Richard Horne, 1960-2007



The illustrator, writer, cartoonist and game designer Richard Horne, better known as "Harry Horse," was found dead on Wednesday in his Shetland, Scotland home. Also dead was his wife, Mandy, a sufferer from MS.

Early media reports noted that the pattern of the police inquiry suggests the possibility of a suicide pact.

As a cartoonist, Horne was best known for work in the Sunday Herald, which ran one of his comics as recently as January 7th. He was also currently doing a strip called Horsebox for The Scotsman. From 1987 to 1992 he was the political cartoonist for Scotland on Sunday. Other clients included The New Yorker, the Independent, Observer, and Vox. Horn served as a political cartoonist at the Guardian in the late 1990s before moving to his current position.

Horne wrote The Ogopogo in 1983 and had recently re-focused his attention on book writing and illustration. His most lauded book, The Last Polar Bears was made into a film for television in 2000. He created the videogame Drowned God in 1996, between formal political cartooning gigs. A devotee of Cajun music, Horne played the banjo and belonged to two bands, Swamptrash and Hexology. He was 46 years old.
 
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