Cartoonist Doug Marlette Dies In Crash

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette, creator of the newspaper strip Kudzu, was killed in a car accident this morning in Mississippi.

According to the Associated Press, Marlette was a passenger in a car that struck a tree after skidding on a wet road. The car hydroplaned and struck the tree, killing the cartoonist. Marlette was working in Oxford, Mississippi, with a high school theatrical group that was mounting a musical version of Kudzu.