at age 81. June 27: Owen McCarron, Canadian comics artist (Binkly and Doinke, worked for Marvel Comics), dies at age 70. July July 1: Manuel Cuyás, Spanish comics artist (Cristina y sus Amigas), dies at age 83. July 7: Paul Deliège, Belgian comics writer (Sam et l'Ours, Pétit-Cactus, Youk et Yak, Sibylline, Bonaventure, L'Envahisseur) and artist (Bobo, Les Krostons, Le Trou du Souffleur), dies at the age of 74. Rudy van Giffen, Indonesian-Dutch comics artist (Vliegtuig Vermist), dies at age 74. July 9: Ann Brewster, American comics artist and illustrator (worked on Sheena, Queen of the Jungle), dies at age 86. July 19: Jim Aparo, American comics artist (DC Comics), dies at age 72. July 22: Jerry Marcus, American comics artist (Trudy), dies at age 81. Hinako Sugiura, Japanese comics/manga artist, dies at age 46 from throat cancer. July 27: Marten Toonder, Dutch comics writer, artist (Tom Poes, Panda, Kappie, Koning Hollewijn), publisher and animator, dies at age 93. August August 1: Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator, dies at age 97. August 10: Mar Amongo, Filipino comics artist (DC Comics), dies at age 68. September September 13: Raymond Chiavarino, a.k.a. Maric, French comics artist and writer (wrote, among others for Les Pieds Nickelés, Valentin and Bibi Fricotin), dies at the age of 78. September 16: F. K. Waechter, German cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 67. September 21: Mort Leav, American comics artist (co-creator of The Heap), dies at age 89. September 26: Mickey Siporin, American cartoonist, dies at age 65. Specific date unknown: Horn, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (Jim et sa Bande, Le Week-end Sportif), died at age 95. October October 8: Fernando Bonini, aka Sil, Brazilian comics artist (worked for Vecchi, Disney comics and Heavy Metal Comics), dies at age 50. October 17: Tom Gill, American comics artist (continued The Lone Ranger), dies at age 92. October 24: Bill Fraccio, American comics artist (Charlton Comics), dies at age 85. October 26: Michael Kilian, American journalist, author and comics writer (continued Dick Tracy), dies at age 66. November November 7: Harry Thompson, British comedy writer, radio and TV producer, novelist and biographer (author of Tintin: Hergé and his Creation), dies at age 45 from cancer. November 11: Lucho Olivera, Argentine comics artist (Nippur de Lagash), dies at age 63. November 20: Lou Myers, American cartoonist (worked for The New Yorker), dies at