Leonard Nimoy's passing has hit us hard here at SciFi Mafia. He has been a friend, inspiration, role model, icon, legend, and emeritus geek for longer than any of us can remember. His roles in three favorite TV series, Star Trek, Fringe, and [...]
Read more
Writer Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend, Duel, The Night Stalker, Somewhere in Time, Twilight Zone: The Movie, episodes of the original The Twilight Zone including William Shatner's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," the split personality episode of the original Star Trek "The Enemy Within," episodes of Night [...]
Read more
Gerry Anderson, creator of Thunderbirds, UFO, and Space: 1999, amongst many other legendary British sci-fi tv series, has died in Oxfordshire, England. He was 83, and had suffered from mixed dementia over the past few years, according to his son [...]
Read more
Joe Kubert, legendary comic book artist, and father of comic book artists Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert has passed away at the age of 85. Kubert is probably best known for creating Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace and Tor, and recreating [...]
Read more
Yesterday, visionary sci-fi fantasy author Ray Bradbury, who penned such classics as The Martian Chronicles, Dimension X, Fahrenheit 451, X Minus One, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Dandelion Wine, and The Illustrated Man (to name a few), passed away at [...]
Read more
Maurice Sendak, beloved author of the 1963 children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are, which was adapted for the big screen in 2009 by director Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggers, has reportedly passed away at the age of [...]
Read more
Three time Grammy-nominated composer Joel Goldsmith passed away at the age of 54 on Sunday, April 29, from cancer. The composer was prolific, having written the music not only for over 330 episodes of the Stargate franchise, from the original [...]
Read more
Saturday, Legendary concept artist and illustrator Ralph McQuarry passed away in his California home at the age of 82. McQuarry designed the look of the original Star Wars trilogy for George Lucas, creating the aesthetics of Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2 [...]
Read more
Back in November of 2009, we sadly brought you the news of San Diego Comic-Con Co-Founders Sheldon Dorf and Ken Krueger passing away at the ages of 76 and 83 respectively. Unfortunately, we have yet another Comic-Con Co-Founder's unfortunate passing [...]
Read more
English Swordmaster Bob Anderson, the man who performed the role of Darth Vader for the light saber fight scenes in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi has [...]
Read moreJoe Simon, a legend of the comic book industry has passed away at the age of 98. Simon was one of the last living links to the Golden Age of comics, having created Captain America alongside Jack Kirby for Marvel [...]
Read more
Jerry Robinson, creator of The Joker, Robin and Alfred passed away in his sleep last night at the age of 89. Robinson, who was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2004 was also known as an advocate [...]
Read more