2007 in comics
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January
- January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.
- January 16: Dutch cartoonist Willem wins the Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon.[1]
- January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.
- Red Menace by Jerry Ordway and Adam Brody (Wildstorm)
- Batman/The Spirit by Jeph Loeb (DC Comics)
- Bullet points by J. Michael Straczynski and Tommy Lee Edwards (Marvel)
- The Order of the Stones by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Meziéres, 30th album of the Valerian series (Dargaud).
February
- February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment.
- February 5: Gerben Valkema's comic strip Elsje (Lizzy in English) makes its debut.[2]
- February 7: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David and Jae Lee (Marvel)
- February 28: Release of 2000 AD prog #1526. This is the 30th anniversary issue and will see the start of three new storylines: Flesh (by Pat Mills and Ramon Sola), Nikolai Dante (by Robbie Morrison & Simon Fraser) and Savage (by Pat Mills and Charlie Adlard)
- The final issue of Cracked is published.
- 100 dollars Pour Mourir (An Hundred Dollars To Die) by Francois Corteggiani and Michel Blanc Dumont, 16th album of the Bluberry's youth series (Dargaud).
- In Italy, the fantasy series Lys makes its debut, written by Katja Centomo (Edizioni Tridimensional). It is interrupted after 8 issues.[3]
March
- March 6: Albert Uderzo is honoured as Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[4]
- March 7: Marvel Comics "kills" Captain America (US)
- March 14: The British children's TV show Blue Peter, who organized a competition to let young viewers choose which new character they would like to become a recurring cast member in the comic strip The Bash Street Kids declare the character Wayne the winner.[5]
- March 14: First issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight (Dark Horse Comics)
- March 21: Andy Diggle starts his run on Hellblazer with issue #230.
- March 21: Empowered by Adam Warren and Ryan Kinnaird (Dark Horse Comics)
- With issue #215, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight is cancelled by DC.
- The webcomic Crying Macho Man is collected in a print edition.
- First issue of the Italian fantasy series Angel's Friends, by Bruno Enna and Giada Perissinotto (Play Press).
April
- April 5: Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse Comics).
- April 15: The tribute album Astérix et ses amis is released, to celebrate Albert Uderzo's 80th birthday (Editions Albert René).
- April 25: Amazons Attack! by Will Pfeifer and Pete Woods (DC Comics).
- In the DC universe, The Lightning Saga arc begins.
- World war III by Keith Champagne and John Ostrander (DC comics)
- The Trenchcoat Brigade by John Ney Rieber and John Ridgway (Vertigo)
- Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire (Tell Me That You Don't Want To Die) graphic novel by Massimo Carlotto and Igort (Mondadori), part of the series about the private eye “Alligator”.[6]
May
- May 2: The weekly series 52 concludes.
- May 2: Supernatural origins by Peter Johnson and Matthew Dow Smith is released, a prequel to the Supernatural series (WildStorm).
- May 3: Belgian comic artist Benoît Sokal is knighted in the Order of Leopold II.[7]
- May 12: Bristol Comic Expo, start of two-day event
- May 15: Spike: Asylum by Brian Lynch and Franco Urru (IDW publishing).
- May 23: British comic heroine Tank Girl returns after a twelve-year sojourn, with original writer Alan Martin on scripts and Australian penciler Ashley Wood on art. The four-part mini-series is called The Gifting and will be collected in time for Christmas.
- First issue of The Astounding wolf-man, by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard (Image)
- Rides (Wrinkles) – graphic novel by Paco Roca about the old age and the Alzehimer's disease (Delcourt).[8]
- On Tue Au Théâtre Ce Soir (This evening, murder at the theatre) by Andrè Paul Duchateau and Tibet, 73th album of the Ric Hochet series (Le Lombard).[9]
- Les Trois Yeux des gardiens du Tao (The Tao Wardens' Three Eyes) by Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq, 15th album of the Largo Winch series (Dupuis)[10]
June
- June 1 Silver Surfer :requiem by J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic (Marvel).
