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1953 in comics

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Notable events of 1953 in comics.

Events and publications

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Year overall

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • April 1: The fourth issue of Mad Magazine features Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood's classic Superman parody Superduperman. This is the first specific comic book parody in Mad and strikes a nerve among readers. The previously low-selling Mad now finally becomes a best-seller.[7]
  • April 15: first issue of Collana Arco (Edizioni Audace), Italian western series without a fixed protagonist.
  • April 18: Barrie Appleby's Roger the Dodger makes its debut in The Beano.
  • April 30: The first issue of Chez Nous Junior, a junior supplement to the Belgian magazine Chez Nous and a French-language version of the Dutch-language magazine Ons Volkske is published. In the first issue Tibet's Chick Bill makes its debut, albeit in a talking animal comic strip version. The cast will be humanized two years later. [8]
  • Master Comics, with issue #133, cancelled by Fawcett.

May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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  • October 1: The first issues of the Dutch children's and comics magazines Okki and Taptoe are published. The magazines will run until 2016.[14]
  • October 10: Leo Baxendale's Little Plum makes its debut in The Beano.[15]

November

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December

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Births

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April

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April

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Deaths

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January

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  • January 5: Ramiz Gökçe, Turkish comics artist (Tombul Teyze and Sıska Dayı), dies at age 52.[23]
  • January 12: Wilfred R. Cyr, American comics artist (Cabin Boy Exploits of Eve), dies at age 73.[24]
  • January 23:
    • Raymond De La Nezière, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 85.[25]
    • Albert Hahn Jr., Dutch illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (made text comics for De Notenkraker), dies at age 68.[26]

February

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  • February 14: Mary Bergman, wife of cartoonist Billy DeBeck and establisher of the annual Billy De Beck Awards, dies in a plane crash.[27]
  • February 23: Wilmer "Tut" LeBlanc, American comics artist (An Altar Boy Named Speck), dies at age 38. [28]

April

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  • April 18: Frank Reynolds, British cartoonist and illustrator (The Bristlewoods), dies at age 67.[29]

May

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  • May 5: Dick Dorgan, American comics artist (Kid Dugan, Colonel Gilfeather, continued You Know Me, Al), dies at age 60.[30]
  • May 11: Hermann Schütz, German painter, illustrator and comic artist (Der Contibuben), dies at age 77. [31]
  • May 25: Charles Quinlan, aka Carl Quinn, American comics artist (worked for Funnies Inc., L.B. Cole Studio and Sangor Studio), dies at age 52. [32]

June

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July

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October

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  • October 2: Les Forgrave, American comics artist (Big Sister) and writer (Aladdin Junior, Secrets of Magic), dies at age 71.[35]
  • October 21: George Kerr, American comics artist and illustrator (Santa Claus Funnies), dies at age 84.[36]

November

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December

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Specific date unknown

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  • Curt Junghändel, German illustrator, dies at age 78 or 79. [40]
  • Leon Kern, French caricaturist and comics artist (La Famille Pouic), dies at age 69 or 70. [41]

First issues by title

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Atlas Comics/Marvel Comics

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Other publishers

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Renamed titles

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Atlas Comics/Marvel Comics

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Other publishers

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Initial appearances by character name

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DC Thomson & Co.

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Other publishers

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References

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  1. ^ "The World's Mightiest Mortal & Big Red Cheese". The Museum of Comic Book Advertising. Retrieved June 17, 2005.
  2. ^ "Yaakov Ashman". lambiek.net. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "uBC". www.ubcfumetti.com. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  4. ^ "David Law". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Byron Aptosoglou". lambiek.net. Retrieved Jul 31, 2020.
  6. ^ KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 195
  7. ^ "Wallace Wood". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Tibet".
  9. ^ "Charles M. Schulz". lambiek.net. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Rolf Kauka". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Il cavaliere nero". Guida al fumetto italiano. 25 Apr 2015.
  12. ^ "David Law". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  13. ^ "H. T. Webster". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  14. ^ "Okki, Jippo en Taptoe". www.lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Leo Baxendale". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  16. ^ Tosti, Andrea (2014-01-27). "Biancaneve e verde fiamma, l'esordio di Romano Scarpa su Topolino". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  17. ^ "Willy Vandersteen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  18. ^ "Ray & Carol Carlson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  19. ^ "Kim Duchateau". Lambiek.net. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "Merho". Lambiek.net. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  21. ^ "Patrick van Oppen". Lambiek.net. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  22. ^ "Succesauteur Pieter Aspe overleden". De Standaard.
  23. ^ "Ramiz Gökçe". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  24. ^ "Wilfred R. Cyr". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  25. ^ "Raymond De La Nezière". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  26. ^ "Albert Hahn Jr". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  27. ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  28. ^ "Tut LeBlanc obituary". The Daily Advertiser. 24 February 1953. p. 1.
  29. ^ "Frank Reynolds". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  30. ^ "Dick Dorgan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  31. ^ "Hermann Schütz". lambiek.net. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  32. ^ "Charles Quinlan". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  33. ^ "Émile-Joseph Pinchon". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  34. ^ "Eelco Harmsen van Beek". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  35. ^ "Les Forgrave". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  36. ^ "George Kerr". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  37. ^ "Karl Arnold". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  38. ^ "Milt Gross". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  39. ^ "William Kerridge Haselden". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  40. ^ "Curt Junghändel". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  41. ^ "Leon Kern". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 30, 2021.