1961 in comics explained
See also: List of years in comics. Notable events of 1961 in comics.
Publications
Year overall
January
- January 5: in Spirou, first chapter of Les rivaux de Painful Gulch, by Goscinny and Morris.
- January 15 : Donald's Odyssey, by Guido Martina and Pier Lorenzo De Vita, a parody of the Odyssey, with Donald Duck as Odysseus, is first prepublished in Topolino.
- January 21: in Le parisien liberè, first chapter of Les Dalton sur le sentier de guerre, by Goscinny and Morris.[1]
- January 25: The first issue of the British comics magazine The Victor is published. It will run until 21 November 1992.
- Gunsmoke Western (1955 series) #62 - Marvel Comics
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #64 - Marvel Comics
- Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #96 - Marvel Comics
- Spy vs. Spy by Antonio Prohías debuts in Mad Magazine.
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #80 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #13 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #15 - Marvel Comics
- Western Comics (1948 series), with issue #85 (January/February cover date) canceled by DC
- Editoriale Dardo publishes the first issue of the Italian series Falco Bianco (White Hawk), by Onofrio Bramante, set in Canada during the French and Indian Wars.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Specific date unknown
Births
October
Specific date unknown
Deaths
January
February
- February 11: Kate Carew, American caricaturist and comics artist (The Angel Child), dies at age 91.[22]
- February 27: Nate Collier, American animator, illustrator and comics artist (Our Own Movies, Kelly Kids, Can It Be Done?, The Professor), dies at age 77.[23]
April
- April 1: William Sharp, Austrian-American comic artist (made newspaper comic adaptations of novels), dies at age 60.[24]
May
- Specific date unknown: Art Krenz, American writer and sports cartoonist, dies at age 55 or 56.[25]
June
- June 2: Chéri Hérouard, French illustrator and comics artist (drew comics for La Semaine de Suzette and La Vie Parisienne), dies at age 80.[26]
- June 30: Félix Jobbe-Duval, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 82.[27]
July
August
- August 9: Joseph Hémard, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 81.[29]
September
- September 20: Nándor Honti, aka Bit, Hungarian painter, illustrator and comics artist (Nagyapó Mozgószínháza, Tréfás Természetrajz, Séta Álomországban), dies at age 83.[30]
- Specific date in September unknown: Julius Stafford Baker (Sr.), British comics artist (Casey's Court, Tiger Tim), dies at age 91 or 92.[31]
December
- December 6: Ralph O. Yardley, American comics artist (Have You Seen Alonzo?, Do You Remember?), dies at age 83.[32]
- December 24: Charles Hamilton, aka Frank Richards, British novelist and comics writer (Billy Bunter), dies at age 85.[33]
- December 31: Péricles, Brazilian comics artist (O Amigo da Onça), commits suicide at age 37.[34]
Specific date unknown
- Bernard Dibble, American comics artist (Danny Dingle, Looy Dot Dope, assisted on Hawkshaw the Detective, continued The Captain and the Kids, Cynical Susie, Fritzi Ritz, worked for Quality Comics), dies at age 61 or 62.[35]
- Max A. Otto, German comics artist (Stups), dies at age 61.[36]
- Raúl Roux, Uruguayan-Argentine comics artist (Rulito, el Gato Atorrante, Hombres qua han Conquistado Fama, Fiero a Fierro, Cuentos de Fogón, Lanza Seca), dies at age 59.[37]
Initial appearances by character name
DC Comics
Other publishers
Notes and References
- Web site: Lucky Luke . 2022-07-14 . Institut René Goscinny . fr-FR.
- Web site: Bert Felstead. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- "Hullo There, Frieda." Tucson Citizen, Feb. 28, 1961, p. 15
- Web site: Bimbo. Darren. Davies. British Comics. May 15, 2020.
- Book: Wallace, Dan . General Zod . Dougall . Alastair . The DC Comics Encyclopedia . 136 . . New York . 2008 . 978-0-7566-4119-1 . 213309017.
- Bill Finger. Sheldon Moldoff. Charles Paris. Bat-Girl!. Batman]]. 139. April 1961. DC Comics.
- Web site: BDoubliées. Spirou année 1961. fr.
- Web site: Gallieno Ferri. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Raymond Bär von Hemmersweil. lambiek.net. August 15, 2022.
- Web site: Jan van Reek. lambiek.net. August 15, 2022.
- Web site: GCD :: Issue :: Dell Giant #48 - The Flintstones Bedrock Bedlam . 2022-03-03 . www.comics.org.
- Web site: Harry Mace. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Book: McAvennie, Michael. Dolan. Hannah . 1960s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. . 2010 . 978-0-7566-6742-9 . 103 . This classic Silver Age story resurrected the Golden Age Flash and provided a foundation for the Multiverse from which he and the Silver Age Flash would hail..
- Web site: Mort Walker. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Jerry Dumas. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- http://www.comics.org/issue/16431/ Showcase #34
- Web site: Astérix le Gaulois · French contemporaine et humour (1939-2016) . 2022-03-03 . frenchhumor.fren.sites.carleton.edu.
- Web site: Charles M. Schulz. lambiek.net. February 2, 2021.
- https://2000ad.com/news/si-spencer-1961-2021/ Si Spencer, 1961-2021
- Web site: Alex Raymond. lambiek.net. August 5, 2021.
- [Julian Symons|Symons, Julian]
- Web site: Kate Carew. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Nate Collier. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: William Sharp. lambiek.net. November 2, 2021.
- Web site: Art Krenz.
- Web site: Chéri Hérouard. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Félix Jobbé-Duval. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Wilson McCoy. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Joseph Hémard. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Nándor Honti. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Julius Stafford Baker (II). lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Ralph Yardley. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Frank Richards. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Péricles. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Bernard Dibble. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Max A. Otto. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
- Web site: Raul Roux. lambiek.net. 19 January 2021.
