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Notable events of 1996 in comics. See also list of years in comics.

Events[]

Year overall[]

  • The Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute creates to help promote endangered species awareness

February[]

  • February 10: The final episode of Secret Agent X-9 is published.[1]
  • February 14: Ilah's Cordelia debuts in the Flemish newspaper De Morgen.[2]
  • The New Titans is canceled by DC with issue #130.
  • Star Trek vol. 2 is canceled by DC with issue #80.

March[]

  • March 2: The Flemish newspapers Het Laatste Nieuws and launch a weekly children comics supplement titled De Samson en Gert Krant, based on the popular TV show Samson en Gert. It will run until 1998, after which it is renamed.[3]
  • March 14: Evronians, by Alessandro Sisti, Ezio Sisto and Alberto Lavoradori, album "number zero" of PKNA ; debut of the principal characters of the series (the A. I. One, the journalist Angus Fangus, the female robot Lyla Lai, the super-heroine Xadhoom).
  • With issue #75, The Sandman ends its run. (DC/Vertigo)

April[]

  • April 27: Dutch illustrator Peter Vos[4] and comics artists Jan Kruis and Peter van Straaten are knighted.[5][6]
  • April 30: In the Disney comics magazine Topolino, Basettoni e la dieta da fame, by Giorgio Pezzin and Romano Scarpa is first published, which markes the debut of Petulia, Chief O’Hara’s wife.
  • Marvel discontinues its Marvel Edge imprint

June[]

  • June 28: Charles M. Schulz receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[7]
  • Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme is canceled by Marvel with issue #90.
  • When Blow the Winds of Time?, by Alessandro Sisti and Claudio Sciarrone, album 0/2 of PKNA is first published, which marks the debut of the principal antagonist of the series, the time traveller Red Raider.

July[]

August[]

September[]

  • The British satirical cartoon magazine Punch, which went bankrupt in 1992, is revived. It will run until 2002.[9]
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #416.
  • The Avengers (1963 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #402.
  • Iron Man (1968 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #332.
  • Newspaper strip A Couple of Guys begins publication

October[]

  • October 11: The 30th Asterix story is published, La Galère d'Obélix (translated in English as Asterix and Obelix All at Sea). In the story Obelix drinks the magic potion for the first time since he was a child, with dire consequences.[10]
  • October 12–13: During the in Breda, the Netherlands, Hanco Kolk receives the Stripschapprijs.[11][12] Het Nederlands Stripmuseum receives the first P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs (formerly the Jaarprijs voor Bijzondere Verdiensten), named after , who died in a drowning accident in August.[13]

December[]

Specific date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • January 19: Bernard Baily, American comics artist, writer and publisher (co-creator of The Spectre and Hourman), dies at age 79.[15]
  • January 22: , Belgian comics artist (), passes away at age 64.[16]
  • January 28:
    • Jerry Siegel, American comics writer (Superman), dies at age 81.[17]
    • Burne Hogarth, American comics artist (Tarzan) dies at age 84.[18]
  • January 31: Claus Deleuran, Danish comics artist (Thorfinn, Rejsen til Saturn, Pirelli & Firestone, The People's Illustrated History of Denmark), dies at age 49.[19]

February[]

  • February 5: Roberto Raviola, aka Magnus, Italian comics artist (Alan Ford, Kriminal, Satanik, Lo Sconosciuto, Necron) passes away from cancer at age 56.[20]
  • February 6:
    • Boody Rogers, American comics artist (Sparky Watts, Babe), dies at age 91.[21]
    • Franco Tarantola, Italian comics artist, dies at age 53.[22]
  • February 13: Cara Sherman-Tereno, American comics artist (Life With The Vampire) dies of leukemia at the age of 44.[23]
  • February 26: Cork, Dutch cartoonist, (Mr. Cork/Ruitenheer), dies at age 64.[24]

March[]

  • March 6: Jack Abel, American comics artist and inker (Star Spangled War Stories, Our Fighting Forces, Legion of Super-Heroes), dies at age 68.[25]
  • March 7: Ramon Monzon, French comics artist (Cha'pa et Group-Group, Jehan des Bis, Finnekin Jones, Bouzouk, le Petit Prince, Testar le Robot), dies at age 65.[26]
  • March 14: Jack Berrill, American comics artist (Gil Thorp), dies of cancer at age 72.[27]
  • March 15: Homer Groening, Canadian-American film director, cartoonist and comics artist (Phoebe, Get Your Man), dies at age 76.[28]
  • March 25: Mike Roy, Canadian comics artist (The Saint, Nero Wolfe comics, Akwas), passes away at age 75.[29]

April[]

