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2020 In Comics
Notable events of 2020 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title. Events January * January 20: Legendary comics writer René Goscinny receives a statue in Paris. He is the first comics artist to be honoured this way in the French capital. * January 28: A cartoon by Niels Bo Bojesen in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten causes a diplomatic incident with the Chinese embassy for depicting the Chinese flag, with its yellow stars depicting the coronavirus particles. * January 29: Dutch comics artist Wasco wins the Stripschapprijs. On 8 February it is announced that Bas Schuddeboom and Kjell Knudde, editors of the comics encyclopedia website Comiclopedia, connected to the Amsterdam comics store Lambiek, win the P. Hans Frankfurther Prize. February * February 4: Belgian cartoonist Lectrr causes a diplomatic incident with the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Belgium and Luxemburg by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Kiekeboes
''De Kiekeboes'' is a comics, comic series created by Belgium, Belgian artist Merho in 1977. The series appears in Dutch language, Dutch. It is first published in the newspapers and ''Het Belang van Limburg'' and then published as comic books by Standaard Uitgeverij. The series is the best-selling comic in Flanders, but is unsuccessful abroad, with only a few publications in French and English. History ''De Kiekeboes'' debuted in 1977. Merho had previously worked with Willy Vandersteen but wanted to create his own series. The first story, ''De Wollebollen'', started in ''Het Laatste Nieuws'' on 15 February 1977. New albums in the series appear every three months, and sell over 100,000 copies each. Like most Flemish comic strips, ''De Kiekeboes'' comics are steady sellers, with most of the series available for sale at any one time. New titles are the best selling comics in Flanders, with some 80,000 copies sold in the first year of publication. In 2007, only the Dutch translation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Martin (cartoonist)
Sean Stephane Martin (December 29, 1950 – August 3, 2020) was an American-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer, best known for creating the long-running '' Doc and Raider'' comic strip which appeared in LGBT publications in the 1980s and 1990s, and online in the 2000 and 2010s. Early life Martin was adopted as a child. His adoptive mother, Elsie Martin, who died in 2017, estimated his birth date as 29 December 1960 based on the date he was taken from a Catholic-run orphanage in Montreal. She also believed that he was born in Canada. He was raised in Texas, and lived in New York City and San Francisco before moving to Canada in 1986 and gaining Canadian citizenship in 1989. Career Martin produced the first ''Doc and Raider'' strips for a Vancouver gay publication in 1987. The titular characters' namesakes come from western novels written by J.D. Hardin Although the issue featuring ''Doc and Raider'' turned out to be the final issue of that publication, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc And Raider
''Doc and Raider'' is a Canadian comic strip, created by Sean Martin. Michael Willhoite, "Review: Caught on Tape: An Anthology of Doc and Raider Cartoons". ''Lambda Book Report'', May/Jun 1995 (Vol. 4 Issue 10). p. 45. Published in newspapers and magazines for LGBTQ audiences beginning in 1987,Beverly J. Rasporich, ''Made-in-Canada Humour: Literary, Folk and Popular Culture''. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015. . p. 203. the strip's main characters are Doc and Raider, two gay men who began the series as roommates but eventually became a couple. Doc was a writer, while Raider was a construction worker. In its original format, the strip ran from 1987 to 1997. Martin subsequently revived the strip as a webcomic in the mid-2000s, and independently published a new collection of Doc and Raider cartoons in 2013. Original strip The strip was usually drawn as a single panel,John Dececco and Steven M. Kates, ''Twenty Million New Customers!: Understanding Gay Men's Consumer Behavior' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Cromheecke
Luc Cromheecke (born 2 August 1961), is a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series ''Tom Carbon'', ''Taco Zip'', ''Roboboy'' and ''Plunk''. Biography Luc Cromheecke was born in Antwerp in 1961.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Luc Cromheecke". In België gestript, pp. 99-100. Tielt: Lannoo. After having studied painting, graphic arts and publicity at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts of Antwerp, he created the magazine "Flan Imperial" with fellow student Fritzgerald; it featured material by Dutch artists René Windig and Eddie De Jong. The magazine didn't sell well despite a short review in '' Robbedoes'', and folded after one issue. In 1983 Cromheecke started the comic strip ''Taco Zip'', which appeared in ''Robbedoes'', ''De Volkskrant'', and ''De Morgen''. He creates in the next years the series ''Tom Carbon'', which appeared in the Dutch magazine '' Sjors'' and again in ''Robbedoes''. Both series had an initial run of 4 albums, and Tom Carbon was translated to French and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Linthout
