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We just lost a comics legend; Gene ‘the Dean’ Colan passes away

Friday, June 24, 2011

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(Doctor Strange and The Thing in this lovely piece by the great Gene Colan, borrowed from Cartoon Flophouse) We’re all deeply saddened to hear that one of the great legends and icons of the comic world, Gene Colan, has passed away at the age of 84. His friend (and I think also his art agent?) [...]

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RIP, Jeffrey Catherine Jones

Thursday, May 19, 2011

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Some sad news just breaking that the wonderful artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones has passed away; there aren’t many details emerging yet as to the cause, but a growing number of sites are reporting it, including Comic Reporter and Michael Netzer (whence comes the short video below) and the artist’s Wiki has just been updated to this [...]

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Carlos Trillo passes away

Monday, May 9, 2011

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Sad news to day via Matteo Stefanelli at FumettoLogic, that the Angoulême and Yellow Kid award-winning Argentinian comics creator Carlos Trillo has passed away in London. He had a long and distinguished career, working with various collaborators over the years, including the likes of Alberto Breccia and Jordi Bernet. I still have a bit of [...]

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“A tear, Sarah Jane?”

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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“A tear, Sarah Jane? No, don’t cry. While there’s life, there’s…” The last words the late, great Jon Pertwee’s third Doctor spoke to Elisabeth Sladen’s Sarah Jane Smith before regenerating. I think a lot of Doctor Who fans of a certain age will recall that scene and understand the sad relevance of it tonight: it’s [...]

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Diana Wynne Jones passes away

Monday, March 28, 2011

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(Diana with adorable kitty, pic borrowed from and (c) her author-approved fan site) I missed hearing about this at the weekend until a friend in my SF book group mentioned it to me – very sad to report that the wonderful fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones has finally succumbed to her long fight against cancer. [...]

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The Brigadier no more: Nicholas Courtney passes away

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Very sad news for all Doctor Who fans today, especially those of us of a certain age who grew up with the original incarnation of the world’s longest running science fiction series – the great Nicholas Courtney, best known for his role as Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart in the show, has passed away at the age [...]

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“Don’t call me Shirely”: Leslie Nielsen, RIP

Monday, November 29, 2010

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Sad to hear of the passing of Leslie Nielsen passing away. Originally a serious actor in dramatic roles he underwent something of a mid-career change after the huge success of the comedy Airplane! and the Police Squad TV spoof series which birthed the Naked Gun movies, all still comedy gold even after endless repeat viewing. [...]

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John Callahan passes away

Monday, July 26, 2010

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It’s being reported that noted cartoonist John Callahan has passed away over the weekend from complications related to his long-time parlaysis.  A quadraplegic since a car accident in 1972 he learned (after quitting the bottle) to draw with a pen clutched between both of his hands. His subject matters were darkly humorous and macabre, often [...]

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More on Harvey

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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(Harvey Pekar reading from the Pekar Project at KingCon) Friend and collaborator of Harvey, Dean Haspiel, points us to the above video and to his thoughts on Harvey in the LA Times: “When I was a teenager, “American Splendor” was the first independently published comic book I ever picked up and Harvey Pekar proved to [...]

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Frank Frazetta, RIP

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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(the one and only Vampirella by Frank Frazetta  for Warren mags in 1968, image borrowed from the American Art Archives) News has been spreading around the web of the passing of the great Frank Frazetta, one of the last of the giants. Born in 1928, Frank was drawing comics from his teens onwards; he created [...]

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Here’s Johnny – Pat Mills remembers his friend, John Hicklenton

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Pat Mills, one of the most respected and influential writers Brit comics has produced remembers and celebrates the life and work of  his friend, the remarkable artist John Hicklenton, who passed away this month aged only 42,  after a long fight against MS. The Megazine will be publishing Pat’s tribute to Johnny in their next [...]

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John Hicklenton passes away

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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I’m terribly sad to hear the news that artist John Hicklenton has passed away. Regular readers will be aware that although still a young man (alas no proof against illness) John was fighting against MS and the prognosis was not good (see here). By all accounts Johnny did not go gentle into that dark night [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Jacques Martin, a personal reflection

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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Last week, Jacques Martin died in his home in Switzerland.  As the creator of Alix and Lefranc he was one of the founding fathers of the Tintin style of Franco-Belgian comics, particularly predominant in the magazine of the same name, and in terms of graphical language and subject matter quite the opposite of the Spirou [...]

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From our continental correspondent: Tibet, creator of Ric Hochet, passes away

Monday, January 4, 2010

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There are nicer ways of starting the new year than by announcing the death of yet another mainstay of European comics.  As the Flemish comic blog Strip Turnhout announced on Sunday, cartoonist Tibet passed away during the night of Saturday, January 2nd, at the age of 78. (Tibet at the 1989 Angouleme Festival, pic borrowed [...]

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Breaking…. Britanny Murphy dead at 32

Sunday, December 20, 2009

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(Left: Murphy and husband Simon Monjack, pic borrowed from BBC. Right: Murphy’s role as Shellie in Miller’s Sin City) Breaking  news: The actress Brittany Murphy died today. She reported suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in Los Angeles. The cause of death remains undisclosed at this time. She was just 32 years old. Her [...]

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