This is a list of comics-related events in 2021. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events

January

* January 15: A rejected '' Tintin'' cover for the album '' The Blue Lotus'' is auctioned and sold for the record prize of 3.2 million euros (2.8. million British pounds).

February

* February 18: The '' Tintin'' shop in

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, Portugal, is forced to close its doors forever, because of the ongoing

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lockdown measures.

March

* March 4: Japanese publisher Kodansha prints a 15-meter (49-foot) tall version of an '' Attack on Titan'' album. It breaks a record as the largest comic book of all time. * March 8: **

Hergé Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating '' The Adventures of Tintin'', ...

's estate, Moulinsart, sues artist Xavier Marabout for copyright infringement, since he uses ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European com ...

'' characters in his paintings. He later wins his case. ** 87-year-old comic artist José Delbo sells

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artwork as a

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for $1.85 million during a crypto auction, in collaboration with the Italian Hackatao duo. * March 9: Gerben Valkema, best known for the comic strip ''Elsje'', wins the Stripschapprijs.

April

* April 6: A rare copy of ''

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'' (the first '' Superman'' comic) is auctioned for a record sale of $3.25 million at ComicConnect.com. * April 29: After 40 years, Steve Bell's long-running political comic strip '' If...'' comes to an end.

June

* June 8: DC releases ''

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'', its first anthology series focusing on LGBTQ+ characters. * June 9: ** In Spain more than 300 comics artists protest and boycott the annual Barcelona International Comic Fair, because the winner of the ''Grand Prix'' is Antonio Martin, who is not a comics writer or artist, but a comics historian and publisher. ** In Noordwijk,

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, the MoCA (Museum of Comic Art), Noordwijk opens its doors to the general public. * June 27: In Nieuw-Vossemeer, The Netherlands, a bench with a mosaic drawing depicting the comic characters

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is revealed to the public. * June 28: Studio Jan van Haasteren wins the annual P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. The award is given to Jan van Haasteren and his two co-workers Rob Derks and Dick Heins.

July

* A revival of the weekly political-satirical gag comic spin-off of Jean Tabary's '' Iznogoud'' is launched as a webcomic series on the website La Vie Française. The new scriptwriter is Olivier Andrieu and the artist Elric.

August

* August 7: A comic mural designed by Belgian comic artist Kim Duchateau is inaugurated in Antwerp, Belgium. *August 12:

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announces that

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will be outed as bisexual in an upcoming comic book story of ''Batman: Urban Legends'', which features alternative storylines about Batman.

September

* September 9: ** A copy of the first issue of '' Spider-Man'' is sold for the record-breaking prize of 3.6 million dollars. ** A scandal breaks out in Ontario, Canada, when it is revealed that in 2019 30 schools have burned or removed 5,000 children's books, novels, encyclopedias and comics, for depicting ''"prejudice against indigenous peoples."'' * September 17: ** In Anderlecht, Belgium, Hotel Yooma opens its doors: the first hotel dedicated to Franco-Belgian comics. ** In Charleroi, Belgium, a statue of Gaston Lagaffe is inaugurated at the Green Place. * September 26: Dutch comics publisher Julius Goede wins the Dutch comic award the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal. * September 28: Belgian cartoonist Kamagurka wins the Dutch Inktspotprijs award for ''Best Political Cartoon''.

October

* October 11:

announces that Jon Kent, the 17-year-old son of Superman, will be outed as bisexual in an upcoming comic book story.

Deaths

January

* January 1: Norbert Morandière, aka Norma, French comics artist (''Capitaine Apache'', ''Souveniers de la Pendule'', ''Hazel et Ogan''), dies at age 74. * January 8: Steve Lightle, American comics artist (''

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'', continued ''

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''), dies at age 61 from cardiac arrest, brought on by

. * January 15:

Liz Berube Elizabeth Safian Berube (January 7, 1943 – January 15, 2021) was an American comic book artist, best known as a romance comics artist for DC Comics in the 1970s. Simply signing her work "Elizabeth," her modern, stylized art was used to illustra ...

, American comics artist and colorist, known for romance comics, dies at age 78. * January 21: ** Henryk Chmielewski, aka Papcio Chmiel, Polish comics artist, illustrator and journalist ('' Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek''), dies at age 97. **

Jean Graton Jean Graton (10 August 1923 – 21 January 2021) was a French comic book author and cartoonist. Graton created the famous character Michel Vaillant and the eponymous series in 1957. Biography Graton was born in Nantes, France, in 1923. He move ...

, French comics writer and artist ('' Michel Vaillant'', ''

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'') and publisher (''Éditions Graton''), dies at age 97. * January 24: Marcel Uderzo, French comics artist (''Les Mémoires de Mathias'', drew a comic strip based on ''

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'', assisted on his brother Albert Uderzo's ''

Tanguy et Laverdure ''Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure'' is a Franco-Belgian comics (''bande dessinée'') series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure, and their adventures in the French Air Fo ...

