Obituaries

Joan Lee, Stan Lee's wife of 69 years, has passed away at age 93. following a stroke. They were married on Dec. 5, 1947 and had two children, J.C. (Joan Celia), born in 1950, and Jan,...

James Galton, CEO and President og Marvel from 1975-1991 has passed away at age 92. Galton came on at a tumultuous time, as newsstand sales were plummeting (Marvel was particularly impacted because its distributor...

Well known fan personality and former trivia whiz Mike Chary passed away suddenly over the weekend. Chary was a regular on the forums of the olden days and Usenet, the primal dungeons on online...

Comics writer and interviewer Tim O'Shea died over the  weekend. He'd been battling brain cancer for a while, a struggle a lot of us followed on social media. He was only 49. There are...

British comics great - perhaps the GREATEST British comics great - Leo Baxendale has passed away at the age of 86. Baxendale was to Beano what Jack Davis was to Mad - the essential stylist. As creators of Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids, he influenced generations of Brit kids and other cartonists with his blocky, energetic style.

Carolyn Kelly, a cartoonist and daughter of Pogo creator Walt Kelly, passed away following a lengthy battle with cancer this weekend, as reported by her longtime companion, Mark Evanier:

We've lost yet another legendary cartoonist, underground pioneers Skip Williamson, 73, whose Snappy Sammy Smoot was the best known of his creations. Patrick Rozenkrantz, the Boswell of the underground movement has the detailed obituary...

Legendary horror artist and friends Bernie Wrightson lost his battle with brain cancer last night, his wife Liz reported on Facebook and his webpage. He was 68. He had been fighting  the illness for...

Painter and comics inker Dave Hunt passed away this weekend at age 75. He had been fighting cancer for a while and took a turn for the worse following surgery a few weeks ago. Hunt was...

Undergound legend Jay Lynch has passed away at age 72. He was one of the foundational underground cartoonists with such titles as Bijou Funnies and Nard 'n' Pat  but made perhaps his greatest contribution...

Word is going around that manga great Jiro Taniguchi has passed away at age 69. His best known works in English include The Walking Man, The Summit of the Gods and The Magic Mountain, all meditative...

Mark Evanier reports on the death at age 96 of artist Dan Spiegle. The two were collaborators on Crossfire, a delightful Superhero meets Hollywood Babylon series from the 80s, but Spiegle was a prolific artist on Blackhawk, Star Trek, Scooby Doo and about a million other comics. He could and did draw anything with a solid, lively style.