1963 in comics


Notable events of 1963 in comics.

Events

Year overall

Deaths

January

  • January 2: Joaquín Buigas, Spanish comics writer, dies at age 76.
  • January 18: Francisco Valença, Portuguese comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 80.

    February

  • February 18: Vadim Lazarkevich, Russian-Bulgarian illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 67.
  • February 26: Charles Folkard, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 84.

    March

  • March 23: Maurice Boyer, aka Moriss, French actor, comedian, illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist, dies at age 88.
  • Specific date in March unknown: Koos Schadée, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at an unknown age.

    May

  • May 3: Alejandro Del Prado, aka Calé, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 37.

    July

  • July 2: Alicia Patterson, American publisher and comics writer, dies at age 56 of complications following stomach surgery for an ulcer.
  • July 7: François-Joseph Herman, Belgian comics artist, dies at age 31.

    August

  • August 16: Ralph Fuller, American comics artist, dies at age 73.
  • August 30: Jan Lunde, Norwegian comics artist, dies at age 74.
  • August 31: Willem Gerrit van de Hulst Sr., Dutch novelist and comics writer, dies at age 83.

    September

  • September 19: David Low, New Zealand-British cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 62.
  • September 20: Jan Wiegman, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 79.

    October

  • October 9: Leonard Sansone, American comics artist, dies in a traffic accident at age 46.
  • October 23: Clarence D. Russell, American comics artist, dies at age 68.
  • October 25: Lewis Baumer, British caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93.

    December

  • December 1: Jimmy Hatlo, American comics artist, dies at age 65.
  • December 12: Wynne W. Davies, Australian illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 71.
  • December 18: Bruce Russell, aka Bruce Barr, American sports cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 60.

    Specific date unknown

  • Shaka Bontaro, Japanese comic artist, dies at age 71 or 72.
  • Gilbert Lawford Dalton, British comics writer, dies at age 48 or 49.
  • Andrés Guevara, Paraguayan illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 58 or 59.
  • Katsuishi Kabashima, Japanese illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 74 or 75.
  • Harry Mace, American comics artist, dies at age 40.
  • Arthur Mansbridge, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 85.
  • Norman McMurray, Australian comic artist, dies at age 72 or 73.
  • Pierre Saint-Loup, French comic artist, dies at age 68 or 69.
  • Les Such, Australian comics artist, dies at age 62 or 63.
  • Arnold Warden, British comics artist, dies at age 70 or 71.

    Awards

[National Cartoonists Society Division Awards]

DC Comics

'Metal Men'''''

Marvel Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man
Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos
'The X-Men'''''

Other publishers

'Das Kampf'''''

Initial appearance by character name

DC Comics