TERRY BAVE PASSES AWAY...

I've just received a letter from the Bave family, letting me know that TERRY BAVE, one of the UK comics industry's stalwarts (when we had an actual industry), passed away peacefully on December 6th after a short illness.  Terry and his wife Shiela had moved into a residential care home in May.  The letter says that "Virtually the last thing they said to each other was 'I love you', which after 66 years of marriage is quite an achievement."

I'm sure that everyone who grew up reading Terry and Shiela's comic strips will be saddened by the news of Terry's passing.  He was a true legend in British comics, and I'm glad to have played a small part in reuniting him and BOB PAYNTER (IPC editor) a year or so ago, after many years of them having lost touch.

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