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1944 in comics

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Notable events of 1944 in comics.

Events and publications

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Year overall

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Winter

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Births

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January

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Deaths

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January

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  • January 2: Orville Peter Williams, A.K.A. O.P. Williams, American comic artist (Gasoline Gus), dies at age 67.[32]
  • January 9: Döes, Swiss illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 84 or 85.[33]
  • January 20: Arthur LeMay, Canadian caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (continued Les Aventures de Timothée), dies at age 43 or 44.[34]
  • Specific date unknown: Bernie Klein, American comics artist (worked for DC Comics, Quality Comics, Lev Gleason), dies in battle at age 23.[35]

February

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  • February 4: Will B. Johnstone, American lyricist, screenwriter and comics artist (You Know Me Al), dies at age 62.[36]
  • February 27: Henri Cassiers, Belgian illustrator, poster artist and comics artist, dies at age 85.[37]

March

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  • March 30: Lucien Laurent-Gsell, French painter, comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 83.[38]

April

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June

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September

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  • September 2: Jan Feith, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (De Geschiedenis des Vaderlands), dies at age 80.[41]
  • September 13: William Heath Robinson, British cartoonist, dies at age 72 [42]

October

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  • October 10: Antoni Utrillo, Spanish illustrator, writer, lithographer, painter, comics artist and poster designer (La Rondalla del Dijous), dies at age 76 or 77.[43]
  • October 15: Melitón González, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 89.[44]
  • October 21: Nell Brinkley, American illustrator and comics artist (Brinkley Girls), dies at age 68.[45]
  • October 23: Gerrit Rotman, Dutch teacher and comics artist (Snuffelgraag en Knagelijntje, Meneer Pimpelmans), dies at age 51.[46]
  • Specific date unknown: Robert L. Dickey, American painter and comics artist (Mr. and Mrs. Beans, Buster Beans, Buckey and his Pals), dies at age 82 or 83.[47]

November

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  • November 16: Ivan Šenšin, Russian-Serbian comics artist (illegal Mickey Mouse comics, furthermore made comic strip adaptations of novels), is executed at age 47.[24]
  • November 18: Rayko Aleksiev, Bulgarian caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 51, after beaten up during interrogations.[25]
  • Specific date in November unknown: Veljko Kockar, Croatian comic artist (Kaktus Bata), dies at age 24. [48]

December

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  • December 22: Louis Briault, British comics artist (The Comical Capers of Billie Reeves, the Scream of the Screen, The Psychic Trip), dies at age 59.[49]

Specific date unknown

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  • Vlastimir Belkic, Yugoslavian comics artist (Hari Vilsa, illegal Mickey Mouse comics), dies at age 47 or 48.[50]
  • Paul Fung, American comics artist (Innocent Hing, A Guy from Grand Rapids, Big House Fables, Gus and Gussie, continued Dumb Dora), dies at age 56 or 57.[51]
  • Henry Thol, American comics artist (Adamson's Adventures), dies at age 57 or 58.[52]

First issues by title

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Initial appearances by character name

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References

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  1. ^ "Jimmy and His Magic Patch". www.internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Jacques Gagnier". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Trademark Status & Document Retrieval". tsdr.uspto.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "GCD :: Issue :: Bomber Comics #1". www.comics.org. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "GCD :: Issue :: Better Comics #v3#3". comics.org.
  6. ^ "André LeBlanc".
  7. ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780472117567.
  8. ^ a b "George Herriman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Frank O. King". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. ^ Gifford, Denis. The International Book of Comics. Crescent Books, 1984. 132. Retrieved from Google Books on January 24, 2011. "[...]of the funny animal supercrowd was "Superkatt", who made his debut in Giggle Comics No.9 (1994). As drawn by "Dang" (the comic-book pen name of animator Dan Gordon from the Fleischer Studio), Superkatt, known as "Supe" for short (which he was), was as silly as his super costume."
  11. ^ "Hilda Terry". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. ^ http://toonopedia.com/spdetec.htm Space Detective
  13. ^ "Barbara Shermund". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "ZM 44-09-10 | I.N.D.U.C.K.S." inducks.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  15. ^ "Hergé". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  16. ^ Superman #30 at the Grand Comics Database. "Writer credit claimed by Jerry Siegel in a letter to Richard Morrissey that states this story was written prior to earlier printed newspaper sequence by Whitney Ellsworth and Wayne Boring."
  17. ^ "A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe". www.seriesam.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  18. ^ "Spirou année 1944". www.bdoubliees.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  19. ^ "Jijé". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  20. ^ "Buford Tune". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  21. ^ "Guy Depière". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  22. ^ "Divito y Rico Tipo". Jan 22, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  23. ^ info@todo-argentina.net, El equipo de todo-Argentina. "Bombardeo de Plaza de Mayo (16 de Junio de 1955)". www.todo-argentina.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  24. ^ a b "Ivan Sensin". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  25. ^ a b "Raiko Aleksiev". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  26. ^ "Marten Toonder". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  27. ^ "Marc Sleen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  28. ^ Jacob M. Held (ed.), Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017, p. 185.
  29. ^ "Claude Lacroix". Lambiek.net. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  30. ^ "Falleció Robin Wood, el gran autor de los comics Dago y Nippur de Lagash". memo.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 October 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  31. ^ "Robin Wood". Lambiek.net. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  32. ^ "Orville Peter Williams". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  33. ^ "Döes". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  34. ^ "Arthur LeMay". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  35. ^ "Bernie Klein". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  36. ^ "Will B. Johnstone". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  37. ^ "Henri Cassiers". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  38. ^ "Lucien Laurent-Gsell". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  39. ^ "Rose O'Neill". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  40. ^ "John Hix". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  41. ^ "Jan Feith". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  42. ^ "William Heath Robinson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  43. ^ "Antoni Utrillo". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  44. ^ "Melitón González". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  45. ^ "Nell Brinkley". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  46. ^ "Gerrit Rotman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  47. ^ "Robert L. Dickey". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  48. ^ "Veljko Kockar".
  49. ^ "Louis Briault". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  50. ^ "Vlastimir Belkic". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  51. ^ "Paul Fung". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  52. ^ "Henry Thol". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.