Tony Sokol Nov 26, 2019
Legendary cartoonist Gahan Wilson found an antidote for whimsical comic strips in a career that spanned half a century.
Influential cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who's worked darkened Colliers, Playboy, National Lampoon and The New Yorker, died of complications of dementia on Nov. 21 in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the Associated Press. He was 89.
“The world has lost a legend," his stepson Paul Wilson posted on the artist's Facebook page. "One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him. Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative. He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson."
If any cartoonist carried the torch Charles Addams lit, it was Gahan Wilson. Weird was his specialty. He saw...
Legendary cartoonist Gahan Wilson found an antidote for whimsical comic strips in a career that spanned half a century.
Influential cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who's worked darkened Colliers, Playboy, National Lampoon and The New Yorker, died of complications of dementia on Nov. 21 in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the Associated Press. He was 89.
“The world has lost a legend," his stepson Paul Wilson posted on the artist's Facebook page. "One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him. Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative. He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson."
If any cartoonist carried the torch Charles Addams lit, it was Gahan Wilson. Weird was his specialty. He saw...
- 11/26/2019
- Den of Geek
Gahan Wilson, a truly warped individual who channeled his perverse sense of whimsy and the macabre into an award-winning artistic career, died yesterday at the age of 89. His family posts:
The world has lost a legend. One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him.
Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative.
He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson. He leaves behind stepsons, Randy Winters, and Paul Winters, and daughter in law Patrice Winters. Grandchildren, Tiffany Smith, Jessica Winters, Chris Winters, Ashtin Winters, Carlie Winters, Rachel Winters, Kyle Winters, and Jessie Winters, and two great grandchildren, Noah Smith, Jaylie Winters, and Elizabeth Winters.
Born dead in Evanston, Illinois, on February 18, 1930, Wilson’s dark,...
The world has lost a legend. One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him.
Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative.
He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson. He leaves behind stepsons, Randy Winters, and Paul Winters, and daughter in law Patrice Winters. Grandchildren, Tiffany Smith, Jessica Winters, Chris Winters, Ashtin Winters, Carlie Winters, Rachel Winters, Kyle Winters, and Jessie Winters, and two great grandchildren, Noah Smith, Jaylie Winters, and Elizabeth Winters.
Born dead in Evanston, Illinois, on February 18, 1930, Wilson’s dark,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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