Doom Patrol vol. 2, #19: "Crawling from the Wreckage" —
Grant Morrison begins a celebrated run as Doom Patrol writer (lasting until issue #63, January
1993).
March 14: Action Comics, with issue #642, ends its weekly publication schedule (begun May 24,
1988) and goes on a short hiatus (resuming publication in July). (DC Comics)
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.[27]
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.[28]
July 12: Rodolphe Vincent, Canadian illustrator, novelist and comics artist (newspaper comic strip adaptations of
swashbuckler novels), dies at age 84.[33]
December 18: Henning Gantriis, Danish comics artist (Livets Gang i Lidenlund), dies at age 71.[50]
December 29: Hubert Levigne, Dutch illustrator and comic artist (Het Prentenboek van Jesus' Leven), dies at age 84.[51]
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.[52]
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.[54]
Marc Payot, Belgian actor and comics artist (Tom Potter, continued Het Manneken), dies at age 65 or 66 in a traffic accident.[55]
Stoian Venev, Bulgarian comics artist and caricaturist, dies at age 84 or 85.[56]
César López Vera, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 56 or 57.[57]
October 15–November 26: "Great American Comics — 100 Years of American Cartoon Art" (part of the
Festival of Cartoon Art) (
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department's Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Columbus, Ohio) — exhibition focusing on comics as a graphic narrative;
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service show opens its two-year national tour[63]
^Greenberger, Robert; Manning, Matthew K. (2009). The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave.
Running Press. p. 41.
ISBN978-0-7624-3663-7. In the pages of Detective Comics, Batman screenwriter Sam Hamm took advantage of that year's ongoing writers' strike to write a three-issue story entitled "Blind Justice", which culminated in that title's 600th issue.
^Brooks, Brad! (Sep 1989). "International Spotlight: Frank Bellamy: Dan Dare Artist Exhibited at South London Gallery". The Comics Journal. No. 131. pp. 13–14.
^
ab"Exhibits". 1989 Festival of Cartoon Art. Ohio State University. Archived from
the original on 2018-01-20.
^Powers, Nancy Chipman. "Batman Would Feel At Home: Collectors To Head For Motor City Comic Con Show," Detroit Free Press (13 May 2007), p. CJ.5.
^"Brèves,"Les Cahiers de la Bande Dessinée #83 (Dec. 1988). pp. 28-29.
Doom Patrol vol. 2, #19: "Crawling from the Wreckage" —
Grant Morrison begins a celebrated run as Doom Patrol writer (lasting until issue #63, January
1993).
March 14: Action Comics, with issue #642, ends its weekly publication schedule (begun May 24,
1988) and goes on a short hiatus (resuming publication in July). (DC Comics)
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.[27]
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.[28]
July 12: Rodolphe Vincent, Canadian illustrator, novelist and comics artist (newspaper comic strip adaptations of
swashbuckler novels), dies at age 84.[33]
December 18: Henning Gantriis, Danish comics artist (Livets Gang i Lidenlund), dies at age 71.[50]
December 29: Hubert Levigne, Dutch illustrator and comic artist (Het Prentenboek van Jesus' Leven), dies at age 84.[51]
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.[52]
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.[54]
Marc Payot, Belgian actor and comics artist (Tom Potter, continued Het Manneken), dies at age 65 or 66 in a traffic accident.[55]
Stoian Venev, Bulgarian comics artist and caricaturist, dies at age 84 or 85.[56]
César López Vera, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 56 or 57.[57]
October 15–November 26: "Great American Comics — 100 Years of American Cartoon Art" (part of the
Festival of Cartoon Art) (
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department's Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Columbus, Ohio) — exhibition focusing on comics as a graphic narrative;
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service show opens its two-year national tour[63]
^Greenberger, Robert; Manning, Matthew K. (2009). The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave.
Running Press. p. 41.
ISBN978-0-7624-3663-7. In the pages of Detective Comics, Batman screenwriter Sam Hamm took advantage of that year's ongoing writers' strike to write a three-issue story entitled "Blind Justice", which culminated in that title's 600th issue.
^Brooks, Brad! (Sep 1989). "International Spotlight: Frank Bellamy: Dan Dare Artist Exhibited at South London Gallery". The Comics Journal. No. 131. pp. 13–14.
^
ab"Exhibits". 1989 Festival of Cartoon Art. Ohio State University. Archived from
the original on 2018-01-20.
^Powers, Nancy Chipman. "Batman Would Feel At Home: Collectors To Head For Motor City Comic Con Show," Detroit Free Press (13 May 2007), p. CJ.5.
^"Brèves,"Les Cahiers de la Bande Dessinée #83 (Dec. 1988). pp. 28-29.