Terrible way to go.
In a 2003 Columbia Journalism Review article, he described how he slyly explained to angry callers that he couldn't be "a tool of Satan," as accused, because the newspaper's personnel office strictly prohibited hiring such people.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:19 (eighteen years ago)
My parents got me a copy of In Your Face when I was in school. I'd never heard of the guy, but it totally got me interested in political cartoons. RIP
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 04:36 (eighteen years ago)
I had a few books of his cartoons sitting alongside my Doonesbury collection, when I was a youth. He did have some fine moments.
― libcrypt, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 04:53 (eighteen years ago)
I read Kudzu growing up. Sorry to hear about this.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 12 July 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)
Fuck, man. That's dying pretty young for a cartoonist. RIP.
― Jon Lewis, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:00 (eighteen years ago)
Josh of the Comics Curmudgeon had a pretty honest but nice tribute to him here.
― Abbott, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:11 (eighteen years ago)
I never read Kudzu, and I don't know that I could identify one of his political cartoons from drawing style, but this is ABSOLUTELY MINDBLOWING:
One piece that still makes Peters marvel was one that ran years ago, a few days before Easter -- it was a silhouette of Jesus walking up Calvary, carrying an electric chair, instead of a cross.
― Abbott, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:13 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah. I don't pay as much attention to either strips or editorial cartoons as I used to, but he'll be missed.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 12 July 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)