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{{year in|comics|2016|parent=|history=List of years 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.
Notable events of '''2016 in comics'''. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.


== Events ==
== Events ==
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===February===
===February===
* '''February 25''': In [[The Hague]], a statue of Marnix Rueb's comic character ''Haagse Harry'' is inaugurated. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rueb.htm|title=Marnix Rueb|website=lambiek.net|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref>
* '''February 28''': During the [[Stripdagen]] in [[Rijswijk]] [[Maaike Hartjes]] wins the [[Stripschapprijs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stripgids.org/2016/02/stripschapwinnares-maaike-hartjes-werkt-aan-graphic-novel-over-haar-burn-out/,%20http://stripgids.org/2016/02/stripschapwinnares-maaike-hartjes-werkt-aan-graphic-novel-over-haar-burn-out/|title=Stripschapwinnares Maaike Hartjes werkt aan graphic novel over haar burn out &#124; Strip Turnhout|first=Mr|last=Henry|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> and publisher [[Strip2000]] the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.<ref>https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/p.-hans-frankfurtherprijs/complete-lijst.php</ref> Publishing company VanderHout & Co wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.<ref>https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/b-en-b-schaal.php</ref>
* '''February 28''': During the [[Stripdagen]] in [[Rijswijk]], [[Maaike Hartjes]] wins the [[Stripschapprijs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stripgids.org/2016/02/stripschapwinnares-maaike-hartjes-werkt-aan-graphic-novel-over-haar-burn-out/,%20http://stripgids.org/2016/02/stripschapwinnares-maaike-hartjes-werkt-aan-graphic-novel-over-haar-burn-out/|title=Stripschapwinnares Maaike Hartjes werkt aan graphic novel over haar burn out &#124; Strip Turnhout|first=Mr|last=Henry|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108131114/http://stripgids.org/2016/02/stripschapwinnares-maaike-hartjes-werkt-aan-graphic-novel-over-haar-burn-out/,%20http://stripgids.org/2016/02/stripschapwinnares-maaike-hartjes-werkt-aan-graphic-novel-over-haar-burn-out/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and publisher [[Strip2000]] wins the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/p.-hans-frankfurtherprijs/complete-lijst.php|title = Het Stripschap - Complete lijst}}</ref> Publishing company VanderHout & Co wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/b-en-b-schaal.php|title = Het Stripschap - B en B schaal}}</ref>


===April===
===April===
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===May===
===May===
* '''May 3''': Iranian cartoonist [[Atena Farghadani]], jailed in 2014 over a cartoon offending the Iranian government, is finally released from prison thanks to international sympathy campaigns for her cause. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/farghadani_atena.htm|title=Atena Farghadani|website=lambiek.net|access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref>
* '''May 13''': French cartoonist Piem is named Commander in the [[Ordre National du Mérite]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/piem.htm|title=Piem|website=lambiek.net|access-date=November 14, 2020}}</ref>
* '''May 13''': French cartoonist Piem is named Commander in the [[Ordre National du Mérite]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/piem.htm|title=Piem|website=lambiek.net|access-date=November 14, 2020}}</ref>


===June===
===June===
* '''June 3–12''' For the first time the [[Stripdagen]] in Haarlem last a week, rather than just a weekend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pulpdeluxe.be/events/event/stripdagen-haarlem/|title=Stripdagen Haarlem|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''June 3–12''' For the first time the [[Stripdagen]] in Haarlem lasts a week, rather than just a weekend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pulpdeluxe.be/events/event/stripdagen-haarlem/|title=Stripdagen Haarlem|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>


===July===
===July===
* '''July 27''': Belgian comic artist [[Marc Sleen]] receives the Honorary Sign of the Flemish Community. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sleen.htm|title=Marc Sleen|website=lambiek.net|access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
* [[Image Comics|Image]] comic ''[[Morning Glories]]'' by [[Nick Spencer]] and [[Joe Eisma]] concludes its second season and goes on hiatus following the publication of issue #50.
* [[Image Comics|Image]] comic ''[[Morning Glories]]'' by [[Nick Spencer]] and [[Joe Eisma]] concludes its second season and goes on hiatus following the publication of issue #50.


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* Cancellation of the Dutch children's and comics magazine ''Taptoe''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/okki_jippo_taptoe.htm|title=Okki, Jippo en Taptoe|website=www.lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* Cancellation of the Dutch children's and comics magazine ''Taptoe''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/okki_jippo_taptoe.htm|title=Okki, Jippo en Taptoe|website=www.lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>


===September===
===September===
* '''September 28''': DC Comics writer [[Greg Rucka]] confirms that [[Wonder Woman]] is canonically bisexual. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/2016/09/30/wonder-woman-is-obviously-bisexual-says-dc-writer|title = Wonder Woman is 'obviously' bisexual, says DC writer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/comics/2016/9/28/13094358/wonder-woman-gay-bisexual|title=Wonder Woman is canonically queer, confirms writer Greg Rucka|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=28 September 2016}}</ref>
* '''September 27''': Dutch cartoonist [[Peter van Straaten]] wins his fifth ''Inktspotprijs'' for ''Best Political Cartoon''. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/straaten_van_p.htm | title=Peter van Straaten }}</ref>
* '''September 28''': DC Comics writer [[Greg Rucka]] confirms that [[Wonder Woman]] is canonically bisexual. This makes her the first U.S. superhero to be officially bisexual. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/2016/09/30/wonder-woman-is-obviously-bisexual-says-dc-writer|title = Wonder Woman is 'obviously' bisexual, says DC writer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/comics/2016/9/28/13094358/wonder-woman-gay-bisexual|title=Wonder Woman is canonically queer, confirms writer Greg Rucka|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=28 September 2016}}</ref>


===October===
===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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dewilde_fred.htm|title=Fred Dewilde|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dewilde_fred.htm|title=Fred Dewilde|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

===November===
* Dutch journalist/comic artist Robin Vinck and publisher Seb van der Kaaden launch the ''Stripjournaal Podcast'', a news [[podcast]] on which they discuss and interview people and events regarding the Dutch-Belgian comic industry. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vinck_robin.htm|title=Robin Vinck|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>


===Specific date unknown===
===Specific date unknown===
* [[Julia Gfrörer]] publishes her graphic novel ''Laid Waste''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gfroerer_julia.htm|title=Julia Gfrörer|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Julia Gfrörer]] publishes her graphic novel ''Laid Waste''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gfroerer_julia.htm|title=Julia Gfrörer|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>
* French comic writer [[Jean-David Morvan]] and South Korean artist [[Kim Jung Gi]] publish the biographical graphic novel ''McCurry, NYC, 911'' about photojournalist [[Steve McCurry]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kim-jung_gi.htm|title=Kim Jung Gi|website=lambiek.net|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref>


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
* '''January 28–April 17''': ''"Our Comics Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art"'', [[Interference Archive]] (Brooklyn, New York)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brownstein|first=Charles | url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/on-the-scene-our-comicsourselves-illuminates-the-history-of-comics-diversity/|title=Our Comics Ourselves |publisher=The Beat|website=www.comicsbeat.com|date=January 29, 2016|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref> — artists include [[Cathy Guisewite]], [[Julie Doucet]], [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]], [[Phoebe Gloeckner]], [[Sheri S. Tepper]], [[Carol Tyler]], and [[Leela Corman]]; exhibition later toured to [[George Mason University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fenwickgallery.gmu.edu/exhibits/our-comics-ourselves/|title=Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art {{!}} Fenwick Gallery|website=fenwickgallery.gmu.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2017/09/our-comics-ourselves-exhibit-at-gmu.html|title=ComicsDC: Our Comics, Ourselves exhibit at GMU going on now|last=Rhode|first=Mike|date=2017-09-19|website=ComicsDC|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref> and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on the [[University of Connecticut]], Storrs Campus<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2016/06/08/our-comics-ourselves-on-exhibit/|title=Our Comics, Ourselves on Exhibit|date=2016-06-08|work=Archives and Special Collections Blog|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''March 2–May 7''': [[Society of Illustrators]] (New York City): "The [[Zap Comix|ZAP]] Show: A Cultural Revolution" — featuring the work of [[R. Crumb]], [[S. Clay Wilson]], [[Robert Williams (artist)|Robert Williams]], [[Victor Moscoso]], [[Spain Rodriguez]], [[Rick Griffin]], and [[Paul Mavrides]]; curated by [[BLAB!|Monte Beauchamp]]
* '''March 2–May 7''': ''"The [[Zap Comix|ZAP]] Show: A Cultural Revolution"'', [[Society of Illustrators]] (New York City) — featuring the work of [[R. Crumb]], [[S. Clay Wilson]], [[Robert Williams (artist)|Robert Williams]], [[Victor Moscoso]], [[Spain Rodriguez]], [[Rick Griffin]], and [[Paul Mavrides]]; curated by [[BLAB!|Monte Beauchamp]]


