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
BornJeffery Lynn Millar
(1942-07-10)July 10, 1942
Pasadena, Texas
DiedNovember 30, 2012(2012-11-30) (aged 70)
Houston, Texas[1]
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Tank McNamara
AwardsHouston Film Critics Society Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2012
Spouse(s)Peg[1]

Early life and education

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Millar was born in Pasadena, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas.

Career

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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.

Death and legacy

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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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