Let’s take a few moments to celebrate the lives of the members of our art family who left us in 2015. This is, sadly, a rather long list; I’ve included links where I could so that you can learn a bit more about some of these remarkable creatives.
Brad Anderson b 1924 • Cartoonist
Howard Anderson b 1920 • VFX Artist
Murphy Anderson b 1926 • Comic Artist
Steven Archer b 1957 • Stop-Motion Artist
James O. Berry b 1932 • Cartoonist
Gordon Kent b 1954 • Artist/Animator
Stephen “The Pizz” Pizzurro b 1958 • Lowbrow Artist
Peter Pontiac b 1951 • Cartoonist/Underground Comix Artist
James R. Powell b 1972 • Artist
Claire Prebble b 1985 • Artist/Costume Designer
Gerard Quinn b 1927 • Artist
Francis Tsai b 1968 • Artist
Carson Van Osten b 1945 • Artist
Cliff Voorhees b 1930 • Comic Artist/Animator
Don “D.” West b 1945 • Fan Artist
James Zar b 1941 • Painter
Jean “Cabu” Cabut b 1938 • Cartoonist
Stéphane “Charb” Charbonnier b 1967 • Cartoonist
Philippe Honoré b 1941 • Cartoonist
Bernard “Tignous” Verlhac b 1957 • Cartoonist
Georges Wolinski b 1934 • Cartoonist
And finally:
Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad b 1933 • Art & Antiquities scholar
Murdered in Palmyra by ISIS while trying to protect the ancient city’s cultural treasures.
Special thanks to Mike Glyer at File 770 for steering me to images for Don West and to those that have helped so far to correct some of my oversights. Likewise, if anyone knows of an artist that passed away in 2015 that I may have missed, please let me know in the comments section.
Thankyou for this listing.Though it made rather sad reading.I was shocked that Earl Norem has passed away, during the summer and I never heard about it .His paintings were on a lot of the comics I bought as a teen.He really captured the “pulp” action feel of the Conan stories.
Good listing, for the Charlie Hebdo victims, you forgot one more : Georges Wolinski
Thanks very much! I've updated the list to include Mr. Wolinski.
Steve Hanks passed away on April 21, 2015
Thanks! I've added Mr. Hanks to the page.
Dutch underground comic book artist and illustrator Peter Pontiac also died this year: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pontiac1.htm
Danish painter and illustrator Otto Frello (1924-2015)
http://www.ottofrello.dk/malerier.htm
Great to see all these.
A list none of want to make but eventually will. Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad, a double loss of life and culture.
There is another list here with some overlap.
http://makingamark.blogspot.com/2015/12/rip-some-of-artists-who-died-in-2015.html#more
Thanks very much for the link, David!
Thank you!
Thanks, Christoffer!
I didnt realise Peter Pontiac died! I was fortunate to exhibit with him in Amsterdam last year. Sad to see some young artists on that list.
I didnt realise Peter Pontiac died! I was fortunate to exhibit with him in Amsterdam last year. Sad to see some young artists on that list.
Also Adrian Frutiger, typeface designer, born 24 May 1928; died 10 September 2015r…
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/05/adrian-frutiger
So many greats. Thanks to you I learned of several with whose work I was unfamiliar. Thank you!