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1993 in comics

Notable events of 1993 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events

January

  • January 11 Raider of the Copper Hill by Don Rosa.
  • January 24 - March 18: Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit host a TV documentary series about cartooning on Teleac, which will often been repeated in the years that follow.[1][2]
  • Doom Patrol #63: "The Empire of Chairs," Grant Morrison's final issue as Doom Patrol writer.
  • First appearance of Ghost Rider 2099 - The Punisher war journal # 50 Jan 1993
  • Asterix and the class act, by Goscinny and Uderzo.
  • In the first issue of Dylan Dog gigante, Totentanz, by Tiziano Sclavi and Giampiero Casertano.[3]
  • Beginning of Il segreto del Morisco (The Morisco's secret), the longest Tex Willer’s story, lasting 6 albums and 586 tables and strongly influenced by the archaeologic adventures of Indiana Jones and Martin Mystere.[4]

February

  • Action Comics, with issue #686, suspends publication following "The Death of Superman." (DC Comics)
  • Clive Barker's Hellraiser is canceled by Epic Comics (Marvel) with issue #20.
  • Hardware #1 (cover-dated April) debuts under Milestone brand. Created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan, Hardware is the first character and book published by Milestone to debut.
  • In the magazine Sturmtruppen, fist strip of L’ultima burba (The last newbies) by Leo Ortolani; the series ironizes about the author’s experiences as conscript.

March

  • March 15: The New Laird of Castle McDuck  by Don Rosa.
  • March 27: The first edition of the Fantasy Anime Comics Toys Space, aka F.A.C.T.S. festival is organized in Ghent, Belgium.[5]
  • DC Comics debuts its new Vertigo imprint with the publication of Death: The High Cost of Living #1. Existing DC titles Swamp Thing #129, Hellblazer #63, Sandman #47, Doom Patrol #64, Animal Man #57, and Shade, the Changing Man #33 all become Vertigo titles as well.
  • Hawkworld canceled by DC with issue #32.
  • Introduction of the hero X in Dark Horse Comics #8. (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Introduction of Deathblow in Darker Image #1 and Stormwatch in Stormwatch #1. (Image Comics)
  • I killer venuti dal buio (The killers from the dark) by Claudio Chiaverotti and Luigi Siniscalchi, with Dylan Dog.[6]

April

  • April 1: News is spread that archeologists have found the ancient ruins of Astérix' village. This later turns out to be an April fools' joke.[7][8]
  • Adventures of Superman #500 (dated "Early June") is released and the Reign of the Supermen! begins with four Supermen.
  • The Martin Mystere’s arc called “Italian mysteries” begins with the album Nea Heliopolis, by Alfredo Castelli and Giancarlo Alessandrini; the hero leaves temporarily New York and, for two years, settles in Florence.[9]

May

June

July

August

  • 2000 AD's "Summer Offensive" draws to a close with issue #849.[15]
  • The New Titans #100: "The Darkening, Part Four: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something... Dead," by Marv Wolfman, Tom Grummett, and Bill Jaaska.
  • Deadpool #1 is released by Marvel Comics
  • "The Fall from Grace" storyline debuts in Daredevil #319.
  • Comic book radio show " 'Nuff Said! " debuts on WBAI-FM, New York City, on the 28th as part of Jim Freund's "Hour of the Wolf" science fiction program.[16]
  • First issue of the Italian Disney magazine Paperinik.

September

  • The 'Nam is canceled by Marvel with issue #84.
  • September 15: First issue of the Flemish comics magazine Suske en Wiske Weekblad.
  • September 24: First page of Doctor Fun is uploaded on the World Wide Web.

October

November

  • November 11: The Billionaire of Dismal Downs, by Don Rosa.
  • November 12: in Gazzetta di Parma, first strip of the series Quelli di Parma (The Parma ones) by Leo Ortolani.
  • Green Lantern #47 marks the reunion of Green Lantern and Green Arrow.
  • Avengers West Coast #100: 64-page anniversary issue; the death of Mockingbird.
  • Wolverine #75 represents a turning point in Wolverine's life as the adamantium is separated from his body by Magneto.
  • Marvel's X-Men "Fatal Attractions" X-Men storyline concludes, only for "Bloodties" to begin.
  • La forteresse invisible (The invisible fortress) – by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński, nineteenth Thorgal’s album.
  • At Lucca Comics, the number zero of Arthur King, parodic sci-fi series by Lorenzo Bartoli and Andrea Domestici, is presented.

