Notable events of 1944 in comics.

Events and publications

Year overall

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Winter

Births

January

Deaths

January

  • January 2: Orville Peter Williams, A.K.A. O.P. Williams, American comic artist (Gasoline Gus), dies at age 67.[32]
  • January 9: Döes, Swiss illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 84 or 85.[33]
  • January 20: Arthur LeMay, Canadian caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (continued Les Aventures de Timothée), dies at age 43 or 44.[34]
  • Specific date unknown: Bernie Klein, American comics artist (worked for DC Comics, Quality Comics, Lev Gleason), dies in battle at age 23.[35]

February

  • February 4: Will B. Johnstone, American lyricist, screenwriter and comics artist (You Know Me Al), dies at age 62.[36]
  • February 27: Henri Cassiers, Belgian illustrator, poster artist and comics artist, dies at age 85.[37]

March

  • March 30: Lucien Laurent-Gsell, French painter, comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 83.[38]

April

June

September

  • September 2: Jan Feith, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (De Geschiedenis des Vaderlands), dies at age 80.[41]
  • September 13: William Heath Robinson, British cartoonist, dies at age 72 [42]

October

  • October 10: Antoni Utrillo, Spanish illustrator, writer, lithographer, painter, comics artist and poster designer (La Rondalla del Dijous), dies at age 76 or 77.[43]
  • October 15: Melitón González, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 89.[44]
  • October 21: Nell Brinkley, American illustrator and comics artist (Brinkley Girls), dies at age 68.[45]
  • October 23: Gerrit Rotman, Dutch teacher and comics artist (Snuffelgraag en Knagelijntje, Meneer Pimpelmans), dies at age 51.[46]
  • Specific date unknown: Robert L. Dickey, American painter and comics artist (Mr. and Mrs. Beans, Buster Beans, Buckey and his Pals), dies at age 82 or 83.[47]

November

  • November 16: Ivan Šenšin, Russian-Serbian comics artist (illegal Mickey Mouse comics, furthermore made comic strip adaptations of novels), is executed at age 47.[24]
  • November 18: Rayko Aleksiev, Bulgarian caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 51, after beaten up during interrogations.[25]
  • Specific date in November unknown: Veljko Kockar, Croatian comic artist (Kaktus Bata), dies at age 24. [48]

December

  • December 22: Louis Briault, British comics artist (The Comical Capers of Billie Reeves, the Scream of the Screen, The Psychic Trip), dies at age 59.[49]

Specific date unknown

  • Vlastimir Belkic, Yugoslavian comics artist (Hari Vilsa, illegal Mickey Mouse comics), dies at age 47 or 48.[50]
  • Paul Fung, American comics artist (Innocent Hing, A Guy from Grand Rapids, Big House Fables, Gus and Gussie, continued Dumb Dora), dies at age 56 or 57.[51]
  • Henry Thol, American comics artist (Adamson's Adventures), dies at age 57 or 58.[52]

First issues by title

Initial appearances by character name

References

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