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Dave Arneson: Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons (1947 – 2009)

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 [...]

Michael Turner: Creator of Witchblade/Fathom/Soulfire (1971 – 2008)

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 [...]

Gary Gygax: Father of RPGs (1938 – 2008)

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: 1911.03/24 – 2006.12/18

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 [...]