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Bob Thaves, who created Frank & Ernest in 1972 has died at age 81 in Torrance California.  He leaves behind his wife, Katie, of 52 years, his son Tom, daughter Sara.

As seen on E&P and Mike Lynch’s blog, veteran cartoonist Bob Laughlin passed way Sunday. His services will be held this coming Friday in Southbury, CT.

Sad news is being reported by Mike Lynch that Richard Rockwell, who worked on the Steve Canyon feature for 35 years, passed away Tuesday. Longtime NCS member Richard Rockwell passed away on Tuesday the 18th of April. He was 85 years old. Richard’s career included penciling, as well as inking, Milton Caniff’s long running Steve […]

Edward Franklin, editorial cartoonist for The Globe and Mail, passed away recently. He was an american working for a Canadian newspaper.For Edward Livingston Franklin, editorial cartooning is just one more thing he sees dying. It has been his work at The Globe and Mail for 16 years, and he believes that editorial policies, deadlines and […]

Alan Shalleck, the creator of the Curious George books has been murdered. The story is more complicated and includes a sex club and other twisted facts.The life of a man who helped bring joy to children young and old was apparently snuffed out by two home invaders who simply wanted his jewelry and cash, but […]

According to E&P, Rose Ellison King, the writer for “Flo and Friends” has passed away.Rose Ellison King, a humorist who wrote for the “Flo & Friends” comic, has died of breast cancer, according to a Sunday article in The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. The Ohio resident was 63. King was a former art director at […]

Anold Wagner has posted Bud Blake’s eulogy on his web site. The eulogy was delivered by Bud’s son. Bud died last month at the age of 87.Bud launched several strip ideas. I remember ?Inklings? which was all silhouettes. ?Tiger? came as a result of imaging how celebrities would have behaved as kids. Hugo was Mickey […]

Eldoni Dedini, noted magazine cartoonist for New Yorker, Esquire and Playboy passed away“If 20th century cartooning is ever looked at seriously,” said Lee Lorenz, former art director at The New Yorker magazine, “Eldon Dedini will be one of the outstanding figures of American comic art.”Dedini was named the best magazine cartoonist four times by the […]

From The Pilot (North Carolina) comes the sad news of the passing of Stan Hunt who was their editorial cartoonist for about 9 years.  He was also an illustrator and a golf columnist. He was 77 years old.After his military service, Hunt attended New York School of Art, where he studied airbrush and photo retouching. […]

While slightly off topic for this site, Berenstain bear co-creator, Stan Berenstain, has passed away.

From the New York Times: (free registration required)Lou Myers, a satiric artist and graphic essayist whose expressive style helped modernize cartoons in advertisements and major American magazines, died yesterday at his home in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. He was 90.He is a sample of his work. (Be warned the NYT article mentions that a frequent topic […]