Famed Illustrator Charles Santore has passed away.Charles Santore March 16, 1935 – August 11, 2019 From the Philadelphia Inquirer obituary:He began his career in 1956 working as a freelance illustrator for local advertising agencies and publications such as the Saturday Evening Post, Life, Redbook, and the Ladies’ Home Journal. Starting in 1972, he illustrated magazine covers […]
Comic book artist Ernie Colón has passed away.Ernie Colón (Ernesto Colón Sierra de Cordobes y Lopez) July 13, 1031 – August 8, 2019ME: If I’m not mistaken, your complete name is Ernesto Sierra de Cordobes Y Lopez Colón , isn’t it? Can you explain to our readers its origin? ERNIE: My name is Ernesto Colo’n […]
Engineer and political cartoonist Bob Cope has passed away.James Robert (Bob) Cope February 6, 1937 – July 18, 2019 Bob’s impressive accomplishments as an engineer for 60 years are far too extensive to list here, but his cartooning career is easier.From the obituary:As a hobby from 2001 through 2018, Bob prepared and published a total of […]
Internationally acclaimed cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo has passed away.Guillermo Mordillo Menéndez August 4, 1932 – June 30, 2019 Sources close to the family have reported the death.The news has spread worldwide, unfortunately, at this moment, I am not finding a report in English and Google Translate is not working for me right now. Here is a brief […]
Playwright, author, illustrator, cartoonist Wm. F. Brown has passed away.WILLIAM FERDINAND (BILL) BROWN April 16, 1928 – June 23, 2019 From the Broadway World obituary:After attending Princeton University, he moved to New York City and landed a job writing for Look Magazine in 1950. After a year in the U.S. Army, he worked from 1952 to […]
Comic artist, illustrator, sculptor Cal Massey has passed away.Calvin Levi (Cal) Massey February 10, 1926 – June 10, 2019 From the Philadelphia Inquirer report:The artist Cal Massey, who created hundreds of paintings, illustrations, designs and sculptures over a career of nearly 70 years, died June 11 at Virtua Marlton Hospital. He was 93 and had lived […]
Cartoonist and community activist Marian Del Vecchio has passed away. Marian Del Vecchio February 24, 1935 – June 15, 2019 From the obituary:Her memoir, “Hunger,” traces her family’s 1938 escape from Hitler, the excitement of New York, and the Freudian labyrinth of the 1960s. In 1964 Marian married former fighter pilot, now attorney, Frank Del Vecchio. His […]
Newspaper illustrator/cartoonist Steve McLachlin has passed away.John Stephen (Steve) McLachlin October 6, 1936 (?) – January 2019 Daytona Beach News-Journal illustrator, cartoonist, and art director 1961 – 2000.From the obituary:Family and friends of Steve McLachlin will gather in Ormond Beach next weekend to honor the memory of The News-Journal’s longtime art director and cartoonist, who died […]
Cartoonist and musician Skip Morrow has passed away. Dennis B. (Skip) Morrow circa 1951 – May 28, 2019cartoonist, illustrator, musicianFrom the obituary:All the while, he loved to sketch. His art mostly consisted of cartoons, although he was talented in several mediums. In 1974, while still playing music on the Cape in the summers, he went to […]
Cartoonist Joe Lanier has passed away.Joseph Phillip (Joe) Lanier November 19, 1937 – May 26, 2019 From the obituary:After finishing time in law enforcement, Lanier’s security industry career began in 1968 as an installing dealer and then progressed in 1973 with the formation of Texas-based Defensive Security Southwest, a wholesale distributor that became one of the […]
Illustrator and portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler has passed away.EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER August 5, 1926 – May 26, 2019 From the Portrait Society of America Facebook page:It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news that Everett Raymond Kinstler passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019 after a brief illness. Famed […]
Famed Spanish illustrator Jordi Longarón has passed away.Jordi Longarón i Llopart (aka: Jorge Longarón) February 1 November 29, 1933 – May 10, 2019 Spanish comic artist Jordi Longarón made a name for himself throughout Europe; in the United States he was known as Jorge Longarón, artist of the Friday Foster comic strip. above: the first Friday […]
Cartoonist Nurit Karlin has passed away.Updated May 8 with the New York Times obituary. Nurit Karlin December 26, 1938 – April 30, 2019Michael Maslin is reporting the death of Nurit Karlin.Ms. Karlin was the only female cartoonist in the pages of The New Yorker from [Mary Petty’s last cartoon in] April of 1966 through July of […]
Cartoonist Peter Vatsures has passed away.Peter Spiro Vatsures July 26, 1930 – April 15, 2019art director, painter, musician From the obituary:After a short volunteer tour of active duty in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York City to begin his life-long pursuit of artistic expression. Peter sold several cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post Magazine […]
(updated with the family’s loving obituary)Editorial cartoonist Dwane Powell has passed away.Drexal Dwane Powell, Jr. November 7, 1944 – April 14, 2019Dwane’s papers are at the University of North Carolina, their biographical note:Drexel Dwane Powell Jr., an editorial cartoonist, was born 7 November 1944 in Lake Village, Arkansas. He began drawing editorial cartoons while in […]