Raymond's sophistication to react to his disappointment in romance". Harvey also noted that no mention of any alleged affairs appears in Tom Roberts's biography, "probably out of consideration to Raymond's surviving family". Drake has also been quoted as speculating that Raymond "hit the accelerator by mistake". Raymond was buried in St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut. Awards Alex Raymond received a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1949 for his work on Rip Kirby, and he later served as president of the society in 1950 and 1951. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2014. Maurice Horn calls Raymond "one of the most celebrated comic artists of all time as the creator of four outstanding comic features (a feat unequaled to this day)," noting that he "received many distinctions and awards during his lifetime for his work, both as a cartoonist and as a magazine illustrator." Bibliography Raymond's work includes: Tillie the Toiler (assistant, 1930) Tim Tyler's Luck (assistant, 1930–1933) Blondie (assistant, 1930–1933) Flash Gordon (with writer Don Moore, 1934–1943) Secret Agent X-9 (with writer Dashiell Hammett, 1934–1935) Jungle Jim (with writer Don Moore, 1934–1944) Rip Kirby (with writer Ward Greene, 1946–1956; with writer Fred Dickenson, 1956) Collected editions Raymond's work has been collected a number of times. Most recently: Flash Gordon (hardcover, Checker Book Publishing Group): Volume 1 (collects Raymond's earliest Sunday Strips starting from the first, printed on January 7, 1934; 98 pages, October 2003, ) Volume 2 (collects strips from 1935 and 1936; 100 pages, December 2004, ) Volume 3 (collects the pages printed between October 25, 1936, and August 1, 1937; 96 pages, May 2005, ) Volume 4 (collects strips printed between 1938 and 1940; November 2005, ) Volume 5 (collects "The Ice Kingdom of Mongo", "Power Men of Mongo", and "The Fall of Ming"; 1940 to 1941; 80 pages, November 2005, ) Volume 6 (collects the pages printed from August 1941 to May 1943; 100 pages, April 2007, ) Volume 7 (collects the final strips from mid-1943, until the final Raymond issue from February 1945; 100 pages, December 2006, ) Rip Kirby (hardcover, IDW): Volume 1 (collects strips printed between 1946 and 1948; 2009, ) Volume 2 (collects strips printed between 1948 and 1951; March 2010, ) Volume 3 (collects strips printed