In Memoriam: Artist and Writer Ron Tiner
Jim O’Brien pays tribute to the much appreciated artist
We are very sorry to announce the death of artist, writer and educator Ron Tiner, an occasional contributor to downthetubes and a much-appreciated advisor to the site.
The comic artist and book illustrator Ron Tiner died on 18th October 2025, at the age of 85.
A hugely prolific contributor to just about every British comic from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s, Ron was also a deeply knowledgeable scholar of illustration and comic art more broadly.
He published a number of reference guides to imaginative drawing and was for nearly a decade a teacher of sequential art at Swindon Art College, on a course he designed and developed.
Author summary: Ron Tiner passed away at 85.
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