2016 in comics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Notable events of 2016 in comics. See also List of years in comics. This is a list of comics-related events in 2016. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events[]

DC Rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books.

February[]

  • February 28: During the in Rijswijk Maaike Hartjes wins the Stripschapprijs[1] and publisher the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.[2] Publishing company VanderHout & Co wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.[3]

April[]

  • April 18: Al Jaffee makes the Guinness Book of Records for being the oldest active cartoonist in the world.[4]

May[]

June[]

  • June 3–12 For the first time the in Haarlem last a week, rather than just a weekend.[6]

July[]

  • Image comic Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma concludes its second season and goes on hiatus following the publication of issue #50.

August[]

  • Cancellation of the Dutch children's and comics magazine Taptoe[7]

September[]

  • September 28: DC Comics writer Greg Rucka confirms that Wonder Woman is canonically bisexual.[8][9]

October[]

  • Artist Fred Dewilde publishes Mon Bataclan, a personal account of the November 2015 Paris attacks, which he experienced firsthand at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris, nearly one year earlier.[10]

Specific date unknown[]

Exhibitions[]

  • March 2–May 7: Society of Illustrators (New York City): "The ZAP Show: A Cultural Revolution" — featuring the work of R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Victor Moscoso, Spain Rodriguez, Rick Griffin, and Paul Mavrides; curated by Monte Beauchamp

Conventions[]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • January 2: Zdravko Zupan, Serbian comics artist (Zuzuko, Munja, Disney comics) dies at the age of 65.[16]
  • January 11: Franco Oneta, Italian comics artist (Zembla) dies at the age of 82.[17]
  • January 14: Shaolin, Brazilian TV comedian and cartoonist, dies at age 44 from a heart attack after being involved in a car accident.[18]
  • January 17: Hansrudi Wäscher, Swiss-German comics artist (Sigurd, Akim, Tibor) dies at the age of 87.[19]
  • January 19: Mike Docherty, Scottish comics artist and animator (worked on Conan the Barbarian), dies at age 60.[20]
  • January 21: Willem Dolphyn, Belgian comics artist (Jan Zonder Vrees), dies at the age of 80.[21]
  • January 26: Bernard Cookson, British cartoonist (Punch), dies from cancer at age 79.[22]
  • January 29: Linus Maurer, American cartoonist and comics artist (Old Harrigan, Abracadabra), dies at age 90.[23]

February[]

  • February 2: Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob & Ray) and comics writer (Mad Magazine [24]), dies at age 92.[25]
  • February 3: Jack Elrod, American comics artist (Mark Trail, continued The Ryatts), dies at the age of 91.[26]
  • February 8: Piet Zeeman, Dutch comics writer, editor and translator (Disney comics, wrote for Sjors & Sjimmie, Jan, Jans en de Kinderen), dies at age 58.[27]
  • February 21: John Caldwell, American gag cartoonist (Mad), dies at age 69.[28]
  • February: Alvin Buenaventura, American comic book publisher (Buenaventura Press and Pigeon Press), dies at age 39.[29][30]

March[]

  • March 5: , Argentine comics artist (El Cimmarón), dies at the age of 68.[31]
  • March 7: Scott Goodall, British comic book writer (Fishboy), dies at age 80.[32]
  • March 7: Paul C. Ryan, American comics artist (Marvel Comics), dies at age 65.[33]
  • March 16: , Chinese comics artist, dies as the age of 94.[34]
  • March 18: Klaus Vonderwerth, German cartoonist and comics artist (Albert, Ako, Kybert, Ruf 110), dies at the age of 80.[35]
  • March 25: Ken Barr, Scottish cover painter and occasional interior artist of American comics and comic magazines, dies at age 83.[36]

April[]

