1995 in comics

Notable events of 1995 in comics.

Events and publication

Year overall

Publishers Broadway Comics, Tekno Comix, Class Comics, Fantasy Flight Publications, Moonstone Books, A is A, and Ace Comics all debut; WildStorm introduces its Homage Comics imprint; Defiant Comics ceases publishing
Marvel Comics reintroduces the Amazing Fantasy comic book with #16 with a December 1995 date. It was cancelled with a March 1996 date. All three issues feature Spider-Man.

January

After Xavier: The Age of Apocalypse is launched. All X-titles change to different names for the next four months.
Thor marks his 400th appearance in Marvel Comics with issue #482.Silver Surfer vol. 2 #100: by Ron Marz, Joe Phillips, and Tom Grindberg.
The final issue of the second attempt to launch a Lucky Luke monthly magazine is published.Specific date in January unknown: Dutch cartoonist Opland wins the Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon.

February

Doom Patrol vol. 2 is canceled by DC Comics with issue #87.

March

Jerry Ordway launches The Power of Shazam for DC Comics. The title has a March 1995 cover date.Marvel Comics Presents vol. 1 is canceled by Marvel with issue #175.March 9: Marvel Comics buys trading card manufacturer SkyBox International for $150 million.

April

The Amazing Spider-Man #400: "A Death In the Family." Die-cut embossed cover..April 1: In Sioux City, Iowa Fran and Kevin McGarry found the comics store ACME Comics & Collectibles.April 30: DC Comics announces its products will be distributed exclusively by Diamond Comics Distribution, Inc.

May

Specific date in May unknown: Nero receives a comics mural in Brussels, as part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route.Fantastic Four #400: "Even the Watchers Can Die!" by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Dan Bulanadi.X-Men: Omega is released and the X-titles revert to their normal continuity.

Loki makes an appearance in issue #21 of the Malibu Ultraverse title Hard Case.Superman #100: "The Death of Clark Kent," by Dan Jurgens.

June

June 5: Dragon Ball Z is concluded, with the end of the Majiin Boo saga.Specific date unknown: Suske en Wiske receive a comics mural in Brussels, Belgium, as part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route.

July

July 24: Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics announce they will be exclusively distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors.Savage Sword of Conan, with issue #235, is cancelled by Marvel.

Marvel cancels all three Punisher titles due to poor sales:
* The Punisher vol. 2 is canceled with issue #104
* Punisher War Journal is canceled with issue #80
* The Punisher War Zone is canceled with issue #41

August

Deadline is canceled by Deadline Publications Ltd with issue #70.Johnny the Homicidal Maniac debuts.

First issue of The Sandman: The wake, by Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli.

September

September 11: In the Danish magazine Anders & co, Plastic Mickey, by Michael T. Gilbert and Cèsar Ferioli Pealez; debut of Doc Static.

September 17: Suske en Wiske receive a statue in Antwerp, Belgium, located in the Heidestatiestraat.
Malibu Comics relaunches its Ultraverse titles with the Infinity promotion. The most popular characters, such as Prime, Mantra, Exiles, and Rune, come back with all-black covers and an infinity symbol on the cover.
Marvel's Marvel Edge imprint debuts, featuring the titles Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, Ghost Rider, and ''Incredible Hulk''

October

October 21–22: During the Stripdagen in Breda, the Netherlands, Wilbert Plijnaar, Robert van der Kroft and Jan van Die, aka De Wiroja's, receive the Stripschapprijs. The magazine Zone 5300 wins the Jaarprijs voor Bijzondere Verdiensten.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures is canceled by Archie Comics with issue #72.

November

November 4: The final episode of José Miguel Heredia's Perro Mundo is published.

Marvel launches The Punisher #1 under the Marvel Edge imprintAnimal Man is canceled by DC Comics with issue #89.

December

December 10: Italian comic artist Bonvi, dies in a car accident, at age 54. December 31: The final episode of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes is published.

Deaths

January

January 1: Nans van Leeuwen, Dutch illustrator, novelist and comics artist, dies at age 94.January 5: James S. Burnett, A.K.A. Jim Burnett, American comics writer, dies at age 73. January 12: George Price, American cartoonist, dies at age 93.January 16: Nin, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 62.January 19: Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 79.January 24: Frank Emery, American mural artist, jazz musician, photographer, animator, illustrator, and comics artist, dies at age 37.January 31: Alfredo Cardona Peña, Costa Rican-Mexican novelist and comics writer, dies at age 77.

February

February 4: Odette Fumet, Canadian illustrator, novelist and comics artist, dies at age 94.February 11: Sharon Alston, New Zealand comics artist, painter and illustrator, dies at age 46 from breast cancer.February 13: Bill Perry, American comics artist, dies at age 89.February 18: Walter Ball, Canadian comics artist, dies at age 83.February 19: Paul Jamin, aka Jam, Alfred Gérard and/or Alidor, Belgian comics artist and cartoonist, dies at age 83.February 21: Dick Oldden, American cartoonist and comic artist, dies at age 63. February 23: Don Heck, American comics artist, dies at age 66.Specific date unknown: Hugh Morren, British comics artist, dies at age 74.

