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.
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.[5]
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.
January 16: Nin, Spanish comics artist (Trompy, El Habitante del Viejo Castillo de Mockery, Don Espino el Buen Vecino, El Monin y sus Gangsters), dies at age 62.[18]
January 19: Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist (Little Woman), dies at age 79.[19]
January 24: Frank Emery, American mural artist, jazz musician, photographer, animator, illustrator, and comics artist (4), dies at age 37.[20]
January 31: Alfredo Cardona Peña, Costa Rican-Mexican novelist and comics writer, dies at age 77.[21]
February
February 4: Odette Fumet, Canadian illustrator, novelist and comics artist (newspaper comic strip adaptations of swashbuckler novels), dies at age 94.[22]
February 11: Sharon Alston, New Zealand comics artist, painter and illustrator (made comics for Broadsheet), dies at age 46 from breast cancer.[23]
March 29: Willy Schermelé, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (Winkie, Bartje en Zwartje, Kater Kwik, Jaap en zijn Aap, Kees en Kikkie, Met z'n Drieën), dies at age 90.[32]
March 31: Dennis Malcolm Reader, British children's book writer, illustrator and comics artist (Catgirl, Powerman, Electro Girl, Rick Larson, Both 3000, Burt Steele, Wonder Boy, Acromaid, Venus, Phantom Maid, Johnny Wilde, Tim Craig, Dusty Trale), dies at age 68.[33]
April
April 19: Reg Wootton, British comics artist (Sporting Sam), died at age 86.[34]
April 29: Ingrid Wallerström, Swedish novelist, illustrator and comics artist (Taggstraden, Nisse har fått en Trumma), dies at age 102.[35]
May
May 5: Ye Qianyu, Chinese comics artist (Mr. Wang), dies at age 88.[36]
May 18: Bob Uschi, Dutch radio documentary maker, illustrator, sports cartoonist and comic artist (Dom Bom Bassie, Jonas Kwistebiebel), dies at age 84.[37]
Noel Gloesner, French comics artist (Les Indégonflables de Chantovent, Yann le Vaillant), dies at age 77.[45]
August 5: Bert Peleman, Belgian poet, novelist, painter and comic writer (Peerke Sorgeloos and Bert, De Lustige Trekker, drawn by Willy Vandersteen[46]), dies at age 80. [47]
August 9: Stef Vanstiphout, Belgian illustrator and comic artist (Puk de Nar, Ragebol), dies at age 64.[48]
September 7: Russell Johnson, American comics artist (Mister Oswald), dies at age 101.[50]
September 9:
Toon Rammelt, Dutch comics artist, illustrator and radio executive (De Vliegvarobiel van Professor Knap, Sikkie en Dikkie en de Reis naar Luilekkerland, Hummel, Lummel en hun avonturen met de houten doos, De Stakelijers, Eduard), dies at age 84.[51]
Pim van Boxsel, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (Cartouche, De Wonderlijke Avonturen van Philomene), dies at age 71 from heart failure.[52]
September 13: Walter Goetz, German-British comics artist and illustrator (Colonel Up and Mr. Down, Dab and Flounder), dies at age 83.[53]
December 9: Elsie Hix, American comic writer (continued Strange as It Seems), dies at age 93. [64]
December 10: Ganes T.H., Indonesian comics artist (Si Buta dari Gua Hantu), dies at age 60.[65]
December 13: Mentis Bostantzoglou, aka Bost, Greek illustrator, playwright, lyricist, painter and comics artist (worked on Classics Illustrated), dies at age 76 or 77.[66]
December 15: Willy Smit, Dutch comics artist (Tijs Wijs de Torenwachter), dies at age 94.[67]
Specific date unknown
Benigani, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 92 or 93.[68]
Alex Cubie, Scottish comics artist and animator (continued Rupert Bear), dies at age 83 or 84.[69]
José De Lemos, Portuguese comics artist, dies at age 85.[70]
Egidio Gherlizza, Italian comics artist (Signor Giulivo), dies at age 85 or 86.[71]
Óskar, aka Oskar Pinto Lobo, Portuguese comics artist (Tom Migas e o seu cavalo Cara Linda, comics about Laurel & Hardy), dies at age 81 or 82.[72]
Wies Peleman, Belgian comics artist (Meneer Kommix & Strip, Pim en Pom in de Zoo, Prietpraat Ballon, Adam and Zee), dies at age 72 or 73. [73]
Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist (Little Woman), dies at age 78 or 79.[74]
Desmond Walduck, British comic artist (worked on Dan Dare), dies at age 74 or 75.[75]
Roberto Wilson, Canadian comic artist (Robert et Roland, Le Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus), dies at age 66 or 67.[76]
Malek Zirout, Algerian comic artist (La Route du Sel), dies at age 61 or 62.[77]
Exhibitions
July 30–August 27: (Columbus Recreation and Parks Department Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio): "Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form"[78]
August 24–October 14: (Martin Luther King Jr. Complex for Performing and Cultural Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio): "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.[79]
December 7, 1995 – February 11, 1996 (Words & Pictures Museum, Northampton, Massachusetts): "Classic Comics — A Selection of Stories from EC Comics," featuring the work of, among others, John Severin
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