Michael Sangiacomo of the The Plain Dealer: Roger Bollen, writer and illustrator of the “Animal Crackers” syndicated comic strip, artist of dozens of children’s books and producer of television shows, died Saturday at Hillcrest Hospital. He was 74. Bollen, who lived in Chagrin Falls, was a prolific creator who started out in newspaper comics strips […]
Maybe the only good thing about grieving over a beloved celebrity is Matt Bors mocking other editorial cartoonists’ obit cartoons. Click the image above to see the full comic.
Giving evidence that bad news comes in threes: Joe Simon, who co-created Captain America with Jack Kirby, has passed away at age 98. From AP News: For Timely, the duo created Captain America, debuting on the cover of “Captain America Comics” No. 1 with the champion of liberty throwing a solid right-hook at Adolf Hitler […]
Kevin McVey, co-founder of the New Jersey chapter of National Cartoonists Society, passed away last week at the age of 83. His career was one of an editorial cartoonist, courtroom artist, theatrical caricaturist and single panel cartoonist. Fellow New Jersey cartoonist Tom Stemmle writes about his friend: In the mid-sixties, McVey and Evers began gathering […]