December

  • Conan the Barbarian is canceled with issue #275
  • The Punisher (Marvel Comics) debuts the "Suicide Run" storyline with issue #85
  • "Emerald Twilight" storyline debuts in Green Lantern #48
  • Hellboy makes his first mainstream comic book appearance, in Next Men #21.
  • Lobo gets a monthly title from DC Comics
  • Malibu Ultraverse launches "Break-Thru," the first company-wide crossover.
  • Last issue of Tiramolla; after forty years, the character leaves definitively the scene.

Specific date unknown

  • A tumultuous year in publishing: Topps Comics, Claypool Comics, Alternative Comics, Bongo Comics, Hall of Heroes, Lightning Comics, Azteca Productions, ANIA Publishing, Dagger Enterprises, Majestic Entertainment, Triumphant Comics, and Michael Hunt Publishing all enter the marketplace; while First Comics, Eclipse Comics, Disney Comics, Vortex Comics, Innovation Comics, Personality Comics, Northstar Publishing, and Comic Chronicles all cease publishing.
  • DC Comics introduces its Vertigo, Paradox Press, and Milestone Media imprints.
  • Early webcomics start to appear on the World Wide Web, effectively starting the history of webcomics.
  • Rip Off Press publishes Savage Henry #30, the final issue of volume one of that series.
  • Ted Hearn's Fuzz & Pluck debuts, which will run until 2017.[22]
  • Jan Bucquoy is sued by Morris' estate for making a pornographic parody comic of Lucky Luke.[23]
  • In the Italian magazine Cyborg, AWOP-BOP-ALOOBOP ALOP-BAM-BOOM,[24] by Massimo Mattioli, demented adventures of a cat whose girlfriend has been abducted by the Aliens.
  • Amanda, by Robin Wood and Alfredo Falugi, for Editorial Columbia; serial, inspired by the Nineteenth Century feuilletons, about the adventures of an orphan girl.
  • Spaghetti Bros, by Carlos Trillo and Domingo Mandrafina, saga of five Italo-American brothers in the roaring Twenties.[25]
  • Jean-Pol, Wim Swerts and Luc Van Asten develop a celebrity comic strip based on the popular children's TV show Samson en Gert. It will run until 2005. [26] [27]

Deaths

January

  • January 17: F. O. Alexander, American cartoonist, comics artist (Finney of the Force The Featherheads, continued Hairbreadth Harry) and key contributor to the design of the board game Monopoly, dies at age 95.[28]
  • January 28:
    • Nelson Dias, Portuguese comics artist (Wanya, Escala em Orongo), dies at age 52.[29]
    • Frans Funke Küpper, Dutch comics artist (Thijs Slof), dies at age 84.[30]

February

March

  • March 3: Bill Draut, American comics artist and animator (Harvey Comics, DC Comics, co-creator of Bee-Man), dies at age 71.[35]
  • March 6: Norman Mansbridge, British comics artist (Fuss Pot), dies at age 82.[36]
  • March 19: Al McWilliams, American comics artist (Twin Earths, Dateline: Danger!), passes away at age 77.[37]
  • March 31: Manuel Gonzales, Spanish-American animator and comics artist (continued Mickey Mouse, Disney comics, creator of Ellsworth the mynah bird), dies at age 80.[38]
  • Specific date unknown: Frank Humphris, British comics artist (comic adaptation of the radio serial Riders of the Range, The Devil's Henchmen, Gun Lore, continued Blackbow the Cheyenne), dies at age 82.[39]

April

  • April 15: Alberto Giolitti, Italian-American comics artist (worked on Star Trek comics, Tex Willer) and founder of the Giolitti Studios, dies in Rome at age 69.[40]
  • April 20: Charles Degotte, Belgian comics artist (Flagada, Les Motards), commits suicide at the age of 59.[41]
  • April 23: Bertus Aafjes, Dutch novelist, poet and comics writer (Mannetje Bagatel and Kleine Isar, de Vierde Koning with Eppo Doeve,[42] as well as Peter-kersen-eter (1943) and De Vrolijke Vaderlandse Geschiedenis (1948) with Piet Worm.[43]), dies at age 78.

