This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.
part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed
2022 – The Dearly Departed
These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2022.
Anthony F. (Tony) Tallarico
September 20, 1933 – January 6, 2022
comic book artist; book author/illustrator
comic strip: Davy Jones
comic panel: Trivia Treat
Orlando Francis Busino
October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic strip: Oh Gus (Boy’s Life)
comic strip: Gil Thorp
comic strip: Moose Miller
Ronald Joseph Goulart
January 13, 1933 – January 14, 2022
author; comics historian; comic books
comic strip: Star Hawks
Robert David Barbour
March 7, 1951 – January 31, 2022
cartoonist; illustrator
Carolina Cartoons
Asheville Times-Citizen
James Sherman Hill
October 4, 1946 – February 7, 2022
journalist
Washington Post Writers Group managing editor
Melvin James (Mel) Keefer
July 2, 1926 – February 11, 2022
comic books; animation; book illustrator
comic strip: Perry Mason
comic strip: Dragnet
comic strip: Gene Autry
comic strip: Mac Divot
comic strip: Will Barton, M.D.
comic strip: Thorne McBride
comic strip: How to Murder Your Wife
comic strip: Rick O’Shay
Robert Charles (Bob) Southee
April 2, 1930 – February 11, 2022
sports cartoonist
comic panel: Sports Personality
comic panel: Sportraits
William (Bill) Woodman
October 30, 1939 – February 12, 2022
magazine cartoonist
Richard Gordon (Dick) Guindon
December 2, 1935 – February 27, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: Guindon
comic panel: Carp
comic strip: The Carp Chronicles
Stuart Wilk (Stu) Goldman
March 26, 1947 – March 3, 2022
editorial cartoonist (Philadelphia) Jewish Exponent
comic panel: Stu Goldman’s Eavesdroppings
Stanley Frederick (Stan) Mott
February 27, 1933 – March 22, 2022
automobile magazine cartoonist
Anthony Zola (Tony) Saltzman
March 27, 1938 – March 24, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: The Heptiles
James Elliott Bama
April 28, 1926 – April 24, 2022
artist; illustrator
assisted sports cartoonist Bruce Jenkins, Jr.
comic panel: They’ll Do It Every Time (assisted Hatlo)
comic strip: Miss Cairo Jones (assisted Oksner)
Neal Adams
June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022
comic books; illustrator; advertising artist
comic strip: Bat Masterson
comic strip: Ben Casey
comic strip: Chip Martin
comic strip: The Heart of Juliet Jones
comic strip: Peter Scratch
comic strip: Secret Agent Corrigan
comic strip: Rip Kirby
comic strip: On Stage
comic strip: Sally Forth
comic strip: Cannon
comic strip: Big Ben Bolt
comic strip: Buck Rogers
comic strip: Funky Winkerbean
Justin Considine Green
July 25, 1945 – April 23, 2022
underground comix cartoonist
comic strip: Musical Legends (Pulse magazine)
comic strip: Sign Game (Sign of the Times magazine)
William Breckinridge (Bill) Wilson
February 23, 1930 – April 29, 2022
trade paper cartoonist; comic art collector
John Earl Whitaker
August 20, 1928 – May 4, 2022
comic panel: Sam’s Supermarket
Hudson S. (Hud) Armstrong
September 15, 1945 – May 11, 2022
comic strip: Booker D. and the N.G.s
comic strip: Poor Richard’s Journal
Stanley C. (Stan) Gomberg
May 6, 1927 – May 18, 2022
magazine cartoonist
William Nathanial Rupp
December 27, 1945 – May 24, 2022
U. S. Army (ret); TV and radio communications
comic strip: Balls ‘N’ Tees
Ranan Raymonde Lurie
May 26, 1932 – June 9, 2022
editorial cartoonist; political caricaturist
Stuart Scott Carlson
September 1955 – June 10, 2022
political cartoonist
comic strip: Gray Matters
Baxter Black
January 10, 1945 – June 10, 2022
cowboy poet/columnist/author/songwriter
comic strip: Ag Man
Everett Peck
October 9, 1950 – June 14, 2022
magazine illustrator
Rollin William (Speedy) Zawistowski
March 31, 1926 – June 26, 2022
gag writer
Robert C. (Bob) Harvey
June 22, 1937 – July 7, 2022
cartoonist; comics historian
Judith Grace (Judy) Dixon
January 15, 1927 – July 7, 2022
children’s book illustrator; comic books; greeting cards
editorial cartoonist
Ann Elspeth Whitney Cleaves
July 26, 1945 – July 7, 2022
editorial cartoonist
Thomas Joseph (Tom) Kane, Jr.
December 9, 1934 – July 10, 2022
Boston Herald sports cartoonist
James Burnett (Jim) Ivey
April 15, 1925 – July 14, 2022
comics archivist; comics historian
editorial cartoonist
comic panel: Thoughts of Man
Sidney R. (Sid) Jacobson
October 20, 1929 – July 23, 2022
comic books
comic strip: Flash Gordon
comic strip: Richie Rich
Paul Allan Coker, Jr.
March 5, 1929 – July 23, 2022
book illustrator; animation; advertising
magazine cartoonist
MAD
comic strip: Lancelot
comic strip: Horace and Buggy
Randy Hugh Farb
August 27, 1960 – July 24, 2022
librarian
comic strip: 4 Corners
Gretchen deSanzi Grauer Vanderhoof
August 9, 1930 – July 27, 2022
clothing and fabric designer
NEA colorist
Kirk Allan Luerhrs
March 23, 1941 – August 1, 2022
US Navy; advertising artist
comic strip: Pilgrim
Jerry W. Holbert
November 9, 1958 – August 2, 2022
Boston Herald editorial cartoonist
Jean-Jacques Sempe
August 17, 1932 – August 11, 2022
French cartoonist/illustrator
Esquire magazine cartoons
New Yorker cover artist
Edward Bruce Cochran
October 9, 1935 – August 22, 2022
magazine cartoonist
Mary Elizabeth Kincaid
June 4, 1923 – September 14, 2022
comic strip: Contes Francais
Robert David (Dave) Boyd
October 1938 – September 20, 2022
editorial cartoonist
comic strip: Apple Pie
comic strip: Sovereign State of Affairs
Lawrence Mervin (Larry) Terrill
October 1, 1935 – October 8, 2022
display artist
editorial cartoonist
Dennis Julian Renault
August 23, 1936 – October 19, 2022
magazine cartoonist
editorial cartoonist
Pascal Elie
1959 – October 21, 2022
editorial cartoonist
George Booth
June 28, 1926 – November 1, 2022
magazine cartoonist
comic panel: Spot
comic panel: Local Item
Danilo P. (Danny) Bulanadi
February 9, 1946 – November 3, 2022
comic books
comic strip: The Amazing Spider-Man
Roger Mahony
1935 – November 5, 2022
comic strip: The Gambols
comic strip: Andy Capp
Wayland David Moore
September 8, 1935 – November 7, 2022
artist
editorial cartoonist
Gene Basset
July 24, 1927 – November 24, 2022
sports cartoonist
editorial cartoonist
Richard Manley Kemplin
December 11, 1930 – November 25, 2022
editorial cartoonist
Donald A. (Don) Orehek
August 9, 1928 – December 6, 2022
magazine cartoonist
Cracked magazine
comic panel: Laff-A-Day
comic panel: This Funny World
Lee Sharp Lorenz
October 17, 1932 – December 8, 2022
magazine cartoonist
New Yorker cartoon editor
John Cecil Hanks
1940 – December 17, 2022
magazine cartoonist
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