Ron Goulart – RIP
Science fiction and mystery writer and comics historian Ron Goulart has passed away. Ronald Joseph (Ron) Goulart January 13, 1933…
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Orlando Busino – RIP
Cartoonist Orlando Busino has passed away. Orlando Francis Busino October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022 From the obituary: Orlando…
Tony Tallarico – RIP
Cartoonist/illustrator Tony Tallarico has passed away. Anthony F. (Tony) Tallarico September 20, 1933 – January 6, 2022 From the Berndt…
Jayson Martin – RIP
New Hampshire cartoonist Jay Martin has passed away. Jayson J. Martin October 17, 1976 – December 30, 2021 From the…
2021 The Dearly Departed
This is an installment of 2021 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts – – part 2:…
Clyde Wells – RIP
Editorial Cartoonist Clyde Wells has passed away. Clyde Stokes Wells May 18, 1934 – December 27, 2021 The Augusta Chronicle…
Wayne Thiebaud – RIP
Realist-with-a-pop-twist painter Wayne Thiebaud has passed away. Morton Wayne Thiebaud November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021 From Acquavella Galleries:…
Local Writers Remember Cartoonist Don Asmussen
Asmussen’s “Bad Reporter” comic emerged shortly after the Examiner merged with the Chronicle in 2000. Delightfully deranged, Asmussen’s biweekly, syndicated…
Lou Brooks – RIP
Graphic artist and cartoonist Lou Brooks has passed away. Louis (Lou) Brooks September 5, 1944 – November 21, 2021…
Keith J. Taylor – RIP
Chicago cartoonist Keith J. Taylor has passed away. Keith J. Taylor October 21, 1949 – December 16, 2021 From Chicago…
Gérald Forton – RIP
It is being reported that comic artist Gérald Forton has passed away. Gérald Marcel Forton April 10, 1931 – December…
The Life (and Death) of Don Asmussen
The San Francisco Chronicle and Peter Hartlaub remember Don Asmussen. [Don] Asmussen, who drew cartoons and illustrations for The San…
Animation 2021 – In Memoriam
Cartoon Brew remembers those from the animation industry who passed away in 2021. In a year already saturated with tragedy,…
Sharon Smith Kane – RIP
Cartoonist and children’s book author/illustrator Sharon Smith Kane has passed away. Sharon Kane (neé Smith)February 18, 1932 – November 3,…
Don Asmussen Dictates His Own Obituary
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Editor’s note: Longtime Chronicle cartoonist Don Asmussen was never conventional. So it was not entirely…