Notable events of 2008 in comics.

Events

January

*January 9: ''Teen Titans: The Lost Annual'', delayed since

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, is published. * January 17: Trik wins the ''Inktspotprijs'' for ''Best Political Cartoon''. *January 22: Webcomic '' Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery'' by Rick Smith begins publication. *January 23: ''

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'' #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.

February

* February 11: Belgian comic artist Marc Sleen is declared a honorary citizen of

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. * Ji Kangmin begins the Korean webcomic '' Welcome to Convenience Store''

March

*March 5: '' Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall'' by Bill Willingham softcover edition released under the

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imprint.

April

* April 1: Acclaimed historian,

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and

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Howard Zinn Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian and a veteran of World War II. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn ...

releases '' A People's History of American Empire''. The book was co-authored by historian Paul Buhle and cartoonist Mike Konopacki. *April 3: Graphic novel '' Britten and Brülightly'' by Hannah Berry is published by

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under their

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imprint *April 7:

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's webcomic ''Indexed'' is voted best blog of the year by Time.com. * April 20: At the

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announces Marvel Apes, which will start in October. *April 23: ''

Countdown to Final Crisis ''Countdown'', also known as ''Countdown to Final Crisis'' for its last 24 issues based on the cover, was a comic book Limited series (comics), limited series published by DC Comics. It debuted on May 9, 2007, directly following the conclusion of ...

'' concludes. * April 28:

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announce that they have optioned Oni Press' '' Resurrection'' by Marc Guggenheim, to be produced by Scott Stuber. *April 30:

Barry Allen Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character known as the Flash, following Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comic ...

returns to the DC Universe proper 23 years after his death in ''

Crisis on Infinite Earths ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book fictional crossover, crossover series published by DC Comics. Written by Marv Wolfman and penciller, pencilled by George Pérez, it was first released as a 12-issue limited ser ...

''. The return came in ''DC Universe'' #0.

May

*May 2: The ''

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'' film, based on the character of the same name, is released in theaters. *May 28: ''

Final Crisis "Final Crisis" is a crossover storyline that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics in 2008, primarily the seven-issue miniseries of the same name written by Grant Morrison. Originally DC announced the project as being illustrated solely ...

'' #1 is released.

June

* ''Me and My Ainia'' by Lai Ann wins the Outstanding Comics Award from the Institute for Compilation and Translation of Taiwan * '' Tiny Titans'' released by

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July

* July 9: A comics mural, depicting a scene from

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adaptation of Gerard Reve's novel ''

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'' is inaugurated in Antwerp, as part of the city's Comic Book Route. * ''

The Dark Knight ''The Dark Knight'' is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay co-written with his brother Jonathan. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to ''Batman Begins'' (2005), and the second inst ...

'' takes in a record $155.34 million in its opening weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for '' Spider-Man 3'' in May 2007. *

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...

's '' World's End'' event begins in the aftermath of ''

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''. * '' Comic Book Tattoo'', the comic book anthology based on the lyrics of

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makes its debut at

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August

* August 2: To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the British comics magazine ''

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'',

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is guest editor.

September

* September 10: In the Netherlands René Schoenmakers and Marc Jansen, co-found Catawiki, a compendium of collector's catalogues. * September 27: During the Stripdagen in Houten, The Netherlands, Erik Kriek receives the Stripschapprijs. Pim Oosterheert, author of various books about

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, receives the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. Bob van den Born and Jaap Kramer receive the Bulletje en Boonestaak Schaal.

October

* '' Hellboy: In The Chapel Of Moloch'', the first ''Hellboy'' series written and drawn by Mike Mignola since

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, is scheduled to ship. * October 8: Archaia Studios Press confirm they have been bought by

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, the company established by Joshua Blaylock, former President at

Devil's Due Publishing Devil's Due Publishing (often abbreviated as DDP) is an independent comic book publisher in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned proper ...

November

* November 14: French cartoonist Piem is named Knight in the Ordre National du Mérite. * November 18: Jonas Geirnaert's comic strip '' Kabouter Wesley'' makes its debut in HUMO. * The non-fiction book '' Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero'' is published by E. Paul Zehr.

December

Specific date unknown

* Seung-Jin Park and

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launch the webcomic series ''TLT - Tiger the Long Tail'', which will run until 2010. * Ryan K. Hudson launches his webcomic series ''Channelate''.

Deaths

January

* January 3: Johan van Dijk, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (''Onze Rusteloze Aarde'', ''Wonderen der Natuur''), dies at age 90. * January 6: Marty Links, American comics artist (''Emmy Lou''), dies at age 90. * January 18: Joaquin Cervante Bassoco, Mexican comics artist (''Pies Lanos'', ''Tirando a Gol (El Pirata Negro)'', ''Wama''), dies at age 89. * January 19: Rik Clément, Belgian comics artist (''Dees Dubbel''), dies at age 87.

February

* February 2: Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comics artist ('' Gordo''), dies at age 90. *February 10: Steve Gerber, American comic book writer (

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, creator of Howard the Duck), dies from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at age 60. * February 11: Stéphane Peru, French comics artist (''Shaman'') and colorist (

), dies at age 26. *February 22: Steve Whitaker, British comics colourist (''

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''), dies at age 53.

March

* March 2: Francesco Pescador, Italian comics artist (''Tony Boy'', ''Il Piccolo Sceriffo'', ''Philly il Ragazzi dagli Occhi d'Oro''), dies at age 93. *March 8: Franco Paludetti, Italian animator and comic artist (worked on ''

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''), dies at age 83. *March 10: Dave Stevens, American comic book artist (creator of the Rocketeer), dies of

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at age 52. *March 17: Daniel Traver Griñó, Spanish comics artist (''Sam Bory y el Telesforo'', ''1X2 el Extraterrestre'', ''Tontáinez'', ''El Tonto del Pueblo'' and ''Don Florencio''), dies at age 76. *March 18: Wes Alexander, American comics artist (''Stormfield''), dies at age 41. *March 19: Hugo Claus, Belgian novelist, playwright, poet and film director (wrote the script for the comic strip ''Belgman'' with Hugo De Kempeneer, aka hugOKÉ), dies from

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at age 78. * March 21:

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, Belgian comics publisher and animated film producer. Founder of the Belgian comics magazine '' Tintin'', dies at age 92. * March 21: Maurice Maréchal, Belgian comics artist ('' Prudence Petitpas''), dies at age 85. *March 30: Jim Mooney, American comic book artist and writer (

), dies at age 88.

