This will be updated as notices continue to come in. The list is an annual feature of the Comics Research Bibliography. Links to obituaries or information on most of these creators can be found in CRB posts here throughout the past year. Updates are marked with *
Deaths in 2024 (with
thanks to Bruce Guthrie’s Wikipedia mining, Ramin Zahed’s Animation Magazine list, *DD Degg’s Daily Cartoonist list,) ) included *Lima Ohio’s monthly water bill cartoonist David Adams, Platinum Age comics scholar John
Adcock, Thomas Nast biographer John Adler, Shamsuddin H. Akib aka Sham of
Singapore, comic collector and Overstreet advisor Bill Alexander, Palestinian
artist/cartoonist Mahasen al-Khateeb, *Thomas the Tank Engine producer Britt Allcroft, Brazilian comic artist Walmir
Amaral, British comics
consultant Irving Anderson, Hinako Arishara, Yū Asai, Italian comic book artist
Sergio Asteriti, Graphic Policy podcaster Steven Attewell, G. Fawzi Baghdadli, Henson
Shop creative supervisor David Barrington-Holt, shop owner Adam Barsa, Dan Dare
fanzine “Spaceship Away” founder Rod Barzilay, Wildstorm editor Sarah Becker, animator
and animation teacher Howard Beckerman, comic book dealer and historian Bob
Beerbohm, American animator Peter Bennett, *comic book store worker and ICv2 columnist Steve Bennett, sports and editorial cartoonist Phil
Bissell, occasional comics writer Terry Bisson, Sam Blanchard aka Shlepzig, Joyce
Brabner, Jacques Bredy, Mark D. Bright, Chance Browne, animator Jan Browning, ‘Backyardigans’
creator Janice Burgess, British colorist John Michael Burns, British animator Emma
Calder, Filipino comics artist Carlo J. Caparas, John
Cassaday, Italian comics writer and historian Alfredo Castelli, Sergio Bonelli
Editore secretary Ornella Castellini, Swiss cartoonist Daniel Ceppi, Marvel
Studios art director and production designer Ray Chan, Pierre Christin, British
comic artist Andrew Chiu, British comics writer Richmond Clements, co-founder
of Bardon - a Barcelona-London comics artists agency Barry Coker, 1950s editorial
and sports cartoonist Alex Cook, British comics writer Roger Noel Cook, Canadian animator Curtis James Crawford, British advertising comic
Signal artist Roy Cross, *Tidalwave Comics writer Scott Davis, voice actor Diane Delano, Jose Delbo, Swiss animator
Étienne Delessert, French comics artist Fred Dewilde, Scott Donaldson the inspiration for
Bananaman, Starhead Comix and Brownfield Press publisher Michael Dowers, animation
artist Shigeko Doyle, animation background designer Maurice Edwards, editorial
cartoonist Tom Engelhardt, Jerry Fearing, comic book cover painter Max
Fellwalker, Charlie Hebdo webmaster Simon Fieschi, animation background artist
Martin Forte, cartoonist and animator Bob Foster, Ramona Fradon, newspaper
cartoonist Charles Fredrick, Italian cartoonist Massimiliano Frezzato, Oregon
cartoonist Bill Friday, art collector Keif Fromm, Disney animation manager Randy
Fukuda, Verotika #9 single issue comic book writer Ray Garton, Disney technical
director Christopher W. Gee, *British comics fan Kenny Gibson, Peter Gillis, French cartoonist Christian Godard, animator
Brad Goodchild, Ripley’s Believe It or Not artist John Graziano, Adirondack
Daily Enterprise cartoonist Phil “Bunk” Griffin, Marvel and DC marketing &
licensing executive Francine Grillo, stop motion animator Mark Gustafson, editorial
cartoonist Ed Hall, Superman Museum founder Jim Hambrick, Swedish editorial
cartoonist Riber Hansson, British socialist cartoonist Alan Hardman, British
cartoonist Merrily Harpur, TV animation writer Reid Harrison, anime voice
narrator Doc Harris, co-founder of the D.C. Conspiracy Art Haupt, British comic
book artist Jon Haward, voice actor and director Dan Hennessey, editorial
cartoonist Jack Higgins, Greg Hildebrandt, animation effects and visual
development artist Sean Pin Ho, gag cartoonist Wayne Horne, anime and game
artist Mutsumi Inomata, African American cartoonist Tim Jackson, animator Jean-Guy
Jacques, Heritage Auction vice president Ed Jaster, Galaxy Of Comics comic book
store founder Warren Jaycox, Yakari co-creator Job aka André Jobin, Boston
Globe sports cartoonist Larry Johnson, André Juillard, Belgian colorist Dina
Kathelyn, Disney layout artist Karen Keller, Congolese cartoonist Yves Kulondwa
alias Kayene, David Kunzle, pioneering Japanese indie animator
Yōji Kuri, Michael Leunig, Washington Post architectural cartoonist Roger K.
