This will be updated as notices continue to come in. The list is an annual feature of the Comics Research Bibliography. Updates are marked with * - list finalized as of Jan 18, 2024.
Deaths in 2023 (with
thanks to Bruce Guthrie’s Wikipedia mining, *Jamie Lang’s Cartoon Brew list, *John Freeman’s Down the Tubes list, *Wikipedia’s 2023 in Comics page, *DD
Degg’s Daily Cartoonist list, *Didier Pasamonik’s ActuaBD list, and *Animation
Magazine’s list) included editorial cartoonist Jim Adcock, Harmony Gold animation
distributor Frank Agrama, Swedish
animator Per Åhlin, Orang Utan Comics founding member Azim Akberali, Japanese manga artist Ryuzan Aki,
*Dutch cartoonist Henk Alleman, Italian cartoonist Carlo Ambrosini, *animator Craig Armstrong, DC Comics librarian Allan Asherman, Belgian comic book artist Jo-El Azara (aka
Joseph Loeckx), Spanish cartoonist Toni Batllori, Dave Comics (Brighton England) manager
Stephen Bamford, Canadian
animator Ted Bastien, Jack Bender, Golden Age comic collector Jon S. Berk, *animator Susan
Bielenberg, tv animation syndicator Edward Bleier, Russian animator Natalya Bogomolova, *BC Boyer, *Disney animator David Braden, *animator Ernesto
Brieno, Hero Initiative
coordinator Kevin Brogan (of Covid), French comics writer Jean-Yves Brouard, Chris
Browne, *animation checker and painter Susan Burke, *British comic artist John
Burns, British experimental animator Paul Bush, political cartoonist Clay Butler, *French comic writer Thierry
Cailleteau, Italian
cartoonist Renato Calligaro, *French cartoonist Louis Cance, Doonesbury inker Don Carlton, Brazil’s Paulo Caruso, French BD artist Jean-Claude Cassini, Italian comic book artist Massimo Cavezzali, “Yarns of
the Yellowstone” cartoonist Bill Chapman, *storyboard artist John “Rich”
Chidlaw, *Duck Soup Produckions co-founder Roger Chouinard, TV’s first Lois
Lane Phyllis Coates, *French cartoonist Thierry Courtin, animator and Disneyland
designer Rolly Crump, India’s Amul girl’s creator Sylvester daCunha, *animator
Sukhdev Dail, *Scottish comic writer Jim Dallas, *Dutch cartoonist Wim de Bie, Bob de
Groot, Toonz Animation Studios cofounder Bill Dennis, Elizabeth Woodward’s “Column
for Teens” header cartoonist Ellen Derby (nee Keefe), *Belgian editor-in-chief
of Journal Titnin Henri Desclez (aka Hapic),*British animator Alan Dewhurst, alternative
cartoonist Michael Dougan, Canadian
voice actor Ross Douglas, semi-pro panel cartoonist John Dusko, *Swedish comic artist Lennart
Elworth, *British animator Ian Emes, Spanish cartoonist Enrich
(aka Enric de Manuel González), *animator Don Ernst, comic book artist Steve Erwin, Brian Ewing, New
Yorker cover artist Ian Falconer, *French exhibition curator and member of the
Quai des Bulles festival Alain Faure, Wally (Trog) Fawkes, Yugoslavian Bosnian gag cartoonist Hasan Fazlic, Charles A. Filius, comic book
inker John Floyd, *Australian animation legend Cam Ford, *animation storyboard
artist Gerry Fournier, British graphic novel writer Christopher Fowler, Disney animator
Randy Fullmer, *Hungary’s Attila Futaki, Argentine comics artist Ernesto García Seijas, Raleigh Comic Book Expo organizer Russ Garwood, American cartoonist Paul Giambarba, 2000AD's Ian
Gibson, Joe Giella, MCU visual effects producer Diana Giorgiutti, Earthworld
Comics store owner JC Glindmyer, Uruguayan cartoonist Tabaré Gómez Laborde, Pluggers contributor Gregory Grabiak, Dan
Green, The Ph.D. Culture Cartoon Book author Gary Grobman, Dærick Gröss Sr., Sam
Gross, comic store owner / Marvel employee / Geppi consultant Gary Guzzo, King
of the Hill voice actor Johnny Hardwick, *British underground comix publisher Lee Harris, disgraced
Australian cartoonist Rolf Harris, John Hart Studio gag
writer-colorist-letterer Perri Hart, *animation technical director Vahe
Haytaian, comic strip and comic book cartoonist Frank Hill, comic book
historian Roger Hill, Egyptian cartoonist
Ibrahim Hunaiter, British political cartoonist Tony Husband, Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera,
Japanese voice
actor Shōzō Iizuka, David Illsley, *anime
director Satoshi Iwataki, Luke
Cage TV writer Nathan Louis Jackson, John Jakes, *animation writer Gregory Joackim, Creators Syndicate comics department manager
Pete Kaminski, *Doc
Savage comic book cover artist Roger Kastel, *British comics agent
Pat Kelleher, Japanese
animator Takahiro Kimura, *animation color designer William “Bike”
Kinzle, *animator Tony Klück, Edward
Koren, Disney and animation historian Jim Korkis, illustrator Sandy Kossin, stop-motion
animator Pete Kozachik, artist and graphic designer Frank Kozik, *Tatsunoko
Productions anime studio co-founder Ippei Kuri, Japanese voice actor Yasumichi Kushida, *Belgian
