Hulk Vs
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History
In ...
'' is released.
*January 6: The third and final volume of '' Hollow Fields'' has been released.
* January 15: Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen wins his second Inktspotprijs for ''Best Political Cartoon''.
* January 28: The Dutch comics magazine Eppo returns to the market after having discontinued a decade ago. It manages to remain in print, as of today.
February
*The ''
Ultimate Marvel
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'' titles ''
Ultimate X-Men
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'' and ''
Ultimate Fantastic Four
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'' are both cancelled at milestones: ''Ultimate X-Men'''s series finale ends issue #100, while ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'''s ends at issue #60.
*To celebrate the inauguration of
Barack Obama
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, Amazing Spider-Man #583 presented an all-new story teaming up President Obama and Spider-Man in " Spidey Meets the President!" The title featured five variant covers.
April
* April 19: In
Boechout
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The municipality comprises the towns of Boechout proper and . In 2021, Boechout had a total population of 13,526. The total area is 20.66 km².
Boechout ...
, Belgium, a memorial plaque is attached to the former house of comic author George Van Raemdonck. A local park and street are renamed after him, with a sculpture of him and his characters
Bulletje en Boonestaak
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''Bulletje en Boonestaak'' (later spelled ''Bulletje en Bonestaak'') was one of the first very successful Dutch newspaper comic strips, the first Dutch comic moralists, and the first Dutch comic translated into other languages.
It ...
inaugurated in the park.
* April 26:
Suske en Wiske
Suske (English: Willy, Luke, Bob, Spike) is one of the main characters in the popular Belgian comic strip ''Suske en Wiske'' by Willy Vandersteen. He is the boy of the duo.
History
When Willy Vandersteen created his first adventure story with t ...
receive a comics mural near the station of
Kalmthout
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In addition to Kalmth ...
, Belgium.
*In honor of Wolverine's 35th anniversary,
Marvel Comics
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announced that numerous Marvel titles would feature Wolverine Art Appreciation
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s in April 2009. Styles will be reminiscent of Pablo Picasso,
Salvador Dalí
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, Andy Warhol. The first issues to feature a Wolverine Art Appreciation variant cover were Captain Britain and MI13 #12, Amazing Spider-man #590, Hulk #11, Uncanny X-Men #508, and Secret Warriors #3.
*" Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" was a 2009 story featuring the
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
character of
Batman
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. The story was published in two parts, in the "final" issues of the series ''
Batman
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'' (#686) and ''
Detective Comics
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'' (#853), released February and April respectively. Written by
Neil Gaiman
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, pencilled by
Andy Kubert
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, and inked by Scott Williams, the story was purported to be the "last" Batman story in the wake of severe psychological trauma that Batman endures within the '' Batman R.I.P.'' story, and his ultimate fate in ''
Final Crisis
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''.
* The 40th and final ''
Sammy
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'' album is published. Author Jean-Pol announces his retirement and the end of the series.
May
*May 1: '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' was released in theaters.
* May 19: The final issue of the relaunched version of the German comics magazine '' Fix und Foxi'' is published.
June
* June 2: In
Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve (, French for ''New Leuven''; wa, Li Noû Lovén) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town was ...
, Belgium, the Hergé Museum opens its doors.
* June 19: In the Zandstraat/Rue de Sable in
Brussels
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,
Belgium
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, the Marc Sleen Museum opens its doors, the first museum dedicated to a Belgian comics artist while the artist in question,
Marc Sleen
Marcel Honoree Nestor ( ridder) Neels (30 December 1922 – 6 November 2016), known as Marc Sleen, was a Belgian cartoonist. He was mostly known for his comic '' The Adventures of Nero and Co.'', but also created gag comics like '' Piet Fluwijn ...
, is still alive. King
Albert II of Belgium
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officially opens the building.
August
* August 30: A statue of
Mafalda
''Mafalda'' () is an Argentine comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Quino. The strip features a six-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and progressive youth, is concerned about humanity and world pea ...
is placed on the Plaza Mafalda (named in 2005) in
Buenos Aires
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.
* August 31:
The Walt Disney Company
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buys
Marvel Comics
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.
* Textbook publisher
Flat World Knowledge
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Paul Levitz
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would step down as President and Publisher of DC Comics to serve as the Contributing Editor and Overall Consultant for the newly formed DC Entertainment and
Diane Nelson
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would serve as President of the new division.
* September 11: The lifeless body of Japanese manga artist
Yoshito Usui
was a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist known for the popular ''Crayon Shin-chan'' series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Personal life
In 1977, he graduated from Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Kasukabe, Saitama, Kasuka ...
(best known for the series '' Crayon Shin-chan'') is found at the bottom of a cliff. He was only 51.
* September 26–27: During the StripdagenBarbara Stok is the first female comics artist to win the
Stripschapprijs
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.
Hanco Kolk
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Kolk married author Isabelle Rosselin in 2016.
Bi ...
,
Jean-Marc van Tol
Jean-Marc van Tol (born 6 July 1967, Rotterdam) is a cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2004 Stripschapprijs for '' Fokke & Sukke'', with John Reid and Bastiaan Geleijnse
Bastiaan Geleijnse (born 8 March 1967, Utrecht) is a Dutch cartoonist a ...
and Dutch Minister of Education
Ronald Plasterk
Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk (; born 12 April 1957) is a Dutch scientist, entrepreneur and retired politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has earned a PhD degree in biology, specialised in molecular genetics. Being a former Minister of the Du ...
win the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. Ed van Schuijlenburg wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.
October
*October 7: ''
Haunt
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'', an ongoing series created by
Todd McFarlane
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Image Comics
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. The book is written by Kirkman with layouts done by
Greg Capullo
Gregory Capullo (; born March 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on ''Quasar'' (1991–1992), '' X-Force'' (1992–1993), ''Angela'' (1994), ''Spawn'' (1993–2000, 2003–2004) and ''Batman'' (2011 ...
, pencils by
Ryan Ottley
Ryan Ottley is an American comic book artist. He is best known for work on Image Comics' ''Invincible'' and Marvel Comics' ''Amazing Spider-Man''.
Career
Ryan Ottley is best known for his work on Invincible written by Robert Kirkman and publi ...
, and inks by McFarlane.
* October 15:
Albert Uderzo
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; ; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo, was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the ''Astérix'' series in collaboration with Re ...
is named
doctor honoris causa
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by the
University of Paris
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.
Specific date unknown
* Iván and Andrés Ramírez Ortiz establish the alternative
Costa Rica
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n comics magazine Revista Fotocopia, which will run under the name Ultracomics from August 2010 on and eventually bring out its final issue in 2014.
Deaths
January
* January 12: Susanne Wenger, Austrian illustrator and comics artist (worked for Unsere Zeitung), dies at age 93.
* January 21: Claude Moliterni, French comics writer (''Scarlett Dream''), critic and historian and co-founder of the
Angoulême International Comics Festival
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, dies at the age of 76.
February
* February 13:
Corky Trinidad
Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. (26 May 1939 – 13 February 2009), better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Filipino-American editorial cartoonist and comics artist. Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the '' Hono ...
, Filipino-American comics artist (''
Nguyen Charlie
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''), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 69.
* February 20: Joan Marti Aragonés, aka Petronius, Spanish painter and comics artist (made various romance comics for Selecciones Ilustradas, Roxy, Valentine and Marilyn), dies at age 72.
March
* March 8: Mike Van Audenhove, American-Swiss comics artist (''Koch Comix'', ''Zürich by Mike''), dies at age 51.
* March 31: Juan Bernet Toledano, Spanish comics artist (''
Altamiro de la Cueva
''Altamiro de la Cueva'' is a Spanish comic strip series, created in 1965 by Joan Bernet Toledano and Carles Bech and published in the comic book magazine '' TBO''.
Concept
The stories feature funny adventures about a bunch of prehistoric cavem ...
'') dies at age 84.
May
* May 1:
Ric Estrada
Ric Estrada (February 26, 1928 – May 1, 2009) was a Cuban American comics artist who worked for companies including the major American publisher DC Comics. He also worked in comic strips, political cartoons, advertising, storyboarding, and co ...
, Cuban-American comics artist (worked for
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
), passes away at age 81 from prostate cancer.
* May 21: Giorgio Bellavitis, Italian comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 72 or 73.
* May 26: Ding Cong, Xiao Ding, Chinese illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 93.
