Lew Sayre Schwartz, one of the lesser known Bob Kane ghosts on Batman, died on June 7 at age 84 after a fall according to his son, Andrew. Schwartz began working for Kane as a ghost in 1948 and remained the principal artist under Kane’s name on the Batman features in Batman and Detective Comics…
Take the time to remember those who were here and are no longer. We still miss you.
Noted illustrator and sometime comics artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones died yesterday of complications from emphysema. In comics, her work appeared in Heavy Metal, the various Warren magazines, Epic Illustrated, and many, many others. Committing herself to illustration in general and expressionism in specific, she was a member of the legendary Studio along with Michael Kaluta,…
ALL PULP NEWSSTAND BULLDOG EDITION 4/20/11 DOCTOR WHO LEGEND PASSES! Reposted from http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011 Tuesday, April 19, 2011 – Posted by Chuck Foster It is with great sadness that we report the death of the actress Elisabeth Sladen – forever known to us as the Doctor’s best friend, Sarah Jane Smith. Born in…
We’ve found more things to point to in the wake of the passing of Dwayne McDuffie. First, we have the artwork above by James Mason on Dwayne’s passing. And Michael Davis, Dwayne’s co-founder of Milestone Media, presents what may be the last photo of the Milestone creative founders from the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. From…
Indians mourned Saturday the death of Anant Pai, known as the father of the nation’s comic book industry, whose vibrant adaptations of Hindu mythology educated and amused young people for years. Pai, credited with launching a series of comics to narrate Indian epics and folk tales, died of a heart attack at the age of…
You may have heard that actor and author Nicholas Courtney died this past Monday. I’d like to add a personal note. First, some background. Nicholas Courtney was best known for playing the part of Brigadier General Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart on the Doctor Who teevee series, as well as many of the original full-cast audio adventures and,…
From all corners of the comics internet, the only word to describe the reaction to Dwayne McDuffie’s death has been shock… although dammit is running a very close second. His passing has become a trending topic on Twitter, which only partially shows how far his influence really was. Andrew Pepoy sent the image above, which…
Noted comics and animation writer Dwayne McDuffie died Monday evening, reportedly from complications due to a surgical procedure. Dwayne joined the comics industry in the 80s working for Marvel Comics editorial and special projects. He quickly made his name as a writer creating series such as Damage Control, helping to redefine Deathlok for the nineties,…
Joanne Siegel, the widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and model for the original likeness of Lois Lane and the person who inspired Lois’s middle name, has passed away at 93. Word hit the comics community yesterday through a Tweet from Brad Meltzer and was later confirmed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.CBR quoted Meltzer: “I…
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Joe Gores, former Private Investigator turned mystery writer and noted expert on the works of Dashiell Hammett, passed away on 1/12/11. Gores, a 3-time Edgar Award winner and past president of the Mystery Writers of America, was the author and creator of a hard-boiled mystery series set in San Francisco, the Daniel Kearny & Associates…
INSPIRATION FOR AND ACTRESS THAT PLAYED MARGO LANE PASSES Reposted from The New York Times article by Bruce Weber Margot Stevenson, a stage actress for more than six decades who appeared on Broadway in Kaufman and Hart’s “You Can’t Take It With You” in the 1930s and opposite Orson Welles in the radio series “The…
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