- June 12: In The Amazing Spider-Man, the story arc One More Day begins: the marriage between Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson is deleted from the history of the Marvel universe and the Spider-Man's continuity is wholly upset. The radical retcon is harshly criticized by critics and readers.
- June 16: Dragonero (Black dragon) fantasy by Luca Enoch, Stefano Vietti and Giuseppe Matteoni, first album of the series Romanzi a fumetti Bonelli (Bonelli graphic novels). Later, a comic series (always published by Bonelli) and a novel one were born from the album.[11]
- In the Green Lantern titles, the Sinestro corps war arc begins (DC Comics).
- Fallen son: The death of Captain America by Jeph Loeb and various artists (Marvel)
- X-Men: Endangered Species by Mike Carey and Scot Eaton (Marvel Comics).
- Impeesa by Paolo Fizzarotti and Ivo Milazzo – biography of Robert Baden-Powell, published for the 100th anniversary of the scouting (Rizzoli Libri).
July
- July 10–11: Doug Marlette, creator of Kudzu, dies in a car accident, which means the end of his series.[12]
- July 17: in Topolino, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the character Scrooge McDuck, the saga Tutti i milioni di Paperone (All Scrooge's millions) by Fausto Vitaliano, begins, exploring how Scrooge became a billionaire in the 1920s.
- July 25: The United States Postal Service releases Marvel Superhero Stamps featuring Spider-Man, Wolverine, and other Marvel superheroes.
- Green Arrow: Year One by Andy Diggle and Jock (DC Comics)
- In Nathan Never comics, the so-called “space-time saga”, written by Stefano Vietti, begins: a falling space wreck destroys the megalopolis depicted in the series.[13]
August
- August 11: The two-day comic event Caption starts.
- August 14: Tokyopop begins publishes Undertown.
- August 26: The final episode of Kudzu is published. Half a month earlier the creator, Doug Marlette, died in a car accident.[12]
- August 26: The final episode of Triple Take by Scott Nickel and Todd Clark is published.[14]
- In the Marvel Universe, the crossover Annihilation: Conquest begins.
- In the Top Cow universe, the arc First born, written by Ron Marz, begins; Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado give birth to a little girl, Hope, who reunites the powers of Witchblade and The Darkness.
- In Kuwait, first issue of The 99, by Naif Al-Mutawa (Teshkeel Comics).
- First issue of Dylan Dog color fest; it's the first integrally color series published by Sergio Bonelli.[15]
September
- September 8: London Film & Comic Con, start of two-day event.
- September 9: The final episode of Farley is published.
- September 15: Suske en Wiske receive a bust in Kalmthout, Belgium.[16]
- September 19: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bà (Dark Horse).
- September 29: During the Stripdagen in Houten, the Netherlands, Aloys Oosterwijk receives the Stripschapprijs.[17] Ronald Grossey wins the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs for his book about Studio Vandersteen.[18] Henk Groeneveld wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.[19]
- 299+1 by Leo Ortolani, parody of Frank Miller's 300 (Panini Comics).
October
- October 2: Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano (Hyperion books)
- October 10: The Best American series releases the second The Best American Comics publication. The collection is edited by Chris Ware and Anne Elizabeth Moore.
- October 10: Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle (Delcourt)
- October 10 : First issue of Volto Nascosto by Gianfranco Manfredi (Sergio Bonelli)[20]
- October 20: The final episode of Posy Simmonds' Tamara Drewe is published.
- October 26: In Scott Adams' Dilbert, a gag is printed in which decision makers in offices are compared to "drunken lemurs". An employee at the Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington, Iowa hangs it in his office, after being informed that the casino will close down and is fired. Two months later, an administrative law judge rules in the fired employee's favor. Adams also draws a Dilbert gag supporting the fired employee.[21][22][23][24]
- October 30: Zuda Comics, a webcomics imprint of DC Comics, launches.