  • April 2: Gallieno Ferri, Italian comics artist (Zagor) died at the age of 87.[37]
  • April 3: Dick Hodgins, Jr., American comics artist (Half Hitch, continued Henry), dies at the age of 85.[38]
  • April 6: Oto Reisinger, Croatian animator, illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (Štefekove pustolovine) dies at age 89.[39]
  • April 8: William Hamilton, American cartoonist and playwright (The New Yorker), dies at age 76.[40]
  • April 8: Paul Fung Jr., American comics artist (Continued Blondie), dies at age 93.[41]
  • April 19: Frits Klein, Dutch comics artist (Bokke Heidehipper, Gurbe), dies at age 91.[42]
  • April 21: Siem Praamsma, Dutch comics artist (Humpo Hotsflots, Jochem Jofel), died at the age of 95.[43]
  • April 27: William Hamilton, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), is killed in a car accident at age 76.[44]
  • April 27: V.T. Thomas, aka Toms, Indian comics artist (Boban and Molly), dies at age 86.[45]
  • April 28: René Hausman, Belgian comics artist (Lalyna), dies at the age of 80.[46]
  • April 29: Jok Church, American comics artist (You Can With Beakman and Jax), passes away at age 66 from a heart attack.[47]

May[]

  • May 2: Cleet Boris, French comics artist (Super-Héros) dies at the age of 53.[48]
  • May 5: Siné, French cartoonist (Charlie Hebdo, ), died at the age of 87.[49]
  • May 14: Darwyn Cooke, Canadian animator and comics artist (DC Comics), dies of cancer at age 53.[50]
  • May 22: George Wildman, American comics artist (Popeye, Disney comics, Hanna-Barbera comics, Warner Bros. comics), dies at the age of 88.[51]
  • May 24: Mell Lazarus, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma), dies at age 89.[52]
  • May 27: Frank Modell, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), dies at age 98.

June[]

  • June 1: Anatol Kovarsky, aka Akov, Russian-American painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The New Yorker), dies at age 97.[53]
  • June 19: Rodolfo Zalla, Argentine-Brazilian comics artist (Jacaré Mendonça, ), dies at age 85.[54]
  • June 25: Manfred Deix, Austrian cartoonist and comic strip artist, died at age 66.[55]
  • June 26: Angel Nadal Quirch, Spanish comics artist (Pasquale, Disney comics, Rolf Kauka comics, continued Buster Capp), dies at age 85.[56]

July[]

  • July 3: Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (De Vleermuis), died at the age of 75.[57]
  • July 4: Didier Savard, French comics artist (Dick Hérisson, Léonid Beaudragon), died at age 65.[58]
  • July 5: Nine Culliford, Belgian comic book colourist and wife of Peyo (The Smurfs), dies at the age of 86.[59]
  • July 8: Frank Dickens, British cartoonist (Bristow), dies at age 84.[60]
  • July 9: Geneviève Castrée, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.[61]
  • July 9: Lothar Dräger, German comics writer (Digedags, Abrafaxe), passes away at the age of 89.[62]
  • July 16: Carlos Nine, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.[63]
  • July 26: Coen van Hunnik, Dutch comics artist (Olle Kapoen), dies at age 90.[64]
  • July 27: Jack Davis, American comics artist (Mad), dies at age 91.[65]
  • July 27: Brett Merhar, American comics artist (Free For All), dies at the age of 46.[66]
  • July 27: Richard Thompson, American comics artist, (Cul de Sac), dies at age 58.[67][68]
  • July 29: Guy Dessicy, Belgian comic book colorist (Studio Hergé), dies at the age of 92. He was also head of , a commercial agency specializing in comic book merchandising and co-founder of the Belgian Comic Strip Center.[69][70]

August[]

  • August 4: Gaspar Saladino, American comics letterer (DC Comics), dies at age 88.[71]
  • August 7: Jean Sanitas, French writer, journalist and comics writer (Zor et Mlouf,[72] continued Bob Mallard [73]), dies at age 88.[74]
  • August 17: Víctor Mora, Spanish comic book writer (Capitán Trueno, El Jabato), dies at age 85.[75][76]
  • Specific date in August unknown: Jukka Murtosaari, Finnish animator and comics artist (Jake, Disney comics, worked on Moomins comics), died at age 53.[77]

September[]

  • September 7: Sparky Moore, American animator and comics artist (western comics, Disney comics, Zorro, The Big Bad Wolf, continued Scamp, Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 91.[78]
  • September 25: Fernando Puig Rosado, Spanish cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 85.[79]
  • September 30: Ted Benoît, French comics artist (, continued Blake & Mortimer), dies at age 69.[80]

