Obituaries

A brief tribute to some of the cartoonists and pop-culture related deaths during the last 12 months: Bob May Ricardo Montalban Patrick McGoohan John Updike John Carbonaro Rod Gilchrist Andrew "Test" Martin José González Anne Cleveland Frank Springer Bea Arthur David Carradine Patrick Swayze Ric Estrada Dave Simons Mitsuharu Misawa Jaime...

Illustrator David Levine has passed away at age 83. In addition to being one of the most iconic illustrators of his era -- his caricatures defined the New York Review of Books for decades...

Steve Bissette was first to break the news that Irving Tripp, collaborator with John Stanley on many of the great Little Lulu stories, died in November at age 88. Tripp was an artist for Dell...

Gerry Alanguilen writes that illustrator Sonny Trinidad has passed away in the Philippines. Known in the US for his work on Conan, Dracula, Morbius and DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU, Trinidad was also...

Ken Krueger, a co-founder of the San Diego Comic-Con and an influential figure in comics publishing and retailing on the West Coast in the formative era of the Direct Market, passed away over the...

Shel Dorf, comics fan, letterer, and the driving force behind the early years of the San Diego Comic-Con, passed away yesterday from complications related to diabetes. He was 76. Growing up in Detroit, the...

Veteran artist George Tuska has passed away at age 93. Tuska's career spanned the Golden Age with work for the Iger/Eisner shop, Lev Gleason, Fox and the Harry "A" Chesler Studio. In the 60s...

Longtime wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76. In the 1970s, Albano was one of the big three managers in the WWWF, along with the already-deceased Classie Freddie...

Rich Hafstead, partner in the Jim Hanley's Universe chain in NYC, passed away on Friday, according to information making the rounds. Hafstead suffered a heart attack in 2006 and had been semi-retired since then....

Various sources are reporting the death of artist Rusty Haller this week, from this sad thread where his roommate reports finding his body. From what I can gather, he was in his mid...

The woman that inspired the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" passed away at the age of 46 from Lupus.From the WaPo obit: ...Mrs. Vodden's connection to the Beatles dates to her...

While Japan mourns the creator of Shin-chan, Yoshito Usui, some rather heartbreaking details are emerging about his death on September 11th. Usui-sensei fell to his death while out hiking, and there's a cautionary tale...