David Lance Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), passed away last April 7, 2009.
Dave’s family sent an email to Grognardia (excerpt below, click the link for the complete email) :
Shortly after 11pm on Tuesday, April 7th, Dave Arneson passed away. He was comfortable and with family at the time and his passing was peaceful.
The [...]
Comic book artist/writer/creator/publisher Michael Turner passed away last Friday June 27th, 10:42 Pacific Daylight Time, at the Santa Monica Hospital in California due to complications from his long battle with bone cancer. He co-created Witchblade and was the creator of Fathom and Soulfire.
Personally, Micheal Turner had one of the most recognizable comic artistic styles, one [...]
Ernest Gary Gygax , co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), passed away last March 4, 2008 at his home in Wisconsin.
I never really got to play the old vanilla D&D that was published under Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. or TSR (the religious zealots insited TSR was an acronym for “To Satan’s Realm”). I did get [...]
Joseph Barbera, co-founder of the Hanna-Barbera animation production company, died last 2006.12/18 from natural causes at the age of 95.
Hanna-Barbera gives fond memories of Saturday morning cartoons I watched when I was a kid. I grew up watching Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, The Flinstones, Super Friends, and many other animated products they produced, as I’m sure [...]