Chuck Rozanski starts selling comics at age 13, from his parents' basement, which is the foundation of
Mile High Comics, a comics store in
Boulder, Colorado. He would open Mile High as a professional store at age 19.[1]
February 24: The first issue of the French comics magazine Pif Gadget is published.[3] It marks the debut of Rahan by Roger Lécureux and
André Chéret.[4]
In France, the first issue of the sci-fi horror comic magazine Wampus, by Marcel Navarro and
Luciano Bernasconi (
Éditions Lug, is published. Because of its extreme violent content, censors force it into cancellation after only six months.
April
April 10: The first issue of the erotic series Lucrezia by
Renzo Barbieri (Ediperiodici) is launched, inspired by the life of
Lucrezia Borgia.[9]
April 19: Nikola Lekić and Lazo Sredanović 's Dikan makes its debut.[10]
April 26: The final issue of the British comics magazine Eagle is published.
May 15: In Pilote, the Blueberry story La Mine de l’Allemand Perdu (The Mine of The Lost German) by
Jean-Michel Charlier and
Jean Giraud is first serialized, the first chapter of the diptych Superstition mountains.
DC Comics raises the price of its typical comic from 12 cents to 15 cents.
In the Argentine magazine D’Artagnan, the series Gilgamesh the Immortal by
Robin Wood and
Lucho Olivera debuts, a sci-fi version of the
Sumerian hero.
July
July 10: The first chapter of the story Zagor Racconta ( from the series Zagor) by
Guido Nolitta and
Gallieno Ferri, is published and reveals the origins of the hero.[19]
In the 4th issue of Zap ComixRobert Crumb's controversial comic strip Joe Blow causes scandal over its tale of
incest within the all-American family. The magazine is banned from many stores afterwards.[21]
September
September 6: The final issue of the British comics magazine TV Century 21 is published. It merges with Joe 90 on 27 September and will continue in this format until 25 September 1971.
The Brave and the Bold #85, Artist
Neal Adams updated
Green Arrow's visual appearance by designing a new costume for the character in The Brave and the Bold #85 (August -September 1969).[22]
The first issue of the Italian horror magazine Terror (Ediperiodici) is published.
In Télé 7 Jours, the story La Langouste ne Passera Pas by
Jean Yanne and Tito Topin is first serialized, the first episode of the parodic spy series Les Dossiers du BIDE.
Metal Men, with issue #41 (December 1969/January 1970 cover-date), suspends publishing. (The title is revived in
1973 as a reprint book, then goes on hiatus until
1976.) (DC Comics).
First issue of the magazine Horror (Gino Sansoni editore), dedicated to the Italian author comics of fantastic genre.
March 20: Henri van de Velde, Dutch painter, illustrator, graphic artist and comics artist (Het avontuur van Haverstok met den koffer van Verweegen en Kok), dies at age 73.[33]
April
April 16: Nils Larsson, Swedish illustrator and comics artist (Den Illa gör), dies at age 91.[34]
July 5:
Guillermo Divito, Argentine comics artist, illustrator, caricaturist and editor (Bombolo, Pochita Morfoni, El Doctor Merengue, Fulmine, Fallutelli, Divito Girls, founder of the magazine Rico Tipo), dies at age 54 in a car crash.[40]
August 25: Bjarne Restan, Norwegian illustrator and comics artist (Per og Peik i Sukkerlandet, Paal og Pelles Reise, Sjur Sjursen vil bli Kapitalist), dies at age 70.[45]
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1960s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 132.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. "The Man Who Murdered Himself" in House of Mystery was...the first DC story illustrated by Berni Wrightson (who left the "e" off his first name to distinguish himself from a famous diver.
^"Google Translate". google.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015. the unofficial website dedicated to the legendary Czech magazine and comic Čtyřlístek.
^"Aloha". www.lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1960s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 134.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Artist Neal Adams targeted the Emerald Archer for a radical redesign that ultimately evolved past the surface level...the most significant aspect of this issue was Adams' depiction of Oliver Queen's alter ego. He had rendered a modern-day Robin Hood, complete with goatee and mustache, plus threads that were more befitting an ace archer.
