January •
January 2: Joaquín Buigas, Spanish comics writer (
La familia Ulises), dies at age 76. •
January 18: Francisco Valença, Portuguese comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 80.
February •
February 18: Vadim Lazarkevich, Russian-Bulgarian illustrator and comics artist (
Vesel Putniks Balloon,
The Little Barber), dies at age 67. •
February 26: Charles Folkard, British illustrator and comics artist (
Teddy Tail), dies at age 84.
March •
March 23: Maurice Boyer, aka Moriss, French actor, comedian, illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist, dies at age 88. •
Specific date in March unknown: Koos Schadée, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at an unknown age.
May •
May 3: Alejandro Del Prado, aka Calé, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist (
Buenos Aires Intimo), dies at age 37.
July •
July 2:
Alicia Patterson, American publisher and comics writer (
Deathless Deer), dies at age 56 of complications following stomach surgery for an ulcer. •
July 7: François-Joseph Herman, Belgian comics artist (worked for
Studio Vandersteen and made several one-shot stories of his own for
Tintin), dies at age 31.
August •
August 16:
Ralph Fuller, American comics artist (
Oaky Doaks), dies at age 73. •
August 30: Jan Lunde, Norwegian comics artist (
Pappa og Pjokken,
Skomakker Bekk of Tvililligene Hans,
Professor Skjeel,
Dimpen og Dumpen), dies at age 74. •
August 31: Willem Gerrit van de Hulst Sr., Dutch novelist and comics writer (
In de Soete Suikerbol), dies at age 83.
September •
September 19:
David Low, New Zealand-British cartoonist and comics artist (
Colonel Blimp), dies at age 62. •
September 20: Jan Wiegman, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 79.
October •
October 9: Leonard Sansone, American comics artist (
Wolf Man,
Willie), dies in a traffic accident at age 46. •
October 23:
Clarence D. Russell, American comics artist (
Pete the Tramp,
The Tucker Twins), dies at age 68. •
October 25:
Lewis Baumer, British caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93.
December •
December 1:
Jimmy Hatlo, American comics artist (''
They'll Do It Every Time, Little Iodine''), dies at age 65. •
December 12: Wynne W. Davies, Australian illustrator and comics artist (
The Strange Adventures of Percy the Pommy), dies at age 71. •
December 18:
Bruce Russell, aka Bruce Barr, American sports cartoonist and comics artist (
Rollo Rollingstone), dies at age 60.
Specific date unknown • Shaka Bontaro, Japanese comic artist (drew an illegal
Mickey Mouse comic), dies at age 71 or 72. •
Gilbert Lawford Dalton, British comics writer (
Wilson the Wonder Athlete), dies at age 48 or 49. • Andrés Guevara, Paraguayan illustrator and comics artist (
Blanca Nieve y Pío-Pío), dies at age 58 or 59. • Katsuishi Kabashima, Japanese illustrator and comic artist (
The Adventures of Sho-Chan), dies at age 74 or 75. •
Harry Mace, American comics artist (
Amy), dies at age 40. • Arthur Mansbridge, British illustrator and comics artist (worked for the magazine
Golden), dies at age 85. • Norman McMurray, Australian comic artist (
Fish and Chips,
Googles), dies at age 72 or 73. • Pierre Saint-Loup, French comic artist (''L'Oncle Pacifique''), dies at age 68 or 69. • Les Such, Australian comics artist (
Buster Braddock,
Rip Weston), dies at age 62 or 63. • Arnold Warden, British comics artist (''Snowdrop's Zoo
, Tuffy and His Magic Tail''), dies at age 70 or 71. == Awards ==