Formation of the
Independent Comic Publishers Association (ICPA), to promote excellence in and further public awareness of this growing segment of the comic book industry. The appearance of the ICPA logo on a comic is meant as a symbol of quality in the small press, black-and-white market.
Strip AIDS, by various authors, care of
Don Mela (Willyprods / Small Time Ink).
January
January 1: At the start of the year, Tintin launches the first of 52 illustrations made
Bob De Groot and
Turk, published on a weekly basis throughout the year. All 52 images together form a long streetview, 15 metres in length. [1][2]
January 2: The first episode of
René Windig and
Eddie de Jong's Heinz is published. It will run until 2000, then return for a brief period between 2004 and 2006.[3]
January 23: Comics artist
Willy Vandersteen is a guest in the TV show In De Hoofdrol, presented by
Mies Bouwman, where, among other surprises, he is given the first copy of a brand new Suske en Wiske story, De Parel in de Lotusbloem, which his successor
Paul Geerts had made in secret for him.[4]
Fantastic Four #300:
Johnny Storm marries "
Alicia Masters" — actually
Lyja, a female member of the shapeshifting alien race the
Skrulls, who had abducted and replaced Masters to serve as a spy. (Marvel Comics)
In the Italian magazine Corto Maltese, the first chapter of Isola gentile (The gentle island), by
Sergio Toppi is prepublished. An adventure set in the Malay Archipelago. In the same issue the Corto Maltese story The secret rose, by
Hugo Pratt is prepublished, an adventure inspired by alchemy and esotericism, where the hero meets
Herman Hesse.
In the Italian magazine Comic Art, debut of La bionda (The blonde woman), by
Franco Saudelli, adventures of a female thief mixing mystery, science-fiction and bondage eroticism.[8] and of the spy series Rudy X, by Rinaldo Traini and Rodolfo Torti.[9]
"
Batman: Year Two" begins in DC Comics' Detective Comics #575 (continuing through Detective Comics #578). Written by
Mike W. Barr, with art by (among others)
Todd McFarlane, "Batman: Year Two" follows on the success of "Batman: Year One".
First issue of the anthological magazine Tutto West (
Bonelli), reprinting some almost forgotten
Wester comics published by the house in the Fifties.
July
July 4 - September 6: In
Ghent, Belgium, museum curator
Jan Hoet organizes an exhibition about
European comics titled Kunst en Grafische Vernieuwing in het Europees Beeldverhaal (Art and Graphic Innovation in European Comics), exhibiting original artwork by various Belgian, French, Swiss, Italian, Polish and Dutch comics artists.[11]
October 14: in Il giornalino, the series La pattuglia ecologica (The echo-patrol) by Mauro Cominelli and Mario Rossi, makes its debut; it has a group of five environment's defenders as heroes.[17]
In the Italian magazine Comic art, the first chapter of Alias is prepublished, an adventure series set in 17th-century Amsterdam, written by Renato Queirolo and drawn by
Anna Brandoli.
In Italy, first issue of the magazine Zio Paperone (
Mondadori, then
Disney Italia); it reprints integrally the
Carl Barks production, later extending to other Disney authors. [18]
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Deaths
January
January 2: Jacques Laplaine, aka J. Lap, French comics artist (Le Petit President, Monsieur Cloche, the Tintin parody Tintin à la recherche du veau d'or), dies at age 65.[22]
January 13:
Ed Kuekes, American cartoonist and comics artist (Alice in Wonderland, Do You Believe?), dies at age 85.[23]
October 5:
Ed Stevenson, American illustrator and comics artist (Ted Powers), dies at age 91.[44]
Specific date unknown: Radu Duldurescu, Romanian comics artist (Cutu si Miau, Mache Fantomas, Pestera Aurie, Fix Contra Vix, Muky si Mache), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 60.[45]
Pedro Alférez González, Spanish comics artist (Mascarita, continued Inspector Dan, Fix und Foxi), dies at age 51 or 52.[53]
Huang Yao, Chinese comics artist (Niu Bi Zi), dies at age 69 or 70. [54]
Lenn Redman, American caricaturist, animator, novelist, poet, illustrator, comics artist, cartoonist and activist (worked on Mary Worth), dies at age 74 or 75.[55]
Vicq, Belgian comics artist (Taka Takata, Korrigan, Les Frères Bross), dies in a hospital at age 50 or 51, after having become a reclusive person the past years. His death is only noticed several years later.[56]
Exhibitions and shows
January 6 – February 28: "
Robert Williams: Messages from a Drunken Broom" (Psychedelic Solution Gallery, New York City)
February 22:
Great Eastern Conventions (Budget Motor Lodge, Route 73, Mount Laurel, New Jersey) — c. 175 attendees; five dealers and about 25 exhibitor tables[59]
^"Paul Geerts". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
^Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 226.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. The original Superman title had adopted the new title The Adventures of Superman but continued the original numbering of its long and storied history. Popular writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway handled the creative chores.
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 227 "Melding Miller's noir sensibilities, realistic characterization, and gritty action with Mazzucchelli's brilliant iconic imagery, "Year One" thrilled readers and critics alike...as well as being one of the influences for the 2005 film Batman Begins.
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 227 "With the help of Pérez's meticulous pencils, as well as his guidance as co-plotter, Wonder Woman was thrust further into the realm of Greek mythology than she'd ever been before."
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 229: "October [1987] saw a new Doom Patrol series, by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Steve Lightle."
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 227 "Formerly part of the Charlton Comics line, the Question carved his mysterious niche into the DC Universe with the help of writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Denys Cowan."
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 228: "Writer John Ostrander gave the new Suicide Squad its own series, having brought the team to life in 1986's Legends miniseries...With the team's own title, Ostrander was helped by artist Luke McDonnell."
