RIP cartoonist Ted Stearn

02/07/2019 3:25 pm by Heidi MacDonald Leave a Comment

Very sad news.

RIP Batton Lash, Supernatural Law creator

01/14/2019 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald 7 Comments

The creator of Supernatural Law was 65.

Comics and animation lost another key figure this week. Fred Patton, a protean champion of early anime/manga fandom passed away at age 77 this week. He had been confined to a nursing home after a stroke in 2005, but continued writing and pursuing his interests in anime. Until then he wrote widely about anime, […]

San Diego Comic-Con President John Rogers has passed away

11/11/2018 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

John Rogers, president of the San Diego Comic-Con for more than 30 years, passed away Saturday morning. CCI released the following statement. It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of John Rogers, President of Comic-Con. John died on Saturday, November 10, 2018 as a result of complications from glioblastoma, an aggressive […]

Carlos Ezquerra, the visionary artist who co-created Judge Dredd, dies at 70

10/01/2018 12:59 pm by Edie Nugent

Today the comics community at large mourns the passing of legendary artist Carlos Ezquerra whose work co-creating Judge Dredd for 2000 AD defined that magazine through over 40 years of publishing and coalesced the modern British comics movement.

RIP Norm Breyfogle

09/26/2018 5:38 pm by Joe Grunenwald

The legendary Batman artist passed away earlier this week at the age of 58.

RIP Gary Friedrich

08/30/2018 2:45 pm by Heidi MacDonald

And now word comes that comics writer Gary Friedrich has passed away at age 75. Best known as the co-creator of Ghost Rider, Friedrich also worked on Captain America, Shield and many more titles. Tony Isabella broke the news from Roy Thomas: Friedrich was best known in recent years for losing a legal battle […]

RIP Marie Severin

08/30/2018 12:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Comics legend Marie Severin has passed away at age 89 after suffering a stroke. Severin was a mainstay of both the legendary EC Comics period (her brother John was an illustrator there) and more importantly at the Marvel Bullpen, where she was an artist and colorist for decades. She particularly excelled at Not Brand Echh […]

RIP Russ Heath

08/24/2018 2:00 pm by Joe Grunenwald

The classic DC war comics artist was 91.

RIP: John Blair Moore

08/07/2018 10:15 am by Heidi MacDonald

Cartoonist John Blair Moore passed away after a brief illness, according to a post from his daughter on FB. Moore was a prolific newspaper cartoonist, and wrote and drew Invaders From Home for the experimental DC imprint Piranha Press in the 90s, but was perhaps best known for his Disney work. He wrote numerous stories […]