October[]

  • October 8: Lyn Chevli, American comics artist (co-founder of Tits & Clits Comix), dies at age 84.[81]
  • October 10: Carlos Roose Silva, Peruvian comics artist ('Pachochín, el Chupatintas), dies at age 87.[82]
  • October 12: Benoît Gillain, Belgian-French comics artist (Bouby, Bonux-Boy), dies at age 78.[83]
  • October 22: Steve Dillon, British comics artist (Judge Dredd, Hellblazer), dies at the age of 54.[84]
  • October 23: Jack Chick, American comics artist (Chick tracts), dies at age 92.[85]
  • October 27: Ton Beek, Dutch comics artist (Birre Beer) passes away at the age of 90.[86]

November[]

December[]

  • December 2: Liliana Fantoni, Italian comics artist (collaborator of her father Guido Fantoni and brother Mario Fantoni), died at the age of 96.[95]
  • December 4: Marcel Gotlib, French comics artist (Gai-Luron, Les Dingodossiers, Superdupont, Rubrique-à-Brac, Hamster Jovial, ), dies at the age of 82.[96]
  • December 8: Peter van Straaten, Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (Vader & Zoon), dies at the age of 81.[97][98]
  • December 20: Mix & Remix, Swiss cartoonist (L'Hebdo, ), passes away at the age of 58.[99]
  • December 23: Paul Peter Porges, Austrian-American comics artist (Mad Magazine), dies at the age of 89.[100]
  • December 23: Zdenko Svirčić, Croatian comics artist (Gusari na Atlantiku, U ledenoj pustinji), dies at age 92.[101]
  • December 25: Núria Pompeia, Spanish comics artist (Nosotras: Las mujeres objeto-ras, La Educación de Palmira, La Liberadas and Ramoneta), passes away at the age of 85.[102]
  • December 26: Duck Edwing, American comics artist (Mad Magazine), dies at the age of 81 or 82.[103]
  • December 27: John Calnan, American comics artist (worked for DC Comics), dies at age 84.[104]
  • December 28–29: Raymond Burki, Swiss political cartoonist, dies at the age of 67.[105]
  • December 29: , Italian comics artist (, Diabolik), illustrator, film director and documentary maker, dies at the age of 84.[106][107]
  • December 30: , Luxembourgian cartoonist and comics artist (Superhjemp), dies at age 61.[108]
  • December 30: Giovanni Degli Esposti Venturi, Italian comics artist and illustrator (La Viuda (Lady X - Lust's Captive),Sexo, amor y fantasías, Los Duelistas, La Psy), dies at age 52.[109]

Specific date unknown[]

  • Bernard Linssen, Belgian comics artist (Les Aventures de Tumak, Chroniques Gorilles), dies at age 49 or 50.[110]

First issues by title[]

Aether & Empire
Released April by Blue Juice Comics. Writer: Mike Horan Artist: Bong Ty Dazo
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
Released July by DC Comics. Writers: and Artist:
Civil War II
Released June by Marvel Comics. Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: David Marquez
Dept H
Released April by Dark Horse Comics. Writer & Artist: Matt Kindt Colorist: Sharlene Kindt
Released April by . Writer: Artist:
The Flintstones
Released June by DC Comics. Writer & Artist: Mark Russell and Steve Pugh Colorist: Chris Chuckry
James Bond 007: Hammerhead
Released September by Dynamite Entertainment. Writer: Andy Diggle Artist:
Kill or Be Killed
Released August by Image Comics. Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Sean Phillips
The Land That Time Forgot
Released July by American Mythology Productions. Writer: Mike Wolfer Artist:
Motor Girl
Released November by Abstract Studio. Writer & Artist: Terry Moore
Resident Alien: The Man with No Name
Released September by Dark Horse Comics. Writer: Paul Hogan Artist: Steve Parkhouse
La Sagesse des mythes
Released September by Glénat Editions. Writers: Luc Ferry and Clotilde Bruneau. Artistic director: Didier Poli
Space Battle Lunchtime
Released May by Oni Press. Writer & Artist: Natalie Riess

