1956 in comics
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Events and publications
Year overall
- Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings continue to negatively affect the comics marketplace. Ace Comics, Avon Comics, EC Comics, Mainline Publications, Nedor Comics (Standard, Better, and Thrilling), and Quality Comics all cease publishing, though EC continues to publish Mad magazine (and Nedor is succeeded by the short-lived Pines Comics).
- In Belge, The Calculus Affair, by Hergè and The yellow M by Edgar P. Jacobs, previously published as serials, go out as comic albums.
- Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer, by Morris.
- In France, Le dictateur et le champignon (The dictator and the mushroom), comic album by Franquin.
January
- January 21: The first issue of the British comics magazine The Beezer comes out. It will be syndicated until 21 August 1993.
February
- On Italy, Romano Scarpa, already appreciated as cartoonist, begins his career as Disney writer with Shellfish Motives (Paperino e i gamberi in salmì).
- February 2: In Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge story The Second-Richest Duck Flintheart Glomgold makes his debut.
- February 18: The first issue of the British comics magazine Express Weekly comes out and will run until 1960.[1]
- The final issue of the Belgian children's magazine Bimbo is published.
April
- Cancellation of Apache Kid, with issue #19, Atlas.
- In Italy, Paperino Don Chisciotte (Duck Quixote), by Guido Martina (script) and Pier Lorenzo de Vita (cartoons), parody of Don Quixote set in modern California, with Donald Duck in the title role and Goofy as Sancho Panza. After Mickey Mouse’s hell, it’s the second retelling by Martina of a literary masterpiece with the Disney characters.
May
- World of fantasy, a bi-monthly publication debuts for Atlas Comics (1950s). Among the artists on the book are Werner Roth and Dick Ayers.
July
- In Detective Comics #233 Batwoman makes her debut.
September
- September 10: David Wright and Peter Meriton's Carol Day makes its debut.[2]
- September 20: Maurice Tillieux' Gil Jourdan makes its debut. [3]
- Bill Ritchie's Baby Crockett makes its debut.
- September 21: The Nero story De IJzeren Kolonel by Marc Sleen is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story the major antagonist of the series, Ricardo, makes his debut.
October
- Showcase #4 (National Periodical Publications) — First appearance of a revamped Flash ushers in the Silver Age of Comic Books.
November
- November 1: The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Risque-Tout is published.
- November 18: Frank Giacoia's Johnny Reb and Billy Yank makes its debut. It will run until 24 May, 1959.
December
- Mad becomes a two-montly black-and-white magazine with Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines as new chief editors and publishers. On its cover the magazine's enduring mascot Alfred E. Neuman makes his debut, designed by Norman Mingo. [4]
- Quality Comics ceases operations; many of the company's characters and title trademarks sold to National Periodical Publications, which chooses to keep only four series running: Blackhawk, G.I. Combat, Heart Throbs, and Robin Hood Tales.
- Cancellation of the American comics magazine Panic.
- The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Heroïc Albums is published.[5]
- In Uncle Scrooge, Back To Long Ago!, by Carl Barks, telling the adventures in the Sixteenth Century of two ancestors and doubles of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck. In the following years, the device will be widely imitated by other Disney authors.
Deaths
January
- January 11: Charles Genty, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 69. [6]
- January 13: Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and comics artist (The Kin-der-Kids, Wee Willie Winkie's World), died, aged 84.[7]
March
April
- April: Fernand Dineur, Belgian comics artist (Tif et Tondu), dies at age 51.[10]
May
- May 20: Max Beerbohm, British essayist, cartoonist and caricaturist, dies at age 83.
July
- July 21: Louis Raemaekers, Dutch cartoonist, comics artist and caricaturist (Flippie Flink), dies at age 86. [11]
August
- August 12: Doc Winner, American comics artist (Tubby, Elmer), passes away from cancer at age 71.[12]
- August 23: Jos Speybrouck, Belgian graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (Het Kerkelijk Jaar in Beeld, Levenslijnen), dies at age 65.[13]
- August 24: A.D. Condo, American comics artist (The Outbursts of Everett True, Mr. Skygack, from Mars), passes away at age 84.[14]
September
- September 6: Alex Raymond, American comics artist (Rip Kirby, Secret Agent X-9, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim), dies at age 46 in a car crash.[15]
December
- December 31: Norm Rice, Australian comics artist (Powerman, Steele Carewe, Nick Carver of the Circus, continued Bluey and Curley), dies in a car accident. [16]
Specific date unknown
- Gus Mager, American comics artist (Hawkshaw the Detective), dies at age 77 or 78.[17]
- Ralph Mayo, American comics artist and art director for AC Comics, dies at an unknown age. [18]
- Austin Bowen Payne, British comics artist (Pip, Squeak and Wilfred), dies at age 79 or 80.[19]
Initial appearances by character name
- Capitan Trueno, created by Victor Mora and Miguel Ambrosio Zaragoza
- Ricardo, in The Adventures of Nero: De IJzeren Kolonel, created by Marc Steen - Standaard Uitgeverij (Belgium)
- Jolyon Wagg, in The Calculus Affair, created by Hergè - Casterman
- Gideon McDuck , in Topolino #132-133 (January), created by Romano Scarpa.- Disney
- Timmy the timid ghost, in Timmy the Timid Ghost #3 (February), created by Al Fago - Charlton
- Fireman Farrell, in Showcase #1 (March), created by Arnold Drake and John Prentice.- DC Comics
- Mr. Muscles, in Mr. Muscles #22 (March), created by Jerry Siegel - Charlton
- Nature Boy, in Nature Boy #3 (March), created by Jerry Siegel and John Buscema - Charlton
- Zaza the mystic, in Zaza the mystic#10 (April), created by Joe Gill, Rocke Mastroserio, and Charles Nicholas - Charlton
- Chief Parker, in Adventure Comics #225 (June), created by Alvin Schwartz and Curt Swan.- DC Comics
- Batwoman in Detective Comics #233 (July), created by Edmond Hamilton and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics
- Flintheart Glomgold, in Uncle Scrooge #15 (September), created by Carl Barks.- Disney
- Little Helper, in Uncle Scrooge #15 (September), created by Carl Barks.- Disney
- Flash in Showcase #4 (October), created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
- Iris West Allen in Showcase #4 (October), created by Robert Kanigher, Carmine Infantino and Joe Kubert - DC Comics
- Topo in Adventure Comics #229 (October), created by Ramona Fradon - DC comics
- Yellow Claw in Yellow Claw #1 (October), created by Al Feldstein and Joe Maneely - Marvel
- Jimmy Woo in Yellow Claw #1 (October), created by Al Feldstein and Joe Maneely - Marvel
- Lew Moxon - in Detective Comics #235 (November ), created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics
- Malcolm McDuck and Pintail Duck, in Uncle Scrooge #16 (December), created by Carl Barks.- Disney
- Turtle (comics) in Showcase #4 (October), created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
References
- ↑ https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/express-weekly/
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wright-david.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tilleux.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mingo_norman.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cheneval_fernand.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/genty_charles.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/feininger_l.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/q/quermann_walter.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/scolari_g.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dineur_f.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raemaekers_louis.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/winner_doc.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/speybrouck_jos.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/condo_ad.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raymond.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rice_norm.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mager_g.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mayo_ralph.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/payne_ab.htm
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