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Pop artist Peter Max, whose dreamy, boldly colored works provided an artistic backdrop for the 1960s US hippie movement and made him a commercial art powerhouse, died on Monday at a hospital in Manhattan at the age of 88, a spokesperson for his family said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK –Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship, has died at 88, his son said in a written statement Wednesday.

Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship, has died at 88, his son said in a written statement Wednesday

Per his obituary, artist Andy Fish died on Saturday, September 5, following a battle with two different types of blood cancer. He was 60 years old. Fish was best known for collaborating with his widow Veronica Fish on books like Blackwood, Kelly Thompson’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch run, and the graphic novelizations of Hide and…

Graffiti doesn’t usually share wall space with fine art, and grinning skulls don’t usually sit next to something almost tender. But in Kaleb Corbin’s paintings, both belong together, part of a visual world built from bold color, loose figures, and symbols that shift between playful and unsettling. That contrast defines his work, where rough, street-inspired…

Manga artist Takashi Okazaki won an Emmy last weekend for his character design work on “Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 — The Duel: Payback.”

The contemporary artist from New York City died on Monday (September 7) at 37 years old.

A co-creator of The Walking Dead comic books has claimed British Airways cut off its phone lines amid a UK-wide air traffic control issue, which has led to hundreds of flight cancellations.

An appeal for monetary support is currently underway, led by the renowned 87-year-old creator of the “Ashita no Joe” comics, Tetsuya Chiba.

Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his “Ashita no Joe” series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in July.