January •
January 1: Frank Baginski, American comic artist (
Plainsville,
Splitsville,
The Loner), dies in a car accident at age 45. •
January 13:
Ray Moore, American comics artist (co-creator of
The Phantom), dies at age 78 or 79. •
January 15: Tom Hickey, American illustrator and comics artist (
Slapsie, worked for
DC Comics,
Dell Comics,
Harvey Comics), dies at age 73. •
January 31:
K-Hito, Spanish caricaturist, animator, sports journalist, film producer, publisher and comics writer and artist (
Gutiérrez,
Macaco,
Currinche,
Don Turulato), dies at age 93 or 94.
February •
February 23: Jorge B. Gálvez, aka Jordi Badía Romero, Spanish comics artist (
The Super Cats), dies at age 45.
March •
March 1:
Carl Burgos, American comics artist (
Human Torch), dies at age 67. •
March 15: Joseph Hughes Newton, American comics artist (
Tullus), dies at age 78.
April •
April 1: • Ray Gill, American comics writer and artist (worked for
Timely Comics and
Archie Comics), dies at age 66. • Kurt Klamann, German painter and comics artist, dies at age 76. •
April 7: Vittorio Cossio, Italian comics artist and animator (continued
Furio Almirante,
Raff), dies at age 72 or 73. •
April 9: Lex Overeijnder, Dutch comics artist (continued
Pinkie Pienter, created comic strip based on the TV show
Fabeltjeskrant), dies at age 53.
May •
May 2:
Bob Clampett, American animator, puppeteer and cartoonist (
Porky Pig,
Daffy Duck,
Tweety), dies at age 70. •
May 7: Robert Giordan, French comics artist and half of the Giordan Brothers (
Franck Nevil,
Tom Tempest,
Les Francis,
Bob Corton,
Vigor and
Thierry), dies at age 61. •
May 11:
Hubert van Zeller, A.K.A. Brother Choleric, Egyptian-British theologian, sculptor and gag cartoonist (the
Cracks in the Cloister series), dies at age 79. •
May 21:
Ruben Moreira, Puerto Rican-American comics artist (
Tarzan), dies at age 61. •
May 22: Alan Maver, American sports cartoonist and comic artist (assisted on
Nancy), dies at age 74. •
May 30: Al Hubbard, American animator and comics artist (
Disney comics,
Tom & Jerry comics,
Walter Lantz comics, co-creator of
Fethry Duck), dies at age 70 or 71.
June •
June 4:
Sol Brodsky, American comics artist and
Marvel Comics' production manager. Also known as
Stan Lee's "right-hand man", dies at age 61. •
June 10: Rodolfo Claro, aka Mico, aka René Foly, Argentine comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 82. •
June 12: Bill Wright, American comics artist (
Disney comics), dies at age 66. •
June 28:
Pete Costanza, American comics artist (
Captain Marvel, made comics for
Classics Illustrated), dies at age 71.
July •
July 12: Giovanni Manca, Italian comics artist (''
Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi, Macarietto
, Don Gradasso Sbudelloni
, Tamarindo''), dies at age 95. •
July 13: Josep Coll i Coll, A.KA. José Coll y Coll, Spanish comics artist (
En Bufa i en Pumpun), commits suicide at age 61 with an electric cable in his bathtub. •
July 24: Bob Heinz, German comics artist (
Pif und Alf,
Jan Maat,
Jerry der lustige Cowboy,
Basil der Kätzenkonig,
Bob Evans), dies at age 61. •
July 28: Henk Kabos, Dutch comics artist (
Tekko Taks), dies at age 71. •
July 29:
Fred Waring, American bandleader, musician and comics collector (the Fred Waring Comics collection ), dies at age 84.
August •
August 1:
Howard Nostrand, American comics artist and illustrator (The comic strip based on the TV series
Bat Masterson), dies at age 55. •
August 10:
Virgil Partch, American cartoonist and comics artist (''The Captain's Gig''), dies at age 67 in a car accident. •
August 17:
Bruno Premiani, Italian-American illustrator and comics artist (co-creator of
Doom Patrol, worked on
Tomahawk), dies at age 77. •
August 19:
Don Newton, American comics artist (
Batman,
Captain Marvel), dies at age 49. •
August 21:
Phil Seuling, American organizer of comic book
fan conventions and father of the
direct market, dies at age 50. •
August 28:
Harry Lucey, American comics artist (
Archie Comics), dies at age 70.
September •
September 12: •
Lola Anglada, Spanish comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 92. • Rein Stuurman, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (
Bobbeltje de Maankabouter,
Gerrit de Zwarte Kraai,
Jantje Puk), dies at the age of 83. •
September 14: Lino Palacio, Argentine comics artist (
Ramona,
Don Fulgencio), dies at age 80. •
September 21: Hugh Stanley White, British comics artist (''Rosalind and Tommy's Adventures Among the Chinese''), dies at age 79. •
September 25:
Laverne Harding, American animator and comics artist (
Walter Lantz,
Hanna-Barbera,
The Pink Panther), dies at age 78.
October •
October 21: Maurice Henry, French journalist, writer, poet, painter, film director, cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 76. •
Specific date in October unknown: Stan Randall, American comic artist (
Right Around Home, assisted on ''
Ripley's Believe It or Not''), dies at age 90.
November •
November 14:
Greg Irons, American underground cartoonist, animator, poster- and tattoo artist, is killed by a bus in Bangkok, Thailand, at age 37. •
November 30: • Francisco Flores Montes, Mexican comic artist and painter (
Flyn de la Pradera,
Capitán Wings,
Flash el Vengador,
El Noqueador del Barrio,
Gitanillo,
Mi Hermano Chuy,
Angels Infernales), dies at age 64. • Frans Mettes, Dutch illustrator, poster- and comics artist (''Het Huis Aan 't Water''), dies at age 75. •
Specific date unknown: •
Ben Oda, American comics letterer (
EC Comics,
DC Comics), dies at age 69. •
Brian White, British animator and comics artist (
Nipper, continued
Keyhole Kate), dies at age 82.
December •
December 7: Otto Dicke, Dutch illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (
Spekkie en Blekkie,
Jesje en Josje), dies at age 66. •
December 29: Erich Schmitt, German comic artist (
Die Arche Noah), dies at age 60. •
December 30: Mo Gollub, American comics artist (
Disney comics,
Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 74. •
December 30:
Al Avison, American comics artist (
Captain America,
Whizzer), dies at age 64.
Specific date unknown • Guy Brasseur, Belgian comics artist and teacher (
Scampi), dies at age 43 or 44. •
Will Gould, American comics artist (
Red Barry), dies at age 72 or 73. •
Guglielmo Guastaveglia, Italian journalist and comics artist (early Italian
Mickey Mouse comics), dies at age 94 or 95. == Exhibitions and shows ==