tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post7359671947849675337..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: Dick Hodgins, Jr. 1931 - 2016Mike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-6222222148671398842016-04-18T01:29:39.841-04:002016-04-18T01:29:39.841-04:00I had just spoke to him shortly before he died. I ...I had just spoke to him shortly before he died. I am so very sad, and shocked.<br />Dick and I had been been phone friends for the past 2 plus years. I had 1/3<br />of the Original comic Strip, "Half Hitch" from a friend of mine who had control <br />of it while he served in the Navy. My friend gave me what he had left of the Original, and<br />I sold the 400 strips to The Toonseum back in 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA.<br />They plan on either this Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 of displaying it.<br />I was just surfing the web a moment ago when I saw his obituary. I had<br />planned on calling him again this month, and now I am too late!!! I will be<br />calling his son, Richard (who had spoken to on the phone more than once) on <br />Monday, April 18th, 2016 to tell him how very sorry I am for his loss.<br />I will also be calling my other Cartoonist Friend Ron Ferdinand (who draws <br />Dennis the Menace) and talking to him briefly about Dick! What a Tragedy! <br />I am so glad to have known him! I have a drawing he did for me back in 2014<br />of Hagar the Horrible. He had written down 20014 for the Year. He laughed<br />when I told him of this error....I told him, "Well, Dick, you simply made it <br />more valuable now...it's one of a kind Art Work!" We both had a good chuckle about it...<br />He was a great guy, and a terrific Artist!!! May Dick Rest in Peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com