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The AOL name was finally dropped from Time Warner , reverted to the Time Warner name.
April
June
Wolverine June 10 - Manhwa Dragon Hunter begins publication[ 1]
July
July 18 : The first issue of the Croatian comics magazine Q strip
December
Deaths
January
January 2 : Jack Keller , American comics artist (Kid Colt [ 3] January 8 : Franz Drappier, aka Franz , Belgian comics artist (Hypérion , Lester Cockney , Thomas Noland , continued Jugurtha and Jerry Spring [ 4] January 10 : Ramón Sabatés, Spanish comics artist (Casimiro Noteví, Agente tel TBI , worked on Los Grandes Inventos de TBO ), dies at age 87.[ 5] January 28 : Leoncio Rojas Cruzat, aka Leo, Chilean comics artist (Macabeo , Castañita , Hurgando el Deporte , Pasionario , Contrafuegos , Solterina ), dies at age 83.[ 6]
February
March
March 2 : Bill Woggon , American comics artist (Katy Keene [ 8] March 3 : Dave Pascal , American cartoonist and comics artist (The New Yorker ), dies at age 84.[ 9] March 12 : Branco Karabajic , Croatian comics artist and animator (Rolf Kauka comics, Pauli , Familie Mausbein ), dies at age 77.[ 10] March 22 : Fernando Carpucino , Italian painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at the age of 80.[ 11]
April
April 3 : Karel Boumans, aka Kabou , Belgian comics artist (De Avonturen van Olivier , Studio Vandersteen ), dies at age 71.[ 12] April 9 : Jerry Bittle , American comics artist (Geech Shirley and Son [ 13] April 14 : Ric Hugo, American comics artist (Soliloquy ), dies at age 75 or 76.[ 14] April 14 : John Kent , New Zealand cartoonist and comics artist (Varoomshka [ 15]
May
June
July
July 20 : William Woolfolk , American novelist, TV writer and comics writer (worked for DC Comics , Marvel Comics , Archie Comics , Fawcett Comics , Quality Comics , Police Comics , Timely Comics ), dies at age 86.[ 19] July 24 : Warren Kremer , American comics artist (Harvey Comics ), passes away at age 82.[ 20] July 31 : Guido Crepax , Italian comics artist (Valentina [ 21]
August
August 9 : Bert Wunderink, Dutch comics artist (Bram en Sijm en de Bende van Zwarte Dolf ), dies at age 80.[ 22]
September
September 25 : Herb Gardner , American playwright, screenwriter and comics artist (The Nebbishes
October
October 12 : Pete Morisi , American comics artist (Thunderbolts [ 23] October 14 : Ned Riddle, American cartoonist and comics artist (Mr. Tweedy ), dies at age 90 and 91.[ 24]
November
November 12 : John Tartaglione , American comics artist and inker (Marvel Comics , made comics biographies about John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson , Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa ), dies at age 82.[ 25] November 29 : Len Lawson , Australian comics artist (The Lone Avenger The Hooded Rider Diana, Queen of the Apes [ 26] November 30 : Kin Platt , American caricaturist, radio writer, TV writer, animation writer, comics artist (Mr. and Mrs. , Supermouse ), dies at age 91.[ 27]
December
December 5 : Bob Gregory , American comics writer/artist (Donald Duck comics Hanna-Barbera comics) dies at age 82.[ 28] December 20 : Hector Saavedra, Argentine comics artist (Disney comics , Looney Tunes comics), passes away at age 49 or 50.[ 29] December 27 : Pete Alvarado , American animator and comics artist (Disney comics , Warner Bros. comics, Hanna-Barbera comics), dies at age 83.[ 30] December 29 : Don Lawrence , British comics artist, (Storm [ 31]
Exhibitions
Conventions
