1965 in comics


Notable events of 1965 in comics.

Events

January

January

  • January 1: Leo Morey, Peruvian-American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 65.
  • January 21:
  • * Carl Buettner, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 61.
  • * Reino Helismaa, Finnish lyricist, musician and comics writer, dies at age 51.
  • Specific date unknown: January: U.S. Abell, American comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 78.

    February

  • February 1: Harry Donenfeld, American comics publisher, dies at age 71.
  • February 7: Ralph Lane, American comics artist, dies at age 59 or 60.

    March

  • March 9: Jimmy Murphy, American comics artist, dies at age 73.

    April

  • April 22: Harvey Eisenberg, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 53.

    June

  • June 5: Vernon Greene, American comics artist, dies at age 64.
  • June 11: Fougasse, British cartoonist, dies at age 77.
  • June 11: Frank Tinsley, American illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 65.
  • Specific date unknown: Roy Wilson, British comics artist, dies at age 64.

    July

  • July 14: Marianne Frimberger, Austrian children's book illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 88.

    August

  • August 2: Ving Fuller, American comics artist, dies at age 62.
  • August 15: Julio E. Suárez, Uruguayan radio presenter, painter, caricaturist, teacher, journalist and comics artist, dies at age 59.

    September

  • September 1: René Giffey, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 81.
  • September 11: Valentí Castanys Borràs, Spanish radio presenter and comics artist, dies at age 67.
  • September 12: André Galland, French illustrator, journalist, poster designer and comics artist, dies at age 79.
  • September 21: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur, dies at age 75.

    October

  • October 18: Conrado W. Massaguer, Cuban cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 76.

    November

  • November 9: Eduardo Abela, Cuban comics artist, painter and illustrator, dies at age 76.

    December

  • December 8: Jack Gordon, British comics artist, dies at age 74 or 75.
  • December 15: Albert Dorne, American illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 59.

    Specific date unknown

  • Robert Louis Raemakers, Jr., Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 55 or 56 from injuries he suffered during a car accident.
  • Maurice Ketten, Italian comics artist, dies at age 89 or 90.
  • Quincy Scott, American cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 82 or 83.
  • Sep E. Scott, British comic artist, illustrator and painter, dies at age 85 or 86.

    Publications

January

[National Cartoonists Society Division Awards]

Other publishers

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Initial appearance by character name

DC Comics