COMICS 2007

1/1 Tiberio Colantuoni, 71

- Italian comic book artist
- Creator of Bongo

1/8 Drew Posada, 37

- comic book colorist and pin-up artist
1/8 Iwao Takamoto, 81
- animator & character designer for Disney and Hanna-
Barbera
- designer of Scooby-Doo, Astro (“Jetsons”), Lady (‘Lady
& the Tramp’) and others
- Director: ‘Charlotte’s Web’; Producer on numerous H-B
series
1/10 Harry Horse, 46
- British children’s book illustrator and political cartoonist

1/21 Vic Kasinja, 49, malaria

- Malawi cartoonist; creator of the features ‘Joza’ and
‘Taxina’
2/9 Joe Edwards, 85
- MLJ/Archie artist from 1942-87; drew funny animal
strips as well as the Archie gang
- Drew 4 stories in Archie Comics #1
- Creator/writer/artist of Li’l Jinx
2/18 Bob Oksner, 90
- comic book artist from the early 40s to the late 80s
- worked primarily for DC on humor titles and great-
looking women
- comic strips – ‘Miss Cairo Jones’ (1945-47), ‘I Love
Lucy’ (1952-55), ‘Soozie’ (1967-68); co-plotted ‘Dondi’
(1969-86)
- co-created ‘Angel & the Ape’
2/22 Irwin Caplan, 87
- Cartoonist – Saturday Evening Post and Collier’s
- NCS Award for Advertising and Illustration, 1972
3/3 Osvaldo Cavandoli, 87
- Italian cartoonist and animator; best-known for his
character created from one line (La Linea)

3/5 Yvan Delporte, 78

- Cartoonist; editor-in-chief of Spirou, 1955-68
3/12 Arnold Drake, 83
- comic book writer; co-creator of Deadman, Doom Patrol
and ‘Stanley and his Monster’ for DC
- long runs on ‘Bob Hope’ and ‘Jerry Lewis’ comics,
teamed with Bob Oksner (see above)
- wrote what some are calling the first “graphic novel”, ‘It
Rhymes with Lust’
3/15 Jay Kennedy, 50, drowning
 - Editor in Chief of King Features Syndicate, 1997-07
- Introduced ‘Mutts’ and ‘Zits’, as well as revived ‘Prince
Valiant’
- Cartoon editor of Esquire, 1983-88
- Editor, the Underground Comix Guide

3/21 Drew Hayes, 37, heart attack

- Comic book writer/artist; creator of ‘Poison Elves’,
which ran from 1991-2004
3/25 Marshall Rogers, 57
- comic book artist best-known for his work on ‘Detective
Comics’ and ‘Mister Miracle’
4/30 Franco Cosimo Panini, 76
- co-founder of Panini, an Italian publisher of comics,
stickers and trading cards

4/7 Johnny Hart, 77

- comic strip artist/writer; creator of ‘B.C.’ [1958-2007]
and co-creator of ‘The Wizard of Id’ [1964-2007]
 - recipient of the Reuben, the Segar Award and the
Yellow Kid Award

4/12 Pierre Probst, 93

- French children’s book illustrator/author

4/15 Brant Parker, 86

- artist and co-creator of ‘Wizard of Id’ [1964-2007]
 - co-creator of “Out of Bounds” and “Crock”
- winner of the Reuben

4/21 Art Saaf, 85

- comic book artist, working primarily for Fiction House in
the 1940s (Jumbo, Ranger), as well as Better (Thrilling,
Startling)
- left comics in 1954 but returned in ’67 to work for Dell
and Gold Key; worked steadily for DC in the ‘70s on
romance and ghost features, as well as a 5-issue stint
on ‘Our Fighting Forces’
5/1 Tom Artis, complications from diabetes
- comic book artist, working primarily for DC in the late
‘80s/early ‘90s on the Spectre, Sensational She-Hulk,
and his co-creation, Tailgunner Jo
5/15 Angus McBride, 76
- Scottish historical and fantasy illustrator
6/7 Roger Armstrong, 89
- comic book artist: ‘Looney Tunes’, Disney & Walter
Lantz comics for Western;
- comic strips: Disney’s ‘Scamp’, 1978-88

6/20 J.B. Handelsman, 85

- cartoonist for Punch, Playboy and the New Yorker
6/28 Howie Schneider, 77
- creator of the ‘Eek & Meek’ comic strip, which ran 1965-
2000, and other shorter-lived strips
7/2 Buck Brown, 71
- cartoonist who contributed over 600 cartoons to
Playboy, most of them featuring his ‘Granny’ character
7/10 Doug Marlette, 57, car accident
- editorial cartoonist from 1969 until his death, and
winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in that field
- creator of the comic strip ‘Kudzu’, syndicated since
1981
7/17 Cheng Shifa, 86
- Chinese cartoonist/illustrator

8/12 Mike Wieringo, 44

- comic book artist – ‘The Flash’, ‘Robin’ and ‘Adventures
of Superman’ for DC; various Spider-Man titles for
Marvel
- co-creator of his own fantasy series ‘Tellos’
8/? Phil Gascoine, 72
- British comic book and strip artist who became
professional at age 17
- Late ‘80s/early ‘90s work for Marvel (Marvel UK, Epic)
and DC (Unknown Soldier)
8/26 Larry Woromay, 80
- comic book artist who worked for Atlas in the early ‘50s
and Charlton in the late ‘60s

9/12 Phil Frank, 64, brain tumor

- comic strip artist – ‘Farley’ for the San Francisco
Chronicle [1975-2007] and the syndicated ‘Elderberries’
[2004-2007]
- Frank died three days after announcing his retirement
9/16 Robert Jordan, 58, rare blood disorder
- fantasy author whose ‘Wheel of Time: New Spring’
novel was partially adapted into comic book form by
Chuck Dixon

9/25 Richard Goldwater,70

- President, co-publisher and son of co-founder of Archie
Comics
11/6 Paul Norris, 93
- Artist; co-creator of Aquaman
- artist for Western from late ‘40s through ‘70s
- Comic strip artist, filling-in on ‘Flash Gordon’ and
‘Secret Agent X-9’ and later drawing ‘Jungle Jim’
Sundays (1948-52) and ‘Brick Bradford’ (1952-87)
- Native of Greenville, Ohio
12/7 Al Scarduto, 79
- comic strip/book artist; assisted on ‘Little Iodine’, 1946-
62
- stunning longevity on the daily feature, ‘They’ll Do It
Every Time’, from assistant in 1946, to artist, to taking
over the strip in 1989
12/9 Wayne Howard, 59
- comic book artist, primarily for Charlton
- assistant to Wally Wood, 1968-69