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American comic strip writer and film critic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeffery Lynn Millar (July 10, 1942 – November 30, 2012) was an American comic strip writer and film critic best known for creating the Tank McNamara comic strip with illustrator Bill Hinds.[1]
Jeff Millar | |
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Born | Jeffery Lynn Millar July 10, 1942 Pasadena, Texas |
Died | November 30, 2012 70) Houston, Texas[1] | (aged
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Tank McNamara |
Awards | Houston Film Critics Society Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2012 |
Spouse(s) | Peg[1] |
Millar was born in Pasadena, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas.
Millar began covering entertainment for the Houston Chronicle.[2]
Tank McNamara debuted in 1974. Millar retired from the Chronicle in 2000.
Millar also wrote fiction, including the 1975 story “Toto, I Have a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore,” which appeared in Orbit Science Fiction. He published the thriller novel Private Sector in 1978. He co-authored a zombie story with Alex Stern titled Dead and Buried, which was adapted into the 1981 horror movie Dead & Buried.
Millar died in late November 2012 due to bile duct cancer; illustrator Hinds took over the writing of Tank McNamara after Millar's death.[2]
Shortly after Millar's death, he was posthumously awarded the 2012 Houston Film Critics Society Award for Outstanding Achievement.
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