==Conventions==
==Conventions==
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*'''April 7–10''': [[Emerald City Comicon]] ([[Washington State Convention Center]], Seattle, Washington)
*'''April 7–10''': [[Emerald City Comicon]] ([[Washington State Convention Center]], Seattle, Washington)
*'''April 9–10''': [[Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo]] (Northland Performing Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio)
*'''April 9–10''': [[Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo]] (Northland Performing Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio)
* '''April 14-16''': [[International Comic Arts Forum]] ([[University of South Carolina]], [[Columbia, South Carolina]]) — guests include [[Cece Bell]], [[Michael Chaney (comics)|Michael Chaney]], [[Howard Cruse]], [[Dominique Goblet]], [[Sanford Green (comics)|Sanford Green]], [[Gary Jackson (comics)|Gary Jackson]], and [[Keith Knight (cartoonist)|Keith Knight]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The International Comics Art Forum 2016|first=Osvaldo |last=Oyola |date= 26 April 2016 |work=The Middle Spaces | url=https://themiddlespaces.com/2016/04/26/icaf2016/}}</ref>
*'''April 16–17''': [[East Coast Comicon]] ([[Meadowlands Exposition Center]], Meadowlands, New Jersey)
*'''April 16–17''': [[East Coast Comicon]] ([[Meadowlands Exposition Center]], Meadowlands, New Jersey)
* '''April 23''': [[FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival]] (40 Watt, Athens, Georgia)
* '''April 23''': [[FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival]] (40 Watt, Athens, Georgia)
*'''May 14–15''': [[Toronto Comic Arts Festival]] ([[Toronto Reference Library]], Toronto, Canada)
*'''May 14–15''': [[Toronto Comic Arts Festival]] ([[Toronto Reference Library]], Toronto, Canada)
*'''May 13–15''': [[Motor City Comic Con]] ([[Suburban Collection Showplace]], Novi, Michigan)
*'''May 13–15''': [[Motor City Comic Con]] ([[Suburban Collection Showplace]], Novi, Michigan)
* '''May 14''': [[Comica Comiket]]: The Independent Comics Market ([[House of Illustration]], London, England) — part of "[[Comica]] London Weekender"; features the "drawing parade" Cavalcade of Celebrity Cartoonists<ref>{{cite news|title=Comica Comiket Back in May|first=JOHN |last=FREEMAN |date=Mar 21, 2016|work=DownTheTubes.net|url=https://downthetubes.net/comica-comiket-back-in-may/|author-link=John Freeman (editor)}}</ref>
* '''May 21''': [[East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention]] (The Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* '''May 21''': [[East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention]] (The Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
*'''June 2–5''': [[Phoenix Comicon]] ([[Phoenix Convention Center]], Phoenix, Arizona)
*'''June 2–5''': [[Phoenix Comicon]] ([[Phoenix Convention Center]], Phoenix, Arizona)
*'''June 3–5''': [[Fan Expo Dallas]] ([[Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center]], Dallas, Texas)
*'''June 3–5''': [[Fan Expo Dallas]] ([[Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center]], Dallas, Texas)
* '''June 11–12''': [[Chicago Alternative Comics Expo]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>CAKE<nowiki>]</nowiki> ([[Center on Halsted]], Chicago, Illinois) — special guests: [[Chester Brown]], [[Tyrell Cannon]], [[Ezra Claytan Daniels]], [[Sammy Harkham]], [[Cathy G. Johnson]], [[Patrick Kyle (comics)|Patrick Kyle]], [[Laura Park]], [[Trina Robbins]], [[Leslie Stein (comics)|Leslie Stein]]<ref>[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d25d191e94671000170c5ba/t/5d280e1cbe50330001c0d5ad/1562906147303/2016guests.pdf "Guest and Exhibitor List,"] CAKE 2016 Archive. Retrieved May 21, 2022.</ref>
* '''June 11–12''': [[Chicago Alternative Comics Expo]] (CAKE) (The Center on Halstead, Chicago, Illinois)
*'''June 17–19''': [[Heroes Convention]] ([[Charlotte Convention Center]], Charlotte, North Carolina)
*'''June 17–19''': [[Heroes Convention]] ([[Charlotte Convention Center]], Charlotte, North Carolina)
*'''June 18–19''': [[Wizard World|St. Louis Comicon]] ([[St. Charles Convention Center]], St Louis, Missouri)
*'''June 18–19''': [[Wizard World|St. Louis Comicon]] ([[St. Charles Convention Center]], St Louis, Missouri)
* '''July 21–24''': [[San Diego Comic-Con International]] (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule|title=Programming Schedule|date=9 August 2012|publisher=San Diego Comic-Con International|language=en|access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref>
* '''July 21–24''': [[San Diego Comic-Con]] ([[San Diego Convention Center]], San Diego, California)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule|title=Programming Schedule|date=9 August 2012|publisher=San Diego Comic-Con International|language=en|access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref>
*'''July 29–31''': [[Ohio Comic Con|Wizard World Columbus]] ([[Greater Columbus Convention Center]], Columbus, Ohio)
*'''July 29–31''': [[Ohio Comic Con|Wizard World Columbus]] ([[Greater Columbus Convention Center]], Columbus, Ohio)
*'''August 24–27''': [[Wizard World Chicago]] ([[Donald E. Stephens Convention Center]], Rosemont, Illinois)
*'''August 24–27''': [[Wizard World Chicago]] ([[Donald E. Stephens Convention Center]], Rosemont, Illinois)
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*'''October 6–9''': [[New York Comic Con]] ([[Jacob K. Javits Convention Center]], New York City)
*'''October 6–9''': [[New York Comic Con]] ([[Jacob K. Javits Convention Center]], New York City)
* '''October 8–9''': [[Alternative Press Expo]] ([[San Jose Convention Center]], San Jose, California)
* '''October 8–9''': [[Alternative Press Expo]] ([[San Jose Convention Center]], San Jose, California)
* '''October 8''': [[Comica Comiket]] ([[The Lightbox]], [[Woking]], [[Surrey]], England) — Drawing Parade; guests include Peter Hampson, son of [[Frank Hampson]]<ref>{{cite news|title= Cor! By Gum! It’s a Comiket loads of comic creators – in Woking... Tomorrow!|first=JOHN |last=FREEMAN |date= Oct 7, 2016|author-link=John Freeman (editor)|work=DownTheTubes.net| url=https://downthetubes.net/cor-by-gum-its-a-comiket-loads-of-comic-creators-in-woking-tomorrow/}}</ref>
* '''October 13–16''': [[Cartoon Crossroads Columbus]] (CXC) (Columbus, Ohio) — special guests [[Bruce Worden]], [[Derf Backderf]], [[Garry Trudeau]], [[Sergio Aragonés]], [[Raina Telgemeier]], [[Nate Beeler]],<ref name=Johnson>Johnson, Alan. [https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/10/16/1-cartoon-crossroads-columbus-gives-voice-to-different-breed-of-artist.html "Cartoon Crossroads Columbus gives voice to different breed of artist,"] ''The Columbus Dispatch'' (Oct 16, 2016).</ref> [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[Ann Telnaes]], [[Ronald Wimberly]], [[Stan Sakai]], [[Mark Osborne (filmmaker)|Mark Osborne]], [[Keith Knight (cartoonist)|Keith Knight]], [[Julia Gfrörer]],<ref name=Cavna>Cavna, Michael. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/10/14/how-bone-cartoonist-aims-to-help-create-the-south-by-southwest-of-comics-this-weekend/ "‘Bone’ cartoonist aims to help create the South by Southwest of comics,"] ''Washington Post'' (Oct. 14, 2016).</ref> [[Lalo Alcaraz]], [[John Canemaker]], [[Brandon Graham (comics)|Brandon Graham]], [[Jay Hosler]], [[Ben Katchor]], [[Ed Koren]], [[Sacha Mardou]], [[Seth (cartoonist)|Seth]], [[Carol Tyler]], [[Scottie Young]]
* '''October 13–16''': [[Cartoon Crossroads Columbus]] (CXC) (Columbus, Ohio) — special guests [[Bruce Worden]], [[Derf Backderf]], [[Garry Trudeau]], [[Sergio Aragonés]], [[Raina Telgemeier]], [[Nate Beeler]],<ref name=Johnson>Johnson, Alan. [https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/10/16/1-cartoon-crossroads-columbus-gives-voice-to-different-breed-of-artist.html "Cartoon Crossroads Columbus gives voice to different breed of artist,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227052624/https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/10/16/1-cartoon-crossroads-columbus-gives-voice-to-different-breed-of-artist.html |date=2019-12-27 }} ''The Columbus Dispatch'' (Oct 16, 2016).</ref> [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[Ann Telnaes]], [[Ronald Wimberly]], [[Stan Sakai]], [[Mark Osborne (filmmaker)|Mark Osborne]], [[Keith Knight (cartoonist)|Keith Knight]], [[Julia Gfrörer]],<ref name=Cavna>Cavna, Michael. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/10/14/how-bone-cartoonist-aims-to-help-create-the-south-by-southwest-of-comics-this-weekend/ "‘Bone’ cartoonist aims to help create the South by Southwest of comics,"] ''Washington Post'' (Oct. 14, 2016).</ref> [[Lalo Alcaraz]], [[John Canemaker]], [[Brandon Graham (comics)|Brandon Graham]], [[Jay Hosler]], [[Ben Katchor]], [[Ed Koren]], [[Sacha Mardou]], [[Seth (cartoonist)|Seth]], [[Carol Tyler]], [[Scottie Young]]
* '''October 28–30''': [[Comikaze Expo]] (Los Angeles Convention Center)
* '''October 28–30''': [[Comikaze Expo]] (Los Angeles Convention Center)
* '''October 29–30''': [[Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo]] (Lesley's University Hall, Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
* '''October 29–30''': [[Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo]] (Lesley's University Hall, Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
===January===
===January===
* '''January 2''': Zdravko Zupan, Serbian comics artist (''Zuzuko'', ''Munja'', ''[[Disney comics]]'') dies at the age of 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zupan_zdravko.htm|title=Zdravko Zupan|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 2''': [[Zdravko Zupan]], Serbian comics artist (''Zuzuko'', ''Munja'', ''[[Disney comics]]'') dies at age 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zupan_zdravko.htm|title=Zdravko Zupan|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 11''': Franco Oneta, Italian comics artist (''Zembla'') dies at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/oneta_franco.htm|title=Franco Oneta|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 11''': [[Franco Oneta]], Italian comics artist (''Zembla'') dies at age 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/oneta_franco.htm|title=Franco Oneta|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 14''': [[Shaolin (humorist)|Shaolin]], Brazilian TV comedian and cartoonist, dies at age 44 from a heart attack after being involved in a car accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/2016/01/humorista-shaolin-morre-em-campina-grande.html|title=Humorista Shaolin morre em Campina Grande|date=14 January 2016}}</ref>
* '''January 14''': [[Shaolin (humorist)|Shaolin]], Brazilian TV comedian and cartoonist, dies at age 44 from a heart attack after being involved in a car accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/2016/01/humorista-shaolin-morre-em-campina-grande.html|title=Humorista Shaolin morre em Campina Grande|date=14 January 2016}}</ref>
* '''January 17''': [[Hansrudi Wäscher]], Swiss-German comics artist (''Sigurd'', ''[[Akim]]'', ''[[Tibor]]'') dies at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wascher_hansrudi.htm|title=Hansrudi Wäscher|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 17''': [[Hansrudi Wäscher]], Swiss-German comics artist (''Sigurd'', ''[[Akim]]'', ''[[Tibor]]'') dies at age 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wascher_hansrudi.htm|title=Hansrudi Wäscher|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 19''': [[Mike Docherty]], Scottish comics artist and animator (worked on ''[[Conan (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]''), dies at age 60.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/docherty_mike.htm|title=Mike Docherty|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''January 19''': [[Mike Docherty]], Scottish comics artist and animator (worked on ''[[Conan (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]''), dies at age 60.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/docherty_mike.htm|title=Mike Docherty|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''January 21''': Willem Dolphyn, Belgian comics artist (''Jan Zonder Vrees''), dies at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dolphyn_willem.htm|title=Willem Dolphyn|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 21''': [[Willem Dolphyn]], Belgian comics artist (''Jan Zonder Vrees''), dies at age 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dolphyn_willem.htm|title=Willem Dolphyn|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 26''': [[Bernard Cookson]], British cartoonist (''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]''), dies from cancer at age 79.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=41828 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214075039/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=41828 |archive-date=2016-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''January 26''': [[Bernard Cookson]], British cartoonist (''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]''), dies from cancer at age 79.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=41828 |title = Henley on Thames News {{!}} Fleet Street cartoonist Bernard Cookson dies |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214075039/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=41828 |archive-date=2016-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''January 29''': [[Linus Maurer]], American cartoonist and comics artist (''Old Harrigan'', ''Abracadabra''), dies at age 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/maurer_linus.htm|title=Linus Maurer|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''January 29''': [[Linus Maurer]], American cartoonist and comics artist (''Old Harrigan'', ''Abracadabra''), dies at age 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/maurer_linus.htm|title=Linus Maurer|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


