William "Bill" Crouch 1945-2011

I just received word that Bill Crouch died on February 21, 2011. He was 66 years old and had been in a coma for three weeks. The cause was r...

Joanne Siegel 1917-2011

Above: photo of Joanne Siegel and Joe Shuster's drawing of Lois Lane. “Joe might have taken a few liberties,” comments Ms. Siegel's ...

“Seinfeld” Actor Bill Erwin Dies

I knew this fellow was a character actor, but I did not know that Bill Erwin was also a cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker and...

GAG RECAP Editor Bill Keough RIP

Veteran newsman William T. Keough passed away at the age of 74 on Friday, December 17, 2010. The cause was complications of melanoma. He liv...

Leo Cullum Dies at 68

Leo Cullum , a gag cartoonist for The New Yorker , has died at the age of 68. The cause was cancer. Although I never met Mr. Cullum , I alwa...

Conrad Obit: Not the Whole Story

In Conrad Obit: Not the Whole Story , LA Times columnist Bill Boyarsky writes about " the unforgivable way he [Paul Conrad] had been tr...

Paul Conrad 1924-2010

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad died today at his home in Rancho Palos Verde, California. According to hi...

John Callahan Dead at 59

John Callahan died due to complications with his paralysis on July 24, 2010 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, OR. He was 59. M...

Harvey Pekar 1939-2010

Above: the many heads of Harvey, commissioned by Smith Magazine in honor of the man's 70th birthday. "I can't draw but I write...

Al Williamson 1931-2010

Comics artist Al Williamson passed away on June 12, 2010. He is best known for his work on FLASH GORDON and the STAR WARS comic strip. A jou...

Tony DiPreta Dies at 88

Above photo from the Connecticut Times : "Tony DiPreta works on his comic strips in a makeshift art studio (formerly a chicken coop)...

Michael Maslin on Bernie Schoenbaum

New Yorker cartoonist Michael Maslin writes a remembrance of fellow cartoonist Bernie Schoenbaum "There was a like-ability to Bernie...

Bernard Schoenbaum NY Times Obituary

The New York Times has an obituary for New Yorker cartoonist Bernie Schoenbaum . He died May 7, 2010 at the age of 89 in his home in Whit...

Bernard Schoenbaum RIP - Updated

New Yorker cartoonist Bernard Schoenbaum died on May 7, 2010. There are few details, but there is some more information at Michael Maslin...

Frank Frazetta 1928-2010

One of the giants ... The cause of death was a stroke. More here .

David Levine 1926-2009

You could spend today reading about David Levine, who passed away on the last Thursday of 2009 of prostate cancer. Levine was one of the las...

Ernie Colon Remembers George Tuska

Tom Spurgeon post this remembrance of George Tuska by comics artist Ernie Colon . I've read it a couple of times now. Sad and touching. ...