April

* April 2: Roger Blachon, French teacher, journalist, book illustrator, editorial cartoonist and comic artist (''Des Oiseaux Ordinaires''), dies at age 66. * April 14: Ollie Johnston, American animator (

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), dies at age 95. * April 15: Robert Vandersteen, Belgian comics artist (''Tony and Lily'', worked on '' De Rode Ridder'') and son of

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, dies at age 68.

May

*May 3: Ted Key, American animator and comics artist ('' Hazel''), dies at age 95. * May 5: Edith Hegenbarth, German comics artist (''Digedags''), dies at age 83. * May 12: Virgilio Martínez Gaínza, Cuban comic artist (''Pucho'', ''Supertiñosa''), dies at age 77. *May 13: Mike Western, British comics artist ('' Darkie's Mob'', continued '' Billy's Boots''), dies at age 83 following a heart attack and a stroke. *May 15:

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, American comics artist (''

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'', '' Mad Magazine'', co-creator of '' Little Annie Fanny''), dies at age 86. * May 19: Rory Root, American comics store owner (founder and owner of Comic Relief in Berkeley, California), dies at age 50. * May 21: Mel Casson, American comics artist (''Jeff Crockett'', ''Sparky'', ''Angel'', co-worked on ''Mixed Singles'' (later titled ''Boomer''), continued ''

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''), dies at age 87. * May 27: Ed Arno, American comics artist, cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator (worked for Urzica, Krokodil and

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), dies at age 91.

June

* June 5: Pete Tumlinson, American comics artist ('' Kid Colt''), dies at age 87. * June 8: Vladimiro Missaglia, aka Miro, Italian comics artist and animator (''I Tre Marines'', ''Kali''), dies at age 75. *June 27: Michael Turner, American comics artist (worked for ''

''), dies at age 37 from bone cancer.

July

* July 17: Creig Flessel, American comics artist ('' Sandman'', '' Shining Knight''), dies at age 96.

August

* August 2: Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese manga artist ('' Tensai Bakabon'', '' Osomatsu-kun''), dies at age 72. * August 5: Jack Kamen, American comics artist (worked for ''

''), dies at age 88. * August 6: Arnold H. Clerkx, Dutch comics artist (''Ling Khi Tong'', ''Joessoef''), dies at age 88. * August 7: ** Eugênio Colonnese, Italian-Brazilian comics artist (''Mylar, O Homem Mistério'', ''Superargo'', ''Pele de Cobra'', ''O Morto do Pântano'', ''Mirza, a mulher vampiro''), dies at age 78. ** Stefan Nagy, Swedish comics artist (''Fritz von Flaxen'', ''Ödeshandsken'', ''It'', ''Dark World'', ''Carnak & Denim''), dies at age 56 or 57. * August 13: Martin Berthommier, French comic artist (''Touffu''), dies at age . * August 15: Carlos Meglia, Argentine animator and comics artist (''Irish Coffee'', '' Cybersix'', ''Canari''), dies at age 50.

September

* September 2: Bill Melendez, American animator (''

'', ''

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'' animated features), dies at age 91. * September 15: Gedeone Malagola, Brazilian comics artist (''Raio Negro'', ''Hydroman'', ''Homem Lua''), dies at age 84. * September 26: Raymond Macherot, Belgian comics artist ('' Chlorophylle'', '' Clifton'', '' Sibylline''), dies at age 91.

October

* October 15: Guus Boissevain, aka ''Gub'', Dutch comics artist (''Piet Pelle'', ''Snuf en de Grollenburgers'', ''Bliep en Barthold'', also worked for the Dutch edition of '' Mad''), dies at age 79. * October 16: Mark Buck, American comics artist, dies at age 41 in a motorcycle accident. * October 20: ** Les Barton, British comics artist (continued '' Billy Bunter''), dies at age 84. ** Ken Hunter, British comics artist (''Jeff and Bill Star in the kingdom of Zero'', ''Barney's Barmy Army'', ''Mr. Licko and His Lollipops''), dies at age 91 or 92. * October 31: Mongo Sisé, Congolese comics artist (''Mata Mata et Pili Pili'', ''Bingo'', ''Tchindé''), dies from a stroke at age 60.

November

* November 11: Lasse Sandberg, Swedish comics artist and illustrator (''Ångvälten Andersson'', ''Vilde Viktor'', ''Gojan Patrik'', ''Orädda Oskar'', ''Idrottsmannen Eskil''), dies at age 84. * November 15: **

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, Polish comic artist ('' Kajtek i Koko'', '' Kajko and Kokosz''), dies at age 74 ** Cláudio Seto, aka Chuji Seto Takeguma, Brazilian comics artist (''María Erótica'', ''O Samurai''), dies at age 64. * November 17: Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, album cover designer, illustrator and comics artist ('' Les Aventures de Jodelle'', ''Pravada la Surviveuse'', ''The Game'', ''SHE and the Green Rairs''), dies from cancer at age 74. * November 25: Sergio Rosi, Italian comics artist (''Simonetta'', ''Il Principe Scimmiotto'', ''Cochito'', ''Volpetto'', ''Mustafà'', ''Ramirez & Gonzales'', ''Bill Revolver'', '' Jacula''), dies at an unknown age. * November 28: Enrico De Seta, Italian comics artist, cartoonist and caricaturist (''Giovanni-qui-obéit'', ''Bacù''), dies at age 100. * November 28: Leon Lazarus, American comics writer and editor (worked for ''

''), dies at age 89.

December

* December 4: Fritz Behrendt, German-Dutch political cartoonist, dies at age 83. * December 6: Gérard Lauzier, French comics artist (''Tranches de Vie'', ''Al Crane''), dies at age 76. * December 11: Maddie Blaustein, American comic writer (

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), dies at age 48. * December 16: Vic Donahue, American comics artist (comics about scientific subjects), dies at age 90. * December 23: Pietro Gamba, Italian comics artist (continued '' Kinowa'', ''Pecos Bill''), dies at age 83.

