Last issue of the Italian magazineL'intrepido, in the newstads since 1935.
TheKen Parker series is abruptly interrupted with the episodeFaccia di rame (Copper face), byGiancarlo Berardi,Ivo Milazzo and Luca Vannini; the story is inspired by the life ofIshi. The series will get a conclusion only in 2015.[2]
March 11: The Flemish newspapersHet Laatste Nieuws andDe Nieuwe Gazet change the title of their weekly children comics supplementDe Samson en Gert Krant, based on the popular TV showSamson en Gert, intoDe Plopkrant, based on the children's showKabouter Plop.[4]
L’aventure immobile (The motionless adventure) by Didier Convart and Andrè Juliard (Dargaud), withBlake and Mortimer; first album of the seriesLe dernier chapitre, showing the heroes of the French comics at the twilight of their lives.[6]
Colpo da maestro (Masterstroke) by Moreno Burattini andGallieno Ferri (Bonelli); the criminal mastermind Mortimer,Zagor’s recurring adversary, makes his debut.[7]
August 24: The Dutch comics magazineSjosji changes its name again intoSjosji Striparazzi.It will continue until 1999, after which it changes its name intoStriparazzi.[10]
September 9: Through a long trialAlbert Uderzo wins the profits and rights to all hisAsterix-related merchandise and albums from previous publisherDargaud.[12]
October 14:Dust waltz, graphic novel byDan Brereton and Hector Gomez (Dark Horse), firstcomics set in the Buffy universe. The next day, the first issue of the regularBuffy comic series is published, always by Dark Horse.
Gli occhi dell’abisso, (Abyss’ eyes) byGiancarlo Berardi and Luca Vannini (Bonelli), first album of theJulia series. In the story, the heroine must face for the first time her nemesis, the serial killer Myrna Harrod.[16]
Colui che dimora nelle tenebre (The living in darkness) byAlfredo Castelli, Vincenzo Beretta and Erasmo Dante Spada (Bonelli); first episode of the seriesStorie di Altrove, spin-off ofMartin Mystere.[17]
Marcel Dalton byBob De Groot andMorris, 109th album ofLucky Luke series. The comic is charged ofantisemitism, because the caricatural representation of a Jewish banker.
25 November: inSpirou,Machine qui reve (Dreaming machine) by Tome and Janny; the story marks a turning point inSpirou and Fantasio series, that becomes more realistic and less humorous.
29 November:Long feu byMetz and Luc Jacamon (Casterman); first album of the seriesThe killer.
Silver Surfer vol. 2 is canceled by Marvel with issue #146.
What If vol. 2 is canceled by Marvel with issue #114.
La solution Pinkerton byFrancois Corteggiani and Michel Blanc-Dumont, tenth album of theBlueberry’s youth series (Dargaud); beginning of the “complots’ cycle”.
January 5: GustavoMartz Schmidt, Spanish comics artist (ToribioDoctor Cascarrabias,El Doctor Cataplasma,Troglodito,Camelio Majareto,El profesor Tragacanto,Deliranta Rococó,La Pandilla Cu-Cux Plaf,El Sherrif Chiquito, continuedDoña Urraca), dies at age 75.[20]
January 7:Eli Bauer, American comics artist and animator (Kermit the Hermit,Norman), dies at age 69.[21]
Pellos - French comic artist (Futuropolis, continuedLes Pieds Nickelés), dies at age 98.[35]
April 17: E.E. Hibbard, American painter and comics artist (worked onThe Flash,Green Lantern and was the first artist to illustrate aJustice Society story), dies at age 89.[36]
April 23: Enrique Riverón, Cuban-American cartoonist, animator and comics artist, dies at age 95 or 96.[37]
April 26: Bill Crooks, American comics artist (assisted onCaptain Easy), dies at age 80.[38]
May 13: Wim den Hollander, Dutch illustrator, actor, photographer, fireman and comic artist (Dobber en Kliekje,Strik en Stropdas), dies at age 89 .[39]
December 10:Ray Goossens, Belgian comics artist (Reynaert de Vos,Ouwe Taaie,Mr. Snor,Tijl Uilenspiegel (sometimes titledTijl en Lamme),Pimmeke,Snops,Tsjoem) and animator (Musti), dies at age 74.[56]
December 13: Jean Vern, French musician and comics artist (collaborated with scriptwriterPierre Christin and comics artist Jacques Lob), dies at age 58.[57]
December 19:Ron Turner, British comic artist and illustrator (Space Ace,Rick Random, Space Detective, worked onDan Dare), dies at age 76.[58]
December 31: Sándor Gugi, Hungarian comics artist (Talál Tamás,Der Arme Leopold, adaptations of literary novels), dies at age 81.[62]
Specific date unknown: Reginald Ben Davies, British illustrator and comics artist (Jill Crusoe in the Land of the White Queen,Katy of Cedar Creek), dies at age 90 or 91.[63]
October 10:Big Apple Comic Con II (Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City)
October 10–11:Motor City Comic Con II (Dearborn Civic Center, Dearborn, Michigan)
October 17–18:SuperCon III (Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, California)
November 13–15: The Graphic Novel: a 20th Anniversary Conference on an Emerging Literary and Artistic Medium (theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts) — program book features a brief essay byWill Eisner, "Twentieth Anniversary Reflections onA Contract with God"
November 13–14:Big Apple Comic Con III (Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City)
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^Kannenberg, Gene (Dec 1998). "One-of-a-kind: The Ohio State University Festival of Cartoon Art, October 9–10, 1998, A Personal View".The Comics Journal. pp. 9–14.
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