Notable events of 1945 in comics.
October
- October 7: In Il Vittorioso, the first chapter of Pippo in montagna (Pippo in the Mountains) by Benito Jacovitti makes its debut. This is the first story starring the master criminal Zagar, antagonist of Cip.[14]
- October 14: In Disney comics, the first Uncle Remus and His Tales of Br'er Rabbit comics appear in print. Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear will remain recurring comics characters for decades to come.
- October 15: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Stripfilm is published. It also offers information about animation techniques, provided by the animation studio Stripfilm.[15] The magazine will last until 23 November.[16]
- October 19: The first episode of Olmo's gag comic Don Celes is published. [17]
- October 22: The first episode of Phiny Dick's Olle Kapoen is published. Coen van Hunnik provides artwork but is later replaced by Richard Klokkers. The series will run until 15 November 1955.[18]
- October 26: In the Italian Fulmine giornale the first chapter of La legione del mistero (The mystery legion) by Andrea Lavezzolo and Carlo Cossio is published, which marks the return of detective Dick Fulmine. Although he was previously at the service of Fascist propaganda he is now recycled as a democratic hero and cuts down a neo-Nazi gang, led by a revived Adolf Hitler.
- Belgian comics publisher Fernand Cheneval founds the first issue of the comics magazine Heroïc Albums. It will run until December 1956.[19]
- On the French magazine Clic-Clac Images, Uderzo debuts as cartoonist with Flamberge gentilhomme gascon.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #50 - Timely Comics
- Daring Comics (1940 series) #12 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #20 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #17 - Timely Comics
December
- December 11: Dutch comics artists Pieter Kuhn and Evert Werkman's first publish Kapitein Rob (1945-1966) in Het Parool.
- December 15: after a four-year interruption, due to the Fascist censure, the magazine Topolino comes back in Italian newsstands.[20] The same day, first issue of La Gazzetta dei piccoli (The little ones’ gazette), supplement for kids of Gazzetta del popolo.
- December 19: The story Op Het Eiland Amoras starts in De Nieuwe Standaard. This marks the first official Suske en Wiske story by Willy Vandersteen. New character Suske is already shown in the announcement strips, but will only make his official debut halfway the story when Wiske meets him at the Isle of Amoras.[8] At the start of the story Professor Barabas also makes his debut.
- December 22: Willy Vandersteen's family gag comic De Familie Snoek makes its debut.[21][22]
- December 27: Marc Sleen's series Piet Fluwijn introduces a new character, namely Fluwijn's son, Bolleke. From that moment on the series is renamed: Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke.[23]
- December 27: Marten Toonder's Kappie makes its debut. It will run in the papers until 12 July 1972.[24]
- Debut Millie the Model by Ruth Atkinson.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #51 - Timely Comics
- Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #30 - Helnit Publishing
- Green Mask (1945 series) #4 - Fox Feature Syndicate
- Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #18 - Timely Comics
- All-American Publications decided to retire its own logo and replace it with the DC logo.
- The 18-years old Hugo Pratt debuts as cartoonist drawing the adventures of Asso di Picche, written by Alberto Ongaro and Mario Faustinelli
- In the magazine Valiant, debut of The Pioneers of Hope by Roger Lécureux and Raymond Poivet, the first significant French sci-fi comics.
March
- March 20: Arno van Dijk, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, (d. 2014).[25]
January
- January 3: Georges Colomb (Christophe), French botanist and comics artist (La Famille Fenouillard), dies at age 88.[28]
- January 20: Federico Pedrocchi, Argentinian-Italian animator, comic writer (Virus, Il Dottor Faust, Zorro della Metropoli, Aeroporto Z, Capitan l'Audace, Saturnino Farandola) and artist (Disney comics, particularly Donald Duck, also worked for the magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli and was founder of the magazine Paperino e altre avventure), dies in a bomb attack, at age 37.[29]
- January 21: Eugène Damblans, aka Eugène Damblanc, Uruguayan-French painter and comics artist, dies at age 79.[30]
- Specific date unknown: George Hager, American comics artist (continued Dok's Dippy Duck as The Adventures of Waddles), dies at age 59 or 60.[5]
March
- March 20: Johannes Franciscus Nuijens (Korporaal Achilles), Dutch teacher and comics artist (Het Rapport der Defensiecommissie toegelicht en eenigszins uitgebreid door Korporaal Achilles, De Toekomststaat (Een Nachtmerrie Fin de Siècle). Visioenen en Droombeelden uit de 20ste eeuw, Klacht van een Onderwijzer over De Vrije & Orde Oefeningen op de Lagere School and Aanleiding tot den Engelsch-Transvaalschen Oorlog), dies at age 78.[32]
- March 31: Gaietà Cornet, Spanish caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 66.[33]
April
- April 25: Jack Wilhelm, American comics artist (Meet the Misses, That Certain Party, Frank Merriwell's Schooldays), dies at age 42.[34]
- April 30: Erich Schilling, German cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, commits suicide at age 60.[35]
June
- June 27: Harry James Westerman, American comic artist (The Dinkelspiels), dies at age 68.[36]
October
- October 23: Louis Moe, Norwegian-Danish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 88.[38]
November
- November 20: Loy Byrnes, American comic artist (Silly Willie, Spunkie, Punchy & Judy, continued Streaky, assisted on Nancy), dies at age 38 or 39.[39]
December
- December 25: Oscar Jacobsson, Swedish comics artist (Adamson, known in English as Silent Sam), dies at age 56.[40]
- December 29: André Hellé, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 74.[41]
- December 30: Jack McGuire, American comics artist (Jane Arden, The Red Knight), dies at age 40.[42]
Specific date unknown
- Marijan Ebner, Croatian comic artist (Pakleni Pronalazak), dies at age 36 or 37. [43]
- Frank Holland, British comics artist (Those Terrible Twins), dies at age 73.[44]
- Sebastijan Lechner, Yugoslavian comic artist, dies at age 23 or 24. [45]
- Herbert Rothgaengel, German comics artist and illustrator, dies at an unknown age.[46]
KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 185.
The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 9 by Chester Gould, IDW Publishing (2009)
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Van Hooydonck, Peter (March 1994). Biografie Willy Vandersteen. De Bruegel van het beeldverhaal (in Dutch) (2nd ed.). Antwerp: Standaard Uitgeverij. page 60.