April
* April 2:
Frank Springer
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, American comic artist (''
The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist
"The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist" was an American comics series, written by Michael O'Donoghue and drawn by Frank Springer. From January 1965, it was serialized in the magazine ''Evergreen Review'', and later published in book form as a Grove ...
'', worked for
Marvel Comics
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), dies at age 79 from prostate cancer.
* April 3: Harry Schlegel, German comics artist (''Kapitäns Jonathan Pappendick'', ''Pedro und Coco'', ''Pats Reiseabenteuer'' ''Max und Maxi''), dies at age 78 or 79.
* April 4:
Fritzi Harmsen van Beek
Frederike Martine ten Harmsen van der Beek (June 28, 1927 – April 4, 2009), known as Fritzi Harmsen van Beek, was a Dutch writer.
The daughter of the cartoonist Harmsen van der Beek, she became an illustrator and poet, receiving significant ...
, Dutch comics artist (continued ''Flipje van Tiel''), dies at age 81.
* April 23: Jaap van der Pol, aka Larry Oblomov, Dutch photographer, painter, illustrator, collage artist, teacher and comics artist (''Het Schoolarchief''), dies at age 70.
* April 24: José Miguel Heredia, Argentine comics artist (''Perro Mundo'', ''El Doctor Vudú'', ''El Cuaderno Rojo'', ''Ferranio''), dies at age 75.
June
* June 9:
Dave Simons
Dave Simons (died June 9, 2009) was an American comic book artist known for his work on '' Conan'', ''Ghost Rider'', ''Red Sonja'', and ''Spider-Man'' for Marvel Comics and ''Forgotten Realms'' for DC Comics. He is also known for commercial sto ...
, American comics artist and animator (worked for Marvel and DC Comics), dies at age 54.
* June 19: Piet Tibos, Belgian comics artist and cartoonist (''De Avonturen van Sebedeus en zijn Ploeg''), dies at age 78.
July
* July 3: Martin Vaughn-James, British painter, illustrator and comics artist (''Elephant'', ''The Projector'', ''The Park'', ''The Cage''), dies at age 65.
* July 6:
**
Alfons Figueras
Alfons Figueras i Fontanals (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain, 15 October 1922 – 6 July 2009) was a Spanish cartoonist. He created characters such as ''Aspirino y Colodión'' or ''Topolino, el último héroe'' (Topolino, the last hero) ...
, Spanish animator and comics artist (''Aspirino y Colodión'' or ''Topolino, el último héroe'', worked on ''Rabatino y Cebollita''), dies at age 86.
**
Robert L. Short
Robert L. Short (1932 – July 6, 2009) was an American Christian minister and the author of several books of "popular theology", including
the 1965 bestseller ''The Gospel According to Peanuts''.
Life and career
Short was born and raised ...
, American religious leader and writer (''
The Gospel According to Peanuts
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''), dies at age 86 or 87.
* July 21:
Heinz Edelmann
Heinz Edelmann (20 June 1934 – 21 July 2009) was a Czech-German illustrator and designer. His art direction and character designs for the Beatles' 1968 animated film '' Yellow Submarine'' brought him additional recognition around the world.
...
, German graphic designer, illustrator, animator, cartoonist and comics artist ('' Yellow Submarine''), dies from heart disease at age 75.
* July 22: John Ryan, British comics artist and animator (''Harris Tweed, Extra Special Agent'', ''
Captain Pugwash
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''), dies at age 88.
* July 25: Francisco Hidalgo, aka Yves Roy, Spanish comics artist (''Doctor Nieblba'', ''Dick Tober'', ''Angel Audaz'', ''Blason d'Argent'', ''Bob Mallard'', ''Teddy Ted'') and photographer, dies at age 80.
August
* August 9:
Frank Borth
Frank M. Borth III (April 1, 1918 – August 9, 2009) was an American comic book artist.
Biography
Borth was born and raised in Cleveland, eventually graduating in 1940 from the Cleveland School of Art, where he majored in illustration."New Sea A ...
, American comics artist and writer (''Ken Stuart'', wrote '' There Oughta Be a Law!'', worked for ''
Cracked
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* "Cracked", a Season 8 ( ...
'') dies at age 91.
* August 13:
Josette Baujot
Josette Baujot (17 August 1920 – 13 August 2009) was a Belgian artist and colorist. She is most commonly associated with fellow Belgian comics writer Hergé (Georges Remi) and his ''Adventures of Tintin'' series.
Early life
She was born Jose ...
, Belgian comics artist and colorist (''
Adventures of Tintin
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'') and wife of
Jo-El Azara
Joseph Franz Hedwig Loeckx is a Belgian comic book artist. He works under the pseudonym of Jo-El Azara. Important series he has worked on include ''Clifton'' and ''Taka Takata''.
Biography
Loeckx was born in Drogenbos, Flemish Brabant, near Bruss ...
, dies at age 88.
* August 15: Matej Nemecek, Czech comics artist, dies at age 28.
September
* September 11:
Yoshito Usui
was a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist known for the popular ''Crayon Shin-chan'' series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Personal life
In 1977, he graduated from Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Kasukabe, Saitama, Kasuka ...
, Japanese manga artist ('' Crayon Shin-chan''), dies at age 51.
* September 24: Frits Godhelp, Dutch comic artist (''Bas en Van der Pluim'', worked for the
Marten Toonder
Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator, born in Rotterdam. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing new words and expr ...
Studios,
Disney comics
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The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...
), dies at age 82.
* September 25: Jean Vermeire, aka Jiv, Belgian comics artist and illustrator (''Les Aventures de M. Ding'', ''Les Aventures de Bob''), passes away at age 88.
* September 26: Carlos Roume, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 85 or 86.
* September 29: Rusty Haller, American comics artist (''
Hanna-Barbera
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'' comics, ''
Looney Tunes
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'' comics), dies at age 55.
October
* October 4: Ricardo Garijo, Argentinian comics artist, writer and publisher (founder of the magazine ''Gurbos'', wrote for ''
Commando Comics
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'') dies at age 55.
* October 12:
Joe Rosen
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, American comics letterer (worked for
Marvel Comics
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and
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
), dies at age 88.
* October 15:
George Tuska
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Iron Man
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''. Created ''
The World's Greatest Superheroes
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''), dies at age 93.
* October 20:
** Attila Dargay, Hungarian animator and comics artist (''Kajla''), passes away at age 82.
**
Jef Nys
Jozef "Jef" Nys (30 January 1927 – 20 October 2009) was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip '' Jommeke''.
Biography Early years
Jozef Nys was born in Berchem, Belgium in 1927.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Jef Nys ...
, Belgian comics artist (''
Jommeke
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'', ''Met Langteen en Schommelbuik Voorwaarts''), dies at age 82.
* October 21:
** Robert Dalmasso, aka Robert Devil, French comics artist (made comics for Éditions Presses Mondiales), dies at age 78 or 79.
** Vernon Henkel, American comics writer and artist (worked for
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
,
Harvey Comics
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and
Marvel Comics
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), dies at age 91.
* October 23: Michel Motti, French comics artist (''Le Petit Roi Ibello'', ''Nicolas et Nicolette'',
Disney comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...
, continued '' Pif le chien'' and ''Placid et Muzo''), dies at age 74.
* October 26: Fred McCarthy, creator of ''Brother Juniper'', the only religious-themed comic ever syndicated in daily newspapers internationally, dies at age 91.
November
* November 3:
Shel Dorf
Sheldon "Shel" Dorf (July 5, 1933 – November 3, 2009) was an American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con International.Spurgeon, Tom.Shel Dorf, 1933-2009, ''The Comics Reporter'' (self-published), 4 November 2009. Acce ...
, American comics letterer (''
Steve Canyon
''Steve Canyon'' is an American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff. Launched shortly after Caniff retired from his previous strip, '' Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Canyon'' ran from January 13, 1947, until June 4, 1988. It ...
'') and founder of the
San Diego Comic-Con International
San Diego Comic-Con International is a comic book convention and nonprofit multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California since 1970. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International: San Diego; but it is co ...
, dies at age 76.Spurgeon, Tom. Shel Dorf, 1933-2009 , ''The Comics Reporter'' (self-published), 4 November 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009 Archived 4 November 2009.Evanier, Mark, , ''POV Online'' (self published), November 3, 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009 Archived 4 November 2009.
* November 9:
Bill Jaaska
William C. Jaaska (June 22, 1961 – November 9, 2009) was an American comics artist.