comic artist Lagas, *Softimage founder Daniel Langlois, *animation storyboard
and layout artist Lin Larsen, *Space
Ace publisher and comics writer John Lawrence, "postmodern cartoon art expressionist" David “LEBO” Le Batard, gag
cartoonist Bill Lee, ‘Mulan’ singer and Chinese voice actor Coco Lee, South
Korean cartoonist Lee Woo-young, editorial cartoonist Jay Leeson, *French
cartoonist Pierre Le Goff, French
cartoonist Paul Leuquet, *animation technical director Nick
Levenduski, Emily & Toby
cartoonist Virginia Lindemann, original Wednesday Addams actress Lisa Loring, French BD author Malo Louarn, *animator Gerald “Jerry” Loveland, *animation production
manager Anne Luiting, *British cartoonist and animator Ric Machin, *animation
layout artist and
character Istvan Majoros, syndicate
comics editor Sharon Malheiro, *animator Walter P. Martishius, collector Harry
Matetsky, British comic book company Beyond The Bunker founder and colorist
Ivanna Matilla, anime producer Shunpei Maruyama, Leiji Matsumoto, Disney
animator Burny Mattinson, Bruce McCall, Ian McGinty, *Disney animation historian
Russell Merritt, Amanda Panda and Harvey Pekar artist Jack Millie, comic book
artist Lee Moder, Harvard Lampoon cartoonist Bob Moncrieff, Italian comic artist Giuseppe Montanari, NCS administrator Latisha Moore, Pluggers writer Tom Moore, *animator Ken
Mundie, *Coco’s Mexican voice
actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, Hisaya Nakajo (aka Peco
Fujiya and Ryou Fumizuki), Russian animator Vyacheslav Nazaruk, Indian
cartoonist Ajit Ninan, Norwegian cartoonist Dina Norlund,
Crash Bandicoot
videogame voice actor Brendan O'Brien, collector and scholar Richard D. Olson, Italian comic book artist Graziano Origa, Ukrainian
writer for TCJ Evheny Osievsk, Dutch cartoonist Richard Pakker, voice actor
Jansen Panettiere, *Argentine comic artist Carlos Pedrazzini (aka Salomon
Grundig), Scott Pellegrini, Sri
Lankan cartoonist Camillus Perera, French cartoonist Jean-Louis Pesch, Australian
cartoonist Bruce Petty, Italian
comic artist Luigi Piccatto, Canadian political cartoonist Peter “Pic” Pickersgill, *animation writer Duane
Earl Poole, underground cartoonist Joshua Quagmire (aka Richard Glen Lester II),
*animator Dick Rauh, Paul Ramboux aka “Sidney”, MCU stuntman Taraja Ramsess, animation
writer Michael Reaves, *animation voice actor Lance Reddick, *French-Canadian
Hubert Reeves, *voice actor Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman, *animation background
designer Jeffrey Riche, *cel painter Filonella “Nellie” Rodriguez Bell, *animator
Jessie Romero, Portfolio Entertainment’s co-founding partner and CEO Joy Rosen,
Mexican artist José Luis Ruiz Pérez, Pittsburgh comic book shop owner Ron
Russitano, animator William Ruzicka, *animator Lucinda Sanderson, 'Haven't You
Heard? I'm Sakamoto' manga creator Nami Sano, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch cartoonist Al Schweitzer, Japanese voice actor Mitsuo Senda, *French comics artist Patrice Serrin, Belgian animator Raoul Servais, Gerry
Shamray, Robotman creator Peter Shelley, Kentucky comic store owner Rickey
Sheppard, *Brazilian comic book
colorist PC Siqueira, comic book writer Steve Skeates, Dutch comic store owner Han Slotema, colorist
Jasen Smith, Fox Television Animation storyboard cleanup artist Jeff Scott
Smith, Harley Quinn inspiration and voice actor (and Tiny Toon Adventures writer)
Arleen Sorkin, American voice actor Peter Spellos, art dealer Allen Spiegel, Italian cartoonist Sergio Staino, *animator Allen Stovall, *Strahle’s Baliwick comic panel
cartoonist Jim Strahle, former college editorial cartoonist Robert Stringer, Indian cartoonist Sukumar, African-American
animator Leo D. Sullivan, Beano “Bash Street Kids” artist David Sutherland, Canadian animation supporter Hélène
Tanguay, Italian artist Saverio Tenuta, Buichi Terasawa, *Italian
writer Antonio Tettamanti, Toei President Osamu Tezuka, direct market pioneer Mel
Thompson, British comic strip cartoonist Bill Tidy, St. Petersburg Times editorial
cartoonist Joe Tonelli, Japanese
manga artist Yoshiko Tsuchida, French BD writer Eddy Vaccaro, comics historian and art dealer Jim
Vadeboncoeur Jr., *Dutch cartoonist Rupert van der Linden, *Netherlands-based
Academy Award-winning animation producer Cilia van Dijk, *French publisher of
Marvel Claude Vistel, ‘Lois & Clark’ writer and producer Jeff Vlaming, Mike
Voiles of Mike's Amazing World of Comics website, Egyptian cartoonist Ragai Wanis, voice actor Jimmy Weldon, *Dutch cartoonist Harr Wiegman, MECCAcon founder Maia Crown Williams, Doug
Wright Awards patron Phyllis Wright Thomas, Studio Ghibli art director Nizo
Yamamoto, editorial cartoonist John “Yardley” Yardley-Jones, *Swedish cartoonist
Leif Zetterling.
