RIP Miguel Ferrer
Damn it. 2016 may be the year we lost our heroes but 2017 is turning out to be the year you lose your friends. I've already lost three and now comes word that actor...
RIP Jimmy Snuka
Wrestling legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka died at age 73 after suffering from stomach cancer.
He had a controversial life - which may or may not have included killing his girlfriend - but he was...
Remembering Carrie Fisher: A Letter to a Departed Hero
Upon reading the news, I immediately burst into tears and sobbed; crying on and off for nearly an hour. If anyone would understand this reaction, I think it’s you.
RIP Richard Kyle, inventor of the term “graphic novel”
Alan Brennert reports on FB that comics retail founding father Richard Kyle has passed away at age 87. Kyle had been in ill-health for a long time.
As the owner of Richard Kyle Books (and...
RIP religious tract cartoonist Jack T. Chick
Jack T. Chick, whose religious tract comics inspired revulsion and mirth– along with some faith, I'm sure -- passed away over the wekeend at age 92, as his company FB page revealed:
Many might have...
RIP Preacher co-creator Steve Dillon
https://twitter.com/glyn_dillon/status/789834909376479232
I've never been so devastated to write a post here at The Beat.
Confirmed by his brother, artist Steve Dillon has passed away at age 54. Dillon is best know, of course, as the...
RIP: Caliber Comics publisher Gary Reed
As seen on Facebook this morning, and confirmed by Newsarama, former Caliber publisher Gary Reed has passed away suddenly after suffering a heart attack.
As recently as this weekend, Reed attended the Monroe Comic...
RIP C. Martin Croker, animator, voice artist, cartoonist
Over the weekend I was devastated to learn of the sudden death of Clay Martin Croker, best known as the voice of Zorak and Moltar on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, but also an...
RIP Gaspar Saladino, lettering legend
Gaspar Saladino, one of the greatest comic book letterers of all time, died yesterday at age 89, a few days short of his 90th birthday. Saladino was a mainstay of the Silver Age at...
Jack Davis: A Selection of His Work
I was hooked on MAD Magazine in the Third Grade, when a classmate brought in a copy of the June 1979 issue for Show and Tell. With that monthly fix came an explosive introduction...
RIP Jack Davis
And just to make this day even more sorrowful in comics circles, legendary MAD cartoonist Jack Davis has passed away at age 91. Davis created some of the most memorable horror comics at EC, but then basically invented an entire style of caricature that was endlessly imitated throughout the 60s and 70s.
RIP Richard Thompson
Cartoonist Richard Thompson, the artist behind Poor Richard's Almanack, Cul-de-Sac and many other wonderful comics, has passed away from the effects on his battle with Parkinson's disease.
A more talented, kind and wonderful person could...