References[]

  1. ^ Henry, Mr. "Stripschapwinnares Maaike Hartjes werkt aan graphic novel over haar burn out | Strip Turnhout". Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/p.-hans-frankfurtherprijs/complete-lijst.php
  3. ^ https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/b-en-b-schaal.php
  4. ^ "Al Jaffee". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Piem". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Stripdagen Haarlem". Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Okki, Jippo en Taptoe". www.lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Wonder Woman is 'obviously' bisexual, says DC writer".
  9. ^ "Wonder Woman is canonically queer, confirms writer Greg Rucka". Polygon. 28 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Fred Dewilde". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  11. ^ "Julia Gfrörer". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "Programming Schedule". San Diego Comic-Con International. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  13. ^ Johnson, Alan. "Cartoon Crossroads Columbus gives voice to different breed of artist," The Columbus Dispatch (Oct 16, 2016).
  14. ^ Cavna, Michael. "‘Bone’ cartoonist aims to help create the South by Southwest of comics," Washington Post (Oct. 14, 2016).
  15. ^ "Comic Arts Los Angeles 2016 (via archive)". Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  16. ^ "Zdravko Zupan". lambiek.net.
  17. ^ "Franco Oneta". lambiek.net.
  18. ^ "Humorista Shaolin morre em Campina Grande". 14 January 2016.
  19. ^ "Hansrudi Wäscher". lambiek.net.
  20. ^ "Mike Docherty". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  21. ^ "Willem Dolphyn". lambiek.net.
  22. ^ "Henley on Thames News | Fleet Street cartoonist Bernard Cookson dies". Archived from the original on 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  23. ^ "Linus Maurer". lambiek.net.
  24. ^ "Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site - UGOI - Bob Elliott". www.madcoversite.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  25. ^ Keepnews, Peter; Severo, Richard (February 3, 2016). "Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  26. ^ "Jack Elrod". lambiek.net.
  27. ^ "Piet Zeeman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  28. ^ "John Caldwell, MAD Writer and Artist, RIP". Mad. February 22, 2016.
  29. ^ MCCULLOCH, JOE and CHRIS MAUTNER. "Alvin Buenaventura, 1976-2016," The Comics Journal (FEB 16, 2016).
  30. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (February 13, 2016). "Alvin Buenaventura, RIP". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved 13 Feb 2016.
  31. ^ "Alberto Dose". lambiek.net.
  32. ^ "Scott Goodall, comic-book writer – obituary". The Telegraph. 25 April 2016.
  33. ^ "Paul C. Ryan". lambiek.net.
  34. ^ "He Youzhi". lambiek.net.
  35. ^ "Klaus Vonderwerth". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  36. ^ John Freeman. "In Memoriam: Ken Barr". downthetubes.net.
  37. ^ "Gallieno Ferri". lambiek.net.
  38. ^ "Dick Hodgins Jr". lambiek.net.
  39. ^ "Oto Reisinger". lambiek.net.
  40. ^ "William Hamilton, New Yorker cartoonist who satirized high society, dies".
  41. ^ "Paul Fung Jr". lambiek.net.
  42. ^ "Frits Klein". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  43. ^ "Siem Praamsma". lambiek.net.
  44. ^ "New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton dies at age 76". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  45. ^ "VT Thomas". lambiek.net.
  46. ^ "René Hausman". lambiek.net.
  47. ^ "Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67".
  48. ^ "Cleet Boris". lambiek.net.
  49. ^ "Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist 'Siné' dead at 87 - France 24". 5 May 2016.
  50. ^ Ching, Albert (May 14, 2016). "Darwyn Cooke, Celebrated Comics Artist and Writer, Passes Away". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016.
