Bill Rechin

Bill Rechin
Born(1930-08-20)August 20, 1930
Buffalo, New York
DiedMay 21, 2011(2011-05-21) (aged 80)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)cartoonist
Notable works
Crock comic strip
(1975–present)
Out of Bounds comic strip
(1986–present)
AwardsNational Cartoonists Society – Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award
1992

William J. Rechin (August 20, 1930 – May 21, 2011), better known as Bill Rechin, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strips Out of Bounds and Crock.[1]

Born in Buffalo, New York, Rechin studied art at Buffalo's Albright Academy of Art, where he met his wife, Trish. He drew his first strip, Pluribus, in 1971. In 1975, Rechin, Don Wilder (1934–2008) and Brant Parker launched Crock, a strip depicting the French Foreign Legion. Wilder and Rechin began their Out of Bounds strip in 1986.

Rechin lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia with his wife. The couple had seven children and eight grandchildren. He died of esophageal cancer on May 21, 2011.[2][3][4]

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