===February===
===February===
* '''February 1''': Antoon Mortier, Belgian painter and comic artist, dies at age 96. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mortier_antoon.htm|title=Antoon Mortier|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref>
* '''February 2''': [[Bob Elliott (comedian)|Bob Elliott]], American comedian ([[Bob & Ray]]) and comics writer (''[[Mad Magazine]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madcoversite.com/ugoi-bob_elliott.html|title=Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site - UGOI - Bob Elliott|website=www.madcoversite.com|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>), dies at age 92.<ref name="Elliot">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/arts/television/bob-elliott-of-bob-and-ray-comedy-fame-dies-at-92.html|title=Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92|date=February 3, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 3, 2016|first1=Peter|last1=Keepnews|first2=Richard|last2=Severo}}</ref>
* '''February 2''': [[Bob Elliott (comedian)|Bob Elliott]], American comedian ([[Bob & Ray]]) and comics writer (''[[Mad Magazine]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madcoversite.com/ugoi-bob_elliott.html|title=Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site - UGOI - Bob Elliott|website=www.madcoversite.com|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>), dies at age 92.<ref name="Elliot">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/arts/television/bob-elliott-of-bob-and-ray-comedy-fame-dies-at-92.html|title=Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92|date=February 3, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 3, 2016|first1=Peter|last1=Keepnews|first2=Richard|last2=Severo}}</ref>
* '''February 3''': [[Jack Elrod]], American comics artist (''[[Mark Trail]]'', continued ''The Ryatts''), dies at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/elrod_jack.htm|title=Jack Elrod|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''February 3''': [[Jack Elrod]], American comics artist (''[[Mark Trail]]'', continued ''The Ryatts''), dies at age 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/elrod_jack.htm|title=Jack Elrod|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zeeman_piet.htm|title=Piet Zeeman|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zeeman_piet.htm|title=Piet Zeeman|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''February 21''': [[John Caldwell (cartoonist)|John Caldwell]], American gag cartoonist (''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]''), dies at age 69.<ref>[http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2016/02/22/john-caldwell-mad-writer-and-artist-rip "John Caldwell, MAD Writer and Artist, RIP"]. ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]''. February 22, 2016.</ref>
* '''February 21''': [[John Caldwell (cartoonist)|John Caldwell]], American gag cartoonist (''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]''), dies at age 69.<ref>[http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2016/02/22/john-caldwell-mad-writer-and-artist-rip "John Caldwell, MAD Writer and Artist, RIP"]. ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]''. February 22, 2016.</ref>
* '''February 23''': [[Angel Gabriele]], American comics artist and publisher (''[[Space Giants]]''), dies at age 59. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gabriele_angel.htm|title=Angel Gabriele|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 4, 2024}}</ref>
* '''February''': [[Alvin Buenaventura]], American comic book publisher ([[Buenaventura Press]] and Pigeon Press), dies at age 39.<ref>MCCULLOCH, JOE and CHRIS MAUTNER. [http://www.tcj.com/alvin-buenaventura-1976-2016-2/ "Alvin Buenaventura, 1976-2016,"] ''The Comics Journal'' (FEB 16, 2016).</ref><ref name="ComicsReporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/alvin_buenaventura_rip/|title=Alvin Buenaventura, RIP|last=Spurgeon|first=Tom|date=February 13, 2016|work=The Comics Reporter|access-date=13 Feb 2016}}</ref>
* '''February''': [[Alvin Buenaventura]], American comic book publisher ([[Buenaventura Press]] and Pigeon Press), dies at age 39.<ref>MCCULLOCH, JOE and CHRIS MAUTNER. [http://www.tcj.com/alvin-buenaventura-1976-2016-2/ "Alvin Buenaventura, 1976-2016,"] ''The Comics Journal'' (FEB 16, 2016).</ref><ref name="ComicsReporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/alvin_buenaventura_rip/|title=Alvin Buenaventura, RIP|last=Spurgeon|first=Tom|date=February 13, 2016|work=The Comics Reporter|access-date=13 Feb 2016}}</ref>


