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**[[Nanae Sasaya]], Japanese manga artist ([[Year 24 Group]]), dies at age 74.<ref>[https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20240616-OYT1T50111/ 漫画家ささやななえこさん死去、74歳…「おかめはちもく」「凍りついた瞳」] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> |
**[[Nanae Sasaya]], Japanese manga artist ([[Year 24 Group]]), dies at age 74.<ref>[https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20240616-OYT1T50111/ 漫画家ささやななえこさん死去、74歳…「おかめはちもく」「凍りついた瞳」] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> |
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* '''June 16''': Étienne Willem, Belgian comic artist (''Vieille Bruyère et Bas de Soie'', ''L'Épée d'Ardenois'', ''Les Ailes du Singe'', ''La Fille de l'Exposition Universelle'', ''Les Artilleuses'', ''Le Paris des Merveilles''), commits suicide at age 51. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/willem_etienne.htm|title=Étienne Willem|website=lambiek.net|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> <ref>https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/etienne-willem-51-overleden?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3-FZFHYMcohsLndjRexrMl9v6kiOrFUGyamI1kT6yXaZinDTAPNRSz8nE_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw</ref> |
* '''June 16''': Étienne Willem, Belgian comic artist (''Vieille Bruyère et Bas de Soie'', ''L'Épée d'Ardenois'', ''Les Ailes du Singe'', ''La Fille de l'Exposition Universelle'', ''Les Artilleuses'', ''Le Paris des Merveilles''), commits suicide at age 51. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/willem_etienne.htm|title=Étienne Willem|website=lambiek.net|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> <ref>https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/etienne-willem-51-overleden?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3-FZFHYMcohsLndjRexrMl9v6kiOrFUGyamI1kT6yXaZinDTAPNRSz8nE_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw</ref> |
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* '''June 19''': [[Jan Cremer]], Dutch novelist |
* '''June 19''': [[Jan Cremer]], Dutch novelist and comic strip writer (''New Comic Strip Scandal 000''), dies at age 84. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cremer_jan.htm|title=Jan Cremer|website=lambiek.net|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> |
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Notable events of 2024 in comics.
Events
January
- January: Jan Vriends officially becomes the new Stripmaker des Vaderlands (Comic Artist of the Mother Country) in the Netherlands, whose task is to promote the comics medium.[1][2][3]
- January 10: The first issue of Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published. This version of Spider-Man is set on Earth-6160 and follows a 35-year old Peter Parker, who is married to Mary Jane Watson and has 2 kids with her and wasn't bitten by the radioactive spider when he was teenager, as he deals with his newfound heroic responsibilities.[4]
- January 15: Dutch comic artist Wilma van den Bosch wins the annual Stripschapprijs.[5][6][7] De Inktpot, a Utrecht collective of comics creators, receives the annual P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.[8][9] The ceremony takes place on 17 March.[10]
- January 24: Belgian publishing company Plantyn announces that in the fall all their children's magazines, namely Zonneland, Zonnekind, Zonnestraal, Doremi and Doremini will cease to be printed on paper. Zonneland in particular was Belgium's oldest still-running children's magazine and the oldest to contain comics.[11][12][13]
- January 25: Posy Simmonds receives the career award Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, which marks the first time in the festival's history that a British comic artist has been awarded this prize.[14][15]
March
- March 15: Publishing company Standaard Uitgeverij sends a letter to all surviving former artists of Willy Vandersteen's studio, informing them that they are no longer allowed to make or sign drawings with the Suske en Wiske characters for fans or at book signings, without the publisher's permission. The letter is made public and causes a lot of controversy, not only among the general audience, but also the veteran artists themselves. Standaard Uitgeverij eventually reacts and acknowledges miscommunication on their part. The artists are still allowed to sign books they've drawn themselves, but no longer drawings on loose pieces of paper.[16][17][18]
April
- April 9: A rare copy of the very first Superman issue (Action Comics 1) sells for $6 million at an auction, breaking a record as the most expensive sale of a comic book ever.[19][20]
May
- May 20: Russell Myers, best known for the newspaper gag comic Broom-Hilda, enters the Guinness Book of World Records with the title Longest-running daily cartoon strip by a single author. [21] [22]
- May 24: The Belgian capital Brussels recognizes comics as intangible cultural heritage. [23] [24]
Deaths
January
- January 1: David Kunzle, American comic historian, writer and journalist (author of the books The Early Comic Strip, The History of the Comic Strip in the 19th Century, Rebirth of the English Comic Strip, Father of the Comic Strip Rodolphe Töpffer), dies at age 87.[25][26]
