From the March 2003 Peg-Board
THOMAS WARKENTIN died peacefully in his sleep, at home, on March 12, 2003, following a short illness. He was sixty-six years old. He had worked in animation for more than thirteen years after a diverse earlier career in technical illustrating, advertising, album cover design and magazine illustration, among other artistic endeavors. He also wrote and drew the Star Trek newspaper cartoon and wrote Flash Gordon for several years. He worked for ten years at Warner Bros. doing key background design on such shows as Tiny Toons, Animaniacs (his only Emmy), Superman, Freakazoid, Good Feathers, Road Rovers, Histeria, and Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, and then most recently at Disney on The Weekenders. He will be sorely missed by his wife, two sons, three cats and his many good friends and co-workers.
-- Linda Lyons
There will be a memorial service and exhibition on April 12, from 6 to 9 pm, at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland Ave. in Hollywood, directly across from the Hollywood Bowl. Here is a flyer for this event (Adobe Acrobat PDF format).
Suggested donations of $5 - $10 will help to make the evening a fitting tribute to this extraordinary artist. Checks can be made payable to the "Thomas Warkentin Fund" and sent to PO Box 1979, Venice CA 90294.
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