January •
January 17:
Malcolm Judge, British comics artist (''
Colonel Crackpot's Circus, The Numskulls, Billy Whizz''), dies at age 70 or 71. •
January 23:
Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (his
Les Mystères Surrealistes de New York was published as a comic strip), dies at age 84. •
January 31:
Bob Dunn, American comics artist (continued ''
They'll Do It Every Time and Little Iodine''), dies at age 80.
February •
February 9:
Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist and animator (
Astro Boy,
Kimba the White Lion,
Black Jack,
Phoenix,
Princess Knight,
Unico,
Message to Adolf,
The Amazing 3,
Buddha), dies at age 60. •
February 19: Athos Cozzi, Italian comics artist, dies at age 69. •
February 25: Ken Champin, American comics artist (
Disney comics), dies at age 77. •
February 27: Peter Age Veldheer, Dutch comics artist (made comics starring
Tarzan), dies at age 58.
March •
March 19:
Ethel Hays, American comics artist (
Ethel,
Marianne,
Vic and Ethel,
Flapper Fanny Says,
Raggedy Ann), dies at age 97. •
March 27: Fabrizio Caprioli, Italian comics artist, dies at age 40. •
March 30:
Mike Sekowsky, American comics artist, writer and animator (
Justice League of America,
Wonder Woman), dies at age 65.
April •
April 9:
Carl Wessler, American animator, comics artist and writer (
Snazzy Rabbit,
Señorita Juanita McMouse,
Filbert Fox,
Happy Daze,
Atlas Comics,
E.C. Comics,
Harvey Comics), dies at age 75 •
April 27: William Arthur Smith, American animation writer, comics artist and illustrator (
Captain Cook of Scotland Yard,
Race Keane,
Yankee Eagle,
Navy Section,
The King,
Red, White and Blue), dies at age 71.
May •
May 3: Edmundo Marculeta, aka Marcouleta, Marcouletta, Marcou, Boris Tunder, Spanish-French comics artist (
Aventuras de Baron Thunder,
Julio y Ricardo,
Vengador del Mundo, ''Jim l'Eclair
, Sandy le Petit Boucanier''), dies at age 66. •
May 21: Buford Tune, American comics artist (
Dotty Dripple), dies at age 82.
June •
June 4:
Dik Browne, American comics artist and writer (
Hägar the Horrible,
Hi and Lois), dies at age 71. •
June 29: Mathieu Laville, French comic artist, dies at age 28 in a car accident.
July •
July 10:
Jean-Michel Charlier, Belgian comics writer (
Buck Danny,
Barbe-Rouge,
Blueberry,
La Patrouille des Castors, ''
L'oncle Paul''), dies at age 64. •
July 12: Rodolphe Vincent, Canadian illustrator, novelist and comics artist (newspaper comic strip adaptations of
swashbuckler novels), dies at age 84. •
July 27: Pietro Sartor, Italian comic artist (member of
EsseGesse, co-creator of
Captain Miki,
Il Grande Blek,
Comandante Mark,
Kinowa and
Alan Mistero), dies at age 62.
August •
August 3: Paolo Garretto, Italian caricaturist and comics artist, dies at age 86. •
August 4:
Paul Murry, American animator, comics artist and writer (''Buck O'Rue
, Disney comics, created the Super Goof'' feature), dies at age 77. •
August 8:
George Papp, American comics artist (co-creator of
Green Arrow and
Congo Bill, worked on
Superman and
Superboy), dies at age 73.
September •
September 26: Terence Wakefield, British comics artist (worked for
Film Fun, continued their
Laurel & Hardy comics), dies at age 78.
October •
October 12:
Jay Ward, American animator and producer (
Crusader Rabbit,
Rocky & Bullwinkle,
Dudley Do-Right,
Peabody and Sherman,
Hoppity Hooper,
George of the Jungle,
Tom Slick,
Super Chicken), dies at age 69. •
October 14: Dale Connor, American comics artist (
Mary Worth, assisted on
Apple Mary), dies at age 85. •
October 18: Henk J. Rotgans, Dutch comics artist (
Robbie en Ringo,
Jop, Joep en... Jippie,
Moppy Mal,
De Razende Raket), dies at age 79.
November •
November 6:
George Fett, American comics artist (
Sniffy (later
Norbert), dies at age 69. •
November 13: Zdravko Sulic, Serbian comics artist, dies at age 64. •
November 19:
Sol Harrison, American comics executive (president of DC Comics), dies at 72. •
November 20: Sten Rinaldo, Swedish comics artist (
Ba-Ba,
Varför är Icander så glad?), dies at age 83. •
November 22:
C.C. Beck, American comics artist (
Captain Marvel), dies at age 79. •
November 22:
José Guadalupe Cruz, Mexican comics writer and screenwriter (comics about
El Santo), dies at age 72. •
November 24:
Gordon Bess, American comics artist and writer (
Redeye), dies at age 60. •
November 28:
Ion Popescu-Gopo, Romanian comic artist and animator (''Gopo's Little Man''), dies at age 66.
December •
December 12:
Suihō Tagawa, Japanese manga artist (
Norakuro), dies at age 90. •
December 18: Henning Gantriis, Danish comics artist (
Livets Gang i Lidenlund), dies at age 71. •
December 29: Hubert Levigne, Dutch illustrator and comic artist (''Het Prentenboek van Jesus' Leven''), dies at age 84.
Specific date unknown • Nestor Gonzalez Fossat, Argentine comics artist (
Jimmy y su Pupilo,
Aventuras de Menucho,
Firulete y Retacón,
Goyito y Goyita), dies at age 80 or 81. •
Charles Kuhn, American comics artist (
Grandma), dies at age 97. • Karel van Milleghem, Belgian journalist and chief editor (
Ons Volkske and the Dutch language version of
Tintin, creator of the famous slogan
Tintin, for people between 7 and 77, initiator of
Belvision), dies at age 65 or 66. • Marc Payot, Belgian actor and comics artist (
Tom Potter, continued
Het Manneken), dies at age 65 or 66 in a traffic accident. • Stoian Venev, Bulgarian comics artist and caricaturist, dies at age 84 or 85. • César López Vera, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 56 or 57. • George Wheeler, American animator and comics artist (made a comic strip based on
True Life Adventures,
Disney comics), dies at age 69 or 70. • Wittamin, Thai comics artist (
LingGee), dies at age 71 or 72. ==Exhibitions and shows==