Obituaries

Golden age artist Al Plastino has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 91. Plastino was best known as a Superman Artist—he was the last surviving Golden Age Superman artist, in...

Famed DC artist Nick Cardy passed away at age 93 last night, it was reported on FB and elsewhere. Cardy's long time friend Todd Dezago has posted on his failing health over the weekend: "Thank...

Writer Phil Nutman passed away this week after a brief illness. Details are't available, but there's a touching eulogy for him at Fangoria where he was a regular contributor. Nutman was best known for...

Artist Stan Lynde, creator of the comic strip Rick O'Shay and one of the best known Western comics artists, has died at age 81. The cause was cancer. Back in November, it was...

The Karate expert who co-starred with Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRGAON has died at age 67. These stills remind us that the 70s were the coolest decade ever,

Photo by Lynn Emmert. Fantagraphics co-founder and industry titan Kim Thompson has lost his battle with lung cancer. A statement was released below, but I am crying as I type this, as are so...

David Spurlock reported the death of industry veteran artist and inker Dan Adkins yesterday at age 76. Adkins worked for all the majors publishers from the 60s on, including Charlton, Marvel, DC, Warren, and...

Stop motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen has died at age 92. Before CGI there was Harryhausen, whose soaring imagination gave birth to creatures that inhabited the psyche of generations of SF and fantasy fans, and whose painstaking hand-done animation has never been surpassed for character and excitement.

Wow. I am stunned and heartbroken. SF legend Samuel Delany has just written the following on Facebook: Robert Morales was one of my closest friends--and had been since he was seventeen year old. He died at...

The beloved Disney icon whole burgeoning adolescence entranced a generation of Mickey Mouse Club Watchers—before she went on to become a beach blanket staple and Skippy peanut butter enthusiast—Annette Funicello died earlier this week at the age of 70. In a very full life she also managed to have a surprisingly large comic book presence. While this cover gallery speaks to Disney's endless—and disturbing—series of chintzy movies, looking at Annette's essential perkiness in a jaunty scarf and pristine white gloves, gives ample evidence of why she was so beloved in her day.

by Nelson de Castro I had the pleasure of being the great Carmine Infantino's art assistant back through 1990 to 1992. He was a great guy and a great mentor. To be honest, I believe...

The co-creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, George Gladir passed away Wednesday night at the age of 88. The winner of the 2007 Bill Finger Award, Gladir wrote countless classic Archie stories in a career that went back to the 50s. Even in the last decade, he was still creating comics and attending Comic-Con to promote them, as recounted in this touching memorial by friend Batton Lash: