Notable events of 2024 in comics.

Events

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January

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  • January: Jan Vriends officially becomes the new Stripmaker des Vaderlands (Comic Artist of the Mother Country) in the Netherlands, whose task is to promote the comics medium.[1][2][3]
  • January 10: The first issue of Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published. This version of Spider-Man is set on Earth-6160 and follows a 35-year old Peter Parker, who is married to Mary Jane Watson and has 2 kids with her and wasn't bitten by the radioactive spider when he was teenager, as he deals with his newfound heroic responsibilities.[4]
  • January 15: Dutch comic artist Wilma van den Bosch wins the annual Stripschapprijs.[5][6][7] De Inktpot, a Utrecht collective of comics creators, receives the annual P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.[8][9] The ceremony takes place on 17 March.[10]
  • January 24: Belgian publishing company Plantyn announces that in the fall all their children's magazines, namely Zonneland, Zonnekind, Zonnestraal, Doremi and Doremini will cease to be printed on paper. Zonneland in particular was Belgium's oldest still-running children's magazine and the oldest to contain comics.[11][12][13]
  • January 25: Posy Simmonds receives the career award Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, which marks the first time in the festival's history that a British comic artist has been awarded this prize.[14][15]

March

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  • March 15: Publishing company Standaard Uitgeverij sends a letter to all surviving former artists of Willy Vandersteen's studio, informing them that they are no longer allowed to make or sign drawings with the Suske en Wiske characters for fans or at book signings, without the publisher's permission. The letter is made public and causes a lot of controversy, not only among the general audience, but also the veteran artists themselves. Standaard Uitgeverij eventually reacts and acknowledges miscommunication on their part. The artists are still allowed to sign books they've drawn themselves, but no longer drawings on loose pieces of paper.[16][17][18]

April

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  • April 9: A rare copy of the very first Superman issue (Action Comics 1) sells for $6 million at an auction, breaking a record as the most expensive sale of a comic book ever.[19][20]

September

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October

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  • October 31: After criticism of supposed racial and sexist stereotyping in the latest Spirou et Fantasio album, Spirou et la Gorgone Bleue, drawn by Dany, publishing company Dupuis orders all copies to be retrieved from the market. [31] [32] [33]

Deaths

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January

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  • January 1: David Kunzle, American comic historian, writer and journalist (author of the books The Early Comic Strip, The History of the Comic Strip in the 19th Century, Rebirth of the English Comic Strip, Father of the Comic Strip Rodolphe Töpffer), dies at age 87.[34][35]
  • January 2: Attila Futaki, Hungarian comic artist and art director of the Hungarian comic magazine Roham, dies at age 29.[36]
  • January 3: Jan Smet, Belgian archivist, comic journalist (chief editor of the comic information magazine Stripgids), historian and author (co-wrote a 1985 biography about Marc Sleen,[37] author of the book Duizend Bommen en Castraten. Censuur in de Strip, about censorship in comics), dies at age 78.[38]
  • January 10: Walmir Amaral, Brazilian comic artist (O Vingador, Zhor, O Atlanta, Zorro, Alex e Cris, made local versions of The Phantom, continued Aventuras do Anjo), dies at age 84.[39][40]
  • January 12: Haruo Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (Iwayuru Hitotsu no Chō-san Shugi), dies at age 76.[41]
  • January 18: Trini Tinturé, Spanish comic artist and illustrator (Emma es Encantadora, Oh, Tinker, Curly, Biggi, Micky, Siska), dies at age 88.[42][43]
  • January 19: Marti Riera, A.K.A. Marti, Spanish comic artist (Taxista, Doctor Vértigo), dies at age 68 or 69.[44]
  • January 20: Alain De Kuyssche, Belgian journalist, comics writer (Didi, Germain et nous..., Gaston), biographer (wrote biographical books about Jacques Martin, Dino Attanasio, Eddy Paape and Raoul Cauvin) and chief editor of Spirou (1978–1982), dies at age 77.[45]
  • January 28: Jean-François Debaty, A.K.A. Schmurl, Belgian comic writer (Arpo) and colorist (Yvain et Yvon, Jordan), dies at age 59.[46]
  • January 29: Hinako Ashihara, Japanese manga writer and artist (Forbidden Dance, Sand Chronicles, Sexy Tanaka-san), dies at age 50.[47]

