1943 in comics

Summary

Notable events of 1943 in comics.

Events and publications edit

Year overall edit

January edit

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Births edit

January edit

November edit

Specific date unknown edit

  • Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (The Spaceship of Time, Mysteries of the Lost Continent), (d. 2021).[15]

Deaths edit

January edit

  • January 28: Eddie Eks, American comics artist, dies at age 60.[16]

March edit

  • 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.[17]
  • March 28: Pete Llanuza, American comics artist (Jack Ofalltrades, continued Joe Jinks), dies at age 70.[18]

April edit

  • April 3: Joe Cunningham, American actor, sports writer and comics artist (Rufus McGoofus), dies at age 52 from coronary disease.[19]
  • 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), dies at age 64 in concentration camp Sobibor.[20]
  • 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), dies at age 82.[21]

June edit

July edit

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

September edit

  • 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.[23]

October edit

  • 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 at age 55. [24]

December edit

  • December 29: Enrico Novelli, aka Yambo, Italian journalist, writer, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 69.[25]

Specific date unknown edit

  • 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.[26]
  • Worden Wood, American comics artist (ghostdrew Buster Brown), dies at age 62 or 63.[27]

First issues by title edit

Initial appearances by character name edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "Hergé". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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  4. ^ "René Bonnet". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Little Iodine". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kath O'Brien". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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  10. ^ "Albert Chartier".
  11. ^ "Chester Gould". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Degg, D. D. "LIZ BERUBE – RIP," The Daily Cartoonist (March 1, 2021).
  13. ^ Cronin, Brian (2023-04-01). "Steve Skeates, Longtime Comic Writer and Hawk & Dove Co-Creator, Dies at 80". CBR. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  14. ^ "Dave Cockrum". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Asher Dikstein". Lambiek.net. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  16. ^ "Eddie Eks".
  17. ^ "Károly Mühlbeck". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  18. ^ "Pete Llanuza". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  19. ^ "Joe Cunningham". lambiek.net. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  20. ^ "Felix Hess". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  21. ^ "Frank Ladendorf". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  22. ^ "Nicholas Afonsky". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  23. ^ "John R. Neill". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  24. ^ "George van Raemdonck". Lambiek.net. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  25. ^ "Yambo". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  26. ^ "Herbert Sydney Foxwell". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  27. ^ "Worden Wood". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.