Specific date unknown

* Rik Jottier, Belgian comics artist and illustrator (''Wopsie: De Avonturen van een Bewaarengeltje''), dies at age 81 or 82. * Marits Rietdijk, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (comics for motorcycle magazines), dies at age 87 or 88. * Lui Yu-tin (also spelled as Louie Yu Tin), Chinese comics artist (''Wu-lung Wong'', aka ''King of Blunders''), dies at age 80 or 81.

Exhibitions

* September 9 – December 5 ( Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York City) — Kim Deitch retrospective

Conventions

* January 12–13: Dallas Comic Con X, Richardson Civic Center, Richardson, Texas, USA — guests include Tony DeZuniga, Harold LeDoux, Scott Kurtz, Kristian Donaldson, Nick Derington, Kristofer Straub, Cal Slayton,

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, James O'Barr,

Bob Layton Bob Layton (born September 25, 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as ''Iron Man (comic book), Iron Man'' and ''Hercules (Marvel Comics), Hercules'', and for co-fo ...

, Terry Moore, Steve Niles, Cully Hamner, Tim Bradstreet, Matt Sturges, Brian Denham, Sarah Wilkinson, David Hopkins, Jaime Mendoza, Cat Staggs, and Scott Harben * January 24–27:

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, France * January 26–27:

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(Mesa, Arizona, USA) — 5,200 attendees; official guests: Maral Agnerian, Greg Ayres, David Beaty, Jeremy Bulloch, Svetlana Chmakova,

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, Shannon Denton, Walter Koenig,

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, Peter Mayhew,

Ed McGuinness Edward McGuinness is an American comic book artist and penciller, who has worked on books such as ''Superman (comic book), Superman'', ''Superman/Batman'', ''Deadpool (comic book), Deadpool'', and ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), Hulk''. His p ...

, Dawn "Kaijugal" McKechnie, Angel Medina, Michelle Ruff, Armand Villavert Jr., Mark Waid, Wil Wheaton, and Andrew Wheelan * February 2–3: Hi-Ex
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, Scotland * February 22–24:

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, San Francisco, USA * March 1–2:

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(S.P.A.C.E.) (Aladdin Shrine Center, Columbus, Ohio) — special guest: Dave Sim * March 1: STAPLE!, Austin, USA * March 7–9: MegaCon (Orlando Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA) — guests include Jennie Breeden, Brian Clevinger, Amanda Conner, Caitlin Glass,

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, Erin Gray,

Neil Kaplan Neil Charles Kaplan is an American voice actor, audiobook narrator, entertainer, and comedian. His most well known voice roles are Hawkmon from ''Digimon'', Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto from ''Bleach (TV series), Bleach'', Emperor Zarkon from ' ...

, June Lockhart, George Lowe, Cynthia Martinez, Peter Mayhew, Vic Mignogna, Paul Pelletier,

Joe Quesada Joseph Quesada (; born January 12, 1962'' Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; page 107) is an American comic book artist, writer, editor, and television producer. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, ...

, Stan Sakai, William Tucci, and Mark Waid * March 16: New York City Comic Book Spectacular (Holiday Inn Midtown, New York City) — guest of honor Michael Avon Oeming * March 16–18: Wizard World Los Angeles (Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA) * March 22: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing
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London, UK * April 5–6: Dallas Comic Con & Sci-Fi Expo, Richardson Civic Center, Richardson, Texas, USA * April 12: FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival (Tasty World, Athens, Georgia) * April 12–13: Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) * April 18–20:

, New York, USA * April 25–27: Pittsburgh Comicon (Monroeville Expomart, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA) — guests include Timothy Truman,

Mike Grell Mike Grell (born September 13, 1947) is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on books such as '' Green Lantern/Green Arrow'', '' The Warlord'', and '' Jon Sable Freelance''. Early life Grell studied at the University of ...

, Robert Tinnell,Gold, Mike
"Michael George and the Pittsburgh Comicon,"
ComicMix (Mar. 18, 2008).

Tom DeFalco Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comic book writer and editor well known for his association with Marvel Comics, with long runs on ''Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Thor (comic book), Thor'', ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' ...

Ron Frenz Ronald Wade "Ron" Frenz (born February 1, 1960) is an American comics artist known for his work for Marvel Comics. He is well known for his 1980s work on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', particularly introducing the hero's Venom (character), black cos ...

, Billy Tucci, David W. Mack, Tommy Castillo, David Prowse, Aaron Douglas, Brian Harnois, and Kane HodderMachosky, Michael. "Pittsburgh Comicon brings fans, heroes together," ''Pittsburgh Tribune'' (24 Apr 2008). * April 26–27: Stumptown Comics Fest (Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel, Portland, Oregon) * May 9–11: Bristol Comic Expo (Commonwealth Hall and the Ramada Plaza, Bristol, UK) — guests include Jim Shooter, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin, and

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story " For the M ...

. Presentation of the Eagle Awards, hosted by comedian Fraser Ayres. * May 10–11: Emerald City ComiCon (Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, Washington, USA) — 10,000 attendees; guests: Ethan Van Sciver,

Arthur Suydam Arthur Suydam (; born May 18, 1953) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Marvel Zombies, Deadpool, Black Panther, and KISS Zombies. He has done artwork for magazines including '' Heavy Metal'', ''Epic Illustrated'' and '' Nation ...

, Jeffrey Brown, Whilce Portacio, Mike Choi,

J. Michael Straczynski Joseph Michael Straczynski, known as J. Michael Straczynski (; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction televi ...

Phil Jimenez Phil Jimenez (born July 12, 1970) is an American comics artist and writer known for his work as writer/artist on ''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries ''Infinite C ...

, Derek Kirk Kim, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Andy Runton, Tim Sale, Tony Bedard,

Jim Cheung Jim Cheung ( ; born 1972) is a British comic book artist, known for his work on the series such as ''Scion (comics), Scion'', ''New Avengers: Illuminati'', ''Young Avengers'' and ''Avengers: The Children's Crusade''. He co-created the Marvel su ...

