# Cartoon tributes to dead actors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683 "2017-06-11T13:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/21 "2017-06-13T11:02:07Z")
Apparently Gilda Radnor. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/22 "2017-06-13T11:49:32Z")
[This](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html) and [this](https://xkcd.com/393/) for Gary Gygax. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/23 "2017-06-13T11:51:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Apparently Gilda Radnor. Gilda who? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/24 "2017-06-13T12:12:28Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Gilda who? [Gilda Radner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilda_Radner). A very funny woman, one of the original SNL cast and a former Mrs Gene Wilder. [This one for Robin Williams](https://twitter.com/theacademy/status/498996314395246593?lang=en) was lovely. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/25 "2017-06-13T12:38:32Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Gilda who? How quickly we forget! :smack: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/26 "2017-06-13T13:28:13Z")
A long time ago now but for Jerry Garcia: [http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Fenario/Jerry/bustear/](http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Fenario/Jerry/bustear/) Explanation for those too young: The VW Micro-bus was associated with Hippies & Dead-Heads, thus the tear. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/27 "2017-06-13T13:32:19Z")
Good one for [Alan Rickman](https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/687711625743306756/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemablend.com%2Fnew%2FSee-Perfect-Cartoon-Tribute-Alan-Rickman-Received-From-Yorker-106547.html) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/28 "2017-06-13T13:34:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > How quickly we forget! :smack: ☹ What’s all this about Gilda grab her? Gilda shouldn’t be grabbing anybody. She should… what? … Radner? … Oh!..Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/29 "2017-06-13T13:55:34Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Stretching the definition of actor a bit, [David Bowie](http://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county/2016/01/19) WHAT? Read about Bowie’s acting chops before making the statement. I saw him The Elephant Man, playing the title role on Broadway with no makeup. And he was wonderful. [More here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie#Acting_career) Stretching the definition of actor my bony ass. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/30 "2017-06-13T18:25:31Z")
My mom gave me a framed print of [this](http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-bob-englehart-cartoons-pictures-007-photo.html) way back then. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/31 "2017-06-13T18:27:31Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > WHAT? Read about Bowie’s acting chops before making the statement. I saw him The Elephant Man, playing the title role on Broadway with no makeup. And he was wonderful. [More here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie#Acting_career) > > Stretching the definition of actor my bony ass. I only meant because his primary gig was Musician. No disrespect meant towards his acting ability! ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/32 "2017-06-14T00:39:25Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [This](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html) and [this](https://xkcd.com/393/) for Gary Gygax. [This](http://www.kenzerco.com/free_files/kodt/Gary%20Gygax%20tribute.pdf)one too. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/33 "2017-06-14T00:46:27Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > How quickly we forget! :smack: ☹ How quickly we forget _how to spell,_ you mean. I’ve known about Gilda Radner since the first SNL shows. Gilda Radnor, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/34 "2017-06-20T19:01:40Z")
[Roger Moore](http://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2017/06/20). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/35 "2017-06-26T05:43:56Z")
[Adam West](http://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2017/6/26). ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/36 "2017-06-26T18:18:56Z")
Not sure I would call this a “tribute” exactly given the nature of the strip, but here’s one for [Charlton Heston](http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=636). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683/37 "2017-06-29T06:01:50Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I think he fits better than Dark Knight Returns Batman. > > The other four are all from video media, like West’s (LEGO, Burton, Shumacher, Nolan), and DKR is antithetical to West’s Batman in a way even Nolan’s is not. > > The TAS Batman would have been more appropriate, IMO. The DKR Batman [has been adapted for video](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Dark_Knight_Returns_(film)), though. Peter Weller provided the voice. Further, there’s a minor connection to Adam West in that West reprised his role for another animated film, _[Batman; Return of the Caped Crusaders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Return_of_the_Caped_Crusaders)_. This movie basically plays like an animated version of the 1960s TV series, though it gets darker in tone when Batman, under the effect of one of Catwoman’s drugs, starts to display increased aggression. At one point, he delivers a beating to Joker, Penguin and Riddler that goes beyond the cartoonish “POW!” level into something approaching quite serious brutality. Batman: This isn’t a space station, it’s an operating table. And I’m the surgeon! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tributes-to-dead-actors/788683.md?page=1)