R.I.P. George Kashdan

[Sir Tim Drake]

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_06_08.html#011611

Mark Evanier reports that the editor and writer George Kashdan died on Saturday. He was a significant figure at DC from the '40s to the '60s, and after that he wrote a number of stories for Gold Key and Western. With his passing, we lose yet another link to our past.

As far as I know, he and I are not related.

May he rest in peace.

[Lone Ranger]

Sad news, indeed.

I have enjoyed countless stories either edited or written by Mr. Kashdan. I have a real soft spot in my heart for his Gold Key books like Grimm's Ghost Stories.

Thanks for sharing Aaron - and thanks to ME for another of his wonderful obits. He does such a great job at paying tribute to comic creators who have passed on.

[Glen Cadigan]

I spent a lot of time trying to find George Kashdan while I was working on the Titans Companion, all of it spent in vain. I even had people tell me that he was dead when I knew it wasn't so. Unfortunately, now they're right. Fortunately, other comic book historians were able to find him and interview him about his career, and his memory was apparently great. I remember wondering if he would be lucid if I did find him, so I'm glad to hear that he was and that valuable information was attained for posterity. Still, from a purely selfish angle, I wish that I could have been the one to conduct those interviews! I was a year late on Bob Haney and missed speaking with the only other person who was right there when the Teen Titans was created. Hope that all of the necessary Titans/Donna Troy questions were asked, and join with others in honoring his memory.

[gentlesatirist]

...several scripts for the DC Filmation cartoons that ran on Saturday mornings in the late 60s. These played a big role in public perception of the characters and kept them in view until Super Friends came along in the mid-70s.


- FE
Wickliffe OH