Willy Linthout (born 1 May 1953) is a Belgian comics author, best known for the ''Urbanus (comic strip), 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 a comics collector when he made his first comic book. Linthout had the idea of creating a comic strip whose main character would be based on the comedian Urbanus. Through publisher Jef Meert, a meeting at Urbanus' house was arranged. The comedian liked Linthout's idea, as well as the drawings. Linthout made the first two albums of ''Urbanus (comic strip), Urbanus'' alone. The first album, which appeared in 1983, sold 50,000 copies right away, and ''Urbanus'' became one of the most popular Flemish comic strips. So far, 135 albums have appeared. The series is noted for its black comedy and satire. Linthout also collaborates on the popular ''Kiekeboe'' comic strip of Merho, and has created together with Luc Cromhee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Nero
''The Adventures of Nero'' or ''Nero'' was a Belgium, Belgian comic strip drawn by Marc Sleen and the name of Nero (comic book character), its main character. The original title ranged from ''De Avonturen van Detective Van Zwam, Detectief Van Zwam'' in 1947 to ''De Avonturen van Nero en zijn Hoed'' in 1950, and finally ''De Avonturen van Nero & Co'' from 1951. It ran in continuous syndication until 2002. From 1947 until 1993 it was all drawn by Sleen himself. From 1992 until 2002 Dirk Stallaert took over the drawing while Sleen kept inventing the stories. Together with ''Suske en Wiske'' and ''Jommeke'', "Nero" is regarded as the Big Three of Flanders, Flemish comics. The stories were noted for their satire, satirical content, with references to politicians and celebrities of the day. With ''Nero'', Marc Sleen holds the world record of issues of a comic book series title drawn by the same author. He drew ''The Adventures of Nero'' singlehandedly from 1947 to 1992 without any ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Magazine
''Mad'' (stylized in all caps) is an American humor magazine which was launched in 1952 and currently published by DC Comics, a unit of the DC Entertainment subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. ''Mad'' was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, launched as a comic book series before it became a magazine. It was widely imitated and influential, affecting satirical media, as well as the cultural landscape of the late 20th century, with editor Al Feldstein increasing readership to more than two million during its 1973–1974 circulation peak. It is the last surviving strip in the EC Comics line, which sold ''Mad'' to Premier Industries in 1961, but closed in 1956. ''Mad'' publishes satire on all aspects of life and popular culture, politics, entertainment, and public figures. Its format includes TV and movie parodies, and satire articles about everyday occurrences that are changed to seem humorous. ''Mad''s mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, is usually on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jaffee
Allan Jaffee (born Abraham Jaffee; March 13, 1921 – April 10, 2023) was an American cartoonist. He was notable for his work in the satire, satirical magazine ''Mad (magazine), Mad'', including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in, ''Mad'' Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is its longest-running contributor. In a 2010 interview, Jaffee said, "Serious people my age are dead." With a career running from 1942 until 2020, Jaffee holds the Guinness World Records, Guinness World Record for having the longest career as a comic artist. In the half-century between April 1964 and April 2013, only one issue of ''Mad'' was published without containing new material by Jaffee. In 2008, Jaffee was honored by the National Cartoonists Society#The Reuben Awards, Reuben Awards as the Cartoonist of the Year. Cartoonist Arnold Roth of ''The New Yorker'' said, "Al Jaffee is one of the great cartoonists of our time."''Fold This Book!'', Warner Books, 1997, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Limited is a British-American multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House. Penguin Books was originally founded in 1935 and Random House was founded in 1927. It has more than 300 Publishing imprint, publishing imprints. Along with Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House is considered one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers. On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase of Penguin Random House, which had been announced in December 2019, by buying Pearson plc's 25% ownership of the company. With the purchase, Bertelsmann became the sole owner of Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann's German-language publishing group Verlagsgruppe Random House will be completely integrated into Penguin Random House, adding 45 imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suske En Wiske
''Spike and Suzy'' (British title), ''Willy and Wanda'' (American title) or ''Luke and Lucy'' (in a 2009 film and video game) (, ) is a Belgian comics series created by the comic book creator, comics author Willy Vandersteen. It was first published in ''De Standaard, De Nieuwe Standaard'' in 1945 and soon became popular. Although not in its earliest form, the strip soon adapted the Ligne claire style, pioneered by Hergé. This change took place when the strip became serialised in Hergé's magazine ''Tintin (magazine), Tintin'' from 1948 to 1959. The books revolve around the adventures of the eponymous Suske, Spike and Wiske, Suzy, two children (pre-adolescent or adolescent depending on the album), along with their friends and family. The stories combine elements of comedy, fantasy, and science fiction, such as talking animals, time travel and ghosts. The strip still runs daily in the Belgian newspaper ''De Standaard'', and new books continue to be published; as of May 2020, 382 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
