1992 in comics
Notable events of 1992 in comics.
Events and publications
January
Adventures of Captain America #4, the final issue of the limited seriesFebruary
Captain Confederacy vol. 2, #4, the final issue of the limited series- Jan Bucquoy is sued by Hergé's estate for making a pornographic parody of Tintin titled La Vie Sexuelle de Tintin. He later wins his case.
March
March 24: The final issue of the iconic British satirical magazine Punch, which was renowned for its cartoons, is published. It will be briefly revived between 1996 and 2002.Batman #475: Introduction of Renee Montoya.Hook #4, the final issue of the bi-weekly mini-seriesApril
- Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is first prepublished.The Amazing Spider-Man #361: First full appearance of Carnage.
May
Captain America #400: 80-page giant; double gatefold cover; flip-book with a reprint of Avengers #4 on the opposite side.Uncanny X-Men #300: 68-page giant featuring "Legacies," by Scott Lobdell, John Romita Jr., and Dan Green.Namor the Sub-Mariner #26 – Jae Lee makes his Marvel Comics' debut.June
- The first edition of the bi-annual Dutch comics festival Stripdagen Haarlem is organized in Haarlem by Joost Pollmann.
July
- The French satirical comics magazine Charlie Hebdo is relaunched.Amazing Heroes, the long-running industry magazine published by Fantagraphics, folds after 203 issues.
- Introduction of James Rhodes as War Machine in Iron Man #282.Adventures of the Thing #4, the final issue of the mini-series featuring reprints from Marvel Two-In-One Defenders of Dynatron City #6, the final issue of the video game adaptation
August
Savage Sword of Conan #200: "Barbarians of the Border," by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Ernie Chan.The Amazing Spider-Man #365: Special 30th Anniversary issue with a hologram on the cover. A backup story, "I Remember Gwen" drawn by John RomitaThe Pirates of Dark Water #9, the final issue of the Hanna-Barbera fantasy animated series adaptationSeptember
September 23: in Spirou, first chapter of L’or du Rhin, by Roger Leloup.- Peter Laird founds the Xeric Foundation, which awards self-published grants to comics creators.
- With #37, Legends of the Dark Knight changes its title to Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight.
- In The sandman, first chapter of Brief lives by Neil Gaiman and Jill Thompson Cops: The Job #4, the final issue of the mini-series
October
October 9:- * In The Netherlands a judge decides that Robert Anker's parody novel De Thuiskomst van Kapitein Rob is copyright infringement of Pieter J. Kuhn's comic strip Kapitein Rob. The book is banned and publisher Querido has to pay a fine to Kuhn's family members.
- * The Words & Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art, founded by Kevin Eastman, opens its doors in Northampton, Massachusetts.October 15: During the Stripdagen Hein de Kort wins the Stripschapprijs. Comics collector, publisher and store owner Hans Matla and his wife Franny win the Jaarprijs voor Bijzondere Verdienste.October 23: Comics artist Marten Toonder receives the Tollensprijs for his contributions to the Dutch language.Batman: Sword of Azrael #1: Introduction of Azrael, who would later become Batman during the Knightfall storyline.Dinosaurs, a Celebration #4, the final issue of the mini-series Warlock vol. 2, #6, the final issue of the limited series
November
November 18: In Superman #75 Superman dies, seemingly permanently. The news attracts a lot of media coverage outside the comics world.November 21: The final issue of the British comics magazine The Victor is published. November 24: Sonic the Hedgehog mini series #0, by Archie Comics, is released. A demo print, #¼, was released earlier.Cable—Blood and Metal #2, the final issue of the limited series Infinity War #6, the final issue of the limited seriesDecember
The Incredible Hulk reaches issue #400. The Hulk battles the Leader.The Punisher/Captain America: Blood and Glory #3, the final issue of the limited seriesSpecific date unknown
- Zep's comic series Titeuf makes its debut.
- New publishers Black Eye Productions, African Prince Productions, Defiant Comics, Approbation Comics, Full Bleed Studios, and Image Comics enter the marketplace; Image explodes onto the scene, releasing eight ongoing and limited series, starting with Youngblood in April; followed by Spawn in May; Savage Dragon in July; and Brigade, Shadowhawk, and WildC.A.T.S. in August.
- Time Warner companies decided to drop the word "Inc.", including DC Comics.
- Terry Willers and Martyn Turner establish the annual Guinness International Cartoon Festival in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland.
- In Finland, the first episode of Juha Vuorma's newspaper comic Kaapuveikko appears in print.
