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== Comic Books ==
* Fellow comic book author Edgar P. Jacobs died while working on the second part of "Professor Sató's Three Formulae", the last volume of his ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'' series. Unlike Herge, however, he had left plenty of notes and a complete outline of the story, which made it possible for another artist to complete the story... 13 years later. That's a cliffhanger for you.
** Of course, because he suspected he wouldn't finish "Three Formulae", Jacobs left the copyright of the series relatively open so it would eventually have an ending. Which worked, but also led to new ''Blake and Mortimer'' adventures made by two different writer/artist teams. One team [[They Just Didn't Care|actively tries to]]
* Steve Gerber died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis, after plotting the penultimate issue of his Doctor Fate story in the ''Countdown to Mystery'' miniseries in his hospital bed. The final issue features four hypothetical endings, written by some of Gerber's friends in the industry.
* Drew Hayes, the author of ''[[
* Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson had plans for one final ''Manhunter'' story. When Goodwin died before completing the dialogue, Simonson looked at the script and decided it could be done as a "[[No Dialogue Episode|silent story]]" as a tribute to Archie. The story is included in the ''Manhunter'' collected edition.
* Rene Goscinny died of a sudden heart attack while working on ''[[Asterix]] In Belgium''. It took a great deal of soul-searching by Albert Uderzo over whether or not to complete it. Uderzo did, and then as a tribute to Goscinny continued their work alone.
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* Before he died, Mike Wieringo was in the planning stages of a collaboration with Warren Ellis. Ellis refuses to reveal any hints as to what the project was even about.
** He died working on an issue of ''[[What If]]'' featuring the [[Fantastic Four]], having only drawn seven pages. It was finished by a group of different artists doing a couple of pages each and published a year later, with the proceeds going to charity.
* Although not really a death, Dave Trampier abruptly abandoned cartooning in the middle of the storyline for the popular gaming comic ''[[Wormy]]'', which appeared in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' Magazine.
* Edward Gorey's death left his last work, "The Izzard Book" (a collection of words beginning with Z, with pictures) poignantly unfinished: The illustrations become increasingly (and randomly) rough and sketchy until there's nothing left.
* Charles M. Schulz at least had the sense to [[Word of God|declare]] that even if he'd lived forever, some things in ''[[Peanuts]]'' would NEVER be concluded. There was, thus, no carefully hidden strip in which Charlie Brown gets the little red-haired girl, or in which Snoopy finished off the Red Baron.
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* Willy Vandersteen left very specific instructions behind for the continuation of his ''[[Suske en Wiske]]'' franchise after his death. No character could ever age, or change, no main character may ever be dropped or added, and sex is a taboo, and a number of situations may never be altered (Lambik and Sidonia may never wed). Vandersteen died in 1990, but gave up artistic control of the ''Suske en Wiske'' franchise in 1972, to this day his wishes remain the guiding principles of the comic.
* [[Jack Kirby]] started a project called ''Phantom Force'' shortly before he died. [[Image Comics]] published the first two issues, with many of their top artists(Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Jerry Ordway, Jim Valentino and Keith Giffen, among others) inking Kirby's pages. The story arc was finished by Kirby collaborator Greg Theakston.
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