'' and '' Astérix''), dies at age 87.

February

* February 4:

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, Czech painter, visual artist and comics artist, dies at age 84. * February 7: ** Oscar González Loyo, Mexican animator and comics artist (''

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''), dies at age 61. ** S. Clay Wilson, American underground comix artist ('' The Checkered Demon'', ''Captain Pissgums and His Pervert Pirates''), dies at age 79. * February 8: Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist, actor, screenwriter and comics writer (wrote comics for Bernard Yslaire and Pierre Étaix ), dies at age 89."Jean-Claude Carrière, scénariste et écrivain, est mort à l'âge de 89 ans"
''

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'', February 9, 2021. * February 13: George Mandel, American writer and comics artist (''The Woman in Red'', comics for Better Publications), dies at age 101. * February 16: Si Spencer, British TV writer and comics writer (''

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'', ''The Creep'', wrote for ''

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''), dies at age 69 or 70.Si Spencer, 1961-2021
at '' 2000AD''; published February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021 * February 19:

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, Belgian politician (namesake of the Leopold Lippens Prize at the Comics Festival of Knokke-Heist), dies at age 79.

March

* March 2:

Claude Lacroix Claude Lacroix (1944 – 2 March 2021) was a French comic book author and screenwriter. Biography Lacroix's first comics were published in ' in 1964, and subsequently in ''Candide'', ''Arts et Loisirs'', ''Elle'', ''Plexus'', ''Hara-Kiri'', ', ...

, aka Tartemption, Alias, French comics artist and illustrator (''Farfelune'', ''Yann Le Migrateur'', ''Fariboles Sidérales'', ''Cyann''), dies at age 76. * March 7: Frank Thorne, American comics artist ('' Red Sonja'', ''Dr. Guy Bennett/ Dr. Duncan'', ''Moonshine McJugs''), dies at age 90. * March 18: Picanyol, Spanish comics artist ('' Ot el bruixot'', ''L'Illa Perduda''), dies at age 73. * March 19: Gary Leib, American cartoonist, musician and animator (''Idiotland'') dies at age 65–66. * March 27: Chris Yambar, American comics writer (''

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'' comics, ''

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'' comics, revival of '' The Yellow Kid'') and artist (''Mr. Beat''), dies at age 59. * March 30: Gonzalo Mayo, Peruvian comics artist (worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''), dies at age 81.

April

* April 5: ** Joye Hummel, American comics writer (''

''), dies at age 97. ** Frank Jacobs, American comics writer (''

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''), dies at age 91. * April 7: Michel Koeniguer, French comics artist (''The Bridge'', ''Bomb Road'', ''Misty Mission'', ''Berlin sera notre tombeau''), dies at age 49. * April 18: Cor Blok, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (''The Iron Parachute''), dies at age 87.

May

* May 1: John Paul Leon, American comic book artist ('' Static'', ''

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'', '' The Winter Men''), dies at age 49. * May 2: Pieter Aspe, Belgian novelist and comics writer (wrote comics in collaboration with cartoonists like Kim Duchateau, Marec, Merho and Patrick van Oppen ), dies at age 68. * May 6:

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, Japanese comics/manga artist (''

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''), dies at age 54 from

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. * May 10: Marc Daniëls, Belgian comics writer and artist (''Stam & Pilou'', various celebrity comics) and co-founder of Studio Max!, dies at age 62 from

. * May 18: Esegé, Spanish comics artist (''Gustavo, el de la Calle del Diecinueve'', ''Tito Sidecar'', ''El Dinosaurio Jeremías''), dies at age 63. * May 19: David Anthony Kraft, American comics writer (

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), critic (''David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview'', ''Comics Revue'') and publisher, dies at age 68. * May 21: Ploeg, Belgian cartoonist and comic artist (''Prosper''), dies at age 85. * May 28:

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, Belgian comics artist ('' Inspector Canardo''), dies at age 66.

June

* June 1: Bunny Matthews, American comic artist (''Vic and Nat'ly''), dies at age 70. * June 5: André Beckers, Belgian comic artist (''La Patrouille des Aigles'', ''Lieutenant Tompson'', assisted on '' Buck Danny''), dies at age 93. * June 13: Nikita Mandryka, French comics artist (''Le Concombre Masqué'', ''Les Clopinettes'') and publisher (co-founder of L'Écho des Savanes), dies at age 80. * June 14: Tuono Pettinato, Italian comics writer and illustrator (''Garibaldi. Resoconto veritiero delle sue valorose imprese, a uso delle giovini menti''), dies at age 44. * June 18: Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (''The Spaceship of Time'', ''Mysteries of the Lost Continent''), dies at age 77 or 78. * June 23: Walli, Belgian children's book illustrator and comic artist (''Kommerkat'', ''Cosmic Connection'', ''Gil Sinclair'', continued '' Modeste et Pompon'' and '' Chlorophylle''), dies at age 69.

