Elmer Sprunger, Bigfork Eagle Cartoonist Dies at Age 87
Elmer Sprunger, who has created cartoons for more than 20 years for the Bigfork Eagle (MT) has passed away at…
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Bill Kitchen dies at age 78
Bill Kitchen, the former Miami Herald cartoonist, has died at the age of 78 of pancreatic cancer. Bill began working…
Doug Marlette Dead After Mississippi Car Accident
Several Daily Cartoonists have emailed me with some devastating news that Doug Marlette died this morning in a Mississippi car…
Howie Schneider passes away at age 77
From United Media comes word that Howie Schneider, creator of Eek and Meek and The Sunshine Club has passed away…
Jim Babcock Passes at Age 87
From the Comics Reporter comes news that Jim Babcock who was an illustrator and sports cartoonist for the Sacramento Bee…
J. B. Handelsman passes at age 85
New Yorker cartoonist J.B. Handelsman has passed away at the age of 85. According to his obituary in the New…
Roger Armstrong passes at 89 (UPDATED)
I received an e-mail noting I haven’t posted anything about the recent passing of Roger Armstrong, who was a career…
Roger Armstrong passes away at age 89
From the Comics Journal comes news that Roger Armstrong has passed away at the age of 89 last Thursday. Roger…
Notes from the Jay Kennedy Memorial
If you haven’t visited Mike Lynch’s blog and read is write up regarding the recent Jay Kennedy Memorial, I suggest…
Johnny Hart passes away from stroke at age 76 (UPDATED, again)
Johnny Hart, age 76, has died Saturday from a stroke at his drawing board in Nineveh, NY. Johnny is the…
Marshall Rogers passes at age 57
The LA Times is reporting that Marshall Rogers, best know of his work on the Batman comic book, passed away…
Cartoonists react to Jay Kennedy’s passing
As news of Jay Kennedy’s passing spread through out the weekend, cartoonists from all stripes are passing on their condolences…
King Feature Editor-in-Chief Jay Kennedy perishes in drowning accident (updated)
NCS president Rick Stomoski has informed me that King Feature Syndicate Editor-in-Chief Jay Kennedy has passed away yesterday in a…
Irwin “Cap” Caplan dies at age 88
Irwin “Cap” Caplan, who drew two nationally syndicated cartoons, Famous Last Words and 48 States of Mind in the 1960s…
Bob Oksner passes away at age 90
Bob Oksner, who created the comic strip Miss Cairo Jones in 1945 and a couple other minor strips (I Love…