, Bill Willingham, Gail Simone,

Kaare Andrews Kaare Kyle Andrews (born 1975) is a comic book writer, comics artist, artist and filmmaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. His work includes ''Spider-Man'', ''Iron Fist (character), Iron Fist'', ''Renato Jones'', and ''The Incredible Hulk (comic bo ...

Skottie Young Skottie Young (born March 3, 1978) is an American comic book creator, comic book artist, Children's literature, children's book illustrator and writer. He is best known for his work with various Marvel Comics characters, his comic book adaptations ...

Dan DiDio Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has worked in the television and comic book industries. From February 2010 until February 2020, he was the co-publisher of DC Comics, along with Jim Lee. '' Wizar ...

, David Finch, Aaron Williams, Phil Noto, Michael Avon Oeming, Eric Powell, Richard Starkings, Darick Robertson, Nat Jones, Stephane Roux, Alfonso Azpiri, Sanjulián, Esteban Maroto, Juan Gimenez, Steve Sadowski, Moose Baumann, Philip Tan, Dustin Weaver, Eric Basaldua, Jeph Jacques, Jason Howard, Craig Rousseau, Chris Moreno, Todd Dezago, Tone Rodriguez, Stephen "JB" Jones, Matt Kindt, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Clayburn Moore, Tom Raney, Eric Canete, Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker,

Aaron Lopresti Aaron Lopresti (born January 7, 1964) is an People of the United States, American comic book artist who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, CrossGen Comics and Image Comics. Early life Aaron Lopresti was born January 7, 19 ...

, Dustin Nguyen, Dan Wickline,

Clayton Crain Clayton Crain (born 1975) is an American comic book artist known for his digital painted work on Marvel Comics books such as ''Ghost Rider'', ''X-Force'', and ''Carnage (character), Carnage'', and also on the Valiant Comics series ''Rai (comics) ...

, Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar, Dave Kellett, Rick Remender, Karl Kesel, and Brian Haberlin * May 16–18: Motor City Comic Con (Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, Michigan, USA) * May 16–17: East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention ( African American Museum in Philadelphia and

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

's Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — celebrating black women in comics; guests include Jerry Craft * May 17–18: Montevideo Comics, Montevideo, Uruguay * May 30 – June 1: Wizard World Philadelphia (Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) * June 7–8: Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo I ( Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, USA) — guests include

Bernie Wrightson Bernard Albert Wrightson (October 27, 1948 – March 18, 2017) was an American artist, known for co-creating the Swamp Thing, his Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein, adaptation of the novel ''Frankenstein'' illustration work, and for his other ho ...

Gene Ha Gene Ha is an Americans, American comics artist and writer best known for his work on books such as ''Top 10 (comics), Top 10'' and ''Top 10: The Forty-Niners'', with Alan Moore and Zander Cannon, for America's Best Comics, the Batman graphic nove ...

Rich Buckler Rich Buckler (February 6, 1949 – May 19, 2017) was an Americans, American comics artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deat ...

Irwin Hasen Irwin Hasen (; July 8, 1918 – March 13, 2015) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator (with Gus Edson) of the ''Dondi'' comic strip. He also had a significant run on DC Comics' original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, in the 1940s as we ...

, Joe Giella, Ivan Brandon, Alex Maleev, Billy Tucci, Tommy Castillo, Mark Texeira, Danny Fingeroth, and Michael Avon Oeming * June 7–8: MoCCA Festival (Puck Building, New York City, USA) * June 13–15: Adventure Con (Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) — guest of honor: Michael Golden; other guests include

* June 20–22: Heroes Convention, Charlotte, USA — guests include Jason Aaron, Jim Amash, Marc Arsenault, Liz Baillie, Michael Bair, Christian Beranek, Dan Berger, Ivan Brandon, June Brigman, Mark Brooks, Jeffrey Brown, J. Scott Campbell,

Nick Cardy Nicholas Viscardi (October 20, 1920 – November 3, 2013), known professionally as Nick Cardy and Nick Cardi, was an American comics artist best known for his DC Comics work on Aquaman, the Teen Titans and other major characters. Cardy was induct ...

, Johanna Draper Carlson, K. C. Carlson, Richard Case, Tommy Castillo, Kody Chamberlain, Bernard Chang, Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman, Sean Chen, Cliff Chiang, Frank Cho, Darwyn Cooke, Amanda Conner, Jeremy Dale, Guy Davis, Mike Dawson, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Vito Delsante, Todd Dezago,

Dan Didio Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has worked in the television and comic book industries. From February 2010 until February 2020, he was the co-publisher of DC Comics, along with Jim Lee. '' Wizar ...

, Michael Dooney, Colleen Doran, Evan Dorkin, Dave Dorman, Chris Duffy, Sarah Dyer, Nathan Edmondson, Tommy Lee Edwards, Josh Elder,

Steve Epting Stephen "Steve" Epting is an Americans, American comics artist. He is best known for his work on ''The Avengers (comic book), The Avengers'' and ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'' for Marvel Comics. Early life Epting's influences ...

, Michael Eury, Tom Feister, Al Feldstein, David Finch, Ian Flynn,

Matt Fraction Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of '' The Invincible Iron Man'', '' FF'', '' The Immortal Iron Fist'', '' Uncanny X-Men'', an ...

, Francesco Francavilla,

Gary Friedrich Gary Friedrich (; August 21, 1943 – August 29, 2018) was an American comic book writer best known for his Silver Age stories for Marvel Comics' '' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' and in the following era, the series '' The Monster of Fr ...

, Rob G., John Gallagher, Chris Giarrusso,

Dick Giordano Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Ear ...

, Bryan J. L. Glass, Michael Golden, Jimmy Gownley,

Keron Grant Keron Grant (born August 23, 1976, in Montego Bay) is a Jamaican-American comic book artist, who has worked mostly for Marvel Comics. His first published work was a pinup in the back of one of the final issues of Dale Keown's '' Pitt''. His fi ...

