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Bill Bickel (1955-2020) - RIP

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Joshua Kreitzer

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Sep 20, 2020, 8:18:16 PM9/20/20
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I'm sorry to report that Bill Bickel, writer of the "Comics I Don't Understand" blog, has passed away (on September 16). His blog can be found at: https://godaddyandthesquirrelmustbothdie.wordpress.com/ and commenters are remembering him in the discussion at: https://godaddyandthesquirrelmustbothdie.wordpress.com/2020/09/15/as-far-as-i-know-he-wins/#comments

Bill was also a former contributor to this newsgroup.

Bill's obituary can be found at: https://normandean.com/tribute/details/10477/William-Bickel/obituary.html

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John Reiher

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Sep 21, 2020, 12:37:45 AM9/21/20
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I heard the news on the CIDU website and it's sad day. I had wondered
why there were no posts, thinking it another WordPress gaffe, only find
out he had passed away.

He will be missed.

I must admit though, one thought ran through my head after hearing the
news. His constant nemesis, "Idiot Bill" AKA the other Bill Bickel who
kept using CIDU Bill's email address is going to have a rude awakening
when the people he mistakenly gave the wrong email address hear that
he's dead...
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Ed Rush

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Sep 21, 2020, 1:46:26 AM9/21/20
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On Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 9:37:45 PM UTC-7, Kedamono wrote:

> I must admit though, one thought ran through my head after hearing the
> news. His constant nemesis, "Idiot Bill" AKA the other Bill Bickel who
> kept using CIDU Bill's email address is going to have a rude awakening
> when the people he mistakenly gave the wrong email address hear that
> he's dead...

Bill would have gotten a kick out of that.

Darryl H

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Sep 21, 2020, 7:28:39 AM9/21/20
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Bill Bickel didn't die of COVID-19, I guess.

Ed Rush

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Sep 21, 2020, 10:41:38 PM9/21/20
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> Bill Bickel didn't die of COVID-19, I guess.

He had talked of some sort of cancer treatments -- leukemia, I think, but I could be wrong.

Peter Trei

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Sep 21, 2020, 11:15:46 PM9/21/20
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On Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 8:18:16 PM UTC-4, Joshua Kreitzer wrote:
> I'm sorry to report that Bill Bickel, writer of the "Comics I Don't Understand" blog, has passed away (on September 16).

I'm so sorry to hear that. I always enjoyed CIDU. Rest In Peace, Bill. You are now in a position to understand them all.

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Mopoleum

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Sep 23, 2020, 7:34:45 PM9/23/20
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Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote

> I'm sorry to report that Bill Bickel, writer of the "Comics I Don't
> Understand" blog, has passed away (on September 16).

This is such sad news. One of the things I really appreciated about CIDU
was the openendedness of it -- the point wasn't "this comic is bad because
I don't get it" and was actually "help me out here, tell me what I'm
missing."

Default User

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Sep 25, 2020, 5:22:30 PM9/25/20
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On Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 7:18:16 PM UTC-5, Joshua Kreitzer wrote:
> I'm sorry to report that Bill Bickel, writer of the "Comics I Don't Understand" blog, has passed away (on September 16).

For those that haven't followed some of the discussion, a group of regulars is planning to carry on with the site in one form or another.


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