joyner February 7, 1924 – March 24, 2020editorial cartoonist, illustrator, comics historian From the Philadelphia Tribune obituary:Often described as the visual voice for African Americans that was represented in mass-circulated magazines and newspapers, Joyner had a storied career as a teacher, cartoonist and illustrator since the 1940s.Throughout […]
Courtroom artist and illustrator Tom Gianni has passed away. Thomas Francis (Tom) Gianni January 5, 1960 – March 30, 2020 courtroom sketch artist, illustrator, artist brother to Gary GianniFrom the obituary:Thomas worked as a book illustrator, freelance artist, and most notably courtroom artist for WGN, NBC, and WTTW in Chicago. He was the paint strokes that […]
Comic book artist Hy Fleishman has passed away. Herman (Hy) Fleishman November 18, 1927 – April 1, 2020 comic book artist, restaurateurSadly, one of our Senior Strippers has passed on.From the obituary:He attended City College of New York and the Cartoonist and Illustrators School of Art in Manhattan and became an accomplished Comic Book artist. He […]
Children’s book author/illustrator Tomie dePaola has passed away.Thomas Anthony (Tomie) dePaola September 15, 1934 – March 30, 2020 Earlier today Tomie’s publisher announced via Facebook:We mourn the loss of a master storyteller. Tomie dePaola has passed away. We extend our sympathy to his legions of readers, friends, and colleagues. From Tomie’s website:He has written and/or illustrated […]
Harriet Glickman, who championed the integration of the Peanuts comic strip, has passed away. Harriet Mae Glickman (nee Ratner) November 1, 1926 – March 27, 2020 From Nat Gertler’s notice:Harriet Glickman, the woman who had suggested to Charles Schulz that he add an African-American character to the strip and thus inspired the creation of Franklin, passed […]
Cartoonist/artist Ted Mullings has passed away.Harry Theodore (Ted) Mullings April 7, 1926 – April 12, 2019* commercial artist, painter, cartoonistFrom the obituary:Ted was a commercial artist for the Climax Molybdenum Company and the owner of The Little Cottage Art Gallery in Leadville. He was a member of the Ski Club in Climax, a member of the […]
Cartoonist Albert Uderzo has passed away.Alberto Aleandro (Albert) Uderzo April 25, 1927 – March 24, 2020 From The Guardian obituary:Asterix illustrator Albert Uderzo has died at the age of 92, his family has announced. The French comic book artist, who created the beloved Asterix comics in 1959 with the writer René Goscinny, died on Tuesday. He […]
Comic strip artist and animator Román Arámbula has passed away. Román V. Arámbula September 18, 1936 (?1935?) – March 19, 2020 animation, comic stripsThe Lambiek Comiclopedia profile.A brief filmography and comics work outline from I.N.D.U.C.K.S.: Education/training Mexico City University Animated films Television commercials 1960s (no specifics known). – Hanna-Barbera: Layout artist 1970-1975 (Josie and the Pussycats, […]
Comic artist Frank McLaughlin has passed away.Francis X. (Frank) McLaughlin March 18, 1935 – March 4, 2020 In a bit of understatement from the obituary:Frank was an accomplished artist and enjoyed a career as a comic book artist.Frank was a much in demand comic book artist from the late 1950s to the late 1990s. That was […]
Artist/illustrator Bud Gordinier has passed away.Hollace Carey (Bud) Gordinier Jr. February 15, 1933 – February 25, 2020 From the obituary:Hollace studied at the Meinzinger School of Art in Detroit after his discharge from the Army Medical Corps in 1955. He continued to study illustration and fine arts at Wayne State University in Detroit and Eastern Michigan […]
Bob Andelman, aka Mr. Media, has passed away.Robert Stephen (Bob) Andelman October 9, 1960 – February 24, 2020journalist, author, talk show host From the St. Petersburg Catalyst obituary:Journalist and author Bob Andelman, a longtime presence in St. Petersburg media, died Monday after a short battle with a rare form of cancer. He was 59. A former […]
Comics maven, historian, archivist, dealer, and publisher Russ Cochran has passed away. above: Russ Cochran portrait by Frank FrazettaRussell Vance (Russ) Cochran July 3, 1937 – February 23, 2020Self-described as “Ph.D. in Physics, 1964, Professor at Drake University 1964-1974, Publisher of collector books, 1971-date, lover of all apes.”The news of Russ’ passing was posted by […]