, Nicholas Gurewitch, Cully Hamner, Scott Hampton, Sammy Harkham, Tony Harris,

, Jeremy Haun, Jaime Hernandez,

Jonathan Hickman Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for his creator-owned series '' The Nightly News'', '' The Manhattan Projects'' and '' East of West'', as well as his lengthy stints as a writer on Marvel's '' Fantastic Fo ...

, Greg Horn,

Adam Hughes Adam Hughes (born May 5, 1967) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Catwoman''. ...

, Kevin Huizenga, Kathryn Immonen,

Stuart Immonen Stuart Immonen () is a Canadians, Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on the Marvel Comics series ''Nextwave'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''The New Avengers (comics), The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and ''Ultimate Spide ...

, Georges Jeanty, Nat Jones, Rafael Kayanan, Karl Kesel, Matt Kindt, Robert Kirkman, Barry Kitson, Peter Laird,

Roger Langridge Roger Langridge (born 14 February 1967) is a New Zealand comics writer, artist and letterer, currently living in Britain. Biography Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the '' Judge Dredd Megazine'' series ''The St ...

Erik Larsen Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book artist, writer, and publisher. He currently acts as the chief financial officer of Image Comics. He gained attention in the early 1990s with his art on Spider-Man series for Marvel ...

, Hope Larson, Jason Latour, Steve Lavigne, Jim Lawson,

John Paul Leon John Paul Leon (April 26, 1972 – May 2, 2021) was an American comic book artist, known for his work on the Milestone Comics series '' Static'', and the Marvel Comics limited series '' Earth X''. Leon also provided artwork for a number of sty ...

, Alec Longstreth, Heidi MacDonald, David W. Mack, Jim Mahfood, David Malki, Laura Martin, Nathan Massengill, Paul Maybury, Bob McLeod, Chris Moreno, Dan Nadel, Steve Niles, Phil Noto, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Michael Avon Oeming, Jim Ottaviani, Ryan Ottley,

Jimmy Palmiotti James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film. Early life Palmiotti attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Career Palmiotti star ...

, Jeff Parker,

Brandon Peterson Brandon Peterson (born 1969) is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on Marvel Comics and Top Cow's ''Codename: Strykeforce'' in the 1990s. Career Peterson's early works for Marvel include a ''New Warriors'' annual and a ...

, Ed Piskor, Chris Pitzer, Liz Prince, Brian Pulido, Brian Ralph, Rick Remender, Ross Richie, Paolo Rivera,

Alex Robinson Alex Robinson (born August 8, 1969) is an American comic book writer and artist. Early life Alex Robinson grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York, and graduated from Yorktown High School in 1987. After a year spent at SUNY Brockport, he went to t ...

, Andrew Robinson, Budd Root, Craig Rousseau, Stéphane Roux, Jim Rugg, Andy Runton, Chris Samnee, Jim Scancarelli, Tom Scioli, Rick Spears, Tom Spurgeon, Chris Staros, Joe Staton, Brian Stelfreeze, Karl Story, Kazimir Strzepek, Matthew Sturges, Eric Talbot, Mark Texeira,

Roy Thomas Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" ''Alter Ego'' vol. 3, #50 (July 2005) p. 16 (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor. He was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and possibly bes ...

, Andie Tong, Tim Townsend, Herb Trimpe, Dean Trippe, Rob Ullman, Ethan Van Sciver,

Dexter Vines Dexter Vines is an American comic book artist and inker, known for his collaborations with pencilers such as Steve McNiven and Ed McGuinness, the latter of whom he is credited with as "eDex" team. Career Vines has worked on a multitude of titl ...

, Neil Vokes, Matt Wagner, Mark Waid, Loston Wallace, Daniel Way, Julia Wertz, Ron Wilson, Renée Witterstaetter, and John Workman * June 26–29: Wizard World Chicago (Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, USA) — c. 68,000 attendees; guest of honor:

Warren Ellis Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' ...

; special guests: Todd McFarlane,

Brian Michael Bendis Brian Michael Bendis (; born August 18, 1967) is an Americans, American comic book writer and artist. Starting with crime fiction, crime and hardboiled, noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero fiction, superhero work. While a ...

Alex Ross Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book creator, comic book writer and artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries ''Marvels'', on which ...

, Steve Sansweet * July 12–13: Paradise Comicon Toronto, Holiday Inn on King, Toronto, Ontario, Canada — guests of honor: Herb Trimpe, Joseph Michael Linsner, and

Greg Land Greg Land (born 1956) is an American Comic book creator, comic book artist, best known for his work on books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', and ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four''. Career Greg La ...

* July 13: X-Trava-Con Comic Book, Toy and Non-Sports Card Show (Knights of Columbus Hall, Livonia, Michigan, USA) * July 19–20: London Film & Comic Con
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, USA — 125,000 attendees; guests include Sergio Aragonés, Alison Bechdel, Allen Bellman,

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...

Dan Brereton Daniel Alan Brereton (born November 22, San Francisco Bay Area) is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field. Biography Early life Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Ac ...

, Daryl Cagle,

Cecil Castellucci Cecil C. Castellucci (born October 25, 1969, in New York City), also known as Cecil Seaskull, is an American-born Canadian young adult novelist, indie rocker, and director. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Biography Castellucci gr ...

, Darwyn Cooke, Guy Delisle, Paul Dini, Roman Dirge,

Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog ''Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of th ...

, Ann Eisner,

, Mark Evanier, Renee French,

, Christos N. Gage,

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

, Rick Geary, George Gladir, Laurell K. Hamilton,

Gilbert Hernandez Gilberto Hernández (born February 1, 1957), usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also by the nickname Beto (), is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his ''Palomar''/''Heartbreak Soup'' stories in ''Love and Rockets (comics), Love ...

, Jaime Hernandez,

, Joe Jusko, Miriam Katin, Mel Keefer, Scott Kurtz, Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Matt,

David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood (novel), First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 First Blood, film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo (franchise), ''Ra ...

, Karen Palinko, Lily Renee Phillips, Mike Ploog, Paul Pope, George A. Romero, Rowena, Dave Stevens,

Ben Templesmith Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series ''Fell (comics), Fell'', with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW Publishing, IDW's ...

