passes away at the age of 81. September September 5: John McLusky, British comics artist (the James Bond comic series for the Daily Express), dies at the age of 83. September 12: Nato, Chilean comics artist (Cachupín, Ponchito, continued Toribio, el Náufrago), dies at age 85. September 14: Myron Fass, American comics publisher, writer and artist (Tales of Terror) dies at age 80. September 18: Johnn Bakker, Dutch comics artist (Blook, Dan Teal, the Suske en Wiske parody De Keizerkraker), passes away at age 59. September 20: Ernie Schroeder, American comics artist (Heap) dies at age 90. September 22: Liao Bing-xiong, Chinese comics artist (Spring and Autumn in Cat Kingdom), dies at age 90 or 91. October October 3: Terry Aspin, British comics artist (made comics for girl comics magazines like Jinty, Bunty, Debbie and Mandy), dies at age 90. October 13: Hilda Terry, American comics artist (Teena), dies at age 92. October 18: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer (Disney comics, Looney Tunes comics, Walter Lantz comics Hanna-Barbera comics), dies at age 90. October 20: Ab'Aigre, aka Pascal Habegger, Swiss illustrator and comics artist (Le Chaman, Nombre, Blues), dies at age 47. October 20: R.K. Sloane, American underground comics artist (Ric Sloane Comics, Rat Fink Comics), passes away at age 56. October 21: Paul Biegel, Dutch novelist, journalist and comics writer (wrote for Kappie), dies at age 81. October 24: Dino Leonetti, Italian comics artist (Maghella), passes away at age 69. November November 10: Jack Williamson, American novelist and comics writer (Beyond Mars), dies at age 98. November 15: René Sterne, Belgian comics artist (Adler), passes away at age 54. November 18: Karel Verleyen, Belgian novelist and comics writer (scripted episodes of De Lustige Kapoentjes and Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke when Jean-Pol drew it ), dies at age 68 from cancer. November 23: Jerry Bails, American comics critic and publisher (Founder of the fanzines Alter Ego, The Comicollector, On the Drawing Board and The Comic Reader. Founder of the Alley Award and indexed several comics and their authors), dies at age 73 of a heart attack. November 25: Luciano Bottaro, Italian comics artist and writer (Pepito, Pon Pon, Baldo, Whisky & Gogo, Gio Polpetta, Maramao, Disney comics), dies at age 75. Gianluca Lerici, aka Professor Bad Trip, Italian comics artist (made a comic book adaptation of Naked Lunch), dies at age 43. November 26: Dave Cockrum,