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1988 In Comics
Notable events of 1988 in comics. Events and publications January * January 16: The first episode of David Sutherland's gag comic '' Totally Gross Germs'' is published in ''The Beano''. February * February 1: ** The first episode of Bud Grace's '' Piranha Club'' appears in print. The series will run until 2018. ** The first episode of Rick Detorie's newspaper comic '' One Big Happy'' is published. * February 12: Belgian comic artist François Craenhals is knighted in the Order of the Belgian Crown. * February 19: ** The Dutch comics magazine '' Eppo Wordt Vervolgd'' changed its name to ''Sjors en Sjimmie Weekblad'', based on the popularity of their signature series '' Sjors en Sjimmie''. It continued until 1994, after which it was renamed as ''Sjosji''. ** In the first issue, Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit's photo comic ''Mannetje en Mannetje'' makes its debut. March * March 14: **''Time'' features cover and interior art for Superman's 50th anniversary by John Byrne and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
David Sutherland (comics)
David Sutherland (4 March 1933 – 19 January 2023) was a Scottish illustrator and comics artist with DC Thomson, responsible for The Bash Street Kids (1962–2023), Dennis the Menace (UK), Dennis the Menace (1970–1998), Fred's Bed (2008–2012) for ''The Beano'', and the second version of Jak (comics), Jak for ''The Dandy'' in the early 2000s. Sutherland started out as an adventure strip artist, drawing strips such as The ''Beanos The Great Flood of London in 1960–61 (reprinted in ''Classics from the Comics'' in 2007) and Billy the Cat and Katie, Billy the Cat (see), before replacing Leo Baxendale as the artist for The Bash Street Kids, who were given the two pages in the centre of the comic at the same time. He was the strip's main artist since then, during which time he had drawn more than 2000 individual strips for the weekly comic. He also replaced Dudley D. Watkins on Biffo the Bear after his death in 1969, and continued to draw the character through the 1970s, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke'', ''Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?'' and ''From Hell''. He is widely recognised among his peers and critics as one of the best comics writer, comic book writers in the English language. Moore has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Gilles de Rais, Jill de Ray, Brilburn Logue, and Translucia Baboon; also, reprints of some of his work have been credited to The Original Writer when Moore requested that his name be removed. Moore started writing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' and ''Warrior (comics), Warrior''. He was subsequently picked up by DC Comics as "the first comics wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC's premier superheroes in the Justice League. The original team later becomes known as the Titans when the members age out of their teenage years, while the Teen Titans name is continued by subsequent generations of young heroes. First appearing in 1964 in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #54, the team was formed by Wally West, Kid Flash (Wally West), Dick Grayson, Robin (Dick Grayson), and Garth (comics), Aqualad (Garth) before adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 with the addition of Donna Troy, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) to their ranks. Over the decades, DC has cancelled and relaunched ''Teen Titans'' many times, and a variety of characters have been featured heroes in its pages. Significant early additions to the initial quartet of Titans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