===March===
===March===
* '''March 5''': [[Alberto Dose]], Argentine comics artist (''El Cimmarón''), dies at the age of 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dose_alberto.htm|title=Alberto Dose|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''March 5''': [[Alberto Dose]], Argentine comics artist (''El Cimmarón''), dies at age 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dose_alberto.htm|title=Alberto Dose|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''March 7''':
* '''March 7''': [[Scott Goodall]], British comic book writer (''[[Fishboy (comics)|Fishboy]]''), dies at age 80.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/04/25/scott-goodall-comic-book-writer--obituary/|title=Scott Goodall, comic-book writer – obituary|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
* '''March 7''': [[Paul Ryan (cartoonist)|Paul C. Ryan]], American comics artist ([[Marvel Comics]]), dies at age 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/ryan_paul.htm|title=Paul C. Ryan|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
** [[Scott Goodall]], British comic book writer (''[[Fishboy (comics)|Fishboy]]''), dies at age 80.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/04/25/scott-goodall-comic-book-writer--obituary/|title=Scott Goodall, comic-book writer – obituary|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
* '''March 16''': [[He Youzhi]], Chinese comics artist, dies as the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/youzhi_he.htm|title=He Youzhi|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
** [[Paul Ryan (cartoonist)|Paul C. Ryan]], American comics artist ([[Marvel Comics]]), dies at age 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/ryan_paul.htm|title=Paul C. Ryan|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''March 18''': Klaus Vonderwerth, German cartoonist and comics artist (''Albert'', ''Ako'', ''Kybert'', ''Ruf 110''), dies at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vonderwerth_klaus.htm|title=Klaus Vonderwerth|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* '''March 15''': Augie Scotto, American comics artist (worked for [[Charlton Comics]], Cross Publications, [[Hillman Comics]], New Heroic Comics, [[Timely Comics]], PS Magazine and [[DC Comics]]), dies at age 88. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/scotto_augie.htm|title=Augie Scotto|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''March 16''': [[He Youzhi]], Chinese comics artist, dies as age 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/youzhi_he.htm|title=He Youzhi|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''March 18''': Klaus Vonderwerth, German cartoonist and comics artist (''Albert'', ''Ako'', ''Kybert'', ''Ruf 110''), dies at age 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vonderwerth_klaus.htm|title=Klaus Vonderwerth|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* '''March 25''': [[Ken Barr]], Scottish cover painter and occasional interior artist of American comics and comic magazines, dies at age 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://downthetubes.net/?p=30181|title=In Memoriam: Ken Barr|author=John Freeman|work=downthetubes.net}}</ref>
* '''March 25''': [[Ken Barr]], Scottish cover painter and occasional interior artist of American comics and comic magazines, dies at age 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://downthetubes.net/?p=30181|title=In Memoriam: Ken Barr|author=John Freeman|work=downthetubes.net}}</ref>


===April===
===April===
* '''April 2''': [[Gallieno Ferri]], Italian comics artist (''[[Zagor (comics)|Zagor]]'') died at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/ferri_gallieno.htm|title=Gallieno Ferri|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 2''': [[Gallieno Ferri]], Italian comics artist (''[[Zagor (comics)|Zagor]]'') dies at age 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/ferri_gallieno.htm|title=Gallieno Ferri|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 3''': [[Dick Hodgins, Jr.]], American comics artist (''Half Hitch'', continued ''[[Henry (comics)|Henry]]''), dies at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hodgins_jr_dick.htm|title=Dick Hodgins Jr.|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 3''': [[Dick Hodgins, Jr.]], American comics artist (''Half Hitch'', continued ''[[Henry (comics)|Henry]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hodgins_jr_dick.htm|title=Dick Hodgins Jr.|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 6''': Oto Reisinger, Croatian animator, illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (''Štefekove pustolovine'') dies at age 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/reisinger_oto.htm|title=Oto Reisinger|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 6''': Oto Reisinger, Croatian animator, illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (''Štefekove pustolovine'') dies at age 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/reisinger_oto.htm|title=Oto Reisinger|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 8''': [[William Hamilton (cartoonist)|William Hamilton]], American cartoonist and playwright (''[[The New Yorker]]''), dies at age 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/New-Yorker-cartoonist-William-Hamilton-dies-at-7239000.php|title=William Hamilton, New Yorker cartoonist who satirized high society, dies}}</ref>
* '''April 8''': [[William Hamilton (cartoonist)|William Hamilton]], American cartoonist and playwright (''[[The New Yorker]]''), dies at age 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/New-Yorker-cartoonist-William-Hamilton-dies-at-7239000.php|title=William Hamilton, New Yorker cartoonist who satirized high society, dies}}</ref>
* '''April 8''': [[Paul Fung Jr.]], American comics artist (Continued ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]''), dies at age 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fung_paul-jr.htm|title=Paul Fung Jr.|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 8''': [[Paul Fung Jr.]], American comics artist (Continued ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]''), dies at age 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fung_paul-jr.htm|title=Paul Fung Jr.|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 19''': Frits Klein, Dutch comics artist (''Bokke Heidehipper'', ''Gurbe''), dies at age 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/klein_frits.htm|title=Frits Klein|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''April 19''': Frits Klein, Dutch comics artist (''Bokke Heidehipper'', ''Gurbe''), dies at age 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/klein_frits.htm|title=Frits Klein|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''April 21''': Siem Praamsma, Dutch comics artist (''Humpo Hotsflots'', ''Jochem Jofel''), died at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/praamsma.htm|title=Siem Praamsma|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 21''': Siem Praamsma, Dutch comics artist (''Humpo Hotsflots'', ''Jochem Jofel''), dies at age 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/praamsma.htm|title=Siem Praamsma|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 27''': [[William Hamilton (cartoonist)|William Hamilton]], American cartoonist (''[[The New Yorker]]''), is killed in a car accident at age 76.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/New-Yorker-cartoonist-William-Hamilton-dies-at-7239000.php|title=New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton dies at age 76|website=SFGate|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref>
* '''April 27''': [[William Hamilton (cartoonist)|William Hamilton]], American cartoonist (''[[The New Yorker]]''), is killed in a car accident at age 76.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/New-Yorker-cartoonist-William-Hamilton-dies-at-7239000.php|title=New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton dies at age 76|website=SFGate|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref>
* '''April 27''': V.T. Thomas, aka [[Toms (cartoonist)|Toms]], Indian comics artist (''[[Boban and Molly]]''), dies at age 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thomas_vt.htm|title=VT Thomas|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 27''': V.T. Thomas, aka [[Toms (cartoonist)|Toms]], Indian comics artist (''[[Boban and Molly]]''), dies at age 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thomas_vt.htm|title=VT Thomas|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 28''': [[René Hausman]], Belgian comics artist (''Lalyna''), dies at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hausman.htm|title=René Hausman|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 28''': [[René Hausman]], Belgian comics artist (''Lalyna''), dies at age 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hausman.htm|title=René Hausman|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''April 29''': [[Jok Church]], American comics artist (''[[You Can With Beakman and Jax]]''), passes away at age 66 from a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jok-Church-Beakman-and-Jax-cartoon-strip-for-7396400.php|title=Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67}}</ref>
* '''April 29''': [[Jok Church]], American comics artist (''[[You Can With Beakman and Jax]]''), dies at age 66 from a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jok-Church-Beakman-and-Jax-cartoon-strip-for-7396400.php|title=Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67}}</ref>


===May===
===May===
* '''May 2''': Cleet Boris, French comics artist (''Super-Héros'') dies at the age of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/boris_cleet.htm|title=Cleet Boris|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''May 2''': Cleet Boris, French comics artist (''Super-Héros'') dies at age 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/boris_cleet.htm|title=Cleet Boris|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''May 5''': [[Siné]], French cartoonist (''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'', ''[[Siné Mensuel]]''), died at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20160505-charlie-hebdo-cartoonist-sine-dead-87|title=Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist 'Siné' dead at 87 - France 24|date=5 May 2016}}</ref>
* '''May 5''': [[Siné]], French cartoonist (''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'', ''[[Siné Mensuel]]''), dies at age 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20160505-charlie-hebdo-cartoonist-sine-dead-87|title=Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist 'Siné' dead at 87 - France 24|date=5 May 2016}}</ref>
* '''May 14''': [[Darwyn Cooke]], Canadian animator and comics artist ([[DC Comics]]), dies of cancer at age 53.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/darwyn-cooke-celebrated-comics-artist-and-writer-passes-away|title= Darwyn Cooke, Celebrated Comics Artist and Writer, Passes Away |last= Ching|first= Albert|date= May 14, 2016|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160903234017/http://www.cbr.com/darwyn-cooke-celebrated-comics-artist-and-writer-passes-away/|archive-date= September 3, 2016|url-status= live}}</ref>
* '''May 14''': [[Darwyn Cooke]], Canadian animator and comics artist ([[DC Comics]]), dies of cancer at age 53.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gustines |first=George Gene |date=May 17, 2016 |title=Darwyn Cooke, Comic Book Artist With a Retro Take, Dies at 53 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/arts/design/darwyn-cooke-comic-book-artist-with-a-retro-take-dies-at-53.html |access-date=July 24, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* '''May 22''': [[George Wildman]], American comics artist (''[[Popeye]]'', [[Disney comics]], [[Hanna-Barbera]] comics, Warner Bros. comics), dies at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wildman_george.htm|title=George Wildman|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''May 22''': [[George Wildman]], American comics artist (''[[Popeye]]'', [[Disney comics]], [[Hanna-Barbera]] comics, Warner Bros. comics), dies at age 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wildman_george.htm|title=George Wildman|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''May 24''': [[Mell Lazarus]], American cartoonist (''[[Miss Peach]]'', ''[[Momma]]''), dies at age 89.<ref name=ncsobit>{{cite web| url= http://www.reuben.org/2016/05/mell-lazarus-1927-2016/| title=Mell Lazarus 1927-2016| publisher=[[National Cartoonists Society]] | date= May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* '''May 24''': [[Mell Lazarus]], American cartoonist (''[[Miss Peach]]'', ''[[Momma]]''), dies at age 89.<ref name=ncsobit>{{cite web| url= http://www.reuben.org/2016/05/mell-lazarus-1927-2016/| title=Mell Lazarus 1927-2016| publisher=[[National Cartoonists Society]] | date= May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* '''May 26''': Julio Berríos, A.K.A. Juber, Chilean comics artist (''Hombres en la Jungla'', ''Khanda'', ''El Hijo de la Montaña'', ''Tolák'', ''Taori'', ''Pichinahuel'', ''Firewall'', [[Disney comics]]), dies at age 84. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/berrios_julio.htm|title=Julio Berríos|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>
* '''May 27''': [[Frank Modell]], American cartoonist (''[[The New Yorker]]''), dies at age 98.
* '''May 27''': [[Frank Modell]], American cartoonist (''[[The New Yorker]]''), dies at age 98.


===June===
===June===
* '''June 1''': Anatol Kovarsky, aka Akov, Russian-American painter, cartoonist and illustrator ([[The New Yorker]]), dies at age 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kovarsky_anatol.htm|title=Anatol Kovarsky|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 1''': Anatol Kovarsky, A.K.A. Akov, Russian-American painter, cartoonist and illustrator ([[The New Yorker]]), dies at age 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kovarsky_anatol.htm|title=Anatol Kovarsky|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 19''': [[Rodolfo Zalla]], Argentine-Brazilian comics artist (''Jacaré Mendonça'', ''[[Johnny Pecos]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zalla_rodolfo.htm|title=Rodolfo Zalla|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 19''': [[Rodolfo Zalla]], Argentine-Brazilian comics artist (''Jacaré Mendonça'', ''[[Johnny Pecos]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zalla_rodolfo.htm|title=Rodolfo Zalla|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 25''': Manfred Deix, Austrian cartoonist and comic strip artist, died at age 66.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/deix-manfred.htm|title=Manfred Deix|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 22''': [[Peter Chapman (cartoonist)|Peter Chapman]], Australian comic artist (worked on ''[[The Shadow (Frew Publications)|The Shadow]]''), dies at age 91. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chapman_peter.htm|title=Peter Chapman|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 23''': Julio Schiaffino, Argentine comic artist (''Choripán'', ''[[Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse]]'', assisted on ''[[El Eternauta]]'', continued ''Joe Zunda'', ''El Marcianero'' and ''Buster Pike''), dies at age 79 or 80. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schiaffino_julio.htm|title=Julio Schiaffino|website=lambiek.net|access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref>
* '''June 25''': Manfred Deix, Austrian cartoonist and comic strip artist, dies at age 66.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/deix-manfred.htm|title=Manfred Deix|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 26''': Angel Nadal Quirch, Spanish comics artist (''Pasquale'', [[Disney comics]], [[Rolf Kauka]] comics, continued ''[[Buster Capp]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nadal_angel.htm|title=Angel Nadal Quirch|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 26''': Angel Nadal Quirch, Spanish comics artist (''Pasquale'', [[Disney comics]], [[Rolf Kauka]] comics, continued ''[[Buster Capp]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nadal_angel.htm|title=Angel Nadal Quirch|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''June 27''': Fred Wagner, American comics artist (continued ''Catfish'', ''[[Grin and Bear It]]'' and ''Animal Crackers''), dies at age 75..<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wagner_fred.htm|title=Fred Wagner|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