, Morrie Turner, Mark Verheiden, Matt Wagner, J. H. Williams III, Kent Williams, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Wood, and more * August 9–10: "Timewarp CAPTION" (East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford, England, UK) * August 22–24: Fan Expo Canada (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — 44,500 attendees; guests include

Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin ( ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three extravehicular activity, spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eag ...

, Kate Mulgrew,

Edward James Olmos Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective List of Blade Runner (franchise) characters#Gaff, Gaff in ''Blade Runner'' (1982) and its sequel ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017), Lieuten ...

, Brent Spiner, Michael Rosenbaum, Sean Astin, Laura Vandervoort, Renee O'Connor, Kristy Swanson, Jeremy Bulloch, Henry Winkler, Michael Easton, Aaron Douglas,

Tobe Hooper Willard Tobe Hooper (; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, best known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of al ...

, John Saxon, Wes Craven, Sid Haig, Brad Dourif,

Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato (; 7 May 1939 – 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His career spanned a wide-range of genres including Sword-and-sandal, peplum, Comedy film, comedy, Drama (film and television), drama, P ...

, Tura Satana, Shawnee Smith, Bruce McDonald, Hugh Dillon,

Brian Bolland Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology ''2000 AD (comi ...

. Tim Sale,

Mark Bagley Mark Bagley (; born August 7, 1957) is an American comics artist. He has worked for Marvel Comics on such titles as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Thunderbolts (comic book), Thunderbolts'', ''New Warriors'', ''Venom (comic book), Venom'' and ''Ulti ...

, Peter David,

Gabriele Dell'Otto Gabriele Dell'Otto (born December 20, 1973) is an Italian illustrator and author whose works have been published in several countries in the fields of scientific illustration, American comic books, comic books, calendars, lithographies, books, co ...

, Marko Djurdjevic, Cliff Chiang, Georges Jeanty, Alex Maleev,

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer. He was known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of ...

, J. Scott Campbell,

Steve McNiven Steven McNiven is a Canadians, Canadian comic book artist. He first gained prominence on CrossGen's ''Meridian (comics), Meridian'', before moving onto books such as ''Ultimate Secret'', ''Marvel Knights 4'', The New Avengers (comics), ''New Aven ...

, Ethan Van Sciver,

Kevin Eastman Kevin Brooks Eastman (born May 30, 1962) is an American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Peter Laird. Eastman was also formerly the editor and publisher of the magazine ''Heavy Metal ...

, Angel Medina (artist),

, Vic Mignogna, Derek Stephen Prince, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michelle Ruff, Richard Ian Cox, Victor Lucas, Jon Jacobs, and Donna Mei-Ling Park * August 29 – September 1: Dragon Con (Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis/Atlanta Hilton/Sheraton, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) — 30,000 attendees; guests include Laurell K. Hamilton, Sean Astin,

Micky Dolenz George Michael Dolenz Jr. ( ; born March 8, 1945) is an American musician and actor. He was the drummer and one of two primary vocalists for the pop rock band the Monkees (1966–1970, and reunions until 2021), and a co-star of the TV series ''T ...

, Robert Llewellyn, James Randi, and

Hayden Panettiere Hayden Lesley Panettiere ( ; born August 21, 1989) is an American actress and singer. She has starred as Claire Bennet on the NBC superhero series ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'' (2006–2010), Kirby Reed in the slasher film, slasher Ho ...

* September 13–14: Montreal Comiccon (Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec) — 1,100 attendees * September 27–28: Baltimore Comic-Con,

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, USA * October–November: FIBDA (Amadora, Portugal) — dedicated to fantasy and science fiction"BD: Festival da Amadora 2007 teve mais visitantes, edição de 2008 dedicada a tecnologia e ficção científica,"
''Expresso'' (Nov. 5, 2007). * October 4–5: Mid-Ohio Con (Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, USA) — show acquired by GCX Holdings, merges with Ohio Comic Con * October 4–5:

Small Press Expo The Small Press Expo (SPX) is an American alternative comics convention. A registered 501(c)(3) that was created in 1994, every year since its inception, SPX has put on a festival, known as The Expo, that provides a forum for artists, writers a ...

(Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center,

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) * October 9–10: International Comic Arts Forum (

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a Private university, private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which gr ...

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, Illinois) — guests include Jorge Opazo Ellicker AKA Jorge Quien, Nicolas Mahler, and Damian Duffy * October 11–12: Manitoba Comic Con (Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) — 16,000+ attendees; guests include Lou Ferrigno, Jeremy Bulloch, LeVar Burton, Erica Durance, Justin Hartley, Charlie Adler, Gerrit Graham, and John de Lancie * October 11–12: Komikazen (Ravenna, Italy) — guests include Zeina Abirached * November 1–2: Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco, USA * November 1–2: Lille Comics Festival,

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, France * November 7–9: Wizard World Texas (Arlington Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, USA) * November 14–30: Comica — London International Comics Festival (

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, London, UK) — organized by

Paul Gravett Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape (magazine), Escape'' magazine, and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appear ...

; guests include

Art Spiegelman Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman ( ; born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel ''Maus''. His work as co-editor on the comics magazin ...

, Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton, Steve Holland,

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

, Melinda Gebbie,

Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...

, Posy Simmonds, Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, Lise Myhre, Asia Alfasi, Emma Rendel,

Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an England, English artist. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean has illustrated works by authors such as S. F. Said, S.F. Said, ...

, Ian Rankin, Alex Maleev, Paul Gambaccini, Ian Rakoff, Ted Benoit, Jean Van Hamme, Emmanuel Guibert, Joann Sfar, Kevin Jackson, Doug Braithwaite, Richard Reynolds, Eric Fernie, Hannah Berry, Paul Duffield, Oliver East, Marcia Williams, Richard Appignanesi, Ian Edginton, Ian Culbard, John M. Burns, Mike Collins, David Leach, David Roach, Gary Northfield, Sarah McIntyre, Erich von Götha, Garry Leach, Frederic Mullally, Mike Lake,

Greg Theakston Greg Allen Theakston (November 21, 1953 – April 22, 2019) was an Americans, American comics artist and illustrator who worked for numerous publishers. He is known for his independent publications as a comics historian under his Pure Imagin ...

