1959 in comics

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Notable events of 1959 in comics.

Publications and events[edit]

January[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

  • June 6: Leo Baxendale's The Three Bears makes its debut in The Beano.[8]
  • June 21: The first issue of the Belgian children's magazine Zonnekind, a sister publication of Zonneland, is published. In the first issue Nonkel Fons and Gray Croucher's Rikske en Fikske makes its debut.[9]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

Specific date unknown[edit]

Births[edit]

January[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

September[edit]

  • September 17: Frank Cummings, Venezuelan-American comics artist (Brain Squirts, assisted on Blondie, published in Cracked), (d. 2014).[32]

November[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

  • January 30: Hans Füsser, German caricaturist and comics artist (Jackel und Bastel), dies at age 60.[34]

March[edit]

  • March 12: F. Verdugo, Spanish journalist and comics artist, dies at age 84.[35]

April[edit]

May[edit]

July[edit]

  • July 2: R. F. Schabelitz, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 72.[39]
  • July 6: George Grosz, German painter, caricaturist, and illustrator, dies at age 65.
  • July 31: Nikolai Kogout, Russian painter, illustrator and poster designer (some of his posters make use of sequential narratives), dies at age 67.[40]

August[edit]

  • August 4: Eric Ericson, American comics artist and cartoonist (The Grounded Gremlin, Herkimer Fuddle), dies at age 45.[41]
  • August 5: Frank Godwin, American comics artist and illustrator (Connie, Rusty Riley, continued Roy Powers, Eagle Scout), dies at age 69 from a heart attack.[42]
  • August 11: Matt Baker, American comics artist (Phantom Lady, Flamingo) dies at age 37.[43]
  • August 11: Bert Wymer, British comics artist and archeologist (continued Tiger Tim), dies at age 68.[44]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

  • December 7: Peter Beekman, Dutch comics artist (Hansje, Ansje en de Meeuw, Rare, Maar Ware Commentaren), dies at age 48.[50]
  • December 9: Gene Carr, American comics artist (Lady Bountiful, The Bad Dream That Made Bill A Better Boy), dies at age 78.[51]

Specific date unknown[edit]

  • Wasdale Brown, British illustrator comics artist (drew the off-model replacement comic for Rupert Bear in 1933), dies at age 56 or 57.[52]
  • Will Donald, Australian comics artist (Fashion Plate Fanny), dies at age 85 or 86.[53]
  • Norman Yendell Ward, British comic artist (comics for Film Fun magazine), dies at age 53.[54]

First issues by title[edit]

Initial appearance by character name[edit]

DC Comics[edit]

References[edit]

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  39. ^ "R. F. Schabelitz".
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  41. ^ "Eric Ericson". lambiek.net. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  42. ^ "Frank Godwin". lambiek.net. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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