===July===
===July===
* '''July 3''': Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (''De Vleermuis''), died at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/survie_albert.htm|title=Albert Survie|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 3''': Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (''De Vleermuis''), dies at age 75.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/survie_albert.htm|title=Albert Survie|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 4''': Didier Savard, French comics artist (''Dick Hérisson'', ''Léonid Beaudragon''), died at age 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/savard_d.htm|title=Didier Savard|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 4''': Didier Savard, French comics artist (''Dick Hérisson'', ''Léonid Beaudragon''), dies at age 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/savard_d.htm|title=Didier Savard|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 5''': [[Nine Culliford]], Belgian comic book colourist and wife of [[Peyo]] (''[[The Smurfs (comics)|The Smurfs]]''), dies at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudinfo.be/1615880/article/2016-07-05/la-veuve-de-peyo-nine-culliford-est-decedee-a-86-ans|title=La veuve de Peyo, Nine Culliford, est décédée à 86 ans|last=sudinfo.be}}</ref>
* '''July 5''': [[Nine Culliford]], Belgian comic book colourist and wife of [[Peyo]] (''[[The Smurfs (comics)|The Smurfs]]''), dies at age 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudinfo.be/1615880/article/2016-07-05/la-veuve-de-peyo-nine-culliford-est-decedee-a-86-ans|title=La veuve de Peyo, Nine Culliford, est décédée à 86 ans|last=sudinfo.be}}</ref>
* '''July 8''': [[Frank Dickens]], British cartoonist (''[[Bristow (cartoon)|Bristow]]''), dies at age 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dickens_frank.htm|title=Frank Dickens|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 8''': [[Frank Dickens]], British cartoonist (''[[Bristow (cartoon)|Bristow]]''), dies at age 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dickens_frank.htm|title=Frank Dickens|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 9''': [[Geneviève Castrée]], Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/genevieve-castree-1981-2016/|title=Geneviève Castrée: 1981-2016 {{!}} The Comics Journal|website=www.tcj.com|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>
* '''July 9''': [[Geneviève Castrée]], Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/genevieve-castree-1981-2016/|title=Geneviève Castrée: 1981-2016 {{!}} The Comics Journal|website=www.tcj.com|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>
* '''July 9''': [[Lothar Dräger]], German comics writer (''Digedags'', ''Abrafaxe''), passes away at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/drager_lothar.htm|title=Lothar Dräger|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* '''July 9''': [[Lothar Dräger]], German comics writer (''Digedags'', ''Abrafaxe''), dies at age 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/drager_lothar.htm|title=Lothar Dräger|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* '''July 16''': [[Carlos Nine]], Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nine_carlos.htm|title=Carlos Nine|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 16''': [[Carlos Nine]], Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nine_carlos.htm|title=Carlos Nine|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 26''': Coen van Hunnik, Dutch comics artist (''Olle Kapoen''), dies at age 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hunnik_coen-van.htm|title=Coen van Hunnik|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''July 26''': Coen van Hunnik, Dutch comics artist (''Olle Kapoen''), dies at age 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hunnik_coen-van.htm|title=Coen van Hunnik|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''July 27''': [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]], American comics artist (''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]''), dies at age 91.<ref name= HReporterObit>{{cite news| url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jack-davis-dead-mad-magazine-915043 |type= Obituary | work=Hollywood Reporter| date= July 27, 2016 |first= Graeme |last= McMillan| title= Jack Davis, 'MAD' Magazine Cartoonist, Dies at 91| access-date= August 12, 2016}}</ref>
* '''July 27''': [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]], American comics artist (''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]''), dies at age 91.<ref name= HReporterObit>{{cite news| url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jack-davis-dead-mad-magazine-915043 |type= Obituary | work=Hollywood Reporter| date= July 27, 2016 |first= Graeme |last= McMillan| title= Jack Davis, 'MAD' Magazine Cartoonist, Dies at 91| access-date= August 12, 2016}}</ref>
* '''July 27''': Brett Merhar, American comics artist (''Free For All''), dies at the age of 46.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/merhar_brett.htm|title=Brett Merhar|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 27''': Brett Merhar, American comics artist (''Free For All''), dies at age 46.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/merhar_brett.htm|title=Brett Merhar|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 27''': [[Richard Thompson (cartoonist)|Richard Thompson]], American comics artist, (''[[Cul de Sac (comic strip)|Cul de Sac]]''), dies at age 58.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/27/richard-thompson-acclaimed-cul-de-sac-creator-and-post-contributor-dies-at-58/ |title=Richard Thompson, acclaimed 'Cul de Sac' creator and Post contributor, dies at 58 |last=Cavna |first=Michael |date=27 July 2016 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thompson_richard.htm|title=Richard Thompson|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 27''': [[Richard Thompson (cartoonist)|Richard Thompson]], American comics artist, (''[[Cul de Sac (comic strip)|Cul de Sac]]''), dies at age 58.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/27/richard-thompson-acclaimed-cul-de-sac-creator-and-post-contributor-dies-at-58/ |title=Richard Thompson, acclaimed 'Cul de Sac' creator and Post contributor, dies at 58 |last=Cavna |first=Michael |date=27 July 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thompson_richard.htm|title=Richard Thompson|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 29''': Guy Dessicy, Belgian comic book colorist ([[Studio Hergé]]), dies at the age of 92. He was also head of [[Publiart]], a commercial agency specializing in comic book merchandising and co-founder of the [[Belgian Comic Strip Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/guy-dessicy-passeur-d-art-d-images-et-de-patrimoine-579b716a35705dcbd70a8403|title=Guy Dessicy, passeur d'art, d'images et de patrimoine|first=La|last=Libre.be}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dessicy_guy.htm|title=Guy Dessicy|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''July 29''': Guy Dessicy, Belgian comic book colorist ([[Studio Hergé]]), dies at age 92. He was also head of [[Publiart]], a commercial agency specializing in comic book merchandising and co-founder of the [[Belgian Comic Strip Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/guy-dessicy-passeur-d-art-d-images-et-de-patrimoine-579b716a35705dcbd70a8403|title=Guy Dessicy, passeur d'art, d'images et de patrimoine|first=La|last=Libre.be}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dessicy_guy.htm|title=Guy Dessicy|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


===August===
===August===
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* '''August 7''': Jean Sanitas, French writer, journalist and comics writer (''Zor et Mlouf'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kamb_j.htm|title=Jacques Kamb|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> continued ''Bob Mallard'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cheret_andre.htm|title=André Chéret|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>), dies at age 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/goutelle-63230/actualites/deces-du-resistant-auvergnat-jean-sanitas-une-vie-d-engagement_12029750/|title=Décès du résistant auvergnat Jean Sanitas : une vie d'engagement|first=Centre|last=France|date=Aug 9, 2016|website=www.lamontagne.fr|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''August 7''': Jean Sanitas, French writer, journalist and comics writer (''Zor et Mlouf'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kamb_j.htm|title=Jacques Kamb|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> continued ''Bob Mallard'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cheret_andre.htm|title=André Chéret|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>), dies at age 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/goutelle-63230/actualites/deces-du-resistant-auvergnat-jean-sanitas-une-vie-d-engagement_12029750/|title=Décès du résistant auvergnat Jean Sanitas : une vie d'engagement|first=Centre|last=France|date=Aug 9, 2016|website=www.lamontagne.fr|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''August 17''': [[Víctor Mora (comics)|Víctor Mora]], Spanish comic book writer (''[[Capitán Trueno]]'', ''[[El Jabato]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/08/17/actualidad/1471453800_542693.html|title=Muere el escritor Víctor Mora, creador del 'Capitán Trueno' y 'El Jabato'|first=Álvaro|last=Pons|date=Aug 17, 2016|access-date=May 11, 2020|via=elpais.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mora-victor.htm|title=Victor Mora|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''August 17''': [[Víctor Mora (comics)|Víctor Mora]], Spanish comic book writer (''[[Capitán Trueno]]'', ''[[El Jabato]]''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/08/17/actualidad/1471453800_542693.html|title=Muere el escritor Víctor Mora, creador del 'Capitán Trueno' y 'El Jabato'|first=Álvaro|last=Pons|date=Aug 17, 2016|access-date=May 11, 2020|via=elpais.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mora-victor.htm|title=Victor Mora|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''Specific date in August unknown''': Jukka Murtosaari, Finnish animator and comics artist (''Jake'', [[Disney comics]], worked on ''[[Moomins]]'' comics), died at age 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/murtosaari_jukka.htm|title=Jukka Murtosaari|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''Specific date in August unknown''': Jukka Murtosaari, Finnish animator and comics artist (''Jake'', [[Disney comics]], worked on ''[[Moomins]]'' comics), dies at age 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/murtosaari_jukka.htm|title=Jukka Murtosaari|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


=== September ===
=== September ===
* '''September 7''': Sparky Moore, American animator and comics artist (western comics, [[Disney comics]], ''[[Zorro]]'', ''The Big Bad Wolf'', continued ''[[Scamp (comics)|Scamp]]'', ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''), dies at age 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moore_sparky.htm|title=Sparky Moore|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''September 7''': Sparky Moore, American animator and comics artist (western comics, [[Disney comics]], ''[[Zorro]]'', ''The Big Bad Wolf'', continued ''[[Scamp (comics)|Scamp]]'', ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''), dies at age 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moore_sparky.htm|title=Sparky Moore|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''September 24''': Joonas, Finnish comic artist (''Joonas'', ''Tooper'', ''Unto Uneksija'', ''Kaista'', ''Hirnu'', ''Oloneuvos'', ''V. Vaivainen'', ''Leo ja Kaverit''), dies at age 87. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/joonas.htm|title=Joonas|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
* '''September 25''': Fernando Puig Rosado, Spanish cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/puig_rosado_fernando.htm|title=Fernando Puig Rosado|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* '''September 25''': Fernando Puig Rosado, Spanish cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/puig_rosado_fernando.htm|title=Fernando Puig Rosado|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* '''September 30''': [[Ted Benoît]], French comics artist (''[[Ray Banana]]'', continued ''[[Blake & Mortimer]]''), dies at age 69.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/benoit.htm|title=Ted Benoît|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''September 30''': [[Ted Benoît]], French comics artist (''[[Ray Banana]]'', continued ''[[Blake & Mortimer]]''), dies at age 69.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/benoit.htm|title=Ted Benoît|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
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=== October ===
=== October ===
* '''October 8''': [[Lyn Chevli]], American comics artist (co-founder of ''[[Tits & Clits Comix]]''), dies at age 84.<ref>{{cite web
* '''October 8''': [[Lyn Chevli]], American comics artist (co-founder of ''[[Tits & Clits Comix]]''), dies at age 84.<ref>{{cite web
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|last=Farmer
|first=Joyce
|first=Joyce
|author-link=Joyce Farmer
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|title=Lyn Chevli, Co-Founder of Tits & Clits, Dies at 84
|title=Lyn Chevli, Co-Founder of Tits & Clits, Dies at 84
|date=2016-10-26
|date=2016-10-26
|website=[[The Comics Journal]]
|website=[[The Comics Journal]]
|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]
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|url=http://www.tcj.com/lyn-chevli-co-founder-of-tits-clits-dies-at-84/
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|access-date=2016-10-31
|access-date=2016-10-31
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027145159/http://www.tcj.com/lyn-chevli-co-founder-of-tits-clits-dies-at-84/
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027145159/http://www.tcj.com/lyn-chevli-co-founder-of-tits-clits-dies-at-84/
|archive-date=2016-10-27
|archive-date=2016-10-27
|url-status=dead
|url-status=dead
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}}</ref>
* '''October 10''': Carlos Roose Silva, Peruvian comics artist ('''Pachochín, el Chupatintas''), dies at age 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/roose-silva_carlos.htm|title=Carlos Roose Silva|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 10''': Carlos Roose Silva, Peruvian comics artist ('''Pachochín, el Chupatintas''), dies at age 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/roose-silva_carlos.htm|title=Carlos Roose Silva|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 12''': Benoît Gillain, Belgian-French comics artist (''Bouby'', ''Bonux-Boy''), dies at age 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gillain_benoit.htm|title=Benoît Gillain|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 12''': Benoît Gillain, Belgian-French comics artist (''Bouby'', ''Bonux-Boy''), dies at age 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gillain_benoit.htm|title=Benoît Gillain|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 22''': [[Steve Dillon]], British comics artist (''[[Judge Dredd]]'', ''[[Hellblazer]]''), dies at the age of 54.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dillon_s.htm|title=Steve Dillon|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 22''': [[Steve Dillon]], British comics artist (''[[Judge Dredd]]'', ''[[Hellblazer]]''), dies at age 54.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dillon_s.htm|title=Steve Dillon|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 23''': [[Jack Chick]], American comics artist (''[[Chick tracts]]''), dies at age 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chick_jack-t.htm|title=Jack T. Chick|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 23''': [[Jack Chick]], American comics artist (''[[Chick tracts]]''), dies at age 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chick_jack-t.htm|title=Jack T. Chick|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 27''': Ton Beek, Dutch comics artist (''Birre Beer'') passes away at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/beek.htm|title=Ton Beek|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''October 27''': Ton Beek, Dutch comics artist (''Birre Beer'') dies at age 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/beek.htm|title=Ton Beek|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


=== November ===
=== November ===
* '''November 1''': [[Dave Broadfoot]], Canadian comedian and comics writer (''Sergeant Renfrew''), dies at age 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/urbansky_olga.htm|title=Olga Urbansky|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''November 1''': [[Dave Broadfoot]], Canadian comedian and comics writer (''Sergeant Renfrew''), dies at age 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/urbansky_olga.htm|title=Olga Urbansky|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''November 1''': [[Carlos Alberto Santos]], Portuguese comics artist (historical comics), dies at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/santos_ca.htm|title=Carlos Alberto Santos|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 1''': [[Carlos Alberto Santos]], Portuguese comics artist (historical comics), dies at age 73.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/santos_ca.htm|title=Carlos Alberto Santos|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 4''': [[John Gillatt]], British comics artist (''[[Billy's Boots]]''), passes away at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gillatt_john.htm|title=John Gillatt|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 4''': [[John Gillatt]], British comics artist (''[[Billy's Boots]]''), dies at age 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gillatt_john.htm|title=John Gillatt|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 5''': [[Averardo Ciriello]], Italian comics artist ([[erotic comics]]), dies at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/ciriello_averardo.htm|title=Averardo Ciriello|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 5''': [[Averardo Ciriello]], Italian comics artist ([[erotic comics]]), dies at age 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/ciriello_averardo.htm|title=Averardo Ciriello|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 6''': [[Marc Sleen]], Belgian comics artist (''[[The Adventures of Nero]]'', ''[[Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke]]'', ''[[De Lustige Kapoentjes]]'', ''[[Doris Dobbel]]'', ''[[Oktaaf Keunink]]'', ''[[De Ronde van Frankrijk]]''), dies at age 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20161107_02559483|title=Striptekenaar Marc Sleen is overleden|first=Toon Horsten|last=poj}}</ref>
* '''November 6''': [[Marc Sleen]], Belgian comics artist (''[[The Adventures of Nero]]'', ''[[Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke]]'', ''[[De Lustige Kapoentjes]]'', ''[[Doris Dobbel]]'', ''[[Oktaaf Keunink]]'', ''[[De Ronde van Frankrijk]]''), dies at age 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20161107_02559483|title=Striptekenaar Marc Sleen is overleden|first=Toon Horsten|last=poj}}</ref>
* '''November 12''': [[Jerry Dumas]], American cartoonist and comics writer (''[[Beetle Bailey]]'', ''[[Boner's Ark]]'', ''[[Sam and Silo]]''), dies at age 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dumas_j.htm|title=Jerry Dumas|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 12''': [[Jerry Dumas]], American cartoonist and comics writer (''[[Beetle Bailey]]'', ''[[Boner's Ark]]'', ''[[Sam and Silo]]''), dies at age 86. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dumas_j.htm|title=Jerry Dumas|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 19''': [[Gino Gavioli]], Italian comics artist and animator (''Vita da Cani'', ''Paco y Manolito''), dies at age 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gavioli_gino.htm|title=Gino Gavioli|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 19''': [[Gino Gavioli]], Italian comics artist and animator (''Vita da Cani'', ''Paco y Manolito''), dies at age 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gavioli_gino.htm|title=Gino Gavioli|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 27''': [[Micharmut]], Spanish comics artist (''Futurama''), dies at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/micharmut.htm|title=Micharmut|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 22''': [[Alfredo Brasioli]], Italian comic artist (''Lippi e Lia'', ''Ulix'', ''De Bello Gallico''), dies at age 81. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/brasioli_alfredo.htm|title=Alfredo Brasioli|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''November 27''': [[Micharmut]], Spanish comics artist (''Futurama''), dies at age 63.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/micharmut.htm|title=Micharmut|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