, James Romberger. * November 14–16: National Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo ( Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, USA) — guests include

Jim Steranko James F. Steranko (; born November 5, 1938) is an American graphic artist, comics artist, comic book writer/artist, comics historian, Illusionist, magician, publisher and film production illustrator. His most famous comic book work was with th ...

, John Romita, Jr., Michael Golden,

Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a Creator ownership, creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and re ...

, Joe Giella, Ivan Brandon, Alex Maleev, William Tucci, Tommy Castillo, Mark Texeira, Danny Fingeroth,

Carmine Infantino Carmine Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editing, editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are ...

, Mark Evanier, Bryan Talbot,

, Evan Dorkin, Walt Simonson, Michael Avon Oeming, Peter Mayhew, Robin Riggs,

Basil Gogos Basil Gogos (March 12, 1929 – September 13, 2017) was an Egyptian-American illustrator best known for his portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. Early lif ...

, Kate Mulgrew, and

George Lazenby George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian retired actor. Lazenby began his professional career as a model and had only acted in commercials when he was cast to replace the original James Bond actor, Sean Connery, playing ...

* November 22–23: Dublin City Comic Con (Park Inn, Smithfield Square, Dublin, Ireland) — guests include:

Dan Slott Daniel "Dan" Slott (born July 3, 1967) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics books such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', as well as ''The Superior Spider-Man'', ''She-Hulk'', ''Silver Surfer (comic book), Silver Surfe ...

Adi Granov Adi Granov (; born 1977) is a Bosnian-American comic book artist and conceptual designer. He is best known for his painted work with Marvel Comics, for whom most of his comics work is produced, in particular his work on Iron Man. He is especially ...

, Olivier Copiel,

, Tommy Lee Edwards, Michael Lark, Paul Cornell, C. B. Cebulski, Liam Sharp, Esad Ribić, Matt Hollingsworth, Nick Roche, Stephen Mooney, Steve Thompson * November 22: Comica Comiket (

, London, England) — co-sponsored by London Underground Comics

First issues by title

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. ''Writer:''

. ''Artist:'' Gianluca Pagliarani ;'' Anna Mercury'' :''Release:'' April 2 by

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. ''Artist:'' Facundo Percio ;''

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'' :''Release:'' May by

. ''Writer:''

''Artists:'' Todd Nauck and

Scott Koblish Scott Koblish ( ) was born on May 28, 1970, in upstate New York, and has hundreds of comics credits at both Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Education Scott Koblish attended The Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art when he was nine years old. ...

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. ''Writer:'' Mark Verheiden. ''Artist:'' John Bolton ;'' Bayan Knights'' :''Release:'' September by Sacred Mountain Publications. ''Writers:'' Various ;'' Blade of the Warrior: Kshatriya'' :''Release:'' by Virgin Comics. ''Writer:'' Arjun Gaind ''Artist:'' R.Manikandan ;'' Blood Bowl: Killer Contract'' :''Release:'' June 25 by

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. ''Writer:'' Matt Forbeck ''Artist:'' Lads Helloven. ;'' The Bond of Saint Marcel'' :''Release:'' July 30 by Archaia Studios Press. ''Writer:'' Jennifer Quintenz. ''Artists:'' Christian Gossett & Marshall Dillion ;''

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. ''Writer:'' Duane Swierczynski. ''Artist:''

Ariel Olivetti Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967) is an Argentina, Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on United States, American comic book titles such as ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'', ''X-Man'', ''Space Ghost'' and ' ...

;'' Captain Britain and MI: 13'' :''Release:'' May 14 by

. ''Writer:'' Paul Cornell ''Artists:'' Leonard Kirk and Jesse Delperdang ;''Countdown Special: The New Gods'' :''Release:'' March by

. ''Reprints:'' ''Forever People'' #1 (1971), ''Mister Miracle'' #1 (1971) and ''The New Gods'' #7 (1971) ;''Countdown Special: OMAC'' :''Release:'' April by

. ''Reprints:'' ''OMAC'' #1 (1974), ''The Warlord'' #37–39 (1976) and ''DC Comics Presents'' #61 (1978) ;'' Deepak Chopra's Buddha'' :''Release:'' March by Liquid Comics. ''Writer:''

Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra (; ; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian-American author, New Age, new age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthi ...

;'' Exiles'' :''Release:'' March by

. ''Writer:'' Mike Raicht. ''Summary:'' A recap of the adventures in the first 100 issues of ''Exiles'' ;''

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Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, Humanism, humanist philosophy and counterculture, countercultural leanings. Morrison has writt ...

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Art Baltazar Arthee "Art" Baltazar (born 1968) is an American comics artist and writer who currently works for DC Comics. Career Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-published comic book, ''The Cray-Baby Adventures''. Since then he has cr ...

;'' Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds'' :''Release:'' August by

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Geoff Johns Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash (comics), Flash, and Superman has drawn critical accl ...

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George Pérez George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (c ...

;'' Final Crisis: Revelations'' :''Release:'' August by

. ''Writer:'' Greg Rucka. ''Artist:s'' Phillip Tan, Jeff De Los Santos and Jonathan Glapion; ;'' GeNext'' :''Release:'' May 14 by

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Chris Claremont Christopher S. Claremont (; born November 25, 1950) is an English-born American comic book writer and novelist. Claremont is best known for his 16-year stint on ''Uncanny X-Men'' from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer,Clarem ...