Formation of the
Independent Comic Publishers Association (ICPA), to promote excellence in and further public awareness of this growing segment of the comic book industry. The appearance of the ICPA logo on a comic is meant as a symbol of quality in the small press, black-and-white market.
Strip AIDS, by various authors, care of
Don Mela (Willyprods / Small Time Ink).
January
January 1: At the start of the year, Tintin launches the first of 52 illustrations made
Bob De Groot and
Turk, published on a weekly basis throughout the year. All 52 images together form a long streetview, 15 metres in length. [1][2]
January 2: The first episode of
René Windig and
Eddie de Jong's Heinz is published. It will run until 2000, then return for a brief period between 2004 and 2006.[3]
January 23: Comics artist
Willy Vandersteen is a guest in the TV show In De Hoofdrol, presented by
Mies Bouwman, where, among other surprises, he is given the first copy of a brand new Suske en Wiske story, De Parel in de Lotusbloem, which his successor
Paul Geerts had made in secret for him.[4]
Fantastic Four #300:
Johnny Storm marries "
Alicia Masters" — actually
Lyja, a female member of the shapeshifting alien race the
Skrulls, who had abducted and replaced Masters to serve as a spy. (Marvel Comics)
In the Italian magazine Corto Maltese, the first chapter of Isola gentile (The gentle island), by
Sergio Toppi is prepublished. An adventure set in the Malay Archipelago. In the same issue the Corto Maltese story The secret rose, by
Hugo Pratt is prepublished, an adventure inspired by alchemy and esotericism, where the hero meets
Herman Hesse.
In the Italian magazine Comic Art, debut of La bionda (The blonde woman), by
Franco Saudelli, adventures of a female thief mixing mystery, science-fiction and bondage eroticism.[8] and of the spy series Rudy X, by Rinaldo Traini and Rodolfo Torti.[9]
"
Batman: Year Two" begins in DC Comics' Detective Comics #575 (continuing through Detective Comics #578). Written by
Mike W. Barr, with art by (among others)
Todd McFarlane, "Batman: Year Two" follows on the success of "Batman: Year One".
First issue of the anthological magazine Tutto West (
Bonelli), reprinting some almost forgotten
Wester comics published by the house in the Fifties.
July
July 4 - September 6: In
Ghent, Belgium, museum curator
Jan Hoet organizes an exhibition about
European comics titled Kunst en Grafische Vernieuwing in het Europees Beeldverhaal (Art and Graphic Innovation in European Comics), exhibiting original artwork by various Belgian, French, Swiss, Italian, Polish and Dutch comics artists.[11]
October 14: in Il giornalino, the series La pattuglia ecologica (The echo-patrol) by Mauro Cominelli and Mario Rossi, makes its debut; it has a group of five environment's defenders as heroes.[17]
In the Italian magazine Comic art, the first chapter of Alias is prepublished, an adventure series set in 17th-century Amsterdam, written by Renato Queirolo and drawn by
Anna Brandoli.
In Italy, first issue of the magazine Zio Paperone (
Mondadori, then
Disney Italia); it reprints integrally the
Carl Barks production, later extending to other Disney authors. [18]
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2023)
Deaths
January
January 2: Jacques Laplaine, aka J. Lap, French comics artist (Le Petit President, Monsieur Cloche, the Tintin parody Tintin à la recherche du veau d'or), dies at age 65.[22]
January 13:
Ed Kuekes, American cartoonist and comics artist (Alice in Wonderland, Do You Believe?), dies at age 85.[23]
October 5:
Ed Stevenson, American illustrator and comics artist (Ted Powers), dies at age 91.[44]
Specific date unknown: Radu Duldurescu, Romanian comics artist (Cutu si Miau, Mache Fantomas, Pestera Aurie, Fix Contra Vix, Muky si Mache), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 60.[45]
Pedro Alférez González, Spanish comics artist (Mascarita, continued Inspector Dan, Fix und Foxi), dies at age 51 or 52.[53]
Huang Yao, Chinese comics artist (Niu Bi Zi), dies at age 69 or 70. [54]
Lenn Redman, American caricaturist, animator, novelist, poet, illustrator, comics artist, cartoonist and activist (worked on Mary Worth), dies at age 74 or 75.[55]
Vicq, Belgian comics artist (Taka Takata, Korrigan, Les Frères Bross), dies in a hospital at age 50 or 51, after having become a reclusive person the past years. His death is only noticed several years later.[56]
Exhibitions and shows
January 6 – February 28: "
Robert Williams: Messages from a Drunken Broom" (Psychedelic Solution Gallery, New York City)
February 22:
Great Eastern Conventions (Budget Motor Lodge, Route 73, Mount Laurel, New Jersey) — c. 175 attendees; five dealers and about 25 exhibitor tables[59]
^"Paul Geerts". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
^Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 226.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. The original Superman title had adopted the new title The Adventures of Superman but continued the original numbering of its long and storied history. Popular writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway handled the creative chores.
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 227 "Melding Miller's noir sensibilities, realistic characterization, and gritty action with Mazzucchelli's brilliant iconic imagery, "Year One" thrilled readers and critics alike...as well as being one of the influences for the 2005 film Batman Begins.
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 227 "With the help of Pérez's meticulous pencils, as well as his guidance as co-plotter, Wonder Woman was thrust further into the realm of Greek mythology than she'd ever been before."
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 229: "October [1987] saw a new Doom Patrol series, by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Steve Lightle."
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 227 "Formerly part of the Charlton Comics line, the Question carved his mysterious niche into the DC Universe with the help of writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Denys Cowan."
^Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 228: "Writer John Ostrander gave the new Suicide Squad its own series, having brought the team to life in 1986's Legends miniseries...With the team's own title, Ostrander was helped by artist Luke McDonnell."