=== December ===
=== December ===
* '''December 2''': Liliana Fantoni, Italian comics artist (collaborator of her father Guido Fantoni and brother Mario Fantoni), died at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fantoni_mario.htm|title=Mario Fantoni|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 2''': Liliana Fantoni, Italian comics artist (collaborator of her father Guido Fantoni and brother Mario Fantoni), dies at age 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fantoni_mario.htm|title=Mario Fantoni|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 4''': [[Marcel Gotlib]], French comics artist (''[[Gai-Luron]]'', ''[[Les Dingodossiers]]'', ''[[Superdupont]]'', ''[[Rubrique-à-Brac]]'', ''[[Hamster Jovial]]'', ''[[Pervers Pépère]]''), dies at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/12/04/gotlib-l-auteur-de-bd-est-mort_5043125_3382.html|title=L'auteur de bande dessinée Gotlib est mort|date=4 December 2016|via=Le Monde}}</ref>
* '''December 4''': [[Marcel Gotlib]], French comics artist (''[[Gai-Luron]]'', ''[[Les Dingodossiers]]'', ''[[Superdupont]]'', ''[[Rubrique-à-Brac]]'', ''[[Hamster Jovial]]'', ''[[Pervers Pépère]]''), dies at age 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/12/04/gotlib-l-auteur-de-bd-est-mort_5043125_3382.html|title=L'auteur de bande dessinée Gotlib est mort|date=4 December 2016|via=Le Monde}}</ref>
* '''December 8''': [[Peter van Straaten]], Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (''[[Vader & Zoon]]''), dies at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/12/09/meesterlijk-tekenaar-van-het-menselijk-tekort-5715998-a1535794|title=Tekenaar Peter van Straaten (81) overleden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/straaten_van_p.htm|title=Peter van Straaten|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 8''': [[Peter van Straaten]], Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (''[[Vader & Zoon]]''), dies at age 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/12/09/meesterlijk-tekenaar-van-het-menselijk-tekort-5715998-a1535794|title=Tekenaar Peter van Straaten (81) overleden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/straaten_van_p.htm|title=Peter van Straaten|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 20''': Mix & Remix, Swiss cartoonist ([[L'Hebdo]], [[Siné Hebdo]]), passes away at the age of 58.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mix-remix.htm|title=Mix & Remix|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 15''': Christian Lippens, French comic artist (''[[Les Fabuleux Exploits d'Eddy Merckx]]'', assisted on ''[[Michel Vaillant]]'', ''[[Julie Wood]]''), dies at age 86. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lippens_christian.htm|title=Christian Lippens|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 23''': [[Paul Peter Porges]], Austrian-American comics artist (''[[Mad Magazine]]''), dies at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/porges_pp.htm|title=Paul Peter Porges|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 20''': Mix & Remix, Swiss cartoonist ([[L'Hebdo]], Siné Hebdo), dies at age 58.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mix-remix.htm|title=Mix & Remix|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 23''': [[Paul Peter Porges]], Austrian-American comics artist (''[[Mad Magazine]]''), dies at age 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/porges_pp.htm|title=Paul Peter Porges|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 23''': Zdenko Svirčić, Croatian comics artist (''Gusari na Atlantiku'', ''U ledenoj pustinji''), dies at age 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/svircic_zdenko.htm|title=Zdenko Svirčić|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''December 23''': Zdenko Svirčić, Croatian comics artist (''Gusari na Atlantiku'', ''U ledenoj pustinji''), dies at age 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/svircic_zdenko.htm|title=Zdenko Svirčić|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pompeia_nuria.htm|title=Núria Pompeia|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 25''': [[Núria Pompeia]], Spanish comics artist (''Nosotras: Las mujeres objeto-ras'', ''La Educación de Palmira'', ''La Liberadas'' and ''Ramoneta''), dies at age 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pompeia_nuria.htm|title=Núria Pompeia|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 26''': [[Duck Edwing]], American comics artist ([[Mad Magazine]]), dies at the age of 81 or 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/edwing_duck.htm|title=Duck Edwing|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 26''': [[Duck Edwing]], American comics artist ([[Mad Magazine]]), dies at age 81 or 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/edwing_duck.htm|title=Duck Edwing|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 27''': John Calnan, American comics artist (worked for [[DC Comics]]), dies at age 84.<ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/calnan_john.htm</ref>
* '''December 27''': [[John Calnan]], American comics artist (worked for [[DC Comics]]), dies at age 84.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/calnan_john.htm| title = John Calnan - Lambiek Comiclopedia}} </ref>
* '''December 28–29''': [[Raymond Burki]], Swiss political cartoonist, dies at the age of 67.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/burki_raymond.htm|title=Raymond Burki|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 28–29''': [[Raymond Burki]], Swiss political cartoonist, dies at age 67.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/burki_raymond.htm|title=Raymond Burki|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 29''': [[Emilio Uberti]], Italian comics artist (''[[Kociss]]'', ''[[Diabolik]]''), illustrator, film director and documentary maker, dies at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fumettologica.it/2016/12/morto-emilio-uberti/|title=È morto Emilio Uberti, disegnatore di Diabolik e Kociss - Fumettologica|date=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/uberti_e.htm|title=Emilio Uberti|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 29''': Emilio Uberti, Italian comics artist (''Kociss'', ''[[Diabolik]]''), illustrator, film director and documentary maker, dies at age 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fumettologica.it/2016/12/morto-emilio-uberti/|title=È morto Emilio Uberti, disegnatore di Diabolik e Kociss|website=[[Fumettologica]]|date=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/uberti_e.htm|title=Emilio Uberti|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 30''': [[Roger Leiner]], Luxembourgian cartoonist and comics artist (''Superhjemp''), dies at age 61.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leiner_roger.htm|title=Roger Leiner|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''December 30''': Roger Leiner, Luxembourgian cartoonist and comics artist (''Superhjemp''), dies at age 61.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leiner_roger.htm|title=Roger Leiner|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/degli_esposti_venturi_giovanni.htm|title=Giovanni Degli Esposti Venturi|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>
* '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/degli_esposti_venturi_giovanni.htm|title=Giovanni Degli Esposti Venturi|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>


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;''[[Fourth Planet]]''
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:''Released'' April by [[ChapterHouse Comics]]. ''Writer:'' [[Fred Kennedy (writer)|Fred Kenndedy]] ''Artist:'' [[Miko Maciaszek]]
:''Released'' April by [[Chapterhouse Comics]]. ''Writer:'' [[Fred Kennedy (writer)|Fred Kenndedy]] ''Artist:'' [[Miko Maciaszek]]


;''[[The Flintstones (2016 comic book)|The Flintstones]]''
;''[[The Flintstones (2016 comic book)|The Flintstones]]''
:''Released'' June by [[DC Comics]]. ''Writer & Artist:'' [[Mark Russell]] and [[Steve Pugh]] ''Colorist:'' Chris Chuckry
:''Released'' June by [[DC Comics]]. ''Writer & Artist:'' [[Mark Russell (writer)|Mark Russell]] and [[Steve Pugh]] ''Colorist:'' Chris Chuckry


;''[[James Bond 007: Hammerhead]]''
;''[[James Bond 007: Hammerhead]]''

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Notable events of 2016 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events

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

February

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April

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May

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  • May 3: Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, jailed in 2014 over a cartoon offending the Iranian government, is finally released from prison thanks to international sympathy campaigns for her cause. [6]
  • May 13: French cartoonist Piem is named Commander in the Ordre National du Mérite.[7]

June

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  • June 3–12 For the first time the Stripdagen in Haarlem lasts a week, rather than just a weekend.[8]

July

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August

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  • Cancellation of the Dutch children's and comics magazine Taptoe[10]

September

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  • September 27: Dutch cartoonist Peter van Straaten wins his fifth Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon. [11]
  • September 28: DC Comics writer Greg Rucka confirms that Wonder Woman is canonically bisexual. This makes her the first U.S. superhero to be officially bisexual. [12][13]

October

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November

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  • Dutch journalist/comic artist Robin Vinck and publisher Seb van der Kaaden launch the Stripjournaal Podcast, a news podcast on which they discuss and interview people and events regarding the Dutch-Belgian comic industry. [15]

Specific date unknown

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Exhibitions

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Conventions

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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  • July 3: Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (De Vleermuis), dies at age 75.[78]
  • July 4: Didier Savard, French comics artist (Dick Hérisson, Léonid Beaudragon), dies at age 65.[79]
  • July 5: Nine Culliford, Belgian comic book colourist and wife of Peyo (The Smurfs), dies at age 86.[80]
  • July 8: Frank Dickens, British cartoonist (Bristow), dies at age 84.[81]
  • July 9: Geneviève Castrée, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.[82]
  • July 9: Lothar Dräger, German comics writer (Digedags, Abrafaxe), dies at age 89.[83]
  • July 16: Carlos Nine, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.[84]
  • July 26: Coen van Hunnik, Dutch comics artist (Olle Kapoen), dies at age 90.[85]
  • July 27: Jack Davis, American comics artist (Mad), dies at age 91.[86]
  • July 27: Brett Merhar, American comics artist (Free For All), dies at age 46.[87]
  • July 27: Richard Thompson, American comics artist, (Cul de Sac), dies at age 58.[88][89]
  • July 29: Guy Dessicy, Belgian comic book colorist (Studio Hergé), dies at age 92. He was also head of Publiart, a commercial agency specializing in comic book merchandising and co-founder of the Belgian Comic Strip Center.[90][91]

August

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September

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  • 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.[99]
  • September 24: Joonas, Finnish comic artist (Joonas, Tooper, Unto Uneksija, Kaista, Hirnu, Oloneuvos, V. Vaivainen, Leo ja Kaverit), dies at age 87. [100]
  • September 25: Fernando Puig Rosado, Spanish cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 85.[101]
  • September 30: Ted Benoît, French comics artist (Ray Banana, continued Blake & Mortimer), dies at age 69.[102]

October

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November

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December

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Specific date unknown

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  • Bernard Linssen, Belgian comics artist (Les Aventures de Tumak, Chroniques Gorilles), dies at age 49 or 50.[134]

First issues by title

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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: Julie Benson and Shawna Benson Artist: Claire Roe
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
Fourth Planet
Released April by Chapterhouse Comics. Writer: Fred Kenndedy Artist: Miko Maciaszek
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: Luca Casalanguida
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: Giancarlo Caracuzzo
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

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