Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Jim Unger 1937-2012



Jim Unger, creator of the long running newspaper panel HERMAN, died in his sleep on May 29, 2012, after a long illness in Saanich, British Columbia. He was 75.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. In lieu of flowers and cards, Unger¹s family has asked for donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Cartoonist Adrian Raeside said of his friend:

"If, like me, you're feeling down about Jim Unger's passing, go pick up a Herman book. I guarantee you'll start giggling at the first cartoon. I think that's how Jim would want to be remembered."

Ottawa Citizen obituary by Clare Clancy here.

Bado has a remembrance at his blog.


4 comments:

  1. Oh no! I'm very sad to read this. I liked Unger's style and sense of humor. He'll be missed.

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  2. Anonymous6:10 PM

    You wrote "3012" - I think that would’ve made him smile.

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  3. Yes, I did originally write that Mr. Unger died in "3012." I have corrected it. I hope you are correct that somewhere Mr. Unger is OK with my stupid typo. Mea culpa!

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  4. I'm reminded of this Herman here:
    http://archive.hermancomics.com/cgi-bin/store/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=2005/02&image=HM021305.jpg&img=0&search=All&cat=all&tt=&bool=and&val=same%20age&tfile=tn_HM021305.jpg&numtolist=10&sortfiles=2

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