Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Deaths in the comic arts during 2013 UPDATED

I keep loose track of this for my Comics Research Bibliography. Here's the list of losses in the field for 2013 (with much help from D.D. Degg's reporting). I'm sure I can provide a citation on request.

Deaths in 2013 included Dan Adkins, Frédéric Othon "Fred" Aristidès, illustrator Niculae Asciu, animation voice actor James Avery, Alison Bechdel's mother Helen, Underdog co-creator W. Watts "Buck" Biggers, New Zealand small press cartoonist Debra Boyask, Nick Cardy, Shoe cartoonist Chris Cassatt, MAD Magazine illustrator Bob Clarke, comic book artist Scott Clark, British comics historian Les Coleman, Belgian cartoonist Didier Comès, comic strip artist Carlisle Cooper, Archie cartoonist Jeff Cuddy, comic book scholar Sol Davidson, comic book dealer Bruce Ellsworth, minicomics creator Luisa Felix, Italian comic collector Ezio Ferraro, gag cartoonist Ed Fisher, Belgian cartoonist Fred Funcken, Italian comics historian Roberto Giammanco, George Gladir, Louis Glanzman, 'The Simpsons' creator's mother Margaret Groening, stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, Pete Hoffman, Carmine Infantino, Magnus Johnstone, Danish cartoonist Rune T. Kidde, British anti-war cartoonist Leon Kuhn, Nepalese cartoonist Ujjwol 'Jyapoo' Kundan, comic book store owner and censorship victim Gordon Lee, Stan Lynde, webcomics publisher Joey Manley, Nisei cartoonist Jack Matsuoka, comic book writer Robert Morales, Swiss cartoonist Christian Moser, comic book writer Philip Nutman, comic strip artist George Olesen, comic strip artist John Olson Sr., Diamond Comic Distributors Senior Marketing Manager Phyllis Opolko, Spanish cartoonist José Ortiz, 'Simpsons' scriptwriter Don Payne, 'Suspect Device' cartoonist Greg Peters, Canadian editorial cartoonist Roy Peterson, editorial cartoonist Eldon Pletcher,  Lebanese political cartoonist Pierre Sadek, Filipino komiks illustrator Jesse Santos, Filmation cartoon studio founder Lou Scheimer, Australian 'Phantom' publisher Jim Shepherd, Studio Proteus founder Toren Smith, Playboy and editorial cartoonist Al Stine, editorial illustrator Jean-Claude Suares, Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson, comic book artist Janice Valleau Winkleman, gag cartoon book publisher Peter Workman, 'Anpanman' cartoonist Takashi Yanase, and underground cartoonist Yossarian (Alan Shenker).

New additions from DD Degg are Disney cartoonist Ross Wetzel and short-term comics writer Jerry Albert.

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