“Crock” cartoonist Bill Rechin passes at age 80
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Bill Rechin, creator of “Crock,” “Out of Bounds” and “Pluribus,” has passed away at the age of 80 due to complications to esophageal cancer.
“He was a cartoonist’s cartoonist,” said Mel Lazarus, creator of “Momma” and “Miss Peach.”
Rechin’s signature is the giant nose. His unmistakable characters usually have sloping shoulders and drooping bellies.
His comic Crock was syndicated by King Features and was a parody of the 1924 adventure novel “Beau Geste” featuring a band of foreign legion characters stationed in a desert outpost. He was honored with the National Cartoonists Society’s Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award in 1992 for his work on Out of Bounds. He was also president of the NCS for part of 1988.
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