- January 2: Attila Futaki, Hungarian comic artist and art director of the Hungarian comic magazine Roham, dies at age 29.[27]
- January 3: Jan Smet, Belgian archivist, comic journalist (chief editor of the comic information magazine Stripgids), historian and author (co-wrote a 1985 biography about Marc Sleen,[28] author of the book Duizend Bommen en Castraten. Censuur in de Strip, about censorship in comics), dies at age 78.[29]
- January 10: Walmir Amaral, Brazilian comic artist (O Vingador, Zhor, O Atlanta, Zorro, Alex e Cris, made local versions of The Phantom, continued Aventuras do Anjo), dies at age 84.[30][31]
- January 12: Haruo Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (Iwayuru Hitotsu no Chō-san Shugi), dies at age 76.[32]
- January 18: Trini Tinturé, Spanish comic artist and illustrator (Emma es Encantadora, Oh, Tinker, Curly, Biggi, Micky, Siska), dies at age 88.[33][34]
- January 19: Marti Riera, A.K.A. Marti, Spanish comic artist (Taxista, Doctor Vértigo), dies at age 68 or 69.[35]
- January 20: Alain De Kuyssche, Belgian journalist, comics writer (Didi, Germain et nous..., Gaston), biographer (wrote biographical books about Jacques Martin, Dino Attanasio, Eddy Paape and Raoul Cauvin) and chief editor of Spirou (1978–1982), dies at age 77.[36]
- January 28: Jean-François Debaty, A.K.A. Schmurl, Belgian comic writer (Arpo) and colorist (Yvain et Yvon, Jordan), dies at age 59. [37]
- January 29: Hinako Ashihara, Japanese manga writer and artist (Forbidden Dance, Sand Chronicles, Sexy Tanaka-san), dies at age 50.[38]
February
- February 5:
- José Delbo, Argentine comics artist (drew for the Wonder Woman, The Transformers and Batgirl series, celebrity comics based on The Monkees and a Yellow Submarine comic book adaptation), dies at age 90.[39][40]
- Walter van den Broeck, Belgian playwright and comics writer (wrote De Tranen van Turnhout, illustrated by Reinhart Croon[41][42]), dies at age 82.[43]
- February 7: Alfredo Castelli, Italian comics writer (Martin Mystère, Mister No, Dylan Dog, Zagor), dies at age 76.[44][45]
- February 10:
- Jack Higgins, American editorial cartoonist, dies at age 69.[46]
- Paul Neary, British comic writer and artist (Madman), inker (Ultimates) and chief editor of Marvel UK, dies at age 74.[47][48]
- February 15: Enrique Badía Romero, Spanish comic artist (AXA, continued Modesty Blaise, assisted on Rahan), dies at age 93.[49][50]
- February 24:
- Benoît van Innis, Belgian cartoonist, painter and illustrator (published in The New Yorker, among other magazines), dies at age 63.[51]
- Ramona Fradon, American comics artist (Adventure Comics, Brenda Starr, Reporter, co-creator of Metamorpho and Fire), dies at age 97.[52][53]
March
- March 1:
- Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball), dies at age 68.[54][55]
- Chance Browne, American comic writer and artist (continued Hi and Lois), dies at age 75.[56][57]
- March 6: Yū Asai, manga creator and wife of manga creator Motoyuki Asai, dies in a car accident.[58]
- March 7: Stéphane Rosse, French comic writer (Naisen Kanssa) and artist (Rocky), dies at age 61.[59][60]
- March 10: Roger Noel Cook, British comics writer (Doctor Who, Popeye, Tom and Jerry), dies at age 77.[61]
- March 22:
- Laurent de Brunhoff, French children's book writer and illustrator (continued Babar the Elephant), dies at age 98.[62]
- Dave Darrigo, Canadian comic book writer (Wordsmith, Joe Shuster Awards Hall of Fame 2010 inductee) dies at age 69.[63][64]
- March 24: Don Wright, American cartoonist, dies at age 90.[65]
- March 25: Enrique Ventura, Spanish comics artist (Grouñidos en El Desierto), dies at age 77.[66][67]
- March 27:
- James A. Moore, American novelist, role-playing game author and comic writer (Hellraiser, Nocturnals), dies at age 58.[68]
- Robert Beerbohm, American comic book retailer (Comics and Comix, Best of Two Worlds, The Funny Pages, Best Comics) and historian (did research after 19th-century comics, particularly the work of Rodolphe Töpffer), dies at age 71.[69]
- M.D. Bright, American comic book artist (Iron Man, Green Lantern, Icon, Quantum and Woody), dies at age 68.[70][71]
April
- April 1: Ed Piskor, American comic writer and artist (Hip Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig, Red Room, worked on X-Men stories), dies at age 41.[72][73]
- April 6: Ziraldo, Brazilian painter, journalist and comic writer & artist (Turma do Pererê, O Menino Maluquinho), dies at age 92.[74]
- April 10: Trina Robbins, American comic writer, artist (It Ain't Me Babe, Wimmen's Comix, scripted stories for Wonder Woman and GoGirl!), author ((co)-wrote Womens and the Comics, A Century of Women Cartoonists, The Great Women Superheroes, From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines, The Great Women Cartoonists, Pretty in Ink) and activist (co-founder of Friends of Lulu), dies at age 85.[75][76]
May
- May 2: Walter Hanel, German editorial cartoonist, dies at age 93.[77]
- May 5: Fred Dewilde, French comic artist (Mon Bataclan, La Morsure), dies at age 58. [78] [79]
