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.
In a neighborhood largely berift of new ideas or courage, those creepy. kookie, mysterious and spooky folks from The Addams Family are going to set up house on Times Square, courtesy of Chicago-based production company Elephant Eye Theatrical.
