1943 in comics explained
See also: List of years in comics. Notable events of 1943 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
Births
January
November
Specific date unknown
- Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (The Spaceship of Time, Mysteries of the Lost Continent), (d. 2021).[15]
Deaths
January
- January 28: Eddie Eks, American comics artist, dies at age 60.[16]
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.[17]
- March 28: Pete Llanuza, American comics artist (Jack Ofalltrades, continued Joe Jinks), dies at age 70.[18]
April
- 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
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.[23]
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 at age 55. [24]
December
- December 29: Enrico Novelli, aka Yambo, Italian journalist, writer, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 69.[25]
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.[26]
- Worden Wood, American comics artist (ghostdrew Buster Brown), dies at age 62 or 63.[27]
First issues by title
Initial appearances by character name
- Alfred Beagle in Batman #18 (April), created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson - DC Comics
- Henry King in All Star Comics #15 (February), created by Gardner Fox and Joe Gallagher - DC Comics
- Captain Triumph in Crack Comics #27 (January), Created by Alfred Andriola - DC Comics
- Cavalier (comics) in Detective Comics #81 (November), created by Don Cameron and Bob Kane - DC Comics
- Cheetah (comics) in Wonder Woman #06 (Fall Issue), William Moulton Marston - DC Comics
- Crime Doctor (comics) in Detective Comics #77 (July), created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane - DC Comics
- Doctor Psycho in Wonder Woman #5 (July), created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter - DC Comics
- King Bee in All-Star Comics #18 (August), created by Gardner Fox - DC Comics
- Sabbac in Captain Marvel Jr. #4 (July), created by Otto Binder and Al Carreno - DC Comics
- Thinker (DC Comics) in All Flash #12 (September), created by Gardner Fox and E.E. Hibbard - DC Comics
- Toyman in Action Comics #64 (September), created by Don Cameron and Ed Dobrotka - DC Comics
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee (comics) in Detective Comics #74 (April), created by Bob Kane, Don Cameron and Jerry Robinson - DC Comics
- Uncle Marvel in Wow Comics #18 (October), created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze - DC Comics
- Vandal Savage in Green Lantern #10 (December), created by Alfred Bester and Martin Nodell - DC Comics
Notes and References
- Web site: Milton Caniff. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Hergé. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: E.P. Jacobs. lambiek.net. August 5, 2021.
- Web site: René Bonnet. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Little Iodine. www.toonopedia.com. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Kath O'Brien. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- http://www.karikatur-museum.de/230_Chronik_der_Wilhelm-Busch-Gesellschaft.html history
- Web site: Al Taliaferro. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Péricles.
- Web site: Albert Chartier.
- Web site: Chester Gould. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Degg, D. D. "LIZ BERUBE – RIP," The Daily Cartoonist (March 1, 2021).
- Web site: Cronin . Brian . 2023-04-01 . Steve Skeates, Longtime Comic Writer and Hawk & Dove Co-Creator, Dies at 80 . 2023-04-01 . CBR . en.
- Web site: Dave Cockrum . 7 April 2018 . lambiek.net.
- Web site: Asher Dikstein. Lambiek.net. January 14, 2022.
- Web site: Eddie Eks.
- Web site: Károly Mühlbeck. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Pete Llanuza. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Joe Cunningham. lambiek.net. December 27, 2020.
- Web site: Felix Hess. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Frank Ladendorf. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Nicholas Afonsky. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: John R. Neill. lambiek.net. September 16, 2020.
- Web site: George van Raemdonck. Lambiek.net. July 11, 2022.
- Web site: Yambo. lambiek.net. April 2, 2021.
- Web site: Herbert Sydney Foxwell. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Worden Wood. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
