January 2: Peter de Wit's gag-a-day comic Sigmund, which debuted a year earlier in the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws under the different title Mijnheerke Psi, is now published in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool, where it will remain a mainstay for decades to come.[2]
January 14: Eagle (1982 series), with issue #574, canceled by Fleetway.
February 7: Dick Tracy characters Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart go through a divorce, which becomes a big media story. The couple is eventually reunited.[3]
Captain America #425 is the debut of the 12-part storyline "The Fighting Chance."
She-Hulk vol. 2 is canceled with issue #60. The caption on the cover reads: "O.K., kids, we had a deal.... now hand over those X-Men comics!"
March 19: U.S. comic artist Mike Diana becomes the first cartoonist in the United States to be convicted according to obscenity laws, complete with a ban to continue drawing his infamous comic series Boiled Angel. [4]
May 30 - July 31: Carl Barks travels to Europe in an official, heavily mediatized visit, where he meets several Disney comics publishers in various countries.[5]
The Incredible Hulk issue #417 features Rick Jones’ infamous stag party in which the Marvel heroes discover that Jones’ fiancée was an adult film star.
Thor reaches issue #475 and re-introduces Dr. Don Blake, Thor's first secret identity, and romantic interest Jane Foster. Thor also gets a new armor and costume.
A second attempt to launch a Lucky Luke monthly magazine is made, which will run until January 1995.[6]
August 29: The Dutch comics magazine Sjors and Sjimmie Weekblad changes its name again into Sjosji. It will continue until 1998, after which it becomes Striparazzi.[7]
October 15–16: During the Stripdagen in Breda, the Netherlands, Don Lawrence (Storm, Trigië), receives the Stripschapprijs.[11][12] Peter Kuipers and Mat Schifferstein of publishing company Sherpa receive the Jaarprijs voor Bijzondere Verdiensten (nowadays the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs).[13]
Marvel Comics abolishes the position of editor-in-chief, replacing Tom DeFalco with five group editors-in-chief. Rather than name a successor, the company appoints five "Editors-in-Chief," each of whom oversees a certain number of titles, collected into broad groups: the X-Men titles (Bob Harras), the Spider-Man titles (Bob Budiansky), so-called "Marvel Universe" titles (Mark Gruenwald), the newly created Marvel Edge (Bobbie Chase), and licensed-property titles (Carl Potts).
Marvel Tales (1966 series), the long-running reprint title (primarily of Spider-Man stories), is canceled with issue #291.
December 9: The first Inktspot awards for Best Political Cartoon are held in The Netherlands. The first winner is Peter van Straaten, who will win the award four times more in the future. [15]
Specific date in February unknown: T.M. Maple, real name: Jim Burke, Canadian comics fan who gained popularity through his frequent and prozaic letters to comics fanzines, dies from a heart attack at age 37 or 38.[26]
Reuben Timmins, American animator and comics artist (comics starring Laurel & Hardy), dies at the age of 84.[28]
March 15: Nadir Quinto, Italian comics artist (Tom Boy, Swea, I Delfini, Jacopo del Mare, Vele Capitani, continued Larry Yuma, dies at age 75.[29]
March 19: René Deynis, French illustrator, comics artist and writer (wrote Les Espadons, drew Oscar Mittoman, Albator, continued Jean et Jeanette, Jacques Flash), dies at age 63.[30]
Specific date unknown: Jack Dunkley, British comics artist (The Larks, Patsy, Mr. Digwell), dies at age 87.[33]
April
April 5: Kurt Cobain, American rock singer and guitarist (made some comics in his diaries, which were posthumously released), commits suicide at age 27.[34]
August 1: Augstí Ascensio Saurí, aka Asen, Spanish animator and comics artist (Nicasso, Pintor Moderno, Tarzán 1990, Los Birimboyas), dies at age 45 in a car accident.[51]
August 13: Richard Klokkers, Dutch comics artist (Marten Toonder Studios), dies at age 70.[52]
August 23: Jean-Claude Gal, French comics artist (Les Armées du Conquérant), dies at age 52.[53]
August 24: Wijnanda Nanny Aberson, Dutch writer and comics writer (wrote the script of the very first Kapitein Rob story), dies at age 82.[54][55]
August 26: Werner Klemke, German illustrator and comics artist (Burattino im Puppentheater des Carabas Barabas), dies at age 77.[56]
September
September 5: Yvette Lapointe, Canadian comics artist (Les Petits Espiègles), dies at age 82.[57]
September 11: Ben Jansen, Dutch comics artist (De Glunderende Gluurder, a sex parody of Suske en Wiske[58]), dies at the age of 39.[58]
September 12: Dick De Wilde, aka W. Gerritsen or W. Gerr, Dutch comics artist, illustrator and graphic designer (assistant of Hans G. Kresse, made his own comic Victo van Turenne), dies at age 89.[59]
September 21: Jef De Wulf, French comics artist (published in the magazine Junior Adventures), dies at age 78.[60]
September 22: Bud Sagendorf, American comics artist (assisted on and continuedPopeye), dies from brain cancer at age 79.[61]
September 24: Jan van Reek, Dutch comic writer and artist, (Wipperoen), dies at age 70.[62]
October
October 5: Doug Wildey, American comics artist and animator (The Outlaw Kid and the newspaper comic based on The Saint), dies at age 72.[63]
October 14: Jack Tippit, American comics artist (Doctor Bill, Sergeant Pepper, continued Amy and Henry), dies at age 70.[65]
October 17: Rik van Bentum, Dutch painter and comics artist (made an obscure comic strip, New Comic Strip Scandal 2000, together with novelist Jan Cremer), dies at age 57.[66]
October 18: Manoel Messias de Mello, Brazilian comics artist (Pão Duro, Gibimha, Audaz, o Demolidor), dies at age 88.[67]
October 26: Francis, Belgian comics artist (Marc Lebut et son Voisin, Capitaine Lahuche, Les Soldats de Plomb), dies at age 57.[68]
November
November 2: Martin Taras, American animator and comics artist (made comics based on Famous Studios characters), dies at age 80.[69]
December 8: Sidney A. Quinn, American illustrator, painter and comics artist (continued The Timbertoes and Goofus and Gallant), dies at age 79 or 80.[76]
December 14: Lucien Nortier, French comics artist (various realistically drawn comics, continued Bob L'Ardent), dies at age 62.[77]
December 18: Albert-Georges Badert, French comics artist (continued Les Pieds Nickelés), dies at age 79.[78]
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^Sangiacomo, Mike (Feb 20, 1994). "Marvel's Stars Are Going to be Kept on the Run". The Plain Dealer.
^Marquez, Heron Estrada (15 Mar 1994). "Serious about comics: Collectors congregate in Bloomington to pore over the classic and the quirky". Star Tribune. p. 07B.
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