Monday, December 31, 2012
Deaths in the comic arts during 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Comic Riffs and Monkey See on the death of Joe Kubert
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Ruffin on the past year's comic creator losses
Mark Ruffin, DC Comic Books Examiner
January 2, 2012
http://www.examiner.com/comic-books-in-washington-dc/in-memoriam
UPDATE: Mark's list had nine people that I don't have below!
As I noted in my new edition of the Comics Research Bibliography, deaths in 2011 included editorial cartoonist Bob Artley, Uruguayan cartoonist Eduardo Barretto, Croatian cartoonist Ivica Bednjanec, Italian comic-book publisher Sergio Bonelli, avant-garde animator Robert Breer, Charles Brooks, Archie Comics artist John "Jon" D'agostino, Spanish artist Victor de la Fuente, sports cartoonist Bill Gallo, Belgian cartoonist Andre Geerts, French artist Paul Gillon, Belgian comics writer Francine Graton, Jeffrey Jones, Family Circus creator Bil Keane, British cartoonist David Langdon, German cartoonist Loriot, Spirou editor Thierry Martens, Indian cartoonist Mario Miranda, caricaturist Sam Norkin, Slovenian artist Jelko Peternelj, Serbian inker Branko http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifPlavsic, Jerry Robinson, Albany Times Union editorial cartoonist Hy Rosen, DC Comics http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifwriter Alvin Schwartz, Captain America co-creator Joe Simon, French cartoonist Jean Tabary, Argentinian comics writer Carlos Trillo, Belgian cartoonist Albert Weinberg, Irish editorial cartoonist Terry Willers, and Ziggy creator Tom Wilson.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Mexican cartoonist obit in today's Post
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 26, 2010; 6:20 AM
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Caricaturist David Levine dies, Post runs AP obit
Michael Cavna had a good piece on Comic Riffs though. The Times is running an appreciation, or rather an appraisal tomorrow too.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Animator Dina Babbitt's obituary in Post
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Lois Lane dies
See "Joan A. Stanton, Radio Voice of Lois Lane, Dies at 94," , By BRUCE WEBER, New York Times May 23, 2009 and "1940s Radio Actress Portrayed Lois Lane," By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post Staff Writer, Saturday, May 23, 2009
Monday, April 06, 2009
Frank Springer has died
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Peanuts Animator Obituary
By Matt Schudel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 4, 2008; B07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303840.html
The Peanuts Gang
By Matt Schudel Washington Post's Post Mortem blog September 4, 2008; http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2008/09/the_peanuts_gang.html?sid=ST2008090401641&s_pos=list