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September 26, 2005
Hurd Obit
Last week Editor and Publisher noted the death of Jud Hurd, a cartoonist and longtime editor of "Cartoonist Profiles" magazine, who died September 14 of pneumonia. He was 92.
The Westport, Conn., resident had previously suffered a stroke in May. "He had a very difficult four months, but he never complained," his widow, Claudia Hurd, told E&P Online Monday.
Jud founded "Cartoonist Profiles" in 1969 after editing the National Cartoonists Society's (NCS) newsletter for several years. Claudia said Jud was able to work on the just-published issue of "Cartoonist Profiles." There will be no more issues after that.
In 2004, Andrews McMeel Publishing released a book by Hurd called "Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute to 35 Years of Cartoonist Profiles." The 350-page hardcover included stories and interviews from the quarterly magazine, autobiographical material, and Hurd's personal recollections of cartoon legends such as Walt Disney, Rube Goldberg, Harold Gray ("Little Orphan Annie"), George Herriman ("Krazy Kat"), and E.C. Segar ("Popeye").