January 25 : Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show I (St. Paul's Church Auditorium, New York City)January 31–February 2 : Creation Comic Book & Pop Culture Convention (Pasadena, California)February 1–2 : Alternative Press Expo (Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco)February 9 : Emerald City ComiCon (Qwest Field, West Field Plaza, Seattle, Washington) — first annual event; 2,500 attendees; guests: Erik Larsen , John Cassaday , Scott Morse , Pia Guerra , Darick Robertson , Sean Chen , Greg Rucka , Ford Gilmore , Jim Mahfood , Steve Skroce , Mike Huddleston , Steve Rolston , Ian Boothby , Jay Faerber , Matt Haley , Kathleen Webb , John Lustig , David Hahn , Stefano Gaudiano , Donna Barr , Roberta Gregory , Rick Hoberg , Jason Hall , and Brian Snöddy February 28–March 2 : MegaCon (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida) — guests include J. Scott Campbell , Scott McDaniel , Chuck Dixon , Frank Cho , George Pérez , Roy Thomas , Greg Land , Jimmy Palmiotti , Amanda Conner , Robert Rodi , Bart Sears , Brian Pulido , and Adam Hughes March 22–24 : East Coast Hobby Show 2003 (Ft. Washington Expo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)March 23 : Toronto Comic Con I (Toronto Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — first edition of this conventionMarch 29–30 : Planet Comicon (Overland Park International Trade Center, Overland Park, Kansas)April : Phoenix Comicon (Glendale, Arizona)April 5–6 : Dallas Comic Con 2.0 (Richardson Civic Center, Plano, Texas) — guests include Tim Bradstreet , Adam Hughes , Dave Dorman , and Frank Cho , Scott Kurtz , Kerry Gammill , Cal Slayton , and Michael Lark . A collectible program book produced with dual covers by artists Dave Dorman and Adam Hughes .April 5 : Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (S.P.A.C.E.) (Ohio Expo Center, Rhodes Center, Columbus, Ohio) — special guests: Dave Sim and Gerhard April 25–27 : Pittsburgh Comicon (Pittsburgh Expomart, Monroeville, Pennsylvania) — guests include Terry Austin , Terry Moore , Wayne Wise ,[ 33] Adam Hughes , Bill Morrison , Erin Gray , George Pérez , Joseph Michael Linsner , Jim Balent , and Michael Turner [ 34] April 26–27 : WonderCon (Moscone Center, San Francisco, California) — convention moves from OaklandApril 27 : MicroCon 2003 (Maplewood Community Center, Maplewood, Minnesota)May 2–3 : Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show II (St. Paul's Church Auditorium, New York City) — guest of honor Jim Steranko ; other guests: Russ Heath , Billy Tucci , Graig Weich, Tony Isabella , Guy Gilchrist , Jim Krueger , Jamal Igle , Robin Riggs , and Jim Salicrup May 2–3 : Hershey Comicon I (Cocoaplex Cinema, Hershey, Pennsylvania)May 16–18 : Motor City Comic Con I (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan) — guests include Aaron Bordner , Mark Bode , Dan Brereton , Norm Breyfogle , Guy Davis , Dan Fogel , Frank Kelly Freas , Laura Freas , Gilbert Hernandez , Jaime Hernandez , Vince Locke , William Messner Loebs , James O'Barr , Jim Pitts , Paul Ryan , William Stout , Billy Tucci , Neil Vokes , and Larry Welz May 17 : East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — 50 attendees; guests include William H. Foster III , Jerry Craft , and Anthony Jappa[ 35] May 23–24 : Comics 2003 (Bristol, Avon, England, U.K.) — presentation of the National Comics Awards ; guests include Jim Lee , Jeff Smith , Dez Skinn , Mike Conroy , Duncan Fegredo , Steve Yeowell , Gary Spencer Millidge , Phil Winslade , Sean Phillips , Mike Carey , Chris Weston , Chris Francis, Phil Hall , Bryan Talbot , Dave Gibbons , John McCrea , John Cassaday , D'Israeli , Staz Johnson , Gary Erskine , Rich Johnston , Nick Locking , and David Hitchcock [ 36] May 30–June 1 : Wizard World East (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)May 31–June 1 : Adventure Con 2 (Knoxville Expo Center, Knoxville, Tennessee)June 13–15 : Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) — guests include Bob Almond , Jim Amash , Pat Broderick , Frank Brunner , Sal Buscema , Nick Cardy , Richard Case , Steve Conley , Shane Davis , Kim DeMulder , Todd Dezago , Tommy Lee Edwards , Michael Eury , Tom Feister , Lou Ferrigno , Dick Giordano , Cully Hamner , Scott Hampton , Tony Harris , Irwin Hasen , Adam Hughes , Matt Hughes , Greg Hyland , Jamal Igle , Dan Jolley , Bruce Jones , Nat Jones , Jason Latour , Bob Layton , Jon