Career
Bill Jaaska's first published comics work was a Skywolf story in ''Airboy'' #11 (Dec. 1986). He worked with Peter David on ''The Incredible Hulk''. Dav ...
, American comics artist (continued ''
New 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 ...
'' and ''
The Incredible Hulk
The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book a ...
''), dies at age 48.
* November 13: François Bel, French comics artist (''Phil et Jori'', ''Miss Justine'', ''Sidonie Fleurdepois'', ''Zophyta''), passes away at age 82.
* November 23:
Sonny Trinidad
Celso L. "Sonny" Trinidad (died November 23, 2009) was a Filipino comics artist who worked in the Filipino and American comic book industries. In the U.S., he is mostly known for his work for Marvel Comics in the mid–1970s.
Career
Trinidad bega ...
, Filipino comics artist (''El Gato'', ''Inday sa Balitaw'') dies.
* November 27:
Irving Tripp
Irving Rose Tripp (June 5, 1921 – November 27, 2009), was an American comic book artist, best known as the illustrator of ''Little Lulu'' comics.
Irving was born in 1921 in Poughkeepsie, New York. He began working in comics in 1941 when h ...
, American comics artist (continued ''
Little Lulu
''Little Lulu'' is a comic strip created in 1935 by American author Marge (cartoonist), Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character, Lulu Moppet, debuted in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 23, 1935, in a single panel, appearing as a flower ...
Disney comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...
'', ''
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.
'' comics), dies at age 88 from cancer.
December
* December 9:
** Govind Brhamania, Indian comics artist ('' Bahadur''), dies at age 71.
** Xavier Musquera, aka Chris, Spanish comics artist (''Melly Brown'', ''Peggy Press'', ''Monsieu Wens'', ''Angie'', ''Miss Blondie''), passes away at age 66.
* December 10: Jean-Marie Brouyère, Belgian comics writer (''Archie Cash'', ''L'Épervier Bleu''), dies at age 66.
* December 14: Minami Keizi, Brazilian novelist and comics artist (''Tupãzinho''), dies at age 54.
* December 27: Geoffrey Bond, aka ''Alan Jason'', British comics writer (''
Luck of the Legion
''Luck of the Legion'' was a British adventure comics series, published in the magazine ''Eagle (comic), Eagle'', written by Geoffrey Bond and illustrated by Martin Aitchison. It ran from 1952 to 1961.
The series followed the exploits of the Fre ...
'', ''Claudia of the Circus'', ''Arty and Crafty'', ''Justin Tyme - ye Hapless Highwayman''), passes away at age 89.
* December: Nel van Beek, aka ''Koten'', Dutch feminist, poster designer and comics artist (''Dol en Mina'', ''Floor Blom''), dies at age 75 or 76.
Specific date unknown
*
Annette Tison
Annette Tison, (born in 1942 in Hossegor, France) is a French architect and writer, mainly known for being co-creator of the '' Barbapapa'' series with her American husband, Talus Taylor
Talus Taylor (1933 – 19 February 2015) was a writer of ...
, French novelist and illustrator (''
Barbapapa
''Barbapapa'' is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of ...
''), dies at age 75 or 76.
* Wei Qimei, Chinese comics artist, dies at age 84 or 85.
Exhibitions
* May 2–July 12: ''"Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix, 1963-1990"'' (
Chazen Museum of Art
The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The Chazen Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
History
Until 2005, the Museum was known regularly as th ...
, Madison, Wisconsin) —
underground comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, ...
Denis Kitchen
Denis Kitchen (born August 27, 1946) is an Americans, American underground comix, underground cartoonist, publisher, author, agent, and the founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Early life
Kitchen grew up in Wisconsin, attending William ...
Conventions
* January 23–25:
Phoenix Comicon
Phoenix Fan Fusion (formerly Phoenix Comicon and Phoenix Comic Fest) is a speculative fiction entertainment and comic book convention held annually in Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded as the Phoenix Cactus Comicon in June 2002, ...
(Mesa, Arizona) — 7,000 attendees; official guests: David Beaty,
Lou Ferrigno
Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. (; born November 9, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles; and appeared in the documentar ...
,
Tiffany Grant
Tiffany Lynn Grant (born October 11, 1968) is an American voice actress and script writer who is known for her English-dubbing work for ADV Films on such anime films and television series as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', in which she voiced the cha ...
,
Erin Gray
Erin Gray (born January 7, 1950) is an American model, casting agent, and actress whose roles include Colonel Wilma Deering in the science fiction television series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' and Kate Summers-Stratton in the situat ...
,
Matt Greenfield
Matthew Brian Greenfield (born January 12, 1965) is an American producer, scriptwriter, director and voice actor best known for his work in producing the English-language versions of many popular Japanese anime, most notably ''Neon Genesis Evang ...
,
Reuben Langdon
Reuben Christopher Langdon (born July 19, 1975) is an American stuntman and voice actor. He has provided the voice and motion capture for video game characters including Dante in the ''Devil May Cry'' series (starting from '' Devil May Cry 3: Da ...
,
Yuri Lowenthal
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is an American voice actor, producer and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime and video games. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime include S ...
,
Tara Platt
Tara Platt (born June 18, 1978) is an American actress and author who has provided voices for dozens of English-language versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. Her notable roles in anime include Temari in ''Naruto' ...
, Christophe Tang, and
Wil Wheaton
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in '' ...
* January 29–February 1:
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival (french: Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lu ...
(
Angoulême
Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...
,
France
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)
* February: Convention du Lac (
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles (French: ''Lac Charles'') is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu ...
)
* February 6–8:
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a f ...
(New York City, USA)
* February 14–15:
Hi-Ex
Hi-Ex (short for the Highlands International Comics Expo) was the name given to a Scottish comics convention held from 2008–2012. It was held early in the year in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. The organisers were Richmond Clements (editor ...
(
Inverness
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,
Scotland
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) — guests included
John Higgins
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,
Leah Moore
Leah Moore (born 4 February 1978) is a British comic book writer and columnist. The daughter of comics writer Alan Moore, she frequently collaborates with her husband, writer John Reppion, as Moore & Reppion.
Biography
Moore was born to comics ...
Frank Quitely
Vincent Patrick Deighan (born 1968), better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as '' New X-Men'', ''We3'', '' All-Star Supe ...
* February 27–March 1:
MegaCon
MegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a large speculative fiction convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, and gaming communities, often occurring in spring at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Th ...
(Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida) — 40,000 attendees; guests include Peter S. Beagle,
Jim Cheung
Jim Cheung (; born 1972) is a British comic book artist, known for his work on the series such as ''Scion (comics), Scion'', ''New Avengers: Illuminati'', ''Young Avengers'' and ''Avengers: The Children's Crusade''.
Career
Cheung worked on sever ...
,
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, ADR director, line producer, and writer working for the anime-dubbing company Funimation. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore ...
,
Aaron Dismuke
Aaron Mitchell Dismuke (born October 13, 1992) is an American voice actor, Post-synchronization, ADR director and script writer for Funimation. He is known for his role as Alphonse Elric in the English dub of the first ''Fullmetal Alchemist (TV ...
,
Lou Ferrigno
Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. (; born November 9, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles; and appeared in the documentar ...
,
Caitlin Glass
Caitlin Tiffany Glass (born November 16, 1981) is an American voice actress, ADR director, and script writer at Funimation, New Generation Pictures and Bang Zoom! Entertainment who provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime series an ...
,
Peter Mayhew
Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the ''Star Wars'' film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 origin ...
,
Vic Mignogna
Victor Joseph Mignogna (); born August 27, 1962)Birthday tweet:
* is an American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series, ...
, George Moss,
Paul Pelletier
Paul Pelletier is an American comic book penciller.
Career
Pelletier began working as a professional comic artist in the late 1980s. His first work appeared in Cosmic Steller Rebellers (hammac publications) and Wayward Warrior (Hammac Publica ...
,
George Pérez
George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (co ...
,
William Tucci
William Tucci is an illustrator, writer, and filmmaker best known for his creator-owned title and character, '' Shi''.
Career
Tucci founded Crusade Comics in Bayport, New York Its flagship title, '' Shi'', debuted in March 1994. Publisher To ...
, and
Mark Waid
Mark Waid (; born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles ''The Flash'', '' Kingdom Come'' and '' Superman: Birthright'' as well as his work on ''Captain America'', ''Fantastic Four'' and '' Dar ...
