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In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Colourist Steve Whitaker
British artist and colourist Steve Whitaker is, I am deeply sorry to report, no longer with us.
In Memoriam: Steve Gerber
downtheubes is sorry to report the death of ground-breaking American comic writer Steve Gerber, whose unique vision often confounded the mainstream publishers he worked for. The creator and co-creator of several characters including Howard the Duck and Omega the Unknown… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Marion Van Der Voort
I’m sorry to have to pass on the sad news of the death of Marion Van Der Voort. Marion, with her husband Richard, ran the At The Sign Of The Dragon bookshop in London for many years and regularly took… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Peter Haining
Award-winning journalist and author Peter Haining, perhaps best known for his Doctor Who books, has died suddenly at the age of 67, reportedly of a heart attack. Haining, who lived in Suffolk, wrote a number of books about Doctor Who,… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Reverend Dr Chad Varah OBE, CBE
A tribute to the EAGLE and Girl writer, and founder of The Samaritans
In Memoriam: Manny Curtis, Cartoonist and War Veteran
David Lloyd marks the passing of a groundbreaking comic creator
In Memoriam: Phil Frank
downthetubes is sorry to report the death of San Francisco cartoonist Phil Frank, whose cartoons graced the pages ofthe city’s The Chronicle and other newspapers for more than 30 years. He was 64. Paying tribute to Phil, The Chronicle reports… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Phil Gascoine
I’m very sorry to report that artist Phil Gascoine has died after a short illness. For those of you who knew him the news comes as a terrible shock. He was once chairman of the Society of Strip Illustrators and always… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Angus McBride
I’ve just heard that one of Britain’s best loved and one of the world’s most respected historical illustrators, Angus McBride, died on 15 May 2007 from a heart attack. He was 76. Angus McBride was one of the world’s most… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Brant Parker
God, people will be thinking I’m an incredibly morbid kind of bloke, which isn’t the case at all, but there’s been another death in the comics community. Just days after reporting the death of Italian artist Massimo Belardinelli (2000AD co-0creator… Read More ›
In Memoriam: 2000AD artist Massimo Belardinelli
A 2000AD legend has passed
In Memoriam: Jim Cronin
I was very sorry to hear from my Mum last night that ape rescue campaigner Jim Cronin died this week. Jim was the co-founder of Dorset’s Monkey World with his wife Alison, an internationally renowned ape rescue centre I’ve visited… Read More ›
Falklands 25: Operation Corporate in Comics
25 years ago, Britain was at war over islands in the South Atlantic many Britons had never heard of – and some at the time even thought were part of the Shetlands. Jeremy Briggs examines the comics that featured the… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Joe Gill
(Thanks to Shaqui): Joe Gill is probably not a name most of British comics fans will be familiar with, but Joe Gill was one of the most prolific US comic writers, mainly for Charlton, and contributed strips to their Space:1999… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Bryan Pearce
I was very sorry to hear about the passing of artist Bryan Pearce, who died 11 January. My late father was the vicar of St. Ives Parish Church in the 1970s and I recall meeting Bryan as a child on… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Eagle comic editor Derek Lord
Former comics editor Derek Lord died at 10.10am on Thursday 23rd September 2004, having been rushed into hospital for an emergency operation for a perforated bowel. He was 77 years old. I’d known Derek for about five years – from… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Comic Artist Mario Capaldi
Comics artist Mario Capaldi, one of the unsung stalwarts of British comics, and Marvel UK’s junior titles for many years, has died. Mario drew every type of strip and illustration work imaginable from then on, for a wide range of… Read More ›
downthetubes Archive News – January 2004
GURR ON DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS 13/1/03: British comics creator Simon Gurr is working on a comic strip adaptation of The Day of the Triffids which is being published in the Bristol Evening Post, as part of the city’s second… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Writer Art Wetherell
We’re sorry to report that talented artist and writer Art Wetherell died on Christmas Day 2003, of a perforated stomach ulcer. He had many friends in the UK comic fraternity, and beyond, and will be much missed. Art’s credits include… Read More ›
