RIPs

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

GamesMaster, which started out doing cheats and irreverent reviews of SNES and Megadrive games around the time of the demise of Zzap and Your Sinclair, and so is probably the last of the irreverent hobbyist mags of the early '90s.  If nothing else, it has outlasted the neo-yob era of men's softcore porn mags like Zoo and Nuts that it arguably helped enable, so at least there's that.

Games TM too.

[TordelBack]

Anthea Bell, who translated Asterix for the English market, has died at 82.

I received my first Asterix from an aunt when I was a kid. I had no idea they were translated from French in the beginning. Bell clearly had a gift.

Yes,  a truly incredible talent. I vividly remember seeing my first French Asterix book as a kid, and being puzzled that almost all the names were different - and suddenly realizing that all the puns (that I was only beginning to appreciate) were delivered by someone other than the wondrous Goscinny. RIP.

[flip-r mk2]

Stan Lee aged 95

filippo

[rogue69]

Douglas Rain best known as the voice of HAL 9000 in the film 2001 A Space Oddyssy aged 90

[sheridan]

Douglas Rain best known as the voice of HAL 9000 in the film 2001 A Space Oddyssy aged 90

Synchronicity - I was just thinking yesterday that I should watch 2001 again soon.

[Richard]

You killed him!!!

[sheridan]

You killed him!!!

You say that, but a week after I made my current 2000AD forum avatar my facebook avatar, Terry Pratchett died :-O

[Professor Bear]

How much to get you to change your avatar to a pic of Nigel Farage?

[sheridan]

How much to get you to change your avatar to a pic of Nigel Farage?

Unfortunately the only pics I have with me and famous people are the one with PTerry and one with Neil Gaiman and me.

[rogue69]

Babs Beverley, one third of the Beverley Sisters aged 91

[Frank]

Get him to Miracle Max: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46238747

[CalHab]

As well as his many excellent screenplays (Butch Cassidy, Princess Bride, All the President's Men), Goldman's book Adventures in the Screen Trade is a brilliant read for anyone interested in films and filmmaking. One of the all time greats.

[von Boom]

Turning out to be a rather shit week.

Such sad news about William Goldman. The Princess Bride is a nearly perfect film. RIP.

[Colin YNWA]

Yeah pretty gutted about William Goldman. Princess Bride is one of my favourite books and quite possibly my very favourite movie.

He was a skills and talented writer both film and prose. We've lost another genuine great... saying that too often these last couple of months.

[Daveycandlish]

TV21 comic strip artist Mike Noble has died, aged 88

Damn. I grew up reading his stuff. Loved it.

RiP Mike.