Births
October
October 22: Ruth Redmond, Irish-born Canadian comic book artist.December
December 24: Giuseppe Durato, Italian manga artist based in JapanDeaths
January
January 8: Aubrey Collette, Sri Lankese comics artist and cartoonist, dies at age 81.January 15: Walter Clinton, American animator and comics artist, died at age 85.January 25: Guido Buzzelli, Italian comics artist, dies at age 64.January 27: Jacques Devos, Belgian comics artist, died at age 67.February
February 10: George Henderson, Canadian comics store owner, dies at age 63.February 14: Alex Lovy, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 78.March
March 12: Hans G. Kresse, Dutch comics artist, dies at age 70.March: Yvonne Hutton, British comics artist, dies three months after having had a car accident.May
May 11: Einar Lagerwall, Swedish comic artist, dies at age 70. May 27: Machiko Hasegawa, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 72.May 31: Walter Neugebauer, Yugoslavian comics artist, dies at age 71.June
June 3: William Gaines, American comics publisher, dies at age 70.June 6: Martin Goodman, American comics publisher, dies at age 84.June 11: Todd Loren, American comics writer, editor, and publisher, is murdered at aged 32.June 27: Elizabeth Shaw, Irish-German illustrator, cartoonist and comic artist, dies at age 72.July
July 5: Alcides Aguiar Caminha, aka Carlos Zéfiro, Brazilian songwriter and comics artist, dies at age 70.July 9: Bertil Wilhelmsson, Swedish comics artist, dies at age 65.July 12: Al Gabriele, American comics artist, dies at age 75.July 30: Joe Shuster, Canadian-American comic book writer and artist, dies at age 78.August
August 8: Lynn Karp, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 82.August 25: Jan Gerhard Toonder, Dutch writer, poet and comics writer, dies at age 78.August 26: Bob de Moor, Belgian comics artist, dies at age 66.August 30: Jeanne Hovine, Belgian comedian and comics artist, dies at age 104.September
September 25: Jaap Beckmann, Dutch illustrator, art critic and comics artist, dies at age 88.September 26: Ruben Yandoc, Filipino comic artist, dies at age 65.September 27: Zhang Leping, Chinese comics artist and animator, dies at age 91.October
October 23: Horace T. Elmo, American comics artist, dies at age 89.November
November 9: Jacques Naret, French teacher, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.November 17: Hector Torino, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 78.November 28: Co Egelie, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 87.November 30: Miguel Ambrosio Zaragoza, aka Ambros, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 79.December
December 5:- * Arturo Del Castillo, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 67.
- * Al Liederman, American comics artist, dies at age 81.December 17: Horst von Möllendorff, German comics artist, cartoonist and animator, dies at age 86.December 23: Vilhelm Hansen, Danish comics artist, dies at age 92.December 24: Peyo, Belgian comics artist, dies at age 64.December : Mike Matthews, British comics artist, dies.
Specific date unknown
- Fred Abranz, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 81 or 82.
- Stan Asch, American comics artist, dies at age 79 or 80.
- Arturo Cazeneuve, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 71 or 72.
- Pierre Chivot, French animator and comics artist, dies at age 63 or 64.
- Aart van Ewijk, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 79 or 80.
- Tetsuji Fukushima, Japanese comics artist and mangaka, dies at age 77 or 78.
- Bernardo Leporini, Italian comics artist, dies at age 87 or 88.
- Bob MacLeod, American comics artist, dies at age 85 or 86.
- Nick Nichols, American comics artist, dies at age 81 or 82.
- Guida Ottolini, Portuguese comics artist, dies at age 76 or 77.
- Hy Rosen, American comics artist, dies at age 70 or 71.
- Sam Rosen, American comics letterer dies.
- Pax Steen, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 77 or 78.
- Irvin Steinberg, American comics artist, dies at age 85 or 86.
Exhibitions and shows
January 15–May 16: "Broad Humor: The History of Women Cartoonists", Cartoon Art Museum — includes work by Dorothy McKay, Barbara Shermund, Mary Wilshire, Wendy Pini, and Jill ThompsonFebruary 5–May 16: "Black Ink: Spotlight on African-American Cartoonists", Cartoon Art Museum September 13–November 7: "Political Satire by Oliver Harrington", The Ohio State University Martin Luther King Jr. Complex for Performing and Cultural Arts — examples of Harrington's comic strip character Bootsie, as well as his magazine cartoonsOctober 9, 1992 – January 5, 1993: Grand opening exhibition, Words & Pictures Museum — featuring Mike Ploog, Jack Kirby, Bill Sienkiewicz, Paul Mavrides, Gilbert Shelton, John Severin, Mark Martin, and Wally WoodOctober 26–December 11: "'Illusions: Ethnicity in American Cartoon Art", The Ohio State University Main Library, Philip Sills Exhibition Hall — examination of racial and ethnic stereotypes in cartoons from the past 150 yearsConventions
