Six years ago, Richard Thompson, creator of the Cul de Sac comic strip, died after some years of coping with Parkinson’s Disease. The previous year, Wisconsin political cartoonist Stuart Carlson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Carlson passed away on Friday.
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/06/13/stuart-carlson-rip/
I was somewhat taken aback, seeing that Carlson and I were born only days apart. We even lived near one another, until I was seven. Carlson stayed with, and succeeded at, a career dream that I decided to abandon. The newspaper where he worked for 25 years notes his passing, but doesn’t mention he was forced to accept a “take it or else” buyout in 2008.
The Daily Cartoonist, always available in the Links section, does a good of keeping up with obituaries: https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/06/09/ranan-lurie-rip/
thanks for this piece, i didnt know about this guy, but i was very impressed, w/ the guys skill as a caricaturist. you know lurie died also. i wouldnt object to seeing more -mih & kk.