- October 31: Gli occhi e il buio (The Eyes and the Darkness) – a period thriller by Gigi Simeoni, about the hunt for a serial killer in Milan at the beginning of the 20th century (Sergio Bonelli Editore)[25]
November
- November 2: In Strasbourg the Tomi Ungerer Museum opens.[26]
- November 9: The Folger Shakespeare Library hosts Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, and Chris Ware in a discussion on graphic novels as a part of the PEN/Faulkner Reading Series.[27]
- November 21: The first episode of Signe Wilkinson's Family Tree is published. It will run until 2011.[28]
- November 28: The graphic novel Cherubs! by Bryan Talbot is published by Desperado Publishing.
December
- December 11: Mike Le begins publishing the "Don't Forget To Validate Your Parking" webcomic.
- The final episode of Tumbleweeds is published.
Specific date unknown
- Gary Panter releases an updated version of his 1992 graphic novel Dal Tokyo.[29]
Deaths
January
- January 1: Tiberio Colantuoni, Italian comics artist (Bongo, worked for Rolf Kauka, Disney comics), dies at age 71.[30]
- January 3: Sam Burlockoff, American comics artist and inker, dies at age 82.[31]
February
- February 6: Robert Gigi (Scarlet Dream, Orion, Le Laveur de Planètes, Dossier Soucoupes Volantes, Agar, Ugaki), dies at age 80.[32]
- February 8: Joe Edwards, American comics artist (Li'l Jinx), dies at age 85.[33]
- February 14: Willy Moese, German comics artist and animator (Bogomil, Klaus und Choko), dies at age 79.[34]
- February 18:
- Alfio Consoli, Italian comics artist (Demoniak), dies at age 61.[35]
- Bob Oksner, American comics artist (Miss Cario Jones, made various TV-based comics, continued Dondi), dies at age 90.[36]
March
- March 3: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian animator and comics artist (La Linea), dies at age 87.[37]
- March 5: Yvan Delporte, Belgian journalist (chief editor of Spirou 1955-1968) and comics writer, dies at age 78.[38]
- March 6: Lina Buffolente, Italian comics artist and illustrator (Piccolo Ranger, Gun Gallon Homicron, Nick Reporter, Reno Kid, Comandante Mark), dies at age 82.[39]
- March 9: Hugo Leyers, aka Haschèl or Hug, Belgian comics artist (De Geschiedenis van Vlaanderen, De Geschiedenis van Nederland, Met De Neus & Co Op Stap), dies at age 77.[40]
- March 12: Arnold Drake, American comics writer (It Rhymes with Lust, co-creator of the Doom Patrol and Deadman), dies at age 83.
- March 21: Drew Hayes, American comics artist and writer (Poison Elves), dies from a heart attack at age 37.
- March 24: Marshall Rogers, American comics artist (continued Batman, Silver Surfer, Wolverine and Doctor Strange), dies from a heart attack at age 57.[41]
- March 27: Boris Dimovski, Bulgarian comics artist (Once Upon A Time), dies at age 81.[42]
- March 29: Leslie Waller, American comics artist (It Rhymes with Lust), dies at age 82.
- March 31: Massimo Belardinelli, Italian comics artist (Ace Trucking Co.), dies at age 68.[43]
April
- April 7: Johnny Hart, American comics artist (B.C., The Wizard of Id), dies at age 76.[44]
- April 15: Brant Parker, American comics artist (The Wizard of Id, Crock), dies at age 86 from a stroke.[45]
- April 21: Art Saaf, American comics artist (worked for Highlights for Children magazine and made various comics for DC Comics, Fiction House, Harvey Comics, Quality Comics and Standard Comics), dies at age 85.[46]
- April 29: José De Huescar, aka Garvi, Spanish comics artist (Agence Eureka), dies at age 68.[47]
May
- May 1: Tom Artis, American comics artist (DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Fleetway), dies at age 51.