Europe
January: CAPTION – inaugural eventJanuary 23–26: Angoulême International Comics Festival March 14–15: GlasCAC — 3rd annual Glasgow edition of the UKCAC; official guests include creators from the "Deadline Mini-Tour": Nick Abadzis, Rachel Ball, Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, D'Israeli, Evan Dorkin, Jamie Hewlett, Alan Martin, Shaky 2000, and Si SpencerSeptember 19–20: UKCAC92 — 8th annual edition; guests include John Romita, Jr., Chris Claremont, David Mazzucchelli, Steve Bissette, Mike Mignola, Tom Veitch, Evan Dorkin, Paul Kupperberg, Dave Gibbons, Alan Grant, Peter Milligan, Mike Collins, John McCrea, Lew Stringer, John Beeston, Stephen Sampson, Jamie Hewlett, Doug Braithwaite, Richmond Lewis, Arthur Ranson, Mark Buckingham, Andrew Wildman, and Paul JohnsonOctober 25–November 1: Salone Internazionale dei Comics a.k.a. "Lucca 19" — final iteration of this event before it moved to Rome and became part of ExpocartoonNorth America
January 4–5: Great Eastern Comic Book Convention April 12: International Seattle Comic Convention – guests include Martin NodellMay 9: Ramapo Comic Con VI — guests include Brian Augustyn, Rick Bryant, Mike Carlin, Dave Cockrum, Denys Cowan, Evan Dorkin, David Chelsea, Ken Gale, Ron Garney, Jack C. Harris, Fred Hembeck, Dennis Janke, Ray Lago, Elaine Lee, Mike Leeke, Luke McDonnell, Bob McLeod, Fabian Nicieza, Jerry Ordway, Bob Pinaha, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Jordan Raskin, Adrienne Roy, Jim Salicrup, Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Staton, Anthony Tollin, Mercy Van Vlack, John Workman, Bernie Wrightson, and Jim ShooterJune: Heroes Convention — guests include Joe QuesadaJune 20–21: Atlanta Fantasy Fair — official guests include Peter DavidJuly 4–6: Chicago Comicon – special guests Rob Liefeld, Mark Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Jim Valentino, and Whilce PortacioJuly 12: Great Eastern Conventions – special guest Dave SimJuly 17–19: Dragon Con – 6,100 attendeesAugust 7–9: Dallas Fantasy Fair — 5,500 attendees; official guests include Archie Goodwin, John Byrne, Sergio Aragonés, Peter Bagge, Neal Barrett, Jr., Steve Bissette, Bob Burden, Steven Butler, Dan Clowes, Mike Collins, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Steve Erwin, Mark Finn, Brad W. Foster, Josh Alan Friedman, Kerry Gammill, Dick Giordano, Alan Grant, Gary Groth, Bo Hampton, Ray Harryhausen, Tex Henson, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Walt Holcombe, Jaxon, Shane Johnson, Kelley Jones, Gil Kane, Larry King, Denis Kitchen, Rick Klaw, Harvey Kurtzman, Michael Lark, John Lucas, Dean Mullaney, Martin Nodell, Nina Paley, Butch Patrick, Tom Peyer, Michael Price, Don Ivan Punchatz, Joe Riley, Nina Romberg, Jeff Rovin, Mark Schultz, Julius Schwartz, Gilbert Shelton, Lewis Shiner, Ivan Stang, Kenneth Smith, Chris Sprouse, David Tosh, James Vance, Martin Wagner, Reed Waller, Wayno, Shannon Wheeler, Mack White, Sidney Williams, Al Williamson, John Wooley, Kate Worley, and Catherine YronwodeAugust 13–16: Comic-Con International – 22,000 attendees; special guests: Francis Ford Coppola, Creig Flessel, Bill Griffith, Todd McFarlane, Diane Noomin, Rowena, William Shatner, Gilbert Shelton, Lewis Shiner, Mr. T, Gary Trousdale, Vernor Vinge, and Kirk Wise. Con hosts Jack Kirby's 75th birthday party. Phil Foglio begins long run as Masquerade emcee.September: Mid-Ohio Con – convention coincides with publication of DC's The Death of Superman. Guests of the show include Roger Stern, John Byrne, and Jim ShooterOctober 30–31: Festival of Cartoon Art — guests include Mell Lazarus, David Hendin, Jim Borgman, Mort Drucker, Nicole Hollander, Mike Konopacki, Buck Brown, Lee LorenzNovember 1: Great Eastern Conventions – special guest Dave SimDecember 13: Great Eastern Conventions – special guest Dave SimFirst issues by title
DC Comics
- Batman Adventures
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat
- Batman: Sword of Azrael
- Black Canary
- Darkstars
- Eclipso
- Green Lantern Corps Quarterly
- Green Lantern: Mosaic
- Guy Gardner
- The Heckler
- Team Titans
- ''Valor''
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics Next MenImage Comics
BrigadeCyberforce
Savage Dragon
Shadowhawk
Spawn
Supreme
WildC.A.T.S.
'Youngblood'''''
Kodansha
'Sailor Moon'''''Marvel Comics
CageDarkhold: Pages From The Book of Sin
James Bond Jr.
Kid 'n Play
Morbius, the Living Vampire
Nomad v2
The Punisher War Zone
Ravage 2099
Spider-Man 2099
Spirits of Vengeance
Warlock v2
Warlock and the Infinity Watch
'WCW World Championship Wrestling'''''
Limited series
The Adventures of The ThingAn American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Cops: The Job
Defenders of Dynatron City
Hook
Quasar Special
'The Infinity War'''''
Independent titles
;Kick Fighter Komiks;''Oombah, Jungle Moon Man''