* February 27–March 1:
WonderCon
WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and film convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area (1987–2011), then—under the name WonderCon Anaheim—in Anaheim, California (2012–2015, 2017–present), and WonderCon Los Angel ...
(Moscone Center, San Francisco, California)
* March 7: STAPLE! (Monarch Event Center, Austin, Texas)
* March 27: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing (
Queen Mary University of London
, mottoeng = With united powers
, established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College
, type = Public researc ...
Meredith Gran
''Octopus Pie'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Meredith Gran, and coloured by Valerie Halla and Sloane Leong. It focuses on the misadventures of two 20-something women living in Brooklyn, New York. It was updated every Monday, Wednesday and ...
Woodrow Phoenix
Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist, writer, editorial illustrator, graphic designer, font designer and author of children's books.
Phoenix is best known for ''Rumble Strip'', published in 2008, a non-fiction look at the difficult social ...
Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...
)
* April 4–5: Emerald City ComiCon (Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, Washington, USA) — 13,000 attendees; guests:
Humberto Ramos
Humberto Ramos (born 27 November 1970) is a Mexican comic book penciller, best known for his work on American comic books such as ''Impulse'', '' Runaways'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and his creator-owned series ...
,
Barry Kitson
Barry Kitson is a British comic book artist.
Biography
Kitson's first professional work was ''Spider-Man'' for Marvel UK. He also drew many stories for ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', beginning with a "Future Shocks" tale written by Peter Milli ...
,
Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke (November 16, 1962 – May 14, 2016) was a Canadian comics artist, writer, cartoonist, and animator who worked on the comic books ''Catwoman'', '' DC: The New Frontier'', ''The Spirit'' and '' Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter''. ...
Joe Casey
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as '' Wildcats 3.0'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' The Intimates'', '' Adventures of Superman'', and '' G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' among others. As part of the comics creator grou ...
,
Christos Gage
Christos N. Gage is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He is known for his work on the TV series ''Daredevil'', '' Hawaii Five-0'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Numbers'' and the films '' The Breed'' and '' Teenage Cavem ...
,
Jimmy Palmiotti
James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film.
Early life
Palmiotti attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City.
Career
Palmiotti star ...
,
Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner is an American comics artist and commercial art illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics, before moving on to contribute work for Claypool Comics' '' Soulsearchers and Company'' and Ha ...
,
Frank Cho
Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, (born 1971) is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series ''Liberty Meadows'', as well as for books such as ''Shanna the She-Devil'', ''The Mighty Avengers, Mighty Avenge ...
,
Stuart Immonen
Stuart Immonen () is a Canadians, Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on ''Nextwave'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''The New Avengers (comics), The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. Penciler, His pe ...
,
Adam Hughes
Adam Hughes (born May 5, 1967) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Catwoman''. H ...
,
Steve Niles
Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as ''30 Days of Night'', '' Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery'', ''Simon Dark'', ''Mystery Society'', and '' Batman: Gotham County Line''.
...
Adi Granov
Adi Granov (;) is a Bosnian-American comic book artist and conceptual designer. He is best known for his painted work with Marvel Comics, for whom most of his comics work is produced, in particular his work on Iron Man. He is especially known for ...
,
Mark Waid
Mark Waid (; born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles ''The Flash'', '' Kingdom Come'' and '' Superman: Birthright'' as well as his work on ''Captain America'', ''Fantastic Four'' and '' Dar ...
,
Matt Fraction
Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of '' The Invincible Iron Man'', '' The Immortal Iron Fist'', ''Uncanny ...
,
Stan Sakai
is a Japanese-born American cartoonist and comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series ''Usagi Yojimbo''.
Career
He began his career by lettering comic books (notably ''Groo the Wanderer'' by Sergio Aragonés and Mar ...
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis (; born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books.Bendis, Brian Michael and Oeming, Michael Avon, ' ...
,
Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan (born 23 June) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main '' Batman'' title for DC Comics.Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013)"Meet the F ...
James Kochalka
James Kochalka (born May 26, 1967, in Springfield, Vermont) is an American comic book artist, writer, animator, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal. Largely autobiographical, Kochalka's cartoo ...
,
David Peterson
David Robert Peterson (born December 28, 1943) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th premier of Ontario from 1985 to 1990. He was the first Liberal officeholder in 42 years, ending the so-called Tory dynasty.
Backgro ...
Mark Texeira
Mark Texeira () is an American comic book artist. Classically trained as a painter, he broke into the comics field in the early 1980s.
Career
Mark Texeira was born and raised in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Art and ...
,
Brian Denham
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It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word mean ...
,
Joe Jusko
Joe Jusko (; born September 1, 1959) is an American artist known for his realistic, highly detailed painted fantasy, pin-up, and cover illustrations, mainly in the comic book industry. Jusko painted the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards, the ...
,
Stephen Silver
Stephen Silver (born August 30, 1972) is a British artist, cartoonist and character designer. He is best known as the lead character designer for animated series such as ''Kim Possible'' and ''Danny Phantom''.
History
Silver started his profes ...
,
Rick Remender
Rick Remender (born February 6, 1973) is an American animator, comic book writer and television producer who resides in Los Angeles, California. As a comic book creator, he is best known
for his work on ''Uncanny X-Force'', ''Venom'', ''Captain A ...
,
Gene Ha
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,
Mike Huddleson
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo
The Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, or SPACE or S.P.A.C.E., is an annual Convention (meeting), convention in Columbus, Ohio, United States, for alternative comics, minicomics, and webcomics. Bob Corby founded the convention as a gathering ...
(S.P.A.C.E.) (Aladdin Shrine Center, Columbus, Ohio)
* April 18–19:
Stumptown Comics Fest
Stumptown Comics Fest was a comic book convention, held annually in Portland, Oregon from 2004–2013. In the model of the Alternative Press Expo and the Small Press Expo, Stumptown was a forum for artists, writers and publishers of comic art in i ...
(Double Tree Convention Hall, Portland, Oregon) — guest of honor:
Craig Thompson
Craig Matthew Thompson (born September 21, 1975) is an American graphic novelist best known for his books ''Good-bye, Chunky Rice'' (1999), ''Blankets'' (2003), '' Carnet de Voyage'' (2004), '' Habibi'' (2011), and '' Space Dumplins'' (2015). Tho ...
* April 18–19:
Toronto ComiCON
Toronto Comicon (currently stylized as ''Toronto Comicon'', previously as ''Toronto ComiCon'') is an annual comic book and pop culture convention held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre since 2001. It is owned and ...
Fan Appreciation Event (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
* May 9–10: Bristol Comic Expo (Ramada and Mercure hotels, Bristol, UK) — guests include
Dan DiDio
Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has worked in the television and comic book industries. From February 2010 until February 2020, he was the co-publisher of DC Comics, along with Jim Lee. '' Wizar ...
and Bob Wayne
* May 9–10:
Toronto Comic Arts Festival
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is a comic book festival held annually in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2003, TCAF has grown to become one of the world’s largest festivals dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of comic arts.
Prog ...
(Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada)
* May 15–17: Motor City Comic Con (Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, Michigan, USA) — guests include
Art Baltazar
Arthee "Art" Baltazar (born 1968) is an American comics artist and writer who currently works for DC Comics.
Career
Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-published comic book, ''The Cray-Baby Adventures''. Since then he has cre ...
,
Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne Glenn McDuffie (February 20, 1962February 21, 2011) was an American writer of comic books and television, known for producing and writing the animated series ''Static Shock'', '' Damage Control'', ''Justice League Unlimited'' and ''Ben 10 ...
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...
Kristy Swanson
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Her first starring role w ...
,
Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer, August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles. She is also a writer, lingerie designer, and real-estate mogul. She won the Tony ...
Catherine Bach
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,
Garrett Wang
Garrett Richard Wang () (; born December 15, 1968) is an American actor. Wang is known for his role in '' Star Trek: Voyager'' as Ensign Harry Kim.
Early life
Wang was born in Riverside, California, to Taiwanese immigrant parents. He has one ...
, and
Joyce DeWitt
Joyce Anne DeWitt (born April 23, 1949) is an American actress and comedian known for playing Janet Wood on the ABC sitcom ''Three's Company'' from 1977 to 1984.
Early life
Joyce DeWitt was born April 23, 1949, in Wheeling, West Virginia, and g ...
* May 15–16:
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) is the Philadelphia region's first Black people, black comic book convention, bringing together hundreds of comic book, science fiction, and fantasy creators, their colleagues, and their fans. ...