- May 2: Mario Cubbino, Italian comic artist (Zip e Jungla, Wallenstein i Mostro, Karzan, L'Ombra, worked on Pantera Bionda, Dylan Dog and Diabolik, worked for Rinaldo Dami's studio, drew comics for Trisanto Torelli and Amalgamated Press), dies at age 77.[48]
- May 6: Oscar Blotta, Argentine comics artist and animator (El Gnomo Pimenton, Ventajita), dies at age 88.[49]
- May 8: Manuel Moro, Mexican comics artist (Aníbal 5), dies at age 77.[50]
- May 9: Luk Carlens, Belgian comic artist (member of the collective Ercola), dies at age 65.[51]
- May 26: Jack Edward Oliver, British comics writer and artist (E.C. Ryder, Fresco-Le-Raye the Dinosaur, Blunder Girl, Master Mind, Crazy Maisie, Cliff Hanger, Vid Kid), dies at age 64.[52]
June
- June 5: Arnaud Leterrier, French comics artist (Finn Mac Cumhall, Les Chasseurs de Rêves), dies at age 39.[53]
- June 7: Roger Armstrong, American comics artist (Disney comics, the Bugs Bunny newspaper comic strip, continued Napoleon and Uncle Elby and Little Lulu), dies at age 89.[54]
- June 10: Taizo Yokoyama, Japanese cartoonist and comics artist (Pu-San, Shakai Gihyo), dies at age 90.[55]
- June 11: Percy Sedumedi, South African painter, sculptor, poet and comic artist (Mzi Mzo, Travels of the Free Spirit), dies at age 56.[56]
- June 18: Pratap Mullick, Indian comic artist (Nagraj), dies at age 70.[57]
- June 20: John Bernard Handelsman, British comics artist, cartoonist and illustrator (Freaky Fables), dies at age 85.[58]
- June 22: Jeff Wilkinson, Australian comics artist (The Phantom Ranger, The Shadow, Kid Champion), dies at age 82.[59]
- June 24:
- June 28: Howie Schneider, American comics artist (Eek & Meek, Percy's World, Bimbo's Circus, The Sunshine Club), dies at age 77 from complications from heart bypass surgery.[62]
July
- July 10–11: Doug Marlette, American comics artist (Kudzu), dies at age 57 in a car accident.[12]
- July 14: Harry Driggs, American underground cartoonist, dies at age 71.[63]
- July 19: Roberto Fontanarrosa, aka El Negro, Argentine comics artist (Inodoro Pereyra, Boogie, el aceitoso), dies at age 62.[64]
August
- August 12: Mike Wieringo, American comics artist (DC Comics, co-creator of Tellos), dies at age 44.[65]
- August 26: Larry Woromay, American comic artist (worked for EC Comics and Charlton Comics, contributed to Eerie), dies at age 80.[66]
- Specific date unknown: August: Phil Gascoine, British comic book artist (The Sarge), dies at age 72-73.[67]
September
- September 6:
- September 7: Ruben Sosa, Argentinian comic artist (worked on Misterix, Ernie Pike), dies at age 67.[71]
- September 13: Phil Frank, American comics artist (Farley), dies at age 64 from a brain tumor.[72]
- September 14: Horst Klöpfel, German comics artist and painter, dies at age 82 or 83.[73]
- September 28: Jan van der Aa, aka Punt, Belgian painter, cartoonist and comics artist (De Perfesser), dies at age 80.[74]
October
- October 2: Richard Goldwater, American editor-in-chief of Archie Comics, dies of cancer at age 71.[75]
- October 3:
- Manfred Sommer, Spanish comics artist (Frank Cappa), dies at age 74.[76]
- Elmer Wexler, American illustrator and comics artist (Vic Jordan, Jon Jason), dies at age 89.[77]
- October 5: Josette Macherot, wife of Raymond Macherot and colorist of his comics, dies at age 77.[78]
- October 15: Manny Curtis, British comic artist (Algie & Fred, Mixed Blessings), dies at age 72.[79]
- October 20: Peg Bracken, American writer and comics writer (Phoebe, Get Your Man, with Homer Groening[80]), dies at age 89.[81][82]
November
- November 5: Paul Norris, American comics artist (co-creator of Aquaman, continued Brick Bradford), dies at age 93.[83]
