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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCartoonist Gahan Wilson Dead.
Macabre, bizarre cartoonist Gahan Wilson dead at 89. Born in Evanston, Il. You may remember his eerie cartoons from the National Lampoon, Playboy or any number of other publications.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/arts/gahan-wilson-dead.html
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Cartoonist Gahan Wilson Dead. (Original Post)
Gidney N Cloyd
Nov 2019
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dhol82
(9,353 posts)1. Ah, sad. Always liked his bent mind.
Karadeniz
(22,516 posts)2. Good work...will be missed!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)3. That's too bad! I always loved his cartoons.
So weird and creative. RIP.
2naSalit
(86,610 posts)4. A long time favorite...
RIP.
The one that made me remember him forever...
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,835 posts)5. :-)
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)6. Loved him.
His cartoons never showed anything terrible... just implied something terrible was going to happen.
My favorite: guy at home on the phone with his girlfriend. There are saws, knives, and drills all laid out carefully on a table, and an open trunk in the corner. Caption: "Gee, Marsha, I'm really disappointed you can't make it tonight."
-- Mal
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)7. i can relate to his sense of humor:
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,446 posts)8. From Mark's Very Large National Lampoon Site:
Gahan Wilson, R.I.P.
by Mark | Posted on November 22, 2019 | 1 Comment
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who was a frequent contributor to National Lampoon, passed away yesterday at the age of 89. The announcement appeared this morning on the fundraising site set up by his stepson Paul Winters to help pay for his memory care.
Update: Gahans New York Times obituary.
by Mark | Posted on November 22, 2019 | 1 Comment
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who was a frequent contributor to National Lampoon, passed away yesterday at the age of 89. The announcement appeared this morning on the fundraising site set up by his stepson Paul Winters to help pay for his memory care.
Update: Gahans New York Times obituary.
Gahan Wilson, Vividly Macabre Cartoonist, Dies at 89
His work seen in National Lampoon, Playboy, The New Yorker and other magazines was full of visual surprises and black humor.
By Neil Genzlinger
Nov. 22, 2019
Gahan Wilson, whose outlandish, often ghoulish cartoons added a bizarrely humorous touch to Playboy, The New Yorker, National Lampoon and other publications in the era when magazines propelled the cultural conversation, died on Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 89.
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His work seen in National Lampoon, Playboy, The New Yorker and other magazines was full of visual surprises and black humor.
By Neil Genzlinger
Nov. 22, 2019
Gahan Wilson, whose outlandish, often ghoulish cartoons added a bizarrely humorous touch to Playboy, The New Yorker, National Lampoon and other publications in the era when magazines propelled the cultural conversation, died on Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 89.
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