Nationality American Name Jeff Millar Area(s) Writer Role Writer | Books Tank McNamara Spouse(s) Peg | |
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Born Jeffery Lynn MillarJuly 10, 1942Pasadena, Texas ( 1942-07-10 ) Awards Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2012 | ||
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Jeffery Lynn "Jeff" 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.
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Life and career
Millar was born in Pasadena, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas, then began covering entertainment for the Houston Chronicle.
Tank McNamera 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
Millar died in late November 2012 due to bile duct cancer; illustrator Hinds took over the writing of Tank McNamera after Millar's death.
Shortly after Millar's death, he was posthumously awarded the 2012 Houston Film Critics Society Award for Outstanding Achievement.