  51. ^ "George Wildman". lambiek.net.
  52. ^ "Mell Lazarus 1927-2016". National Cartoonists Society. May 24, 2016.
  53. ^ "Anatol Kovarsky". lambiek.net.
  54. ^ "Rodolfo Zalla". lambiek.net.
  55. ^ "Manfred Deix". lambiek.net.
  56. ^ "Angel Nadal Quirch". lambiek.net.
  57. ^ "Albert Survie". lambiek.net.
  58. ^ "Didier Savard". lambiek.net.
  59. ^ sudinfo.be. "La veuve de Peyo, Nine Culliford, est décédée à 86 ans".
  60. ^ "Frank Dickens". lambiek.net.
  61. ^ "Geneviève Castrée: 1981-2016 | The Comics Journal". www.tcj.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  62. ^ "Lothar Dräger". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  63. ^ "Carlos Nine". lambiek.net.
  64. ^ "Coen van Hunnik". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  65. ^ McMillan, Graeme (July 27, 2016). "Jack Davis, 'MAD' Magazine Cartoonist, Dies at 91". Hollywood Reporter (Obituary). Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  66. ^ "Brett Merhar". lambiek.net.
  67. ^ Cavna, Michael (27 July 2016). "Richard Thompson, acclaimed 'Cul de Sac' creator and Post contributor, dies at 58". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  68. ^ "Richard Thompson". lambiek.net.
  69. ^ Libre.be, La. "Guy Dessicy, passeur d'art, d'images et de patrimoine".
  70. ^ "Guy Dessicy". lambiek.net.
  71. ^ Johnston, Rich. "Gaspar Saladino, DC's Letterer From Sixties Covers To Arkham Asylum, Dies At 88". Bleeding Cool.
  72. ^ "Jacques Kamb". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  73. ^ "André Chéret". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  74. ^ France, Centre (Aug 9, 2016). "Décès du résistant auvergnat Jean Sanitas : une vie d'engagement". www.lamontagne.fr. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  75. ^ Pons, Álvaro (Aug 17, 2016). "Muere el escritor Víctor Mora, creador del 'Capitán Trueno' y 'El Jabato'". Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via elpais.com.
  76. ^ "Victor Mora". lambiek.net.
  77. ^ "Jukka Murtosaari". lambiek.net.
  78. ^ "Sparky Moore". lambiek.net.
  79. ^ "Fernando Puig Rosado". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  80. ^ "Ted Benoît". lambiek.net.
  81. ^ Farmer, Joyce (2016-10-26). "Lyn Chevli, Co-Founder of Tits & Clits, Dies at 84". The Comics Journal. Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  82. ^ "Carlos Roose Silva". lambiek.net.
  83. ^ "Benoît Gillain". lambiek.net.
  84. ^ "Steve Dillon". lambiek.net.
  85. ^ "Jack T. Chick". lambiek.net.
  86. ^ "Ton Beek". lambiek.net.
  87. ^ "Olga Urbansky". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  88. ^ "Carlos Alberto Santos". lambiek.net.
  89. ^ "John Gillatt". lambiek.net.
  90. ^ "Averardo Ciriello". lambiek.net.
  91. ^ poj, Toon Horsten. "Striptekenaar Marc Sleen is overleden".
  92. ^ "Jerry Dumas". lambiek.net.
  93. ^ "Gino Gavioli". lambiek.net.
  94. ^ "Micharmut". lambiek.net.
  95. ^ "Mario Fantoni". lambiek.net.
  96. ^ "L'auteur de bande dessinée Gotlib est mort". 4 December 2016 – via Le Monde.
  97. ^ "Tekenaar Peter van Straaten (81) overleden".
  98. ^ "Peter van Straaten". lambiek.net.
  99. ^ "Mix & Remix". lambiek.net.
  100. ^ "Paul Peter Porges". lambiek.net.
  101. ^ "Zdenko Svirčić". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  102. ^ "Núria Pompeia". lambiek.net.
  103. ^ "Duck Edwing". lambiek.net.
  104. ^ "John Calnan - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
  105. ^ "Raymond Burki". lambiek.net.
  106. ^ "È morto Emilio Uberti, disegnatore di Diabolik e Kociss - Fumettologica". 30 December 2016.
  107. ^ "Emilio Uberti". lambiek.net.
  108. ^ "Roger Leiner". lambiek.net.
  109. ^ "Giovanni Degli Esposti Venturi". lambiek.net.
  110. ^ "Bernard Linssen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
Retrieved from ""