- May 14: Don Perlin, American comics artist (Werewolf by Night, ghosted The Spirit, continued Ghost Rider, co-creator of Moon Knight and Bloodshot), dies at age 94. [80] [81]
- May 16: June Mendoza A.K.A. Chris Garvey, Australian painter and comic artist (drew comics for K.G. Murray Publishing, Gem Comics and Girl), dies at age 99. [82]
- May 17: Peter Bennett, American art director and comic book artist (SpongeBob SquarePants), dies at age 56.[83]
- May 23: Petra Coria, Spanish-Belgian colorist (XIII) and wife of William Vance, dies at age 87. [84]
- May 25: Carlo J. Caparas, Filipino comic artist (Bakekang, Kamandag), dies at age 80.[85]
June
- June 1: John Kenneth Adcock, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator and comics scholar (creator of the comics blog Yesterday's Papers, devoted to 19th-century and early 20th-century comics), dies at age 74. [86]
- June 8:
- Ben Potter, AKA Comicstorian, American Youtuber (channel dedicated to comic book reviews and other comic-related videos) and comic book writer (Bloodshot), dies at age 40.[87]
- Nanae Sasaya, Japanese manga artist (Year 24 Group), dies at age 74.[88]
- June 16: Étienne Willem, Belgian comic artist (Vieille Bruyère et Bas de Soie, L'Épée d'Ardenois, Les Ailes du Singe, La Fille de l'Exposition Universelle, Les Artilleuses, Le Paris des Merveilles), commits suicide at age 51. [89] [90]
- June 19: Jan Cremer, Dutch novelist and comic strip writer (New Comic Strip Scandal 000), dies at age 84. [91]
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- ^ "Donald Duck-tekenaar Wilma van den Bosch wint Stripschapprijs". 15 January 2024.
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- ^ "Stripschapprijzen 2023". 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Plantyn trekt stekker uit papieren Zonneland". Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Einde van een tijdperk: Schooltijdschriften 'Zonneland' en co. Stoppen ermee". 24 January 2024.
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- ^ "Commotie na brief van Standaard Uitgeverij aan oud-medewerkers van Suske en Wiske". 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Oud-tekenaars Suske en Wiske kwaad na brief van Standaard Uitgeverij met verbod stripfiguren nog te tekenen". 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Oud-medewerkers 'Suske en Wiske' mogen geen tekeningen meer verkopen: "Ze kunnen nu naar de maan voor mij"". 15 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/09/superman-comic-auction-6-million/0e2f5886-f684-11ee-9506-c8544e5c9d86_story.html
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- ^ "David Kunzle ¡Presente! — Poster of the Week". 5 January 2024.
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- ^ "Marc Sleen".
- ^ "Jan Smet (78) overleden". 3 January 2024.
- ^ The Passing of Brazilian Artist Walmir Amaral
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- ^ Manga Creator/Animator Haruo Takahashi Dies at 76
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- ^ "Jean-François Debaty".
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- ^ "Alfredo Castelli".
- ^ Jack Higgins, Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun-Times editorial cartoonist, dies at 69
- ^ "Paul Neary".
- ^ Paul Neary, Longtime DC/Marvel Artist, Former Marvel UK Editor-in-Chief, Passes Away
- ^ "Enrique Badia Romero".
- ^ Romero 1930–2024 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Benoît".
- ^ Comic Book Creator Ramona Fradon Has Died, Aged 97
- ^ "Ramona Fradon".
- ^ "Akira Toriyama".
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 7, 2024). "Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama Dies at 68". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Chance Browne".
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- ^ Don Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning Palm Beach Post cartoonist, dies at 90
- ^ "Enrique Ventura".
- ^ Muere el dibujante Enrique Ventura, artista clave del cómic español, a los 78 años (in Spanish)
- ^ James A. Moore (1965–2024)
- ^ Bob Beerbohm, R.I.P.
- ^ "Mark D. Bright".
- ^ MD Bright of Armor Wars, Quantum & Woody and Icon Dies, Aged 68
- ^ "Ed Piskor".
- ^ Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design Artist, Reportedly Passes Away at Age 41
- ^ "Ziraldo".
- ^ "ATrina Robbins".
- ^ Trina Robbins, Legendary Cartoonist and Wonder Woman Artist, Passes Away at 85
- ^ Walter Hanel ist tot (in German)
- ^ "Fred Dewilde".
- ^ [1] (in French)
- ^ "Don Perlin".
- ^ Don Perlin, Co-Creator of Moon Knight and Bloodshot, Passes Away at 94
- ^ "June Mendoza". lambiek.net. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Legend Peter Bennett Has Died
- ^ https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/inkleurster-petra-coria-87-overleden?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1A5TBs872IVH1Hew_nSC-SCQn0jnhFPCFFZDOpJavr9_oZ1Wg-MINT7fc_aem_AQm3CLjoxgV6maeZvtBCMh9X3b04-I2nVs80fOU-V7UQytpGUrGG8rIoVWICZGovadbxKwQvRriOBJEB7DfimGJM
- ^ Veteran director, comic strip creator Carlo J. Caparas passes away
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- ^ YouTuber Comicstorian has died at age 40 in an accident
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- ^ "Jan Cremer". lambiek.net. Retrieved 20 June 2024.