  • April 12: Bob Zschiesche, American comics artist (Our Folks, Harley Hogg, assisted on Gasoline Alley and Snuffy Smith), dies at age 67 from an aneurysm.[30]
  • April 20: Håven, Swedish cartoonist and comics artist (Gamle Uno), dies at age 74.[31]

May[]

  • May 6: Eric Larnoy, French illustrator and comic artist (Thanéros), dies at age 35 from liver cancer.[32]
  • May 7: Piet Worm, Dutch comics artist (De Vrolijke Vaderlandse Geschiedenis, Professor Zegellak), dies at age 95.[33]
  • May 9: Carl Fallberg, American comics writer and artist (Disney comics) dies at age 80.
  • May 26: Francis Paid, Dutch comics artist (Joris Voetangel, Toonder Studios), passes away at age 71.[34]

June[]

  • June 11: Gin, Spanish comics artist, animator, and illustrator (Nathalie, Denise, Disney comics), passes away at age 65.[35]
  • June 15: Nonkel Fons, Belgian priest, publisher, and comics writer (founder of the comics magazine Zonneland, writer of Rikske en Fikske) dies at age 84.[36]
  • June 19: Curt Swan, American comics artist (worked on Superman), dies at age 76.[37]

July[]

  • July 2: Mike Parobeck, American comics artist (Batman Adventures) dies from diabetes at age 30.[38]
  • July 23: Jim Pabian, American animator, animated film director and comics artist (Disney comics, Walter Lantz comics), dies at age 87.[39]

August[]

  • August 12: Mark Gruenwald, American comics writer and editor (Marvel Comics) dies at age 43.[40]
  • August 28: P. Hans Frankfurther, Dutch film & TV producer, activist and organizer (founder of , namegiver to the annual P. Hans Frankfurther comics prize[41]), drowns at age 64, trying to save his son (who also drowns).[42][43]

September[]

October[]

December[]

  • December 2: Don Dohler, American film director, publisher and comics artist (Pro Junior), passes away at age 60.[49]
  • December 7:
    • Paul Ollswang, American comics artist (Dreams of a Dog, Memories of Doofer), dies at age 50 or 51.[50]
    • Giuseppe Perego, Italian comics artist (Buffalo Brill, Boby, Disney comics, Rolf Kauka comics), dies at age 81.[51]
    • Desimir Zizovic Buin, Serbian comics artist (Mirko i Slavko), dies at age 76.[52]
  • December 22: Jack Hamm, American comics artist (Drawing the Head and Figure, Cartooning the Head and Figure), dies at age 80.[53]

Specific date unknown[]

  • Themos Andreopoulos, Greek comics artist (Mikros Serifis) and publisher (the magazine Tam-Tam), dies at age 78 or 79.[54]
  • Stan Clements, Australian comics artist (Tom Dunne, Scientific Detective, Dinny Dare, Jim & Jill, Rays of Destiny, Matt Marcus), dies at age 87.[55]
  • Jim Davis, American animator and cartoonist (The Fox and the Crow), dies at age 80 or 81.[56]
  • Zoltán Forrai, Hungarian-Dutch comics artist (Pipa, Miklós), dies at age 94 or 95.[57]
  • Rick Hoover, American animator and comics artist (Disney comics), dies at age 55 or 56.[58]
  • Malcolm Jones III, American comics artist (Sandman), commits suicide at circa age 37.[59]
  • Wang Letian, Chinese comics artist and cartoonist, dies at age 78 or 79.[60]
  • Terry Patrick, British comics artist (worked for DC Thomson), dies at age 66 or 67.[61]
  • Maria Emília Roque Gameiro, aka Màmia, Portuguese comics artist, dies at age 94 or 95.[62]
  • Albert Tolf, American comics artist (assisted on Gasoline Alley, cartoons of San Francisco), dies at age 84 or 85.[63]

Conventions[]

