RIP: Dave Simons
Artist and animator Dave Simons has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 54. Daniel Best has a tribute:In his career...
RIP David Carradine
The 72-year old star was found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok where he was filming his latest film.
The son of great...
RIP Ric Estrada
Artist Ric Estrada passed away last week -- there's an obit retelling his remarkable life at the Salt Lake Tribune. His life included going...
Bea Arthur and Star Wars
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We have failed to properly mark the passing of Bea Arthur, but must now remedy that. As our pal Zena pointed out, there are...
RIP: Jack Cardiff
We're a little under the weather today, so it's late and light, but we had to make mention of this Not Comics obit: The...
RIP Frank Springer
Newsday reports the death last week of veteran artist Frank Springer at age 79.
Springer was a gregarious and practical man who labored for hours...
R.I.P Anne Cleveland
Anne Cleveland, a cartoonist from the '30s to the '50s, whose main subject was college humor and her alma mater, Vassar, has died at...
RIP: Jose “Pepe” Gonzalez
Horror artist Jose Gonzalez has passed away, according to Harris Comics:
It is with great sadness that Harris Comics has learned of the passing...
Weekend Newsy Notes
* Did Dr. Manhattan shoot his load the first weekend?Depending on whom you talked to this week, the opening weekend box office for WATCHMEN...
RIP: Rod Gilchrist
Rod Gilchrist, executive director of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum, died of brain cancer at age 58 on February 26th. The SF Chronicle has...
RIP: John Carbonaro
John Carbonaro, a longtime fan-turned publisher when he purchased the rights to the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, passed away at age 58 on February 25th, as...
RIP Lux Interior
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Frontman of seminal Psychobilly rock band, The Cramps.