- November 6: Bob Bindig, American comics artist (Big Boy, Buster Bison, The Mischievous Twin Bears), dies at age 86.[84]
- November 27: Donyo Donev, Bulgarian cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (The Three Fools, Trimata Glupaci, Chetirmata Glupaci, Umno Selo), dies at age 81.[85]
December
- December 3:
- Eduard De Rop, Belgian comics artist (Studio Vandersteen, De Geschiedenis van Sleenovia, assisted and continued Pats, De Rode Ridder and Jerom), dies at age 79.[86]
- James Kemsley, Australian comics artist (Frogin, continued Ginger Meggs), dies at age 59.[87]
- December 8: Al Scaduto, American comics artist (assisted on and continued They'll Do It Every Time, Little Iodine, dies at age 79.[88]
- December 9: Wayne Howard, American comics artist (Charlton Comics), dies at age 58.[89]
- December 14: Dave Gantz, American cartoonist, novelist and sculptor (Little Lizzie, Moxy, Dudley D., Don Q., assisted on Peanuts, worked for Timely Comics), dies at age 85.[90]
- December 23: Raphaël Carlo Marcello, also known as Ralph Marc, Italian comics artist (Docteur Justice, continued Le Cavalier Inconnu), dies at age 78.[91]
- December 25: Gualtiero Schiaffino, aka Skiaffino, Italian comics artist (I Santicielo, La Bancarella, I Diavoli), dies at age 54.[92]
- December 27: Wim Meuldijk, Dutch TV writer and comics artist (Ketelbinkie, Sneeuwvlok de Eskimo), dies at age 85.[93]
Specific date unknown
- Herbert Geldhof, aka Herbert, Belgian comics artist (Docteur Gladstone, worked on L'oncle Paul), dies at age 77 or 78.[94]
- Hui Guan-man, Chinese comics artist (Uncle Choi), dies at age 70.[95]
Exhibitions and shows
- March 4 – June 11: Museum of Modern Art (New York City) — "Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making," an exhibition of fine artists who use the language of comics as the jumping-off point for their work
- April 5 – July 1: The Cartoon Museum (London, England) — "Alice in Sunderland: The Exhibition," featuring work from Bryan Talbot's graphic novel, as well as its various influences[96]
- April 21–August 19: Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, Arizona) — "UnInked: Paintings, Sculpture and Graphic Work by Five Cartoonists," featuring Kim Deitch, Jerry Moriarty, Gary Panter, Ron Regé Jr. and Seth; guest-curated by Chris Ware[97]
- May–June: Jackson State University (Jackson, Mississippi) — "Other Heroes: African-American Comics, Creators, Characters, and Archetypes," curated by John Jennings and Damien Duffy[98]
- September 4, 2007–January 19, 2008: Cartoon Research Library, Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) —"Rarities: Unusual Works from the Caniff Collection", celebrating the centennial of Milton Caniff's birth (part of the Festival of Cartoon Art)
- September 14, 2007 – January 24, 2008: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (New York City) — "Infinite Canvas: The Art of Webcomics", featuring the work of Dean Haspiel, Dan Goldman, Josh Neufeld, Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik, John Allison, Batton Lash and others[99]
- October 23, 2007–March 23, 2008: Ohio Historical Society (1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio) — "Spotlight on Milton Caniff" (part of the Festival of Cartoon Art)
- December 6–January 1, 2008: Floating World Comics (Portland, Oregon) — "Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo", a fundraiser exhibition of Rom the Spaceknight illustrations, by such creators as Jeffrey Brown, Sal Buscema, Guy Davis, Renée French, Brandon Graham, Corey Lewis, Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom, Jeff Parker, Ron Regé Jr., and Danijel Žeželj[100]