Gahan Wilson, Vividly Macabre Cartoonist, Dies at 89

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Gahan Wilson, whose outlandish, often ghoulish cartoons added a bizarrely humorous touch to Playboy, The New Yorker, National Lampoon and other publications in the era when magazines propelled the cultural conversation, died on Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 89.

His stepson Paul Winters said the cause was complications of dementia, which Mr. Wilson had been dealing with for years.

Mr. Wilson was known for visual surprises and black humor:

A steward tells a couple on a cruise ship, “I’ve passed your complaints along to the captain,” while in the background the captain, a violent-looking pirate, approaches.

A man in a doctor’s office is reading an eye chart that says, in letters of diminishing size, “I am an insane eye doctor and I am going to kill you now”; behind him a crazed doctor prepares to attack him with a knife.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/arts/gahan-wilson-dead.html?utm_source=thisistrue.com

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

I loved his sense of humor.

[jberryhill]

2. He creeped me out, but always in a funny way

I loved his National Lampoon stuff. Never missed his target.

[Grokenstein]

3. Loved his work

ever since I read his strip "Nuts" in National Lampoon. Rest in peace, Gahan.

[tblue37]

4. I love his work. I have a copy of one of his collections, called "I Paint What I See":

[scarletwoman]

5. One of my favorites:

[captain queeg]

6. I remember his stuff was regularly in Playboy back in the old days

I too liked his somewhat dark humor.

[burrowowl]

7. K&R

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. Nuts!

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Seasons Greetings

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. Those were great. Thanks for posting.

[Lithos]

10. Wow

I thought he had already died.

I have always loved his work.