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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

2022 Deaths in Comic Arts (updates marked *)

Deaths in 2022 (with thanks to Randy Tischler of the Baltimore Comic Con, D.D. Degg of the Daily Cartoonist, Bruce Guthrie's Wikipedia mining, Cartoon Brew's animation list by Jamie Lang, and Animation Magazine's list) included Neal Adams, Israeli animator Gil Alkabetz, animator Ron D. Allen, comedian and voice actor Louie Anderson, Saratoga Springs cartoonist Hud Armstrong, comic book writer Brian Augustyn, Italian cartoonist Birago Balzano, James Bama, North Carolina editorial cartoonist David Barbour, EC fan and publisher Ron Barlow, scholar Martin Barker, Ham Fisher's Joe Palooka's "Little Max" inspiration Max Bartikowsky, animator Jules Bass, editorial and sports cartoonist Gene Basset  animator Carl Bell, voice actor Jered Barclay, animation writer/cartoonist Anne D. Bernstein, Franco-Italian animator Italo Bettiol, British cartoonist Peter Birkett, AG Man comic strip writer Baxter Black, Italian voice actor Carlo Bonomi, George Booth, "Bordo" Croatian animator Borivoj Dovniković-Bordo, Italian cartoonist Luca Boschi, animation producer Nick Bososutow, Spanish animator Claudio Biern Boyd, editorial cartoonist and Redneck illustrator David Boyd, Dooley's World & advertising mascots cartoonist "Jolly Roger" Bradfield, Raymond Briggs, Canadian illustrator Huntley Brown, Comic Book Men tv show's Robert Bruce, comic book inker Danny Bulanadi, animation worker Myrna Bushman, gag cartoonist Orlando Busino, Russian animator Maya Buzinova, Spanish cartoonist Calpurnio (AKA Eduardo Pelegrín Martínez de Pisón), French cartoonist Calvi (AKA Philippe Vallancien), animator Mike Camarillo, voice actor casting director Maryanne "Mickie" Caparilli-McGowan, editorial cartoonist Stuart Carlson, Vic Carrabotta, animation voice actor Pat Carroll, Jack Chick tract artist Fred Carter, Mediatoon director Sophie Castille, Italian cartoonist Alfredo Chiappori, editorial cartoonist Ann Cleaves, magazine cartoonist and humor writer Bruce Cochran, Paul Coker Jr, British cartoonist Clive Collins, comic book writer Terry Collins, black female comic store owner (and fledgling writer) Lashawn Colvin, Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, Plainville Hometown Connection newspaper cartoonist Wendell "Scotty" Copeland, Source Comics and Games store partner Jerry Corrick, French comics creator François Corteggiani, Rochester comic book store Book Review owner Craig Cotton, caricaturist Michael Cusimano, Beano and Topper cartoonist John F Dallas, Disney costume designer Alice Estes Davis, Indian cartoonist Narayan Debnath, DC Comics production artist and letterer Alberto DeGuzman, underground cartoonist Simon Deitch, Belgian store owner Erik Deneyer, Belgian-American cartoonist Vincent Deporter, Congolese comic book artist Serge Diantantu, Chinese animator Yan Dingxian, editorial cartoonist Judy Dixon, Dmitri (SEE Guy Sajer), animation editor Jennifer Dolce, cosplayer Mitch Drucker, Korean webcartoonist DUBU (aka Jang-Sung Rak), Disney and Pixar animator Ralph Eggleston, Canadian editorial cartoonist Pascal Élie, co-author of Jewish comic strip "4 Corners" Randy Farb, David Faught, Hirschfeld's gallerist Margo Feiden, Italian cartoonist Stelio Fenzo, director of creative development at Disney Feature Animation Steve Fickinger, animation artist Jonathan Finn-Gamiño, Italian voice actor Tony Fuochi (of COVID-19), It's Alive Press founder Drew Ford (of COVID), comic book distributor Ron Forman, Canadian animator Bob Fortier, Canadian cartoonist Pierre Fournier, Australian comic artist Peter Foster, Alley Oop songwriter Dallas Frazier, Fujiko Fujio A, animation writer Evelyn A. R. Gabai, Duckburg Times publisher Dana Gabbard, Canadian animator Lina Gagnon, co-founder of vfx/animation studio Factory Fifteen Jonathan Gales, Spanish comic book author Miguel Gallardo, Slovenian illustrator Kostja Gatnik, Italian comic artist Alarico Gattia, special effects animator Sari Gennis, animation writer and producer Karl Geurs, Jewish Exponent editorial cartoonist Stuart Goldman, gag cartoonist Stan Gomberg, "Aladdin" & Aflac insurance duck voice actor Gilbert Gottfried, Ron Goulart, British writer Alan Grant, Justin Green, Richard Guindon, cowboy cartoonist "Mad Jack" Hanks, animation artist Lori Jo Hanson-Garcia, Robert C. Harvey, DC Comics lawyer Maura Healy, Washington Post Writers Group syndicate editor James Hill, Flash Gordon 1980 movie director Mike Hodges, animator Dylan Hoffman, editorial cartoonist Jerry Holbert, Uruguayan cartoonist Fermín "Ombú" Hontou, animator Jeff Howard, mangaka Mia Ikumi, anime voice actor Norihiro Inoue, Japanese manga artist Isami Ishii, manga artist Takashi Ishii, political cartoonist and comic strip historian Jim Ivey, Sid Jacobson (of COVID), Canadian animator Blake James, queer cartoonist John Jennison, Eric Jones, voice actor Billy Kametz, sports cartoonist Tom Kane, animation painter Angelika Katz, Miyaya Kazuhiko (real name: Fuchigami Hajime), comic