Lewis, voice actor Rachael Lillis, voice actress Morgan Lofting, colorist Tom
Luth, editorial cartoonist Bob Lynch, Simpsons’ Spanish-language voice actor Nancy
MacKenzie, British cartoonist Ed MacLachlan, Playboy cartoonist Don Madden, Peter
Maddocks, Spanish cartoonist Martí aka Martí Riera Ferrer, Japanese voice actor
Taiki Matsuno, Fantagraphics book designer Ryan McCardle, English cartoonist Ed
McLachlan, National Lampoon and Mad writer Brian McConnachie, Maryland fan historian
Stuart McIntire, animation producer John McKenna, animator Bob McKnight, Disney
animation painter Harlene Mears, animation sculptor Kent Melton, Scottish
cartoonist John G. Miller, CG animator Mike Milne, animation model designer and
storyboard artist David Mink, Canadian
animation layout artist Chris Minz (aka Dr. Minz), Bernie Mireault, Canadian
editorial cartoonist Ron Moffatt, Karl Moline, animator Don Moore, Razor comic
book writer James A. Moore, South African comic book artist Karl Mostert, *manga scholar Tomohiko Murakami, Japanese voice actor Yasuo Muramatsu, writer of “The Girl Who Sang” Estelle Nadel, Israeli web cartoonist Revital
Bornstein known as "Navy Bird", Paul Neary, San Diego Comic-Con
volunteer Clydene Nee, clay and sand stop motion animation pioneer Eli Noyes, comic
book writer Wes Ochse, ‘Doraemon’ Japanese voice actress Noriko Ohara, Spanish
comics artist Jose María Ortiz Tafalla (aka Jaimie Ortiz and J.M Ortiz), Japanese
voice of Doraemon Nobuyo Oyama, the Latino Comics Expo co-founder Ricardo
Padilla, animation checker Gloria Palter, *Lowell Sun sports cartoonist Leo Panas, Don Perlin, Canadian animator Don
Perro, Polish animation director Andrzej Piliczewski, Ed Piskor, Marvel Comics
artist Brian Postman, Comicstorian YouTuber Ben Potter, Johnny Mutton creator
and animator James Proimos, voice actor Peter Renaday, Disney animation
producer Daniel Ridgers, Trina Robbins, Enric Badia Romero (aka Enrique Badía
Romero), Comics Journal news editor turned comics scholar John Ronan, French cartoonist
Stéphane Rosse, animator Harry
Sabin, Russian animation director Vladimir Samsonov, Top Cow VP Elena Salcedo, Japanese manga artist Nanae Sasaya, animator Marty Schwartz, British comics artist Dave Shephard, Disney
animation music writer Richard M. Sherman, anime art director and background
artist Yukihiro Shibutani, animation assistant director Adam Somner, North
Dakota editorial cartoonist Steve Stark, Elena Steier, SILENCE! comics podcast
host Mark Stewart aka Amy Poodle, Latvian animator Roze Stiebra, Montreal’s Librairie Astro store owner Paul Stock, British cartoonist
Bill Stott, comics writer Frank Strom, animation storyboard artist Michael
Swanigan, British “Black” comic autobiography writer Tobias Taitt, Haruo Takahashi, Shojo
manga pioneer Macoto Takahashi, Japanese voice actress Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese
comics-inspired artist Keiichi Tanaami, anime lyricist and Peanuts translator Shuntaro
Tanikawa, Japanese voice actress Tarako, cartoonist turned children’s book creator Mike Thaler, Spanish cartoonist Trini Tinturé, science fiction/fantasy artist and underground/overground cartoonist
Larry Todd, Akira Toriyama, *animator Mike Toth, production director for Disney Publishing
Marybeth Tregarthen, Italian
comic artist Giorgio Trevisan, Dutch comics artist René Uilenbroek, Japanese voice actor Hideyuki Umezu, Kazuo
Umezu, Benoît van Innis, Dutch editor and StripNieuws author Peter van Leersum,
comic book cover artist Jeffrey Veregge, Russian animator Marina Voskanyants, Comix
Connection co-owner Bill Wahl, Toronto fan artist Taral Wayne, first Marvel UK
manager Raymond Wergan, Belgian cartoonist Étienne Willem, lesbian underground
cartoonist Mary Wings, editorial cartoonist Don Wright, comic book artist John
Wycough, animation writer and voice actor Tom Wyner, Japanese voice actor Eiji Yanagisawa, Japanese manga artist Kazu Yuzuki, Michael Zulli …
