by Arnie Fenner

“Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.”

—from “Paladin of the Lost Hour” by Harlan Ellison

The end of December is the time to remember those members of our community that we said farewell to in 2014.

Dick Ayers/comic artist

b 1924

Jim Bamber/cartoonist
b 1948

Charlie Barsotti/cartoonist
b 1933

Lorenzo Bartoli/comic artist
b 1966

Norman Bridwell/illustrator & writer
b 1928

Jeremy Dale/comic artist
b 1979

Al Feldstein/comic artist & editor
b 1925

Jeffrey K. Fisher/illustrator
b 1955

H.R. Giger/artist & film designer
b 1940

Stan Goldberg/comic artist
b 1932

Anthony Goldschmidt/graphic artist
b 1943

Lowell Hess/illustrator
b ?

Etta Hulme/cartoonist
b 1923

Karen Avery Jones/art director Lightspeed Magazine
b ?

Larry Latham/animator & comic artist
b 1953

Michael Lennick/SPFX artist
b 1952

Dan Lynch/cartoonist
b 1946

Al Pimsler/illustrator
b 1918

Arthur Rankin/animator & director
b 1924

Mark E. Rogers/illustrator & writer
b 1952

Roy Scarfo/space artist
b 1926

Stu Shiffman/fan artist
b 1954

Dick Smith/SPFX artist
b 1922

Bhob Stewart/cartoonist, writer, & educator
b 1937

Hal Sutherland/animator & painter
b 1929

Adam Tan/artist
b 1992

Dave Trampier/illustrator
b 1954

Massimo Vignelli/graphic designer
b 1931

James Arthur “Art” Wood/cartoonist
b 1927

Patrick Woodroffe/illustrator & painter
b 1940

Bunny Yeager/photographer
b 1929

Thanks to each for enriching our lives. May they all rest in peace.