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This week we have a complete GHOST GALLERY comic story from Fiction House's Jumbo Comics # 114 with art by the great JACK KAMEN

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Also this week we have a Gallery of Jack Burnley Comic Covers in memory of the great golden age comic artist who passed away last month

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Dave Stevens 1955-2008

Dave Stevens, one of the icons of contemporary comics died at the age of 52 from complications due to leukemia.

From his creation of the Rocketeer, to his giving resurgence to 1950's pin-up icon Betty Page, Dave's artistic talent thrilled many of us. He was also one o fthe nicest people I ever met. He will be missed by many.

More Information will be posted here this week. You can visit Dave's webpage at http://www.davestevens.com/.

Johnny Hart, artist-creator of B.C.

Johnny Hart, creator of the famously popular comic strip B.C. passed away suddenly Sunday April 8th. According to his wife Bobby, Johnny Hart had a stroke & died at his drawing table.

He started B.C. in 1958 with a cast of cavemen with a style slightly reminiscent of Jack Davis. The comedic strip was an immediate hit & eventually was read by over 100 million readers weekly in 1300 newspapers.

Johnny Hart was 76 years old,

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Marshall Rogers

Marshall Rogers, long time comic artist, most notable on Batman has died at age 57

Jay Kennedy, Editor in Chief of King Features Syndicate

Jay Kennedy, Editor in Chief for King Faetures Syndicate died in a swimming accident while on vacation in Costa Rica this past thursday the 15th of March.

Jay was a long time collector and comics historian who was well known to all in the hobby. He had worked as the cartoon editior for Esquire Magazine from 1983-1988 before becoming the Deputy Comics Editor for KFS in 1988. He was promoted to Editor in Chief the following year.

To collectors he was also known as the author of the first popular book & price guide to Underground Comics which was a Herculean task. His book, the Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide is still widely used today as the authoratative encyclopedia of the medium

Jay was also known as one of the nicest guys in the comics hobby. His death is a loss to all of us, he will be sadly missed by all who knew him - including myself. He was 50 years old.

Picture copyright KFS

Arnold Drake, longtime comic author

Longtime comic author Arnold Drake passed away March 12 from a longtime illness. Drake, who began writing comics in the 1940s had worked on almost every character imaginable during his 50+ years in the business.

He scripted stories for Batman, Challengers of the Unknown, House of Mystery, Showcase comics, Jerry Lewis & many more for DC, and then he wrote for Marvel's original Uncanny X-Men series as well. he also created Doom Patrol which was illustrated by Bruno Premiani. He also scripted Little Lulu after creator John Stanley retired.

Arnold had recently made an appearance at the New York Comicon where he fell ill. He was 83 years old.

Bob Oksner, DC Comics Artist

Bob Oksner, longtime comics artist passed away February 18th.

Bob had been illustrating comics since 1943 when he redesigned Marvel Boy for Timely Comics in 1943. He had drawn many different character during the next 43 years as he shuffled from super heroes to humor and back to super heroes.

Among his work were stories for Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewi, Adventures of Jerry Lewis; Adventures of Bob Hope; The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; Sgt. Bilko; Pat Boone; Angel and the Ape;Welcome Back, Kotter; House of Mystery, and Stanley and His Monster. When the DC line of humor comics was axed in the 1970's he went back to heroes and drew Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Shazam (Captain Marvel), Black Orchid, Lois Lane and many others.

Among his awards were the National Cartoonist Society awards for comic books in 1960 & 1961 and in 1970 he won the Shazam Award for his work on DC titles.

Bob Oksner retired from comics in 1986. He was 90 years old.

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