March

March 22: Hein Auke Kray, Dutch comics artist, dies at age 93.March 29: Mort Meskin, American comics artist dies at age 78.March 29: Willy Schermelé, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 90.March 31: Dennis Malcolm Reader, British children's book writer, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 68.

April

April 19: Reg Wootton, British comics artist, died at age 86.April 29: Ingrid Wallerström, Swedish novelist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 102.

May

May 5: Ye Qianyu, Chinese comics artist, dies at age 88.May 18: Bob Uschi, Dutch radio documentary maker, illustrator, sports cartoonist and comic artist, dies at age 84.May 26: Friz Freleng, American animator and cartoonist, dies at age 88.

June

June 2: Walter Frehm, American comics artist, dies at age 88 or 89.June 5: Raye Horne, American underground comix artist, dies at age 50.June 26: Bernard Duc, French comic artist and author, dies at age 62.

July

July 16: Harry Buckinx, Dutch comics artist, dies from cancer at age 51.July 20: George Caragonne, American comics writer and editor, commits suicide at c. age 30.July 22: Rick Yager, American comics artist, dies at age 85.July 25: Balthasar Lippisch, German illustrator, caricaturist, animator and comics artist, dies at age 74 or 75.

August

August 1:

* Daniel Chauvin, French comics artist, dies at age 56 from stomach cancer.
* Noel Gloesner, French comics artist, dies at age 77.August 5: Bert Peleman, Belgian poet, novelist, painter and comic writer, dies at age 80. August 9: Stef Vanstiphout, Belgian illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 64.August 20: Hugo Pratt, Italian comics artist, dies at age 68.

September

September 7: Russell Johnson, American comics artist, dies at age 101.September 9:

* Toon Rammelt, Dutch comics artist, illustrator and radio executive, dies at age 84.
* Pim van Boxsel, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 71 from heart failure.September 13: Walter Goetz, German-British comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 83.September 21: Carl Hollander, Dutch children's book illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 61. September 30: Nestor Redondo, Filipino comics artist, dies at age 67.

October

October 2:

* John Belfi, American comic artist and inker, dies at age 71.
* October 2: Georges Langlais, A.K.A. Gal, French illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 80. October 16: Miguel Angel Nieto Ventura, Spanish comics writer, dies at age 47 or 48. October 21: Jesús Blasco, Spanish comics artist and writer, dies at age 75.October 21: Manuel Vázquez Gallego, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 65 from a stroke.October 30: Patrick Nicolle, British comics artist, dies at age 97.

November

November 1: Floriano Bozzi, A.K.A. Sam Göspel, Italian comics artist, dies at age 69.November 2: Ollie Harrington, American comics artist, dies at age 83 in Berlin, Germany.

December

December 1: Jack Alderman, Canadian-American comics artist, dies at age 74. December 4: Petar Gligorovski, Macedonian painter, comics artist, animator and animated film director, dies at age 57.December 5: L. B. Cole, American comics artist, dies at age 77.December 9: Elsie Hix, American comic writer, dies at age 93. December 10:

* Bonvi, Italian comics writer and artist, dies at age 54.
* Ganes T.H., Indonesian comics artist, dies at age 60.December 13: Mentis Bostantzoglou, aka Bost, Greek illustrator, playwright, lyricist, painter and comics artist, dies at age 76 or 77.December 15: Willy Smit, Dutch comics artist, dies at age 94.

Specific date unknown

Benigani, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 92 or 93.
Alex Cubie, Scottish comics artist and animator, dies at age 83 or 84.
José De Lemos, Portuguese comics artist, dies at age 85.
Egidio Gherlizza, Italian comics artist, dies at age 85 or 86.
Robert Gring, French illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 72 or 73.
Óskar, aka Oskar Pinto Lobo, Portuguese comics artist, dies at age 81 or 82.
Wies Peleman, Belgian comics artist, dies at age 72 or 73.
Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 78 or 79.
Desmond Walduck, British comic artist, dies at age 74 or 75.
Roberto Wilson, Canadian comic artist, dies at age 66 or 67.
Malek Zirout, Algerian comic artist, dies at age 61 or 62.

Exhibitions

July 30–August 27: : "Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form"August 1–October 27: : "See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip," curated by Lucy Shelton Caswell, in conjunction with the Festival of Cartoon ArtAugust 24–October 14: : "Sequential Art: The Next Step", curated by Robert Stull; the work of young, mostly African American, cartoonists Darrell Gates, Grey, Hannibal King, Louis Small, Jr., Jeff Smith, and Stull; in conjunction with the Festival of Cartoon Art. Later traveled to the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Boston; the Words & Pictures Museum in Northampton, MA; the Afro-American Cultural Center in Charlotte, NC; and the Tubman Museum in Macon, GA.December 2, 1995 – January 27, 1996 : "Imaginary Beings" — artists include Sue de Beer, Judy Fox, Shirin Neshat, Tom Otterness, Roxy Paine, S. Clay WilsonDecember 7, 1995 – February 11, 1996 : "Classic Comics — A Selection of Stories from EC Comics," featuring the work of, among others, John Severin