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* '''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 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 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.



Revision as of 19:38, 3 September 2024

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

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

February

April

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. [6]
  • May 13: French cartoonist Piem is named Commander in the Ordre National du Mérite.[7]

June

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

July

August

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

September

  • 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

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. [15]

Specific date unknown

Exhibitions

Conventions

Deaths

January

February

March

  • March 5: Alberto Dose, Argentine comics artist (El Cimmarón), dies at age 68.[46]
  • March 7: Scott Goodall, British comic book writer (Fishboy), dies at age 80.[47]
  • March 7: Paul C. Ryan, American comics artist (Marvel Comics), dies at age 65.[48]
  • March 16: He Youzhi, Chinese comics artist, dies as age 94.[49]
  • March 18: Klaus Vonderwerth, German cartoonist and comics artist (Albert, Ako, Kybert, Ruf 110), dies at age 80.[50]
  • March 25: Ken Barr, Scottish cover painter and occasional interior artist of American comics and comic magazines, dies at age 83.[51]

April

May

June

July

  • July 3: Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (De Vleermuis), dies at age 75.[76]
  • July 4: Didier Savard, French comics artist (Dick Hérisson, Léonid Beaudragon), dies at age 65.[77]
  • July 5: Nine Culliford, Belgian comic book colourist and wife of Peyo (The Smurfs), dies at age 86.[78]
  • July 8: Frank Dickens, British cartoonist (Bristow), dies at age 84.[79]
  • July 9: Geneviève Castrée, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.[80]
  • July 9: Lothar Dräger, German comics writer (Digedags, Abrafaxe), dies at age 89.[81]
  • July 16: Carlos Nine, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.[82]
  • July 26: Coen van Hunnik, Dutch comics artist (Olle Kapoen), dies at age 90.[83]
  • July 27: Jack Davis, American comics artist (Mad), dies at age 91.[84]
  • July 27: Brett Merhar, American comics artist (Free For All), dies at age 46.[85]
  • July 27: Richard Thompson, American comics artist, (Cul de Sac), dies at age 58.[86][87]
  • 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.[88][89]

August

September

  • September 7: Sparky Moore, American animator and comics artist (western comics, Disney comics, Zorro, The Big Bad Wolf, continued Scamp, Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 91.[97]
  • September 24: Joonas, Finnish comic artist (Joonas, Tooper, Unto Uneksija, Kaista, Hirnu, Oloneuvos, V. Vaivainen, Leo ja Kaverit), dies at age 87. [98]
  • September 25: Fernando Puig Rosado, Spanish cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 85.[99]
  • September 30: Ted Benoît, French comics artist (Ray Banana, continued Blake & Mortimer), dies at age 69.[100]

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Bernard Linssen, Belgian comics artist (Les Aventures de Tumak, Chroniques Gorilles), dies at age 49 or 50.[132]

First issues by title

Aether & Empire
Released April by Blue Juice Comics. Writer: Mike Horan Artist: Bong Ty Dazo
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
Released July by DC Comics. Writers: 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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