Obituaries

by Bob Calhoun Gary Arlington's comic book store on 23rd Street in San Francisco's Mission District seemed more like a feat of engineering than the...

Wrestling Hall of Famer Mae Young died earlier this week, at age 90. She wrestled in 7 decades, as recently as 2010, a...

The late actor was the subject of a pretty good graphic novel called, Hellraisers by Robert Sellers and JAKe (SIC), and adapted from Sellers'...

The great human rights leader and inspiration for non-violent revolt everywhere has died at age 95. The worlds is unlikely to see his equal...

Golden age artist Al Plastino has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 91. Plastino was best known as a Superman...

Famed DC artist Nick Cardy passed away at age 93 last night, it was reported on FB and elsewhere. Cardy's long time friend Todd...

Writer Phil Nutman passed away this week after a brief illness. Details are't available, but there's a touching eulogy for him at Fangoria where...

Artist Stan Lynde, creator of the comic strip Rick O'Shay and one of the best known Western comics artists, has died at age 81....

The Karate expert who co-starred with Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRGAON has died at age 67. These stills remind us that the...

Photo by Lynn Emmert. Fantagraphics co-founder and industry titan Kim Thompson has lost his battle with lung cancer. A statement was released below, but...

David Spurlock reported the death of industry veteran artist and inker Dan Adkins yesterday at age 76. Adkins worked for all the majors publishers...

Stop motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen has died at age 92. Before CGI there was Harryhausen, whose soaring imagination gave birth to creatures that inhabited the psyche of generations of SF and fantasy fans, and whose painstaking hand-done animation has never been surpassed for character and excitement.