1961 in comics

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Notable events of 1961 in comics.

Publications

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Year overall

January

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February

  • February 12: In Topolino, The secret of success, by Romano Scarpa is first prepublished, which marks the debut of Jubal Pomp.
  • February 18: The British comics magazine Radio Fun ends its run and merges with Buster.
  • February 25: Bert Felstead's Leo the Friendly Lion debuts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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March

  • March 6: In Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts Frieda makes her debut.<ref>"Hullo There, Frieda." Tucson Citizen, Feb. 28, 1961, p. 15</ref>
  • March 18: The first issue of the British comics magazine Bimbo is published. It will run until 22 January 1972.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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April

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May

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June

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  • June 18: The Italian Donald Duck story Paperino e Il Calumet della Pace (Donald and The Ceremonial Pipe), by Luciano Bottaro is prepublished in Topolino. It marks the comeback of Joe Piper, twenty years after his creation by Floyd Gottfredson.
  • June 20- June 21: Australian comic artist Len Lawson (of The Lone Avenger fame) who, between 1954 and 1961, had already been jailed after being sentenced for rape and assault, rapes and murders another young woman in his apartment, then holds a group of school children at ransom, shooting one of them dead. He is arrested and sentenced to life in 1962. <ref name="Len Lawson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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July

  • July 1: The first episode of the Dutch funny animal comic Wipperoen (Whipper in English) by Raymond Bär von Hemmersweil and Jan van Reek is published. The series will run until 1974.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August

  • Amazing Adventures (1961 series) #3 - Marvel Comics
  • Dell Giant # 48
    • First appearance in comics of The Flintstones. In the year, they get too a syndicated strip (October) and a magazine named after them (December).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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September

  • September 25: The first episode of Harry Mace's Amy comic strip is published. It will run until 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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October

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November

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December

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Births

October

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Deaths

January

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February

  • February 11: Kate Carew, American caricaturist and comics artist (The Angel Child), dies at age 91.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 27: Nate Collier, American animator, illustrator and comics artist (Our Own Movies, Kelly Kids, Can It Be Done?, The Professor), dies at age 77.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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April

  • April 1: William Sharp, Austrian-American comic artist (made newspaper comic adaptations of novels), dies at age 60.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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May

  • Specific date unknown: Art Krenz, American writer and sports cartoonist, dies at age 55 or 56.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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June

  • June 2: Chéri Hérouard, French illustrator and comics artist (drew comics for La Semaine de Suzette and La Vie Parisienne), dies at age 80.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 30: Félix Jobbe-Duval, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 82.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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July

  • July 20: Wilson McCoy, American comics artist (continued The Phantom), dies at age 59.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August

  • August 9: Joseph Hémard, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 81.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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September

  • September 20: Nándor Honti, aka Bit, Hungarian painter, illustrator and comics artist (Nagyapó Mozgószínháza, Tréfás Természetrajz, Séta Álomországban), dies at age 83.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Specific date in September unknown: Julius Stafford Baker (Sr.), British comics artist (Casey's Court, Tiger Tim), dies at age 91 or 92.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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December

  • December 6: Ralph O. Yardley, American comics artist (Have You Seen Alonzo?, Do You Remember?), dies at age 83.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 24: Charles Hamilton, aka Frank Richards, British novelist and comics writer (Billy Bunter), dies at age 85.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 31: Péricles, Brazilian comics artist (O Amigo da Onça), commits suicide at age 37.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Max A. Otto, German comics artist (Stups), dies at age 61.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Raúl Roux, Uruguayan-Argentine comics artist (Rulito, el Gato Atorrante, Hombres qua han Conquistado Fama, Fiero a Fierro, Cuentos de Fogón, Lanza Seca), dies at age 59.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Initial appearances by character name

DC Comics

Other publishers

References

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