Chuck Rozanski starts selling comics at age 13, from his parents' basement, which is the foundation of
Mile High Comics, a comics store in
Boulder, Colorado. He would open Mile High as a professional store at age 19.[1]
February 24: The first issue of the French comics magazine Pif Gadget is published.[3] It marks the debut of Rahan by Roger Lécureux and
André Chéret.[4]
In France, the first issue of the sci-fi horror comic magazine Wampus, by Marcel Navarro and
Luciano Bernasconi (
Éditions Lug, is published. Because of its extreme violent content, censors force it into cancellation after only six months.
April
April 10: The first issue of the erotic series Lucrezia by
Renzo Barbieri (Ediperiodici) is launched, inspired by the life of
Lucrezia Borgia.[9]
April 19: Nikola Lekić and Lazo Sredanović 's Dikan makes its debut.[10]
April 26: The final issue of the British comics magazine Eagle is published.
May 15: In Pilote, the Blueberry story La Mine de l’Allemand Perdu (The Mine of The Lost German) by
Jean-Michel Charlier and
Jean Giraud is first serialized, the first chapter of the diptych Superstition mountains.
DC Comics raises the price of its typical comic from 12 cents to 15 cents.
In the Argentine magazine D’Artagnan, the series Gilgamesh the Immortal by
Robin Wood and
Lucho Olivera debuts, a sci-fi version of the
Sumerian hero.
July
July 10: The first chapter of the story Zagor Racconta ( from the series Zagor) by
Guido Nolitta and
Gallieno Ferri, is published and reveals the origins of the hero.[19]
In the 4th issue of Zap ComixRobert Crumb's controversial comic strip Joe Blow causes scandal over its tale of
incest within the all-American family. The magazine is banned from many stores afterwards.[21]
September
September 6: The final issue of the British comics magazine TV Century 21 is published. It merges with Joe 90 on 27 September and will continue in this format until 25 September 1971.
The Brave and the Bold #85, Artist
Neal Adams updated
Green Arrow's visual appearance by designing a new costume for the character in The Brave and the Bold #85 (August -September 1969).[22]
The first issue of the Italian horror magazine Terror (Ediperiodici) is published.
In Télé 7 Jours, the story La Langouste ne Passera Pas by
Jean Yanne and Tito Topin is first serialized, the first episode of the parodic spy series Les Dossiers du BIDE.
Metal Men, with issue #41 (December 1969/January 1970 cover-date), suspends publishing. (The title is revived in
1973 as a reprint book, then goes on hiatus until
1976.) (DC Comics).
First issue of the magazine Horror (Gino Sansoni editore), dedicated to the Italian author comics of fantastic genre.
March 20: Henri van de Velde, Dutch painter, illustrator, graphic artist and comics artist (Het avontuur van Haverstok met den koffer van Verweegen en Kok), dies at age 73.[33]
April
April 16: Nils Larsson, Swedish illustrator and comics artist (Den Illa gör), dies at age 91.[34]
July 5:
Guillermo Divito, Argentine comics artist, illustrator, caricaturist and editor (Bombolo, Pochita Morfoni, El Doctor Merengue, Fulmine, Fallutelli, Divito Girls, founder of the magazine Rico Tipo), dies at age 54 in a car crash.[40]
August 25: Bjarne Restan, Norwegian illustrator and comics artist (Per og Peik i Sukkerlandet, Paal og Pelles Reise, Sjur Sjursen vil bli Kapitalist), dies at age 70.[45]
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1960s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 132.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. "The Man Who Murdered Himself" in House of Mystery was...the first DC story illustrated by Berni Wrightson (who left the "e" off his first name to distinguish himself from a famous diver.
^"Google Translate". google.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015. the unofficial website dedicated to the legendary Czech magazine and comic Čtyřlístek.
^"Aloha". www.lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1960s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 134.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Artist Neal Adams targeted the Emerald Archer for a radical redesign that ultimately evolved past the surface level...the most significant aspect of this issue was Adams' depiction of Oliver Queen's alter ego. He had rendered a modern-day Robin Hood, complete with goatee and mustache, plus threads that were more befitting an ace archer.