comics artist, dies at age 37. May 12: Syd Hoff, American cartoonist and comics artist (Tuffy, Laugh It Off), dies at age 91. May 15: Jack Bradbury, American comics artist (Disney comics, Looney Tunes comics, Walter Lantz comics), passes away at age 89. Gill Fox, American comics artist (Side Glances, Wilbert, Bumper to Bumper, Jeanie, Joe Magarar, worked on Hi & Lois), passes away at age 88. May 16: Remus Dimitrie Sbiera, aka Sool Sbiera, Romanian comics artist (Les Braconniers), dies at age 67. June June 6: Kate Worley, American comics writer (Omaha the Cat Dancer), dies of cancer at age 46. June 7: Karel Biddeloo, Belgian comics artist (continued De Rode Ridder), passes away from cancer at age 60. June 17: Todor Dinov, Bulgarian animator and comics artist (Malkoto Anche), dies at age 84. June 24: Heinz Rammelt, German comics artist (Der Insel der Ferianer, Chi-Chi), passes away at age 92. July July 2: John Cullen Murphy, American comics artist (Big Ben Bolt, worked on Prince Valiant), dies at age 85. July 8: Chlodwig Poth, German comics artist (Amadeus Knüll), dies at age 74. July 25: Joe Buresch, American comics artist (Dinah Mite), dies at age 87. July 26: Oğuz Aral, Turkish comics artist (Hafiyesi Mahmut, Hayk Mammer, Utanmaz Adam, Avanak Avni), dies at age 68. July 28: Eugenio Zoppi, Argentine comics artist (Alain y Crazy, Misterix), dies at age 81. Specific date in July unknown: Mario Capaldi, British comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 69. August August 2: François Craenhals, Belgian comics artist (Pom et Teddy, Primus et Musette, Les 4 As, Le Chevalier Ardent), passes away at age 77. August 11: George Breisacher, American comics artist (Knobs, continued Mutt and Jeff), dies at age 64. August 26: Enzo Baldoni, Italian journalist and translator of Doonesbury in the Italian magazine Linus, is kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Iraq at age 55. August 30: Bart Huges, Dutch activist and comics writer (Arnold Slak & de Slow Sisters op weg, Licht uit de put, Een wetenschappelijke sekte...? en Gnōthi seauton/Ken uzelf: erken uw oude engrammen ), passes away at age 70. September September 5: Carlos Leopardi, Argentine comics artist (Atila, worked on Nippur de Lagash), dies at age 57. November November 2: Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director and comics writer (wrote comics in collaboration with Eric Schreurs), is murdered at age 47. November 6: Lars Hillersberg, Swedish