Lewis , David W. Mack , Pop Mhan , Phil Noto , Jeff Parker , George Pratt , Budd Root , Craig Rousseau , Julie Schwartz , Bill Sienkiewicz , Roxanne Starr , Brian Stelfreeze , Karl Story , Roy Thomas , Rich Tommaso , Tim Townsend , Koi Turnbull , George Tuska , Neil Vokes , Loston Wallace , Daniel Way , and Mike Wieringo June 13–14 : Lexington Sci-Fi Comic Con (Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, Kentucky)June 20–21 : Hershey Comicon II (Cocoaplex Cinema, Hershey, Pennsylvania)June 22 : MoCCA Festival (Puck Building, New York City)July 12–13 : Big-D Collectible Show (Hampton Inn Military Pkwy & Hwy 635 Mesquite, Dallas, Texas) — 1500 attendeesJuly 17–20 : Comic-Con International (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California) — 70,000 attendees; official guests: Brian Azzarello , Charles Berberian , Sal Buscema , Philippe Dupuy , Neil Gaiman , Jackson "Butch" Guice , Nalo Hopkinson , Steve Jackson , Geoff Johns , Larry Lieber , Carla Speed McNeil , Kevin O'Neill , Howard Post , and R.A. Salvatore July 18–20 : Hawaii All-Collectors Show (Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii)August : "Cyber CAPTION "[ 36] Carla Speed McNeil August 3 : Atlanta Comic Convention (Atlanta Marriott Century Center, Atlanta, Georgia)August 8–10 : Wizard World Chicago (Rosemont Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois)August 22–24 : Fan Expo Canada (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — 20,655 attendees; guests include Leonard Nimoy , Ray Park , Adrian Rayment & Neil Rayment Twins (The Matrix) , J. August Richards , Connor Trinneer , Denise Crosby , Brian Michael Bendis , Francisco Herrera , Ed McGuinness , Ken Steacy , Darwyn Cooke , Josh Blaylock, and Fred Gallagher August 29–September 1 : Dragon Con (Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia) — 20,000+ attendeesSeptember 5–6 : Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show III (St. Paul's Church Auditorium, New York City)September 5–7 : Small Press Expo (Holiday Inn Select, Bethesda, Maryland)September 12–14 : Raptus 2003 (Bergen Konferanse Senter, Skandic Hotel Bergen, Bergen, Norway) — 4,500 attendeesSeptember 20–21 : Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)September 20–21 : Royalfest 2003 (Gateway Center, Collinsville, Illinois) — 3,000–4,000 attendeesOctober 3–5 : Adventure Con 2.5 (Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tennessee)October 4–5 : FallCon (Education Building at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minnesota)October 17–November 2 : FIBDA XIV (Amadora, Portugal)[ 37] October 18–19 : Motor City Comic Con II (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan) — guests include Kurt Busiek , Andy Lee , and David W. Mack October 19 : Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention (Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, Los Angeles, California)October 19 : Maine Comic Book Spectacular (Verrillo's Convention Center, Portland, Maine)October 25–26 : Dallas Comic Con ("DCC3") (Plano Centre, Plano, Texas) — guests include Tim Bradstreet , Phil Noto , Adam Hughes , Scott Kurtz , John Lucas, Ben Dunn , Jaime Mendoza , Cal Slayton , and Erik Reeves October 31–November 3 : Las Vegas Comic-Con (Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada) — first annual eventOctober 31–November 2 : Lucca Comics and Games (Fair Point, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy) — 50,000 attendeesNovember 1 : Comic Festival Winter Special (Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury, London, England, U.K.) — guests include Steven Appleby , Mark Buckingham , John M. Burns , Laurence Campbell , Al Davison , Alex Collier , Mike Conroy , Andy Diggle , Simon Donald , Christian Dunn , Ian Edginton , Carl Flint , Paul Gambaccini , Phil Gascoigne , Ian Gibson , Jon Haward , Morris Heggie , P. J. Holden , Jock , Davey Jones , Euan Kerr , Roger Langridge , Metaphrog , Gary