1939 in comics

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Template:Short description Template:Yearsincomics Notable events of 1939 in comics.

Events and publications

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

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August

September

October

  • October 15: Dorothy Urfer and Virginia Krausmann's Annibelle ends its run after a decade of publication.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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November

December

Specials

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  • The first episode of Arthur Warden's Tuffy and his Magic Tail is published.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Births

March

  • March 27: Jo Teodorescu, Romanian illustrator and comics artist (Aventurile profesului Parbriz), (d. 2014).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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April

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Deaths

January

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  • January 20: Victor Bergdahl, Swedish animator and comics artist (Kapten Grogg), dies at age 60.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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June

  • June 28: Joz De Swerts, Belgian illustrator, political cartoonist and comics artist (worked for Zonneland), dies at age 49.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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July

  • July 4: Louis Wain, British painter and illustrator (illustrations starring anthropomorphic cats), dies at age 78.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 25: A.E. Hayward, American comics artist (Somebody's Stenog), dies at age 55.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August

  • August 14: T.E. Powers, American comics artist (Our Moving Pictures, Mr. Nobody Holme), dies at the age of 69.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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September

  • September 8: Elie Smalhout, Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (made text comics for De Notenkraker), dies at age 49.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 23: Frits Van den Berghe, Belgian painter, illustrator and comic artist (Jan Van Plan, Pikkel en Duim, Edmund Bell), dies at age 56. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 29: Luc Lafnet, aka Davine, Visnet, O. Lucas, Pol, Luc, Belgian-French comics artist (Bizouk et Pélik, Zizette, assisted on Spirou et Fantasio, Bibor et Tribar), dies at age 40 from pancreatic cancer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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October

  • October 10: Benjamin Rabier, French comics artist, illustrator, animator and advertising artist (Gédéon, Tintin-Lutin, designed La Vache Qui Rit), dies at age 74.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 12: Llorenç Brunet i Forroll, Spanish caricaturist, painter and comics artist, dies at age 67.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 18: Carl Olof Petersen, Swedish illustrator, painter and comics artist, dies at age 59.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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November

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December

  • December 18: Bruno Liljefors, Swedish painter and comics artist, dies at age 79.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Specific date unknown

  • Paul Augros, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 58.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Louis de Lajarrige, French illustrator, painter, comics artist and writer, dies at age 66.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • E. Nicolson, French illustrator and comics artist (Les Aventures du Chien Brownie, Bambochard et Trémolo), dies at an unknown age.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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First issues by title

Renamed titles

Initial appearances by character name

References

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