Books» Fantagraphics to publish the complete run of Ernie Bushmillerâ??s comic strip Nancy.Comic-Con» Michael Cavna was sent to cover the big Con. He’s taking questions during a live chat.» Rolling Stone reviews what was notable about the event. Comic Strips» A Charlie Brown Christmas will be released in Blu-Ray on October 6.Editorial Cartooning» Andy Donato […]
Editorial Cartooning» TheDartmouth.com has a write up of Jules Feiffer’s presentation that he did about his cartooning career. This summer, Jules is doing a Summer term Montgomery Fellow where he is teaching a comparative literature course titled “Graphic Humor and 20th Century America.” He will also participate in a panel discussion with fellow cartoonists Edward […]
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bill Bates has passed away a couple of weeks ago. He was 79. Bill was a local cartooning legend who had worked as a cartoonist for the Chronicle and the Carmel Pine Cone. In the 1980s, Bill met weekly with Hank Ketcham and Gus Arriola, two other legendary cartoonists […]
Tom Spurgeon is reporting that 32 year-old Jeremy Mullins has passed away from multiple injuries sustained while climbing in the Catskill mountains. Jeremy was a Savannah College of Art and Design, creator of the Sweetwater Is An Asshole webcomic.
Draper Hill, the long-time Detroit News cartoonist, and eminent cartoon historian, passed away earlier this week. In addition to his decades of work as a staff cartoonist, he published biographies of Thomas Nast and James Gillray, and was long considered the “institutional memory” of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC).A past president of the […]
Jim Lange, who spent 58 years on the editorial page of The Oklahoman died last night. He was 82. He retired last fall. Via the Tulsa World: “Jim Lange was not only one of the greatest political cartoonists Oklahoma ever produced, he was one of the most outstanding cartoonists in the history of American journalism,” […]
I neglected to mention yesterday that Rod Gilchrist has passed away of brain cancer late last month at the age of 58. Rod was the executive director of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. In a San Francisco Chronicle story, Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell said of Rod, “he just treated comic art with such […]
Australian cartoonist Michael Atchison has passed away at age 75 from a cancer he battled since 1994. He spent 40 years with the Advertiser as their cartoonist, he also taught art at Pembroke College. Earlier in his career he sold cartoons to magazines, illustrated books and produced a syndicated comic strip that ran in the […]
Russian editorial cartoonist Boris Yefimov has passed away at the age of 108. He lived to see the fall of the Tsar, the Russian revolution, two world wars, and the cold war. According to the Telegraph’s obituary, he met or knew most of the prominent revolutionaries including Lenin. During the cold war he used to […]
Mike Rhode and E&P are reporting that Crock co-creator and writer Don Wilder has passed away at the age of 74. Don created Crock along with Bill Rechin and Brant Parker in 1975.
Bill Melendez, the only person Charles Schulz authorized to animate his Peanuts comic strip has passed away at the age of 91. His career started in 1938 at Walt Disney Studios but went on to work for Warner Bros and United Productions of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions where he was a director […]
E&P is reporting that former Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News cartoonist Pat McCarthy died last Tuesday at the age of 76. Pat was the editorial cartoonist as well as graphic artist for the Globe-News and according to Amarill.com he was also did book illustrations and greeting cards.
E&P is reporting that Creig Flessel has passed away at the age of 96. Craig was the assistant on the Dixie Dugan comic and Li’l Abner. He also worked in comic books and advertising.
Long-time AAEC member Jim Knudsen has passed away at the age of 85. Jim was a member for 48 of the association’s 51 years. He did cartoons for the Catholic publication Tidings and the paper that later became the The San Diego Union-Tribune, according to E&P.
Mel Casson, writer and illustrator for the Redeye comic strip passed away last week at the age of 87 of Alzheimer’s disease.For nearly 20 years, Mel illustrated “Redeye,” a parody strip about a 19th century tribe of Native Americans, for King Features Syndicate. When cartoonist Bill Yates, who wrote the “Redeye” scripts, retired in 1999, […]