R.I.P. Yma Sumac
Amidst celebrations, some sadness, as Yma Sumac has died. The Peruvian songstress had a near five-octave vocal range and remains an icon of the "exotic music movement."
RIP: Mark Buck
Dan Vado comments on the death of Mark Buck, recently killed in a motorcycle accident. Buck was Vado's collaborator on SAMURAI PENGUIN, an entry in the '80s "black and white boom." Buck went...
RIP: Neal Hefti
He may have worked with Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, but jazz composer Neal Hefti will likely be best remembered for a piece of music: The Batman Theme. Hefti passed away last week at...
RIP Robbie Greenberger
Peter David has the very very sad news that Robbie Greenberger, son of Bob, lost his fight against leukemia last night. He was 20. Our thoughts are with Bob and the rest of the...
RIP Carlos Meglia
Noted Argentinian/Spanish artist Carlos Meglia died last night of what is being reported as (well, if Twitter and Facebook are reporting) complications from an aortic stroke. Meglia co-created such foreign-language strips as IRISH COFFEE...
RIP Isaac Hayes
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RIP Michael Silberkleit
Archie Chairman Michael Silberkleit died on August 5. An obituary supplied by Archie follows.
Michael I. Silberkleit, the chairman of Archie Comic Publications, died August 5th in New York City at the age of...
RIP Jack Kamen
Word was going 'round yesterday of the death of EC great Jack Kamen, and Mark Evanier comfirms it. Kamen was 88. A native of Brooklyn, Kamen was born May 29, 1920 and at one...
RIP Creig Flessel
Mark Evanier reports the death of comics pioneer Creig Flessel at age 96, following a stroke. Flessel worked in comics from the dawn of the golden age on through Playboy and beyond. Tom Spurgeon...
RIP Muriel Kubert
Mike Gold passes along the sad news that Muriel Kubert died Tuesday from breast cancer. Kubert was wife to Joe, mother to Adam and Andy and the co-founder of the Kubert School of Cartoon...