''Artist:'' Patrick Scherberger, Cover by: Doug Gregory Alexander ;'' Gigantic'' :''Release:'' October by

. ''Writer:'' Rick Remender ''Artist:'' Eric Nguyen ;'' Goblin Chronicles'' :''Release:'' March by Ape Entertainment. ''Writers:'' Troy Dye, Tom Kelesides ''Artist:'' Collin Fogel ;'' Guardians of the Galaxy'' :''Release:'' May 14 by

. ''Writers:''

Dan Abnett Daniel P. Abnett ( ; born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and has worked on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since ...

and Andy Lanning ''Artist:'' Paul Pelletier ;'' Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft'' :''Release:'' June 4 by

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. ''Writer:'' Richard Corben. ''Artist:'' Richard Corben ;'' High Rollers'' :''Release:'' July by

. ''Writer:'' Gary Phillips. ''Artist:'' Manuel Magalhaes ;'' House of Mystery'' :''Release:'' May by

. ''Writer:'' Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham ''Artists:'' Luca Rossi and Ross Campbell ;'' Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods'' :''Release:'' June by

. ''Writer:'' Rob Williams ''Artist:'' Steve Scott. Cover by:

;'' Avengers/Invaders'' :''Release:'' May by

/ Dynamite Entertainment. ''Writers:''

and Jim Krueger ''Artist:'' Steve Sadowski ;'' Kick-Ass'' :''Release:'' April by

Icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic Church, Catholic, and Lutheranism, Lutheran churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, mother of ...

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Mark Millar Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ext ...

. ''Artist:'' John Romita, Jr. ;'' King Golf'' :''Release:'' August by

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

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Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...

''). ''Author:'' Ken Sasaki. ;'' Locke & Key'' :''Release:'' February 20 by

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

. ''Writer:'' Joe Hill. ''Artist:s'' Gabriel Rodriguez & Jay Fotos ;'' The Man with No Name'' :''Release:'' May by Dynamite Entertainment. ''Writer:''

Christos Gage Christos N. Gage is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He is known for his work on the TV series ''Daredevil (TV series), Daredevil'', ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'', ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Numbers ...

''Artist:'' Wellington Dias ;'' Marvel 1985'' :''Release:'' May 29 by

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''Artist:'' Tommy Lee Edwards ;'' Marvel Zombies 3'' :''Release:'' October 1 by

. ''Writer:'' Fred Van Lente. ''Artist:'' Kev Walker ;'' Minister Jade'' :''Release:'' June by Cellar Door Publishing. ''Writer and Artist:'' Steve Bialik ;'' New Exiles'' :''Release:'' April by

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Tom Grummett Thomas Grummett (born 1959) is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work as penciller on titles such as '' The New Titans'', '' The Adventures of Superman'', ''Superboy'', '' Power Company'', '' Robin'', '' New Th ...

. ''Summary:'' Relaunch of ''Exiles'' with this following on directly from ''Exiles'' #100 ;''

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. ''Writer:'' Scott Beatty. ''Artist:'' Chris Sprouse ;'' Project Superpowers'' :''Release:'' January by Dynamite Entertainment. ''Writer:'' Jim Krueger. ''Artista:'' Doug Klauba & Stephen Sadowski ;''

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. ''Writer:'' Jeph Loeb III. ''Artist:''

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. ''Artist:'' Tom Derenick ;'' Runaways'' :''Release:'' August by

. The third volume of the series marks the third creative team of Terry Moore and

Humberto Ramos Humberto Ramos (born 27 November 1970) is a Mexican comic book penciller, best known for his work on American comic books such as ''Impulse (comics), Impulse'', ''Runaways (comics), Runaways'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''The Amazing Spider- ...

. ;'' Secret Invasion'' :''Release:'' April 2 by

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Leinil Yu Leinil Francis Yu (born 1977) is a People of the Philippines, Filipino comic book artist, who began working for the United States, American market through Wildstorm Productions. Career Leinil Francis Yu was first recognized after winning the ...

& Mark Morales ;'' Skaar: Son of Hulk'' :''Release:'' June by

. ''Writer:'' Greg Pak. ''Artist:''

Ron Garney Ron Garney is an American comic book writer/artist, known for his work on books such as ''JLA (comic book), JLA'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Silver Surfer'', ''Hulk'', ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' and ''Captain America (com ...

;'' Sky Doll'' :''Release:'' May 14 by

/ Soleil. ''Writers:'' Barbara Canepa and Alessandro Barbucci ''Artist:'' Alessandro Barbucci ;''Station (comics), Station'' :''Release:'' June 25 by

. ''Writer:'' Johanna Stokes ''Artists:'' Leno Carvalho and Ed Dukeshire. ;''Teen Titans: The Lost Annual'' :''Release:'' January 9 by

. ''Writer:'' Bob Haney; Artists Jay Stephens & Mike Allred; Cover by Nick Cardy ''Summary:'' The Teen Titans go into space to rescue President John F. Kennedy ;''Teen Titans: Year One'' :''Release:'' January 2 by

. ''Writer:'' Amy Wolfman ''Artists:'' Karl Kerschl & Serge Lapointe. Cover by: Karl Kerschl ''Summary:'' A reimagining of how the Teen Titans came together ;'' Tiny Titans'' :''Release:'' April by

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;''Titanium Rain'' :''Release:'' July by Archaia Studios Press. ''Writer:'' Josh Finney. ''Artists:'' Josh Finney & Kat Rocha ;''Trinity (comic book), Trinity'' :''Release:'' June by

. ''Writers:'' Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza ''Artists:''

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;''True Believers (comics), True Believers'' :''Release:'' July 30 by

. ''Writer:'' Cary Bates. ''Artist:'' Paul Gulacy ;''The Twelve (comics), The Twelve'' :''Release:'' January by

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. ''Artist:'' Chris Weston ;''Ultimate Human'' :''Release:'' January by

. ''Writer:''

. ''Artist:'' Cary Nord ;''Ultimate Origins'' :''Release:'' June 4 by

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. ''Artist:'' Butch Guice ;''The War that Time Forgot'' :''Release:'' May 7 by

. ''Writer:'' Bruce Jones (comics), Bruce Jones ''Artists:'' Al Barrionuevo and

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. ''Artist:'' Neil Googe & Trevor Hairsine ;''Wildstorm: Revelations'' :''Release:'' January 2 by

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& Scott Beatty. ''Artist:'' Wes Craig ;''X-Men: Manifest Destiny'' :''Release:'' September 4 by

. ''Writers:''Mike Carey (British writer), Mike Carey, C. B. Cebulski, James Asmus. ''Artists:'' Michael Ryan (artist), Michael Ryan, Victor Olazaba, Chris Burnham, David Yardin

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