(Free Library and
Crowne Plaza Hotel
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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — guests include
Kevin Grevioux
Kevin Grevioux (; born September 9, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer. He is best known for his role as Raze in the ''Underworld'' film series, which he co-created, as well as his voicework in the cartoon ...
,
Jamal Igle
Jamal Yaseem Igle . jamaligle.com. Retrieved November 28, 2012. is an American
Reggie Byers
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People
* Reggie Bonnafon (born 1996), American football player
* Reggie Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
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,
Leslie Esdaile Banks
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, and
Eric Battle
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; presentation of the
Glyph Comics Awards
The Glyph Comics Awards is for the best comics made by people of color from the last calendar year. The goal is to award the People of Color for their awesome work in the comics industry and also to inspire young writers from diverse backgrounds t ...
* June 6–7:
MoCCA Festival
The MoCCA Arts Festival, or MoCCA Fest, is an independent comics showcase that typically includes artist booths, slide shows, and educational panels. It was created by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in 2002 by bringing together over 2,000 a ...
(69th Regiment Armory, New York City, USA)
* June 12–14: Adventure Con 2009 — Summer (Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) — guest of honor:
Arthur Suydam
Arthur Suydam (born May 18, 1953) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Marvel Zombies, Deadpool, Black Panther, and KISS Zombies. He has done artwork for magazines including '' Heavy Metal'', '' Epic Illustrated'' and '' Nationa ...
* June 19–21:
Heroes Convention
Heroes Convention, or HeroesCon, is a comic book convention that takes place in June (often over Father's Day weekend)Hargro, Carlton. "Best. Convention. Ever," ''Creative Loafing'' (June 17, 2009), p. 25. in Charlotte, North Carolina. The convent ...
(Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) — guests include
Mark Bagley
Mark Bagley (; born August 7, 1957) is an American comics artist. He has worked for Marvel Comics on such titles as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', '' Thunderbolts'', ''New Warriors'', ''Venom'' and ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and for DC Comics on ''Justic ...
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis (; born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books.Bendis, Brian Michael and Oeming, Michael Avon, ' ...
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Ivan Brandon
Ivan Brandon (born 1976) is a comic book writer known for his work on titles such as DC Comics' ''Final Crisis, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape'' and ''Men of War (comics), Men of War'' as well as creator-owned series ''Viking (comics), Viking'', ' ...
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Ed Brubaker
Ed Brubaker (; born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre. He began his career with the semi-autobiographical series '' Lowlife'' and a number of serials i ...
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Cliff Chiang
Cliff Chiang is an American comic book artist. Formerly an assistant editor at DC Comics, he is now an illustrator, known for his work on ''Human Target'', '' Beware the Creeper'' and ''Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'', '' Green Arrow/ Black Canar ...
Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled ''Amazing Fant ...
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Nathan Edmondson
Nathan Edmondson is an American comic book writer, best known for his creator-owned series '' Who is Jake Ellis?'', published by Image Comics, as well as the runs on ''The Punisher'' and '' Black Widow'' for Marvel Comics.
Edmondson is the co-f ...
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Matt Fraction
Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of '' The Invincible Iron Man'', '' The Immortal Iron Fist'', ''Uncanny ...
Adam Hughes
Adam Hughes (born May 5, 1967) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Catwoman''. H ...
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Jamal Igle
Jamal Yaseem Igle . jamaligle.com. Retrieved November 28, 2012. is an American
Carla Speed McNeil
Carla Speed McNeil is an American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series '' Finder''.
Career
McNeil's chief work is the ongoing science fiction comic series '' Finder'', ...
Chris Moreno
Chris Moreno is an American comic book illustrator.
Comic books
Marvel Comics
* , ''World War Hulk: Front Line'' Issue #2
* ''World War Hulk: Front Line'' Issue #4
* ''World War Hulk: Front Line'' Issue #5
* ''World War Hulk: Front Line''
Imag ...
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Jim Ottaviani
Jim Ottaviani is an American writer who is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, ''Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists'', features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, N ...
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George Pérez
George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (co ...
Don Rosa
Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known simply as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created fo ...
Ben Templesmith
Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series ''Fell (comics), Fell'', with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW Publishing, IDW's ...
Daniel Way
Daniel Way is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics series such as '' Wolverine: Origins'' and ''Deadpool''.
Career
Way received the Xeric Grant in 2000 for his debut publication, '' Violent Lifestyle''. Through ''Vio ...
* July 18–19:
London Film and Comic Con
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...
(Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England, UK)
* July 23–26:
San Diego Comic-Con International
San Diego Comic-Con International is a comic book convention and nonprofit multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California since 1970. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International: San Diego; but it is co ...
(San Diego, California, USA) — 126,000 attendees; guests include Forrest J. Ackerman,
Sergio Aragonés
Sergio Aragonés Domenech ( , ; born September 6, 1937) is a Spanish/Mexican cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to '' Mad'' magazine and creating the comic book ''Groo the Wanderer''.
Among his peers and fans, Aragonés is w ...
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Kyle Baker
Kyle John Baker (born 1965) is an American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for his graphic novels and for a 2000s revival of the series ''Plastic Man''.
Baker has won numerous Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards for his wor ...
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Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatric ...
,
Mike W. Barr
Mike W. Barr (born May 30, 1952) is an American writer of comic books, mystery novels, and science fiction novels. Barr has written for every one of the first four incarnations of ''Star Trek: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek ...
,
Lynda Barry
Linda Jean Barry (born January 2, 1956) is an American cartoonist.
Barry is best known for her weekly comic strip ''Ernie Pook's Comeek''. She garnered attention with her 1988 illustrated novel ''The Good Times are Killing Me'', about an interr ...
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...
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Steve Breen
Stephen Paul Breen (born April 26, 1970) is a nationally syndicated cartoonist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning twice, in 1998 and 2009.
Biography
He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1988 and attended the Universi ...
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Max Brooks
Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War ...
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Ed Brubaker
Ed Brubaker (; born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre. He began his career with the semi-autobiographical series '' Lowlife'' and a number of serials i ...
,
Matt Busch
Matthew Stuart "Matt" Busch (born September 22, 1972) is an American artist and entertainment illustrator.
He is currently a professor of Media and Communication Arts at Macomb Community College. He teaches a range of courses including figure i ...
,
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary fantasy ''The Dresden Files'', ''Codex Alera'', and ''Cinder Spires'' book series.
Personal life
Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971. He ...
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Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Chicago. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of ''From Hell'' (written by Alan Moore), Campbell is also the creator of the semi-au ...
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Howard Chaykin
Howard Victor Chaykin (; born October 7, 1950) is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker.
Early life ...
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Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch (born May 21, 1944 in Los Angeles, California)Donahue, Don and Susan Goodrick, editors. Deitch bio, ''The Apex Treasuet of Underground Comics'' (Apex Novelties, 1974), p. 127. is an American cartoonist who was an important figure in t ...
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Mark Evanier
Mark Stephen Evanier (; born March 2, 1952) is an American comic book and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series ''Garfield and Friends'' and on the comic book ''Groo the Wanderer''. He is also known for his columns and bl ...
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Al Feldstein
Albert Bernard Feldstein ( ; October 24, 1925 – April 29, 2014) was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satire, satirical magazine ''Mad (magazine), Mad''. Aft ...
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Keith Giffen
Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo.
Biography
K ...
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Neil Googe
Neil Googe is a British comics artist.
Biography
Googe's early comics work include a ''Shotgun Mary'' mini-series and work on '' 2000 AD'', including a number of ''Judge Dredd'' stories. In 1999, Googe was hired as the artist for a graphic nove ...
,
Victor Gorelick
Victor Gorelick (April 5, 1941 – February 8, 2020) was an American comic book editor and executive. Working in a variety of roles for Archie Comics for over 60 years, he rose to the position of editor-in-chief.
Career
After studying at the Sch ...
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Mike Grell
Mike Grell (born September 13, 1947) is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on books such as '' Green Lantern/Green Arrow'', '' The Warlord'', and '' Jon Sable Freelance''.
Early life
Grell studied at the University of W ...
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Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy (; born August 15, 1953) is an American comics artist best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 '' Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species'', ...
Bryan Hitch
Bryan Hitch (born 22 April 1970) is a British comics artist and writer. Hitch began his career in the United Kingdom for Marvel UK, working on titles such as ''Action Force'' and ''Death's Head'', before gaining prominence on American titles ...
