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R.P. Overmyer, 19??-2010
posted August 31, 2010
Darryl Cagle reports that cartoonist RP Overmyer has passed away due to complications from diabetes.
Overmyer was a longtime LA-based cartoonist and designer. His newspaper clients included
LA Weekly and the
San Jose Metro Weekly; his animation employers included Fox and Universal Studios.
He may be best known for his
Hollywood Dog feature, which was nationally syndicated in its current, political-cartoon form since I believe January 2006 and included the
Los Angeles Times among its clients. The feature was originally a comic strip for the
Los Angeles Reader, was trademarked for t-shirt production in 1989, and was briefly the basis for a television show in the post-
Simpsons 1990s. That show appeared in 1993 and feature
Simpsons utility performer Hank Azaria as the voice of the title character.
A large gallery of Hollywood Dog movie-still parodies
can also be found on the
Hollywood Dog site. Another panel strip by Overmyer called
The Gray Area, copyrighted for 2000, can be found
here in animated form. A
large commercial art gallery indicates the breadth of Overmyer's career as a designer and illustrator; I think
this may be a poster/print of Overmyer's.
Overmyer's last cartoon appeared through syndication partner Cagle on August 10.