Patrick Dean died in the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 12 in Watkinsville, Georgia, after a long fight against ALS, a disease with which he was diagnosed in 2018. Most people who spent time in Athens during the late 90s/early 2000s knew Patrick’s work. His comics in Athens weekly Flagpole Magazine greeted readers from page three, offering a view into the alternative Athens Patrick created, one populated with singing pies, hillbilly yetis, anxious wizards, and so very many ghosts. His death leaves a crater in the Athens comics community, but the impact ripples out across this network as well. Here at TCJ, we've published a few other pieces on or with Patrick, including this interview about his eyegaze comics with Eleanor Davis, and a partner essay Eleanor wrote about a collection of Dean's Eddie's Week comics.