Al Jaffee
Allan Jaffee (born Abraham Jaffee; March 13, 1921) is an American cartoonist. He is notable for his work in the satirical magazine '' Mad'', including his trademark feature, the ''Mad'' Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine ...
,
Geoff Johns
Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash and Superman, has drawn critical acclaim.
He serve ...
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J. G. Jones
Jeffrey Glen Jones is an American comics artist who is known for his work on titles such as ''Wanted'' and ''Final Crisis''.
Early life
Jones hails from Walker, Louisiana and attended Louisiana State University and the University at Albany, SUN ...
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Todd Klein
Todd Klein (born January 28, 1951) is an American comic book letterer, logo designer, and occasional writer, primarily for DC Comics.
Biography
Early career
Todd Klein broke into comics in the summer of 1977, hired by DC Comics as a staff prod ...
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Dean Koontz
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as Thriller (genre), suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror fiction, horror, fantasy, science fiction, Mystery fiction, mystery, and satir ...
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Tite Kubo
, known professionally as , is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He is best known for his manga series '' Bleach'' (2001–2016), which had over 130 million copies in circulation as of 2022.
Biography
Kubo was born on June 26, 197 ...
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Verne Langdon
Vernon Loring "Verne" Langdon (September 15, 1941 – January 1, 2011) was an American mask maker, musician, magician, circus clown, make-up artist, and wrestler. He was also a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher ...
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Jim Lee
Jim Lee (Korean 이용철; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean American comic-book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. He is currently the Publisher and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics. In recognition of his work, Lee has received a Harvey ...
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Rutu Modan
Rutu Modan ( he, רותו מודן, born 1966) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. She is co-founder of the Israeli comics group Actus Tragicus and published the graphic novels ''Exit Wounds'' (2007) and '' The Property'' (2013).
Bi ...
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Noel Neill
Noel Darleen Neill (November 25, 1920 – July 3, 2016) was an American actress. She played Lois Lane in the film serials ''Superman'' (1948) and ''Atom Man vs. Superman'' (1950), as well as the 1950s television series '' Adventures of Superman' ...
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Floyd Norman
Floyd E. Norman (born June 22, 1935) is an American animator, writer, and comic book artist. Over the course of his career, Norman has worked for various animation companies, among them Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, ...
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Jim Ottaviani
Jim Ottaviani is an American writer who is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, ''Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists'', features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, N ...
Wendy Pini
Wendy Pini ''née'' Fletcher, (born June 4, 1951) and Richard Pini (born July 19, 1950) are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known '' Elfquest'' series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known a ...
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Steve Purcell
Steven Ross Purcell (born October 1, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer and voice actor. He is the creator of the media franchise ''Sam & Max'', for which Purcell received an Eisner Award in 2007. The series has grown to i ...
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Robert J. Sawyer
Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 24 novels published and his short fiction has appeared in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', ''Amazing Stories'', '' On Spec'', ''Nature'', and numerou ...
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James Shoop
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
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Jim Starlin
James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, and ...
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Joe Staton
Joe Staton ( born January 19, 1948) is an American comics artist and writer. He co-created the Bronze Age Huntress (Helena Wayne), as well as the third Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Kilowog and the Omega Men for DC Comics. He was the artist of t ...
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J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski (; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5'' ( ...
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Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine (; born May 31, 1974) is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his ongoing comic book series ''Optic Nerve'' and his illustrations in '' The New Yorker''.
Early life
Adrian Tomine was born May 31, 1974, in Sacramento, Cal ...
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Ethan Van Sciver
Ethan Daniel Van Sciver (No date on article; date appears in the website') (; born September 3, 1974) is an American comics artist and social media personality. He is known for illustrating or drawing covers for a number of superhero titles in the ...
Jeff Watts
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Music
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* ...
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Signe Wilkinson
Signe Wilkinson (born July 25, 1950, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the ''Philadelphia Daily News''. Her work is described as having a "unique style and famous irreverence." Wilkinson is the only fe ...
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Bill Willingham
William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''.
Career
William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ...
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Connie Willis
Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...
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Jim Woodring
James William Woodring (born October 11, 1952) is an American cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. He is best known for the dream-based comics he published in his magazine '' Jim'', and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoo ...
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Bernie Wrightson
Bernard Albert Wrightson (October 27, 1948 – March 18, 2017), sometimes credited as Bernie Wrightson, was an American artist, known for co-creating the Swamp Thing, his adaptation of the novel ''Frankenstein'' illustration work, and for his o ...
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Dean Yeagle
Dean Eric Yeagle (born 27 July 1947) is an American animator and cartoonist, born in the United States, on bedet ...
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Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primarily known for his comedic television roles and dramatic and musical stage roles, he has received multiple accolades throughout ...
, and more
* August 6–9:
Wizard World Chicago
Fan Expo Chicago (formerly Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, and commonly known as the Chicago Comicon), is a comic book convention held during the summer in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. It was tr ...
(Rosemont, Illinois, USA)
* August 15–16: "
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*An element of comics where words appear in a separate box, see Glossary of comics terminology#Caption
*Caption (comics convention), a small pre ...
is Away with the Fairies" (East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford, England, UK)
* August 15–16:
Dallas Comic Con
Fan Expo Dallas, previously known as Dallas Comic Con (or DCC for short), is a three-day speculative fiction, (including comic books and Video game, gaming) fan convention held annually in the Dallas, Texas area. Larger in scale than the Dallas Fan ...
13 (Richardson Civic Center, Richardson, Texas) — guests include Paul Smith,
Steve Niles
Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as ''30 Days of Night'', '' Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery'', ''Simon Dark'', ''Mystery Society'', and '' Batman: Gotham County Line''.
...
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Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''New Mutants'', '' Moon Knight,'' and '' Elektra: Assassin''. Sienkiewicz's work in the 198 ...
,
J. Scott Campbell
Jeffery Scott Campbell (born April 12, 1973) is an American comic book artist. He was initially known professionally as Jeffery Scott, but is best known as J. Scott Campbell. He rose to fame as an artist for Wildstorm Comics, though he has since ...
, Cal Slayton, and many more
* August 22–23: "mini
MegaCon
MegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a large speculative fiction convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, and gaming communities, often occurring in spring at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Th ...
" (Orlando, Florida) — guests include ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
'' actors
Charisma Carpenter
Charisma Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She played Cordelia Chase in the supernatural drama series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–1999) and its spin-off series ''Angel'' (1999–2004). She also starred as Kyra in ...
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Emma Caulfield
Emma Caulfield Ford (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as former demon Anya Jenkins on the supernatural drama television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1998–2003), which earned her a no ...
,
Amber Benson
Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, singer, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1999–2002), and has also directed, produced ...
Fan Expo Canada
Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, famed for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes originating Spock in the original ''Star Trek'' series in 1966, then ...
Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. She played Sarah Connor in the ''Terminator'' film series and Catherine Chandler in the television series ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1987–1990), for which she was nominat ...
Avery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', as Hawk on '' Spenser: For Hire'' ...
,
Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was a ...
,
Mary McDonnell
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in ''Dances with Wolves'' and May-Alice Culhane in ''Passion Fish''. McD ...
,
Billy Dee Williams
William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor. He appeared as Lando Calrissian in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, first in the early 1980s for ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), and thirt ...
,
Walter Koenig
Walter Marvin Koenig (; born September 14, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid 1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in ''Star Trek: The Original S ...
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James Kyson Lee
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,
Robert Duncan McNeill
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,
Emma Caulfield
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,
Lou Ferrigno
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Dave Thomas Dave may refer to:
Film, television, and theater
* Dave (film), ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver
* Dave (musical), ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film
* Dave (TV channel), a digital ...
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Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen (11 February 192628 November 2010) was a Canadian actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.
Nielsen was bo ...
J. Michael Straczynski
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,
Roger Corman
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,
Udo Kier
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,
Barbara Steele
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,
James Duval
James Edward Duval is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Gregg Araki ''Teenage Apocalypse'' film trilogy—''Totally F***ed Up'', ''The Doom Generation'', and '' Nowhere''. His other notable roles include Miguel in ''Independence ...
,
Max Brooks
Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War ...
, Rick Green,
Jack Ketchum
Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels inclu ...
,
Joe Quesada
Joseph Quesada (; born January 12, 1962'' Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; page 107) is an American comic book artist, writer, editor, and television producer. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books ...
,
Chris Bachalo
Chris Bachalo (born August 23, 1965) is a Canadian comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. He became well known for stints on DC Comics' ''Shade, the Changing Man'' and Neil Gaiman's two Death (Sandman), Death series. Chr ...
