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1961 in comics

1961 in comics

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Notable events of 1961 in comics.

See also: List of years in comics

Publications

Year overall

January

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

References

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    "Bert Felstead". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Hullo There, Frieda." Tucson Citizen, Feb. 28, 1961, p. 15
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    Davies, Darren. "Bimbo". British Comics. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    Bill Finger (w), Sheldon Moldoff (p), Charles Paris (i). "Bat-Girl!" Batman, no. 139 (April 1961). DC Comics.
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    BDoubliées. "Spirou année 1961" (in French).
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    "Charles M. Schulz". lambiek.net. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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    Si Spencer, 1961-2021, at 2000AD; published February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021
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    "Kate Carew". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "William Sharp". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
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    "Art Krenz".
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    "Chéri Hérouard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Félix Jobbé-Duval". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Wilson McCoy". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  29. [29]
    "Joseph Hémard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Nándor Honti". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Julius Stafford Baker (II)". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Ralph Yardley". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Frank Richards". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Péricles". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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    "Bernard Dibble". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  36. [36]
    "Max A. Otto". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  37. [37]
    "Raul Roux". lambiek.net. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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