Mike Wieringo dead at 44
Very sad news being reported at Newsarama: Veteran artist Mike Wieringo died yesterday of a sudden heart attack at the age of 44. Known as "Ringo" by his friends, Wieringo was probably best known...
RIP Doug Marlette
Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Doug Marlette was killed in an auto accident yesterday. Marlette, 57, was killed when a truck he was riding as a passenger in hydroplaned in heavy rain and struck a...
RIP James Redington
Tony Lee posts the sad news at the Engine that Brit comics writer James Reddington died suddenly of a heart attack last weekend:
I just got told by Cher, who heard from his best friend.
James...
More Daniel Robert Epstein remembrances
Shock and sorrow continue to ripple through the internet over the sudden death yesterday of Daniel Robert Epstein. In a medium where any yahoo with an internet account can be an "interviewer," Epstein was...
RIP: Daniel Robert Epstein
Matt Brady has the sad news and a touching remembrance:
Daniel Robert Epstein, one of Newsarama’s writers (as well as a writer for many other sites) died this morning. Details about his death are still...
RIP Roger Armstrong
Mark Evanier reports on the passing of cartoonist Roger Armstrong, a very prolific cartoonist whose work was doubtless known to anyone who read kids comics from the 40s on. He worked on numerous Dell/Western/Gold...
RIP Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander, 83, a critically acclaimed fantasy and adventure writer whose coming-of-age novels use vivid action and elements of mythology to depict contemporary struggles between good and evil, died May 17 at his home...
RIP Tom Artis
ComicMix is reporting the death of artist Tom Artis:
Comics artist Tom Artis died of complications from diabetes today at his home in Springfield, Illinois.
Tom had been hospitalized off and on for the past several...
RIP Brant Parker
Wow, they're going fast. 'Wizard of Id' cartoonist Brant Parker has died at age 86, Parker of course collaborated on Id with Johnny Hart who passed away last week. Parker had given up...
Johnny Hart Remembered
Much much remembrance to mark the passing of cartoonist Johnny Hart. The syndicate has already announced that his two strips -- B.C. and The Wizard of ID -- will continue. Family members had already...
