1965 in comics


Notable events of 1965 in comics.

Events

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April

  • April 1: As an April fool's joke, the covers of the rival comic magazines Tintin and Spirou are redesigned to make the Tintin cover look like Spirou and vice versa, complete with restyled logos and lay-out. The joke was thought up by Spirou editor Yvan Delporte in collaboration with Tintin's editors.
  • April 4: The Masked Cucumber makes his debut in Nikita Mandryka's comic Boff in Vaillant. A week later the strange character receives his own long-running spin-off series.
  • April 8: The first story of Jidéhem's Sophie is prepublished in Spirou.
  • April 12: Since Marc Sleen is contractually unable to publish a new The Adventures of Nero story for three months Willy Vandersteen and Eduard De Rop create a cut-and-paste comic strip named De Geschiedenis van Sleenovia, which features Nero characters but drawn by Studio Vandersteen. It runs in De Standaard for three months, but after only three episodes the comic strip is modified for copyright issues, as Het Volk sues De Standaard for making an unauthorized copy of their former hit comic strip. After a few weeks the legal battle is solved and the story is allowed to continue as planned. It runs until 30 June, after which Sleen finally makes the first Nero story for De Standaard.
  • April 19: Il Tesoro del pirata, by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Guglielmo Letteri; Tex Willer meets the New Orleans sheriff Nat Mac Kennet, who will become a recurring character in his adventures.
  • April 29: in Spirou, Des barbelés sur la prairie by Goscinny and Morris
  • April 29: in Pilote, Le cavalier perdu, by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud; debut of the silver digger Jim McClure, Blueberry's recurring sidekick.
  • The first issue of the Italian comics magazine Linus is published.

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November

  • November 26: The first French satellite A-1 is launched, which is later renamed Astérix, after the eponymous comics character.

December

  • December 9: The final episode of Bob van den Born's Professor Pi is published.
  • December 19: Jean Tabary's Corinne et Jeannot, a spin-off of Totoche, first appears in print in the magazine Vaillant.
  • Dell Comics publishes Lobo, starring the first African-American character to headline his own series. The stories are written by Don "D. J." Arneson and drawn by Tony Tallarico.
  • In issue #31 of The Amazing Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy makes her debut. The same issue also introduces Marvel's readers' column, Bullpen Bulletins.

Specific date unknown

Births

  • November 17: Ron Marz, American comic writer.

Deaths

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

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.

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Awards

[National Cartoonists Society Division Awards]

First issues by title

Other publishers

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Initial appearance by character name

DC Comics

Other publishers

Conventions