1943 in comics

Notable events of 1943 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events and publications

January

February

March

Spring Issue

April

May

June

Summer Issue

July

August

September

Fall Issue

October

November

December

Winter Issue

Deaths

January

  • January 28: Eddie Eks, American comics artist, dies at age 60. [11]

March

  • March 3:
    • Otto Luihn, Norwegian journalist, poet and comics writer (Sjur Sjursen vil bli kapitalist), dies from heart failure at age 52.
    • Karóly Mühlbeck, Slovakian-Hungarian painter, graphic artist, caricaturist and comics artist (Mühlbeck headlines), dies at age 73. [12]
  • March 28: Pete Llanuza, American comics artist (Jack Ofalltrades, continued Joe Jinks), dies at age 70.[13]

April

  • April 3: Joe Cunningham, American actor, sports writer and comics artist (Rufus McGoofus), dies at age 52 from coronary disease. [14]
  • April 9: Felix Hess, Dutch illustrator, painter, etcher and comics artist (Uit Het Kladschrift van Jantje, De Wonderlijke Reis van Jan Klaassen, De Ongelooflijke Avonturen van Bram Vingerling, Uit Mijn Kladboek), passes away at age 64 in concentration camp Sobibor.[15]
  • April 26: Frank Ladendorf, aka Lads, American comics artist (Posey County, Farmer Oatcake, Mischievous Willie, Herr Toughluck Dotty Dimple, The Joys and Sorrows of Mister and Mrs. Newlywed), passes away at age 82.[16]

June

July

  • July 8: Jean Moulin, French resistance fighter and cartoonist, dies at age 44, after being captured by the Gestapo.

September

  • September 14: John R. Neill, American illustrator and comics artist (Life Among the Macaronis, The Fate of a Crown, Children's Stories That Never Grow Old, The Little Journeys of Nip and Tuck), dies at age 65. [18]

October

  • October 10: Charlotte Salomon, German painter and comics artist (Leben? oder Theater?: Ein Singspiel), is gassed to death in Auschwitz at age 26.
  • October 18: A.M. de Jong, Dutch novelist and comics writer (Bulletje en Boonestaak) is murdered by two SS soldiers in his own home, at age 55.[19]

Specific date unknown

  • Herbert Sydney Foxwell, British comics artist ( continued The Bruin Boys (better known as Tiger Tim) and Teddy Tail, created The Bunty Boys), dies at age 52 or 53.[20]
  • Worden Wood, American comics artist (ghostdrew Buster Brown), passes away at age 62 or 63.[21]

First issues by title

Kid Komics
Released: February by Timely Comics, featuring Captain Wonder and Tim Mulrooney

Initial appearances by character name

References

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  2. "Hergé". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. "René Bonnet". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Little Iodine". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. "Kath O'Brien". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. http://www.karikatur-museum.de/230_Chronik_der_Wilhelm-Busch-Gesellschaft.html history
  7. "Al Taliaferro". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pericles.htm
  9. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chartier_albert.htm
  10. "Chester Gould". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  11. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/eks_e.htm
  12. "Károly Mühlbeck". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  13. "Pete Llanuza". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  14. "Joe Cunningham". lambiek.net. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  15. "Felix Hess". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  16. "Frank Ladendorf". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  17. "Nicholas Afonsky". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  18. "John R. Neill". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  19. "A. M. de Jong". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  20. "Herbert Sydney Foxwell". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  21. "Worden Wood". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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