February

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March

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April

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June

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  • June 1: John Kenneth Adcock, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator and comics scholar (creator of the comics blog Yesterday's Papers, devoted to 19th-century and early 20th-century comics), dies at age 74.[97]
  • June 6: José Ramon Bernado, Spanish comic artist (Disney comics), dies at age 59.[98]
  • June 8:
  • June 16: Étienne Willem, Belgian comic artist (Vieille Bruyère et Bas de Soie, L'Épée d'Ardenois, Les Ailes du Singe, La Fille de l'Exposition Universelle, Les Artilleuses, Le Paris des Merveilles), commits suicide at age 51.[101][102]
  • June 19: Jan Cremer, Dutch novelist and comic strip writer (New Comic Strip Scandal 000), dies at age 84.[103]
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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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References

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  55. ^ "Jack Higgins, Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun-Times editorial cartoonist, dies at 69". Chicago Sun-Times. February 14, 2024.
  56. ^ "Paul Neary".
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  63. ^ "Akira Toriyama".
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  72. ^ "Laurent de Brunhoff".
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  75. ^ Don Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning Palm Beach Post cartoonist, dies at 90
  76. ^ "Alejandro Fried".
  77. ^ "Enrique Ventura".
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  79. ^ "James A. Moore (1965–2024)". March 27, 2024.
  80. ^ "Bob Beerbohm, R.I.P. – News From ME". www.newsfromme.com.
  81. ^ "Mark D. Bright".
  82. ^ Johnston, Rich (April 1, 2024). "MD Bright of Armor Wars, Quantum & Woody and Icon Dies, Aged 68". Bleeding Cool.
  83. ^ "Ed Piskor".
  84. ^ "Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design Artist, Reportedly Passes Away at Age 41". Comics.
  85. ^ "Ziraldo".
  86. ^ "ATrina Robbins".
  87. ^ "Trina Robbins, Legendary Cartoonist and Wonder Woman Artist, Passes Away at 85". Comics.
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  89. ^ "Fred Dewilde".
  90. ^ "Fred Dewilde, rescapé du Bataclan et auteur de BD, s'est suicidé". Le Point. May 7, 2024.
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  93. ^ "June Mendoza". lambiek.net. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  94. ^ "'SpongeBob SquarePants' Legend Peter Bennett Has Passed Away". Celebrity.
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  98. ^ "José Ramon Bernado". lambiek.net. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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  103. ^ "Jan Cremer". lambiek.net. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  104. ^ Cronin, Brian (June 21, 2024). "Longtime Marvel Comics Writer Peter B. Gillis Passes Away". CBR.
  105. ^ "Mazel". lambiek.net. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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  115. ^ "Bande dessinée : le dessinateur André Juillard est mort à 76 ans". August 1, 2024 – via www.la-croix.com.
  116. ^ "Taral Wayne (1951–2024)". August 2, 2024.
  117. ^ Rich, Johnston (August 2, 2024). "Joyce Brabner, Comic Book Writer, Editor & Publisher Has Died At 72". Bleeding Cool.
  118. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (August 2, 2024). "Syndicated Comics".
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  120. ^ "John Graziano". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  121. ^ "Inkleurder Philippe Ory overleden". Stripspeciaalzaak. August 20, 2024.
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  128. ^ "John Cassaday". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
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  130. ^ "Le mangaka Kazu Yuzuki est décédé, 17 Septembre 2024". manga-news.com.
  131. ^ "Peter Klashorst". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  132. ^ "Karl Moline". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  133. ^ "Karl Moline, CrossGen and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Artist, Has Passed Away". Comics.
  134. ^ "Stefan Verwey". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  135. ^ "Larry Todd". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  136. ^ "Ed McLachlan". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  137. ^ "Bob Foster". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  138. ^ "Pierre Christin". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  139. ^ Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort (in French)
  140. ^ Умерла одна из создателей мультфильмов о Простоквашино Марина Восканьянц (in Russian)
  141. ^ Inkleurster Dina Kathelyn (90) overleden (in Dutch)
  142. ^ "Giorgio Trevisan". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  143. ^ Addio al fumettista Giorgio Trevisan: i suoi disegni noti in tutto il mondo (in Italian)
  144. ^ BD : Job, le co-créateur de Yakari est mort (in French)
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  147. ^ "Massimiliano Frezzato". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  148. ^ È morto il fumettista Massimiliano Frezzato (in Italian)
  149. ^ "René Uilenbroek". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  150. ^ "Kazuo Umezu". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
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  152. ^ "Greg & Tim Hildebrandt". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  153. ^ "Daniel Ceppi". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  154. ^ BD : Daniel Ceppi, le créateur de Stéphane Clément, est mort (in French)
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