age 85. July July 2: Víctor de la Fuente, Spanish comics writer and artist (Haxtur), dies at age 83. Antonio Parras, Spanish comic artist (Ian MacDonald, La Lièvre de Mars, Le Méridien des Brumes), dies at age 81. July 12: Harvey Pekar, American comics writer (American Splendor), dies at age 70. July 24: John Callahan, American cartoonist, dies at age 59. August August 6: Ted Rawlings, British comics artist (made comics for DC Thomson), dies at age 79. August 16: Peter Wienk, Dutch comics artist, illustrator and painter (Nikkie, Noddy), dies at age 89. August 24: Satoshi Kon, Japanese manga artist and animator (Opus), dies at age 46 from pancreatic cancer. August 28: Roger Mas, French comics artist (Léo Bète à Part, continued Pif le chien), dies at age 86. September September 10: Paul Conrad, American political cartoonist, dies at age 86. September 19: Stuart Hample, American playwright, children's book author, cartoonist and comics artist (Inside Woody Allen), dies at age 84. September 28: Dani Aguila, Philippine comics artist (Barrio Breeze, The Cock and Bull), dies at age 82. Specific date unknown: Bob Gibson, British caricaturist and comics artist (The text comic adaptation of Magical Mystery Tour), passes away at age 71 or 72. October October 6: Piet Wijn, Dutch comics artist (Frank de Vliegende Hollander, Douwe Dabbert), passes away at age 81. October 9: Jim Seed, American comics artist and illustrator (Dr. Guy Bennett, Jane Arden), passes away at the age of 83. October 24: Mike Esposito, American comics artist (Marvel Comics, DC Comics) dies at age 83. October 25: Buth, Belgian comics artist (Thomas Pips), dies at age 91. October 27: Don Donahue, American comics publisher (Apex Novelties, one of the instigators of the underground comix movement), dies at age 68. November November 6: Peter Vos, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (Sylvester en Sebastiaan, Meneer Miereneter), dies from cancer at age 75. November 7: Max Emanuel Gruder, aka Burschi, Romanian illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 82. November 25: Michel Douay, French comics artist, illustrator and animator (Séraphine, Zoé Enfant). December December 8: Onno Docters van Leeuwen, Dutch graphic designer and illustrator (made designs for the Amsterdam comic shop Lambiek), passes away at age 69. December 12: Marc Henniquiau, Kio, Belgian comics artist (worked on The Adventures of Alix), dies at age 52. Specific date unknown Andre Harvec, French comics artist (Monsieur Bidulet, Mademoiselle Bidulette, Bob Flapi,