Ethan Van Sciver
Ethan Daniel Van Sciver (No date on article; date appears in the website') (; born September 3, 1974) is an American comics artist and social media personality. He is known for illustrating or drawing covers for a number of superhero titles in the ...
,
Ivan Reis
Ivan Reis is a Brazilians, Brazilian comics artist. He is known for his work on comic books such as Dark Horse Comics' ''Ghost (Dark Horse Comics), Ghost'', Marvel Comics' ''Genis-Vell, Captain Marvel'' and ''Vision (Marvel Comics), Avengers Icons ...
,
Terry Dodson
Terry Dodson is an American comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on titles such as ''Harley Quinn'', ''Trouble (comics), Trouble, Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do'', ''Marvel Knights Spiderman, Marvel Knights: S ...
Olivier Coipel
Olivier Coipel (; November 7, 1969) is a French comic book artist, known for his work on books such as ''House of M'', ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Thor''.
Career
Olivier Coipel started as a movie animator, working as an assistant on '' Balt ...
,
Len Wein
Leonard Norman Wein (; June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men ( ...
,
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''New Mutants'', '' Moon Knight,'' and '' Elektra: Assassin''. Sienkiewicz's work in the 198 ...
,
Stuart Immonen
Stuart Immonen () is a Canadians, Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on ''Nextwave'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''The New Avengers (comics), The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. Penciler, His pe ...
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notabl ...
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Crispin Freeman
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Brad Swaile
Bradley Swaile is a Canadian voice actor. His major roles include Light Yagami in ''Death Note'', Rock in '' Black Lagoon'', and Nightcrawler in '' X-Men: Evolution''. In the 1990s, he voiced Mousse in ''Ranma ½'' and Teen Gohan in the Oce ...
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Colleen Clinkenbeard
Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, ADR director, line producer, and writer working for the anime-dubbing company Funimation. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore ...
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Aaron Dismuke
Aaron Mitchell Dismuke (born October 13, 1992) is an American voice actor, Post-synchronization, ADR director and script writer for Funimation. He is known for his role as Alphonse Elric in the English dub of the first ''Fullmetal Alchemist (TV ...
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Monica Rial
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Derek Stephen Prince
Derek Stephen Prince is an American voice actor who has played various roles in the '' Digimon'' series, the voice of Elgar in the live-action ''Power Rangers Turbo'', and ''Power Rangers in Space''.
In the world of anime, he played Keitaro U ...
Tobin Bell Tobin may refer to:
Name
*Tobin (surname)
* Tobin (given name)
Places in the United States
* Tobin, California
* Tobin Bridge, near Boston, Massachusetts
* Tobin Range, a mountain range in Nevada
* Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana
* Tobin ...
* September 4–7:
Dragon Con
Dragon Con (previously Dragon*Con and sometimes DragonCon) is a North American multigenre convention, founded in 1987, which takes place annually over the Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. , the convention draws attendance of over 80,000, f ...
(Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis/Atlanta Hilton/Sheraton, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) — 30,000+ attendees; guests include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Adam Savage, Terry Gilliam, Malcolm McDowell, Lois McMaster Bujold, Mike Mignola, and Tom Felton
* September 11–13: Pittsburgh Comicon (Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA) — 9,000 attendees;"Comicon: From Marvel Legends to Online Upstarts," ''Pittsburgh Post - Gazette'' (14 Apr 2011), p. W.13. guest of honor:
Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...
; other guests include
Beau Smith
Beau Smith (born December 17, 1954 in Huntington, West Virginia) is an American comic book writer and columnist, best known for his work for DC Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing and as vice president of marketing for Eclipse Comics.
Car ...
,
Billy Tucci
William Tucci is an illustrator, writer, and filmmaker best known for his creator-owned title and character, '' Shi''.
Career
Tucci founded Crusade Comics in Bayport, New York Its flagship title, '' Shi'', debuted in March 1994. Publisher To ...
,
Khoi Pham
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Sean McKeever
Sean Kelley McKeever (born 1972) is an American comic book writer. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin he grew up in Eagle River.
Career
Since the end of his creator-owned teen drama series ''The Waiting Place'', which was published from 1997 to 2002, ...
,
Joe Jusko
Joe Jusko (; born September 1, 1959) is an American artist known for his realistic, highly detailed painted fantasy, pin-up, and cover illustrations, mainly in the comic book industry. Jusko painted the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards, the ...
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Pat Olliffe
Patrick Olliffe is an American comic book artist and penciller. His most notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney Publishing, and Aftershock Comics.
Career
Olliffe is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on ''Untold Tales of ...
,
Ron Frenz
Ronald Wade Frenz (born February 1, 1960) is an American comics artist known for his work for Marvel Comics. He is well known for his 1980s work on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and later for his work on '' Spider-Girl'' whom he co-created with writ ...
,
Brian Pulido
Brian Pulido (born November 30, 1961) is a creator, writer and producer of comic books and films.
Early life
Growing up in Long Branch, New Jersey, Pulido first developed an interest in the horror genre after the release of ''Night of the Livin ...
,
Dawn Best
Dawn Marie Best-Eshleman is an American artist, game designer and author, known for her work in the Archie Comics version of Sonic the Hedgehog. She is currently a freelance artist, author, and software developer.
Comic work
After being hired at ...
, and
Dan Fraga
Dan Fraga (born June 19, 1973) is a comic book artist, storyboard artist, concept artist, and animation and film director originally from Martinez, California. He also hosts a Youtube show called, "Couchdoodles Show". Immediately after high school, ...
* September 19–20:
Montreal Comiccon
The Montreal Comiccon (French: ''Le Comiccon de Montréal''), under its current form, was launched in 2006 as "Montreal Comic-Con". The event features comic books, toys, games, science-fiction, horror, anime, non-sport cards and collectibles. It ...
(Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec) — 4,000 attendees; guests include
Lou Ferrigno
Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. (; born November 9, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles; and appeared in the documentar ...
,
Jeremy Bulloch
Jeremy Andrew Bulloch (16 February 1945 – 17 December 2020) was an English actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he gained recognition for originating the physical portrayal of Boba Fett in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, appearing as th ...
and
The Honky Tonk Man
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, with
Brad Swaile
Bradley Swaile is a Canadian voice actor. His major roles include Light Yagami in ''Death Note'', Rock in '' Black Lagoon'', and Nightcrawler in '' X-Men: Evolution''. In the 1990s, he voiced Mousse in ''Ranma ½'' and Teen Gohan in the Oce ...
* September 26–27:
Small Press Expo
The Small Press Expo (SPX) is an American alternative comics convention. A registered 501(c)(3) that was created in 1994, every year since its inception, SPX has put on a festival, known as The Expo, that provides a forum for artists, writers an ...
(Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
* October 3–4: Mid-Ohio Con (Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio)
* October 9–10:
Komikazen
The Komikazen International Reality Comics Festival ( it, Komikazen festival internazionale del fumetto di realtà) was an annual festival focusing on non-fiction comics. It occurred every year between 2005 and 2016 in Ravenna, Italy, usually in ...
(Ravenna, Italy) — guests include
Dave McKean
David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpt ...
(guest of honor),
Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper (; born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations.
Besides his contributions to the political anthology '' World War 3 Illust ...
,
Carlos Trillo
Carlos Trillo (May 1, 1943 – May 8, 2011) was an Argentine comic book writer, best known for writing the '' Cybersix'' comics.
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, Trillo began a prolific career as writer at the age of 20, penning his first story fo ...
,
Gianluca Costantini
Gianluca Costantini (born December 19, 1971) in Ravenna, Italy, is a cartoonist, artist, Comic journalist, and activist.
Biography
Gianluca Costantini he graduated from the Art Institute Gino Severini of Ravenna in 1991 in Applied Art and t ...
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Davide Toffolo
Davide Toffolo (born January 17, 1965, Pordenone, Italy) is an Italian author of comics books, including graphic non-fiction works, and musician.
Life and work
Davide Toffolo studied at the DAMS (Dipartimento di Arte, Musica e Spettacolo – ...
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Gianfranco Bettin
Gianfranco Bettin (Venice, 21 June 1955) is an Italian sociologist and long-time leader of the Greens in Veneto.
During his long political career, he was deputy mayor of Venice for Mestre (1995–2005) and member of the Regional Council of Ven ...
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Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981.
He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magaz ...