strip artist Mel Keefer, Transformers voice actor Stephen Keener, comic book cover painter Ken Kelly, National Lampoon and Heavy Metal editor Sean Kelly, caricaturist Tom Kelly, editorial cartoonist Dick Kemplin, Ian Kennedy, Archie artist Tim Kennedy, student cartoonist Pete Kesling, South Korean comic book artist Kim Jung Gi, Francophone American comic strip creator Mary Kincaid, retailer Marcus King, anime voice actor Motomu Kiyokawa, Big Mouth animation writer Jak Knight, voice actor William Frederick Knight, computer animation pioneer Ken Knowlton, anime voice actor Kiyoshi Kobayashi, anime art director Shichiro Kobayashi, Russian animator Violetta Kolesnikova, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Canadian voice actor Michael Kopsa, former animator John Korty, comic book production staffer Vincent Kukua, Italian comics writer Michelangelo La Neve, Colombian stop motion animator pioneer Fernando Laverde, British comic book artist Garry Leach, Brazilian comic book colorist Dijjo Lima, background artist and model designer Mary Locatell, Tintin translator Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, New Yorker cartoonist and art editor Lee Lorenz, John Lotshaw, Indonesian voice actor Ahmad Zulkifli Lubis,  cofounder of Forbidden Planet stores & Titan Books Mike Luckman, Kirk Luehrs, Ranan Lurie, British cartoonist Roger Mahoney, animation painter Anastasia "Staci" Maniskas, Wizard co-founder & DC editor Pat McCallum, Scott McCloud's wife Ivy Ratafia McCloud, animator Burt Medall, Jean-Claude Mézières, Italian writer Mino Milani, British LEGO stop motion animator Tony Mines, anime musician Ichirou Mizuki, anime voice actor Ryuji Mizuno, baseball manga artist Shinji Mizushima, Danish animator Flemming Quist Møller, Charles Burn's wife and letterer Susan Moore, editorial cartoonist Wayland Moore, Spain's Martín "Martinmorales" Morales, voice actor Robert Morse, automobile cartoonist Stan Mott, comics writer and indexer Lou Mougin, Sho Murase, Marvel Comics circulation manager Nancy Murphy, School House Rock! and Drawing Power co-creator George R. Newall, French cartoonist Jacques Nicolaou, Diane Noomin, Topps comics editor Charles S. Novinskie, anime Studio Pierrot Founder Yūji Nunokawa, animator Manabu Ohashi, Uruguay's Ombú (aka Fermín Hontou), Kevin O'Neill, Don Orehek, Mexican comics & zine micropress & distributor Gatosaurio Valis Ortíz, Mazinger Z artist Gosaku Ota (of COVID complications), anime voice actor Hiroshi Ōtake, Spanish artist Carlos Pacheco, inker Tom Palmer, Marvel executive Mike Pasciullo, *comic book artist Jason Pearson, Everett Peck, George Pérez, Czech puppet animator Vlasta Pospíšilová, Canadian animator Gerald Potterton, VFX artist Janet Quen, voice actor Jan Rabson, Croatian comic book artist Julio Radilović, editorial cartoonist Dennis Renault, Golden Age comic book artist Lily Renée, Canadian animation director Ivan Reitman, voice actor Mike Reynolds, Charlie Brown voice actor Peter Robbins, U.K. animation studio Red Star co-founder Jan Rogowski, Russian animation director Zinovy Roizman, former Diamond Distribution customer service rep Vanessa Rolley, Peruvian-Mexican comic book creator Juan Roncagliolo Berger, Barbarian Books comics staffer Ray Rose, golf sports cartoonist Bill Rupp, Portugal's José Ruy, French cartoonist Guy Sajer (AKA Dimitri, and Dimitri Lahache; real name: Guy Mouminoux), Tim Sale, gag cartoonist Tony Saltzman, Puerto Rican comic book creator Miguel Ángel Sanjurjo, animation storyboard artist and writer David Schwartz, Cartoon Art Museum cofounder Ronald L. Schwartz, Argentine cartoonist Antonio Seguí, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Russian animator Leonid Shvartsman, outdoor sports cartoonist Jim Snook, sports cartoonist Bob Southee, The Green Woman (and horror author) Peter Straub, Russo-American Klasky Csupo animator Andrei Svislotski, Disney ink-&-paint animator and Chip voice actor Norma Swank-Haviland, Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese animation voice of Jafar in Aladdin Akira Takarada, Tony Tallarico, editorial cartoonist Larry Terrill, French cartoonist Jean Teulé, The Comic Book Shop co-owner Patrick Titus, manga creator Kazuyoshi Torii, Lou Tramontano, Blue Sky Studios co-founder Eugene Troubetzkoy, anime voice actor Toshiya Ueda, NEA comic strip colorist Gretchen Grauer Vanderhoof, comics writer Tom Veitch (of COVID), Steven Walsh of Gosh Comics & Avery Hill Publishing, British voice actor David Warner, animation storyboard and layout artist Wendell Washer, Thai voice actor Kaiwan Wattanakrai, Sam's Supermarket cartoonist John Whitaker, animation background layout artist and designer Ian Wilcox, cartoonist and comic art collector Bill Wilson, Dark Star Books and Comics store owner Mary Alice Wilson, animation producer Steve Wilzbach, gag cartoonist Bill Woodman, animator Derek J. Wyatt, Italian illustrator Elena Xausa, anime voice actor Kiyoyuki Yanada, gag writer Rollin "Speedy" Zawistowski, Marvel writer Ron Zimmerman…

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