I'm a few days tardy in noting the passing of Art Nichols, a very fine artist and a real good guy. The cause was cancer and he was 63. Comic book fans knew him from his work on, among many others, The Punisher, The New Mutants, Team Titans, Conan, Justice League of America and Magnus, Robot Fighter. He also assisted a great many artists (including at times, Neal Adams) on work that did not bear his name. I knew him as all that plus as a guy I liked to hang out with at Comic-Con, talking about just about everything but mainly comics.
Sorry to hear the bad news. Like I said: A very fine artist and a real good guy.