2022 in comics

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Notable events of 2022 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • January 15: Original artwork of Spider-Man's first appearance in his black costume, by Mike Zeck, is auctioned at Heritage Auctions for a record-breaking US $3.36 million.[1]
  • January 27:
    • In Belgium new passports are distributed, featuring imagery from famous Belgian comics inside.[2][3]
    • A school board in Tennessee bans Art Spiegelman's Maus from its classrooms, which they claim is because it contains some nudity and eight curse words. The ban causes global outrage and sales of Maus rise.[4]

March[edit]

  • March 8: In the British comic magazine The Beano, the gag comic series Stevie Star, Mahira of the Match and Sketch Khad, by Andy Fanton, make their debut.[5] In June, the protagonists of these series, namely Stevie Star, Mahira and Khadija, join the cast of The Bash Street Kids too.[6]
  • March 17: A new album of Gaston Lagaffe (Gomer Goof) by the late André Franquin is announced for the fall of 2022, drawn by Canadian artist Marc Delaf.[7] However, by 16 May, the estate of Franquin, led by his daughter Isabelle, sues publishing company Dupuis over copyright infringement and plagiarism. As a direct result the potential release of the album is postponed.[8][9][10]

April[edit]

  • April 15: Former Studio Vandersteen artist Marc Verhaegen publishes his graphic novel Het Beest Is Los, a semi-autobiographical story in which he indirectly criticizes his former colleagues and bosses.[11]

June[edit]

July[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

December[edit]

  • December 13: The website ARREST sur images reports that in 2017, on Facebook, French comic artist Bastien Vivès posted very personal and offensive verbal attacks and threats, directed at comic artist Emma. The revelation causes huge controversy.[30][31]
  • December 14: The International Comics Festival of Angoulême cancels an upcoming exhibition devoted to comic artist Bastien Vivès, after controversy over some of his remarks about colleague Emma, and the content of some of his graphic novels, which some critics consider child pornography. The organizers of the festival received too many death threats and claim they can't guarantee the safety of the festival goers if the expo about Vivès went on as planned.[32][33]
  • December 17: The long-running Belgian comic series Suske en Wiske, which ran in papers since 1945, publishes its final episode in the papers. It will no longer be serialized in De Standaard, De Gentenaar and Het Nieuwsblad. However, new albums will still be published in the future.[34]
  • December 27: The long-running Belgian comic series De Kiekeboes, which ran in papers since 1977, will publish its final episode in the papers. It will no longer be serialized in Gazet van Antwerpen and Het Belang van Limburg. However, new albums will still be published in the future.[34]
  • December 31:

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

  • October 3: Kim Jung Gi, South Korean illustrator and comic artist (Tiger the Long Tail, SpyGames, McCurry, NYC, 911), dies at age 47.[118]
  • October 14: Alfredo Chiappori, Italian comic artist (Up Il Suvversivo), dies at age 79.[119]
  • October 18: Jean Teulé, French novelist, illustrator, TV screenwriter and comic artist (The Suicide Shop), dies at age 69.[120]

November[edit]

December[edit]

  • December 3: Tim Kennedy, American comic artist (worked on Archie Comics), dies at an unknown age.[130]
  • December 14: Han Peekel, Dutch comics scholar, singer and TV presenter (hosted the comics and cartoons-themed documentary TV show Wordt Vervolgd), dies at age 75.[131][132]
  • December 15: Calpurnio, Spanish poster artist, animator, illustrator, veejay and comics artist (Cuttlas), dies at age 63.[133][134]
  • December 30: Maurice Horn, French-American comics historian, writer, editor (Comics of the American West, The World Encyclopedia of Comics, The World Enyclopedia of Cartoons, Sex in the Comics, Contemporary Graphic Artists, 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics) and curator, dies at age 91. [135]

Exhibitions and shows[edit]

Conventions[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ "Foreign Affairs launches a new passport with a unique design featuring comic book heroines and heroes". January 27, 2022.
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  91. ^ "Everett Peck". Lambiek.net. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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  128. ^ "Lorg". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
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  131. ^ "Televisiemaker Han Peekel (75) onverwacht overleden". December 14, 2022.
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  136. ^ "[Re]Framing Graphic Medicine: Comics and the History of Medicine". University of Chicago Library. April 19, 2022.
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