  • March 2: Halleluja Con (Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City) — produced on the spur of the moment after the sudden cancellation of the scheduled Great Eastern Conventions New York show. First iteration of the Big Apple Convention.[64]
  • March 22–24: Motor City Comic Con I (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan)
  • March 23: Alternative Press Expo (San Jose, California)
  • April 19–21: Pittsburgh Comicon (ExpoMart/Radisson, Monroeville, Pennsylvania) — guests include Stan Lee, Jim Shooter, and Julius Schwartz[65]
  • April 26–28: WonderCon (Oakland, California) — 10th annual convention
  • May 18: X (Spring Valley, New York) — "EC Tribute" with guests Al Williamson and Marie Severin; other guests include Julius Schwartz, Murphy Anderson, Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Joe Staton, Eric Shanower, Mark Schultz, Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, David Mazzuchelli, and Howard Cruse
  • Summer: "Lazy CAPTION" (Oxford Union Society, Oxford, England)
  • Summer: Canadian National Comic Book Exposition (Holiday Inn on King, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — c. 2,900 attendees; guests include Dale Keown, Adam Hughes, Stuart Immonen, Pat Lee, Ken Lashley, Mike Zeck, and
  • June: Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) — guests included Alex Ross, Mike Wieringo, Ron Garney, George Pérez, Nick Cardy, Dan Jurgens, and Tom Smith
  • June 2: Houston Comix Fair & Toy Show XIV (Medallion Hotel, Houston, Texas)[66] — final edition of Comix Fair; guests include Mart Nodell and Shannon Wheeler
  • June 21–23: Chicago Comicon (Chicago, Illinois) — 25,000 attendees; Guest of honor: Will Eisner; other guests: Harlan Ellison, Larry Marder, Heidi MacDonald, Mike Richardson, Kurt Busiek, Sergio Aragonés, Evan Dorkin, Paul Levitz, Julius Schwartz, , and George Pérez[67]
  • June 21–23: Dragon Con (Atlanta Hilton & Towers/Westin Peachtree Plaza/Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia) — 13,400 attendees; guests include Neil Gaiman, John Byrne, Peter David, Kevin Nowlan, Chris Claremont, Al Feldstein, Robert Williams, Mark Bodé, Al Williamson, William Stout, Mark Schultz, Jeff Smith, Reed Waller, Rich Buckler, John Kricfalusi, and Bob Burden.[68]
  • July 4–7: San Diego Comic-Con (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California) — 36,000 attendees. Special guests include Donna Barr, David Brin, Paul Chadwick, Steve Dillon, Mort Drucker, Ben Edlund, Garth Ennis, Dave Gibbons, Joe Giella, Dave McKean, Jim Mooney, Kurt Schaffenberger, and François Schuiten
  • July 26–28: (Plano Convention Center, Plano, Texas) — substitute event for cancelled Dallas Fantasy Fair; official include Bernie Wrightson, Howard Cruse, Rob Liefeld, and Kurt Busiek.[69]
  • July 27–28: Dallas Fantasy Fair (Market Hall, Dallas, Texas) — cancelled at the last minute; the Harvey Awards were scheduled to be presented there and had to be rescheduled for later in the year[70]
  • September 20: Small Press Expo (Bethesda, Maryland) – guests include Jeff Smith, Charles Vess, Evan Dorkin, Jimmy Gownley, David Lapham, and Shannon Wheeler
  • October 12–13: Motor City Comic Con II (Dearborn Civic Center, Dearborn, Michigan)
  • October 25–27: (Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City) — official guests include Barry Windsor-Smith and Dan Jurgens[71]
  • November 1–3: Atlanta StarCon & Comics (Marriott North Central Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia) — produced by the former organizer of the Atlanta Fantasy Fair; official guests include George Pérez, Michael O'Hare, Kane Hodder, Frank Marshall, and Kathleen Kennedy.
  • November 29 – December 1: Mid-Ohio Con (Columbus, Ohio) — guests include Roger Stern, Darryl Banks, Dick DeBartolo, Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Tony Isabella, Paul Jenkins, Mark Waid, Leah Adezio, Dan Mishkin, Berni Wrightson,[72] Mark Crilley, P. Craig Russell, Jim Shooter, Murphy Anderson, Dick Ayers, Tom Batiuk, John Byrne, Dick DeBartolo, Julius Schwartz, and Jeff Smith[73]

First issues by title[]

DC Comics[]

Release February Writer: Kevin Dooley. Artist: Steve Crespo
Release March Writer: Garth Ennis. Artist: John McCrea
  • Batman: Black and White 4-issue mini-series
Release March
  • Essential Vertigo: The Sandman. Black-and-white reprints of the 1988 series.
Release June Writer: Neil Gaiman. Artist: Sam Kieth Artist:Mike Dringenberg
Release July Writer: Peter David. Artist: Gary Frank
Release August Writer: Chuck Dixon. Artist: Scott McDaniel
Release August Writer: Dan Jurgens. Artist: Dan Jurgens Artist: George Perez
  • Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing. Black-and-white reprints of the 1982 series, beginning with #21.
Release September Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: Steve Bissette Artist:John Totleben
Release NovemberWriter: Grant Morrison. Artist: Howard Porter

Independent titles[]

Allegra
Release: August by Image Comics. Writer: Steven T. Seagle. Artist: Scott Clarke
Cyberpunx
Release: March by Image Comics. Writer: Robert Loren Fleming Artist:
Keyhole
Release: June by Millennium Publications. Writers: Dean Haspiel, Josh Neufeld, R. Walker, , . Art by: Haspiel, Neufeld, and Perkins.
Tim Curry
Release February by Curry Comics.

Marvel Comics[]

Release August
Release October
Release November
Release November
Release November
  • Iron Man (1996 series) #1
Release November

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