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July 16, 2007
Remembering Doug Marlette
On July 10, cartoonist and writer Doug Marlette was killed in a car accident
in northern Mississippi. He was 57. Although Doug hadn't been a member of the
AAEC since 1982, he remained friends with cartoonists both in and out of the
Association, especially Mike Peters and Tony Auth.
Both Peters and Auth were in Hillsborough, N.C., over the weekend for services
for Marlette, along with cartoonists Bill Schorr, Cullum Rogers, J.P. Trostle
and Dwane Powell. Numerous others posted remembrances, cartoons and condolences
online.
Here is a look at what cartoonists and editors had to say about their colleague:
Cullum Rogers in the alt-weekly The Independent:
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A156891
The editoroial cartooning community's response:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070711_1__bTheT10317
Ed William, Marlette's former editor at the Charlotte Observer:
http://www.charlotte.com/171/story/192520.html
Coverage of Marlette's funeral in the Raleigh N&O:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/637762.html
Links to articles on the death and life of Doug Marlette:
Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070710_1__MEMPH35828&breadcrumb=Breaking%20News
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071001898.html
The Comics Reporter
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/doug_marlette_1949_2007/
Editor and Publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003609461
News & Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/632517.html
The Clarion-Ledger, which first broke the story of the untimely death
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/NEWS/70710020