Tag: Obituaries

The classic DC war comics artist was 91.

https://twitter.com/JeffLemire/status/920666917311881216 Gord Downie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip, passed away on Wednesday, October 18th. Downie had an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer he discovered in December 2015. Him and his band...

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...

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.

Wrestling legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka died at age 73 after suffering from stomach cancer. He had a controversial life - which may or may not have included killing his girlfriend - but he was...

Alan Brennert reports on FB that comics retail founding father Richard Kyle has passed away at age 87. Kyle had been in ill-health for a long time. As the owner of Richard Kyle Books (and...

Jack T. Chick, whose religious tract comics inspired revulsion and mirth– along with some faith, I'm sure -- passed away over the wekeend at age 92, as his company FB page revealed: Many might have...

https://twitter.com/glyn_dillon/status/789834909376479232 I've never been so devastated to write a post here at The Beat. Confirmed by his brother, artist Steve Dillon has passed away at age 54. Dillon is best know, of course, as the...

As seen on Facebook this morning, and confirmed by Newsarama, former Caliber publisher Gary Reed has passed away suddenly after suffering a heart attack. As recently as this weekend, Reed attended the Monroe Comic...

Gaspar Saladino, one of the greatest comic book letterers of all time, died yesterday at age 89, a few days short of his 90th birthday. Saladino was a mainstay of the Silver Age at...

And just to make this day even more sorrowful in comics circles, legendary MAD cartoonist Jack Davis has passed away at age 91. Davis created some of the most memorable horror comics at EC, but then basically invented an entire style of caricature that was endlessly imitated throughout the 60s and 70s.

Cartoonist Richard Thompson, the artist behind Poor Richard's Almanack, Cul-de-Sac and many other wonderful comics, has passed away from the effects on his battle with Parkinson's disease. A more talented, kind and wonderful person could...