1948 in comics


Notable events of 1948 in comics.

Events and publications

Year Overall

March

January

  • : Thomas Theodor Heine, German painter, cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 90.

    March

  • : Mary Tourtel, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 74.
  • : Freddie Langeler, Dutch comics artist, dies at age 49.
  • : Wally Wallgren, American comics artist, dies at age 65.

    April

  • : Wallace Morgan, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 72 or 73.

    May

  • : Herbert Morton Stoops, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 60.
  • : Vincent Krassousky, A.K.A. Vica, Russian-French comics writer and artist, dies at age 45.

    June

  • : Jimmy Frise, Canadian comics artist, dies at age 57.

    July

  • : George Ernest Studdy, British comics artist, dies at age 70.

    August

  • : Feliu Elias, aka Apa, Spanish caricaturist, painter, art critic and comics artist, dies at age 59.

    September

  • : Ernest Hix, American comic writer, dies at age 46.

    October

  • : Bert Green, British animator and comics artist, dies at age 63.
  • : Ippei Okamoto, Japanese manga artist, dies at age 62.

    November

  • : Carl Thomas Anderson, American comics artist, dies at age 83.

    December

  • : Fukujiro Yokoi, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 36 from TB.

    Specific date unknown

  • Jack Farr, American comics artist, dies at age 48 or 49.
  • Christian Haugen, Norwegian novelist and comics writer, whose stories were adapted into comics by Arent Christensen, dies at age 53 or 54.
  • Joan García Junceda, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 66 or 67.

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