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COMICS 2009

2/25 John Carbonaro, 58- owner of the rights to the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, 1981

2009

- brought out old and new adventures of the characters, fromblack & white reprints to hardcover color archives

2/26 Rod Gilchrist, 58, brain cancer- executive director of the Cartoon Art Museum in San

Francisco, 1998 2009

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3/16 Jose Pepe Gonzalez, 70

- Vampirella artist

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3/29 Monte Hale, 89

- Western movie star who headlined his own long-runningcomic book, Monte Hale Western, for Fawcett (1948-53)

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4/2 Frank Springer, 69

- uncredited assistant to George Wunder on Terry & thePirates (1953-60)

- artist of the adult-oriented comic The Adventures of PhoebeZeit-Geist (1965-66)

- Other strips: Rex Morgan, M.D. (1979-81) and The Virtue ofVera Valiant (1976-77)

- Prolific comic book freelancer for Dell, DC and Marvel; hiswork includes several issues of Ghost Stories, Toka: theJungle King, Dazzler and Savage She-Hulk

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4/7 Dave Arneson, 61

- Game designer; co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, which set the template for the entire gamingindustry

4/16 Jim Lange, 82

- Editorial cartoonist; 58 years with The Oklahoman

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5/1 Ric Estrada, 81

- DC comic book artist known for his work on their 1970s linesof romance (Girls Love Stories, Young Romance), kung fu

(Richard Dragon, Karate Kid) and war (G.I. Combat, Our

Army at War/Sgt. Rock) titles

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5/21 Joan Alexander, 94

- voice of Lois Lane on the Superman radio show (1941-50),most of the Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons (1941-43)

and various Superman cartoon series (1966-68)

6/9 Dave Simons, 54

- Inker Forgotten Realms (1989-91), Ghost Rider (1982-83)

- Penciler/Inker Savage Sword of Conan (1983-86)

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7/6 Robert L. Short, 77

- Theologian/minister who built a career writing religiousinterpretations of Charles Schulzs Peanuts comic strip

7/21 Heinz Edelmann, 75

- Art director/character designer for Yellow Submarine (1968)

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7/22 John Ryan, 88

- British cartoonist; creator of the Captain Pugwash comicstrip, which was later adapted to books and animation

8/9 Frank Borth, 81

- Artist for Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (1950s-70s)- Writer/artist on There Oughta Be a Law comic strip, 1971-83

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9/17 Bernie Fuchs, 76

- Illustrator for magazines/advertising/books/portraits/postagestamps

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10/15 George Tuska, 93

- Comic book artist; Tuska worked for all the major Golden Agepublishers Fox, Fiction House, Quality, Fawcett, Lev Gleason

including long runs on Crime Does Not Pay, Jungle Comics

- a Marvel Comics mainstay for 30 years (1948-78), includinglog runs on Hero for Hire/Power Man and Iron Man

- worked for both Marvel and DC in the 1970s, but almostexclusively DC for the last eight years of his career

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11/3 Shel Dorf, 76

- Comic strip letterer, Steve Canyon (1975-88)- Editor, Steve Canyon Magazine #1-3 (1983)- Co-founder, San Diego Comic-Con International

photo by Alan Light

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11/21 Ken Krueger, 73- Co-founder and first chairperson of what is now San Diego

Comic-Con International

caricature by Milton Caniff

11/23 Sonny Trinidad

- Artist for Marvel horror titles of the mid-1970s

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12/29 David Levine, 83

- Caricaturist The New York Review of Books, 1963-2007