* October 10–11:
Baltimore Comic-Con
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(Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
* October 16–18: Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con (Pier 94, New York City, USA) — first iteration of the show under
Wizard Entertainment
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Gareb Shamu ...
* October 17–18
Alternative Press Expo
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(San Francisco, California, USA)
* October 24–25: Adventure Con 2009 — Fall (Pigeon Forge Convention Center, Grand Hotel, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA)
* October 31-November 1: Manitoba Comic Con (Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) — guests include Adam West,
Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer, August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles. She is also a writer, lingerie designer, and real-estate mogul. She won the Tony ...
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Marv Wolfman
Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's ''The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade, and DC Comics's '' The New Te ...
, Tommy Castillo, Nigel Sade, Echo Chernik, and Lucie Brouillard
* November 5–26: Comica — London International Comics Festival (
Institute of Contemporary Arts
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, London, England, UK) — organized by
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981.
He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magaz ...
Apostolos Doxiadis
Apostolos K. Doxiadis ( el, Απόστολος Κ. Δοξιάδης; born 1953) is a Greek writer. He is best known for his international bestsellers '' Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture'' (2000) and ''Logicomix'' (2009).
Early life
Doxiad ...
Ben Templesmith
Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series ''Fell (comics), Fell'', with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW Publishing, IDW's ...
,
Philip Ridley
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As a visual artist he has been cited as a contemporary of the 'Young British Artists', and had his artwork exhibited internationally. ...
Cameron Stewart
Cameron Stewart (born 1975) is a Canadian comic book creator. He first came to prominence when he collaborated as an illustrator with writer Grant Morrison, and he went on to illustrate ''Catwoman'' and co-write '' Batgirl''. He won Eisner and ...
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Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Career
He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the edito ...
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Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology '' 2 ...
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Dave Gibbons
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man ...
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Phil Clarke
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Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Chicago. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of ''From Hell'' (written by Alan Moore), Campbell is also the creator of the semi-au ...
,
James Jean
James Jean is a Taiwanese-American visual artist working primarily in painting and drawing. He lives and works in Los Angeles, where he moved from New York in 2003.
Early life
Jean was born in Taiwan and raised in New Jersey. During his early e ...
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Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson (born April 7, 1976, in San Francisco, California) is an American artist based in New York. McPherson creates paintings, murals, poster art, and designer toys, within the New Contemporary Art movement.
Biography
Tara McPherson s ...
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Reinhard Kleist
Reinhard Kleist (born 11 February 1970, Hürth, Germany) is a German graphic designer and cartoonist.
Life
Kleist studied graphic design at the Fachhochschule Münster. There he created his albums "Lovecraft," "Dorian" and as a thesis "Abenteur ...
,
Charles Shaar Murray
Charles Shaar Murray (born Charles Maximillian Murray; 27 June 1951) is an English music journalist and broadcaster. He has worked on the '' New Musical Express'' and many other magazines and newspapers, and has been interviewed for a number of ...
,
Willy Linthout
Willy Linthout (born 1 May 1953) is a Belgian comics author, best known for the ''Urbanus'' comics and his graphic novel '' Years of the Elephant''.
Biography
Willy Linthout was born in Eksaarde near Lokeren, Belgium in 1953. He was a mechanic ...
, and
Michael Rosen
Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is a British children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster and activist who has written 140 books. He served as Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009.
Early life
Michael Wayne Ro ...
. Partnering with Ctrl.Alt.Shift, the festival produced ''Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption'', a
comics anthology
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edited by Gravett, featuring short stories looking at examples of corruption in the real world. It included contributions by comics creators like
Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather o ...
,
Bryan Talbot
Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated ...
,
Dave McKean
David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpt ...
,
Woodrow Phoenix
Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist, writer, editorial illustrator, graphic designer, font designer and author of children's books.
Phoenix is best known for ''Rumble Strip'', published in 2008, a non-fiction look at the difficult social ...
,
Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper (; born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations.
Besides his contributions to the political anthology '' World War 3 Illust ...
,
Dylan Horrocks
Dylan Horrocks (born 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a cartoonist best known for his graphic novel '' Hicksville'' and his scripts for the ''Batgirl'' comic book series.
His works are published by the University of Auckland student magazine '' ...
, and Dan Goldman. An exhibition was held at the Lazarides Gallery in London to mark the launch; the exhibition included examples of misguided previous attempts to produce worthy comic books.
* November 28: Genghis Con (Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio) — first edition of this show, organized by local retailer Scott Rudge and comics creator John G.; guests include
Derf Backderf
John Backderf (born October 31, 1959), also known as Derf or Derf Backderf, is an American cartoonist. He is most famous for his graphic novels, especially ''My Friend Dahmer'', the international bestseller which won an Angoulême Prize, and ea ...
,
Mike Gustovich
Michael Gustovich (born November 15, 1953 in Warren, Ohio) is an American artist, known for his comic book art and inking in the 1980s and early 1990s for such publishers as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics, Comico, and Eclipse Comics. He i ...
,
Gary Dumm
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Greg Budgett
Greg Budgett (b. c. 1952)Budgett entry ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.'' ...
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
. ''Writer:''
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narrative
A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, w ...
''Artists:''
Frank Quitely
Vincent Patrick Deighan (born 1968), better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as '' New X-Men'', ''We3'', '' All-Star Supe ...
,
Philip Tan
Philip Tan (born 1978) is a comic book writer/artist best known for his work on ''Spawn'', ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''Iron Man''.
Career
Tan graduated at the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture.
Tan was the pencill ...
Black Panther
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Marvel Comics
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Ken Lashley
Ken or KEN may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer.
* ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film.
* ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine.
* Ken Masters, a main character in t ...
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Blood Upon the Rose
''Blood Upon the Rose: Easter 1916: The Rebellion that Set Ireland Free'' is a 2009 graphic novel written and illustrated by Irish author Gerry Hunt and published by O'Brien Press.
The novel was the first to depict the events of the 1916 Easte ...
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O'Brien Press
The O'Brien Press is an Irish publisher of mainly children's fiction and adult non-fiction.
History
The O'Brien Press was founded in 1973, evolving out of a family-run printing and type-house. Its first publication came in November 1974 and nume ...
. ''Writer and Artist:''
Gerry Hunt
Gerry Hunt (born 1936) was an Irish cartoonist. He worked as an architect for 25 years, including 18 years at IDA Ireland. In 1986 he turned to cartooning, first drawing political cartoons, then creating a Spanish-language comic which he gave aw ...
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Cowboy Ninja Viking
''Cowboy Ninja Viking'' is an Image Comics comic book created by writer A.J. Lieberman and artist Riley Rossmo. The series debuted in 2009, released through Image Comics' partner studio Shadowline.
Publication history
The first appearance of the ...
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Shadowline
Shadowline, Inc., is an imprint of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk.
History
Shadowline was officially created in December 1992 when the logo first appeared o ...
. ''Writer:''
A. J. Lieberman
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A may also refer to:
Science and technology Quantities and units
* ''a'', a measure for the attraction between particles in the Van der Waals equation
* ''A'' value, a measure of ...
Geoff Johns
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He serve ...
''Artist:''
Ethan Van Sciver
Ethan Daniel Van Sciver (No date on article; date appears in the website') (; born September 3, 1974) is an American comics artist and social media personality. He is known for illustrating or drawing covers for a number of superhero titles in the ...
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Blackest Night
"Blackest Night" is a 2009–10 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis, along with a number of tie-in issues. ''Blackest Nig ...
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:''Release:'' Summer by DC Comics. ''Writer:'' Geoff Johns ''Artist:''
Ivan Reis
Ivan Reis is a Brazilians, Brazilian comics artist. He is known for his work on comic books such as Dark Horse Comics' ''Ghost (Dark Horse Comics), Ghost'', Marvel Comics' ''Genis-Vell, Captain Marvel'' and ''Vision (Marvel Comics), Avengers Icons ...
.
;'' Mysterius: The Unfathomable''
:''Release:'' March by
Wildstorm
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Push
Push may refer to:
Music
* Mike Dierickx (born 1973), a Belgian producer also known as Push
Albums
* ''Push'' (Bros album), 1988
* ''Push'' (Gruntruck album), 1992
* ''Push'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 2010
Songs
* "Push" (Enrique Iglesias s ...
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Wildstorm
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. ''Writers:''
Marc Bernardin
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IGN
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, July 22, 2008
;'' R.E.B.E.L.S.''
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DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
. ''Writer:''
Tony Bedard
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Tumor
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Joshua Hale Fialkov
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