May

  • May 10: Bill Ziegler, American comics artist (Annie Oakley, drew for Dell Comics, worked on the comic strip based on Dragnet, worked on Mary Worth), dies at age 67.[44]
  • May 14: Gerda Gattel, American comics letterer and proofreader (DC Comics), dies at age 84.
  • May 30: Lyman Anderson, American illustrator and cartoonist (Inspector Wade), passes away at age 86.[45]
  • May 30: Marge, American comics artist (Little Lulu), passes away at age 88.[46]
  • Specific date unknown: Renaud Mader, aka Mad, French comics artist and animator, is found dead at age 26 in a hotel room.[47]

June

  • June 6: Albert Micale, American illustrator and comics artist (worked on Roy Rogers comics, Boots and Saddles, Tex Ritter), dies at age 79.[48]
  • June 14: V.T. Hamlin, American comics artist (Alley Oop), passes away at age 93.[49]
  • June 18: Claude Pascal, French comics artist (continued L'Oncle Paul, Buck Danny), dies at age 72.[50]
  • June 25: Arturo Moreno, Spanish comics artist and animator (worked for Pulgarcito), passes away at age 84.[51]
  • June 30: Ronald Herman Poelmeijer, Dutch Tibetologist (wrote the essay Is Kuifje naar Tibet geweest? (Has Tintin Been To Tibet) about the accuracy of Tintin in Tibet), passes away at age 46.[52][53][54]

July

  • July 12: Tibor Cs. Horváth, Hungarian comics writer and artist ( Roberto és Julika kalandjai), dies at age 67.[55]
  • July 20: George Wolfe, American comics artist (Pops, Citizen George), dies at age 82.[56]
  • July 22: Ivá, Spanish comics artist (Makinavaja, el último chorizo, La Puta Mili), dies at age 52.[57]
  • July 28: Jacques Laudy, Belgian comics artist (Hassan & Kadour, worked for Tintin) and painter, dies at age 86.[58]
  • Specific date unknown: Al Bryant, American comics artist (worked on Gale Allen and Shark Brodie), passes away at age 76.[59]

August

  • August 7: Jørgen Clevin, Danish TV presenter and comics artist (Rasmus), dies at age 63.[60]
  • August 21: Arie Teeuwisse, Dutch sculptor, illustrator and comics artist (Kroosje), dies at age 74.[61]

September

  • September 1: Neon Park, American album cover designer, illustrator and comics artist (Chemical Wedding, made a comic strip-style design for the album covers of Frank Zappa's Weasels Ripped My Flesh and David Bowie's Images 1966-1967), passes away from ALS at age 52.[62]
  • September 9: David Tendlar, American animator and comics artist (worked for Jingle Jangle Comics, Harvey Comics, Paramount Animated Comics), dies at age 84.[63]
  • Specific date unknown: Al Bryant, American comics artist (worked on Gale Allen, Shark Brodie and Doll Man), dies at age 76.[59]

October

  • October 3: Miguel Angèl Sayrach, Spanish painter and comics artist (Bibi i Tobi), dies at age 65.[64]
  • October 20: Gaylord DuBois, American comics writer (Tarzan, Red Ryder, The Lone Ranger), dies at age 94.
  • October 28: Jacques Géron, Belgian comics artist (continued Yalek), dies at age 43.[65]
  • October 31: Federico Fellini, Italian film director and occasional comics artist and writer (Giacomino, Cico e Pallina, Geppi La Bimba Atomica, Viaggio a Tulun, Il Viaggio di G. Mastorna), dies of a stroke at age 73.[66]

November

December

  • December 3: Nelly Donker, Dutch children's book illustrator and comics artist (Tommie Lukkie, Puckie Peen), dies at age 79.[71]
  • December 7: Wim Lensen, Dutch comics artist and colorist (Sim en Pans, worked for Marten Toonder's studio), passes away at age 79.[72]
  • December 10: Roland Davies, British comics artist, animator and painter (Come On, Steve, Sparks and Flash, Roddy the Road Scout, Jill Crusoë, continued Sexton Blake and Teddy Tail), dies at age 89.[73]
  • December 12: Franz-Werner Richter-Johnsen, German painter, graphic artist and comics artist (Detektiv Schmidtchen, Taró), dies at age 81.[74]
  • December 21: Zack Mosley, American comics artist (The Adventures of Smilin' Jack), dies at age 87.[75]
  • December 27: Howard Sherman, American comics artist (Tommy Tomorrow), dies at age 84.[76]

Specific date unknown

  • Andrea Da Passano, aka DaP, aka Endré, Russian-American comics artist and illustrator (made Laurel & Hardy comics), dies at age 87 or 88.[77]
  • André Jacquemotte, Belgian editorial cartoonist (made a 1951 comic strip about assassinated politician Julien Lahaut), dies at age 67 or 68. [78]
  • Ennio Missaglia, Italian comics writer (wrote for his brother Vladimiro Missaglia), dies at age 62 or 63.[79]

Exhibitions

Conventions

Awards

  • First annual publication of the Wizard Fan Awards, presented at Dragon*Con.

First issues by title

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Image Comics

Malibu Ultraverse

Marvel Comics

Milestone Comics

Writer: Dwayne McDuffie. Artist: John Paul Leon

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