Spencer Millidge , Robbie Morrison , Paul Palmer , Siku , Dez Skinn , Kev F. Sutherland , and Lee Townsend November 6–9 : Coco Bulles (Culture Palace of Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire )November 7–9 : Toronto Comic Con II (National Trade Centre, Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — guests of honor: Jim Starlin and Michael William Kaluta November 15–16 : Kansas City ComiCon (Shawnee Civic Center, Shawnee, Kansas)November 21–23 : Wizard World Texas (Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, Texas)November 28–30 : Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show IV (Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City)November 29–30 : Mid-Ohio Con (Hilton Columbus Hotel at Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio)December 7 : Boston Comic Book Spectacular (Boston Radisson Hotel, Amesbury, Massachusetts) — 1,000 attendees
First issues by title
Confidential Assassination Troop Release: by Tong Li Comics . Writer & Artist: Fung Chin Pang Fluffy Release: by Jonathan Cape . Writer & Artist: Simone Lia Opus Release: November 23 by The Washington Post Company . Writer: Berkeley Breathed Artist: Berkeley Breathed .xxxHolic Release: February 24 by Kodansha . Authors : Clamp .
Notes
^ Anime-and-Manga | Dragon Hunter Vol. 1 [permanent dead link ^ "Suske en Wiske weekblad" . suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Jack Keller" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/franz.htm ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sabates_ramon.htm ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leo-rojas-cruzat.htm ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/millar_pete.htm ^ "Bill Woggon" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "David Pascal" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/karabajic_branco.htm ^ "Fernando Carcupino" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Karel Boumans" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Jerry Bittle" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hugo_ric.htm ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kent_john.htm ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rice_pierce.htm ^ "Al Hartley" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Georges Pichard" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ Oliver, Myrna (10 August 2003). "William Woolfolk, 86; Novelist Wrote for Television, Comics" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 5 October 2013 . ^ "Warren Kremer" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Guido Crepax" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wunderink_bert.htm ^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/riddle_ned.htm ^ "John Tartaglione" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Len Lawson" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Kin Platt" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Bob Gregory" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/saavedra_hector.htm ^ "Pete Alvarado" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ "Don Lawrence" . lambiek.net . Retrieved 7 April 2018 .^ Ohio State University Libraries: Ohio Cartoonists: A Bicentennial Celebration: Frederick Burr Opper, 2003. Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Homegrown artists at Comicon," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (25 April 2003), p. 30.
^ Press release. "2003 Harvey Awards Banquet Cancelled, Awards Unaffected , Comic Book Resources (Jan. 24, 2003).
^ Broussard, Meredith. "In Full Color: The 2nd Annual East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention," Sun Reporter (26 June 2003), p. 4.
^ a b Allass, Marcia. "Lovely Bristols," Sequential Tart vol. 6, issue #6 (June 2003).
^ Kempeneers, Michel. "Selected Highlights of the XIVth Festival Internacional de Banda Desenhada da Amadora," International Journal of Comic Art , vol. 6, #1 (Spring 2004) pp. 365-367.