July

* July 5: **

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, American film director and comics writer (co-wrote '' Superman'' stories with

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and Adam Kubert), dies at age 91. ** Danny Shanahan, American cartoonist (worked for ''

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''), dies at age 64. * July 14:

Kurt Westergaard Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard; 13 July 1935 – 14 July 2021) was a Danish cartoonist. In 2005 he drew a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban as a part of the ''Jyllands-Posten'' Muhammad cartoons, whic ...

, Danish cartoonist (

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), dies at age 86. * July 24: Carlos Romeu Müller, Spanish comics artist (''Miguelito''), dies at age 73. * July 25: Henri Vernes, Belgian novelist and comics writer (wrote the scripts to comic book adaptations of his own novel series '' Bob Morane''), dies at age 102. * July 31: Martin Perscheid, German comics artist (''Perscheids Abgründe''), dies at age 55.

August

* August 14: Enzo Facciolo, Italian animator and comics artist (''Clint Due Colpi'', worked on '' Diabolik''), dies at age 89. * August 19: Raoul Cauvin, Belgian comics writer ('' Les Tuniques Bleues'', '' Sammy'', '' Agent 212'', '' Les Femmes en Blanc'', '' Pierre Tombal'', '' Cédric'', '' Cupidon'', ''Pauvre Lampil'', ''Les Psy'', ''Taxi Girl'', ''Le Vieux Bleu'', ''Les Voraces'', also wrote stories for '' Natacha'' and '' Spirou et Fantasio''), dies at age 82. * August 24:

Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an ...

, British rock drummer (

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) (made comic strips for his band's U.S. tour program and the back sleeve of their album '' Between the Buttons''), dies at age 80.

September

* September 3: Henriette Valium, Canadian painter and comics artist, dies at age 62. * September 21: Nico Visscher, Dutch cartoonist and comics artist (''De Wolken'', ''Korrel''), dies at age 88. * September 24: **

Gomaa Frahat Gomaa Frahat, known as Gomaa, (April 24, 1941 – September 24, 2021) was an Egyptian political cartoonist and satirist. Biography Gomaa was born on April 24, 1941, in Cairo. He worked at Rose Alyoussef and Sabah El Kher until July 1999. He also ...

, Egyptian political cartoonist, dies at age 80. **

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, Brazilian comics writer, comics artist, cartoonist and publisher (''Os Birutas'', worked for the Brazilian edition of ''

''), dies at age 67. **

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, Japanese comics/manga artist (''

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'', '' Kage Gari'', ''

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''), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 84. * September 27: hugOKÉ, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (''Belgman'', ''Eddy Sterk Wint... De Spelen'', ''Reynaert de Vos''), dies at age 82.

October

* October 8: Santiago Martín Salvador, Spanish comic artist (worked on the comic strip based on '' The Saint'' and drew horror comics for '' Creepy''), dies at age 85. * October 17: Robin Wood, Paraguayan-Argentine comics writer (''

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'', '' Dago'', '' Gilgamesh el inmortal'',...), dies at age 77.

November

* November 2: André Osi, Belgian comic artist (''Horizon Blanc'', ''Napoléon''), dies at age 62.

December

* December 4: Nico van Welzenes, Dutch painter and comic artist (''Peter Pik'', ''Superlul''), dies at age 85. * December 8:

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, Japanese comic artist ('' Dame Oyaji'', '' Bar Lemon Heart''), dies at age 85. * December 9: Don Asmussen, American comics artist (''The San Francisco Strip'', '' Bad Reporter'', ''Super Average Joe''), dies at age 59 from brain cancer. * December 11:

Hiroshi Hirata was a Japanese manga artist best known in the United States for the samurai manga series '' Satsuma Gishiden'', which is published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics. Hirata's works belong to the subset of manga known as "gekiga" ("dramati ...

, Japanese comic artist, dies at age 84. * December 18: Gérald Forton, Belgian-American comic artist (''Kim Devil'', continued '' Bob Morane'', ''He-Man, Masters of the Universe'' newspaper comic), dies at age 90.

Exhibitions and shows

* August 28, 2021 – February 20, 2022: ''"

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's Masterpiece: The Art of '' Citizen 13660''"'' (

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, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles) * September 15 – December 8: ''"Legends: An Exploration of Contemporary Storytelling from Frame to Experience"'' (Bradbury Art Museum,

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, Jonesboro, Arkansas)—exhibition with original art by such creators as JooYoung Choi,

Michelle Czajkowski ''Ava's Demon'' is a science fantasy webcomic written and drawn by Michelle Czajkowski Fus and colored by a number of colorists. The comic, which has been ongoing since 2012, is known for its painted art style and animations. The first physical p ...

, Peter Kuper,

Josh Neufeld Josh Neufeld (born August 9, 1967) is an alternative cartoonist known for his nonfiction comics on subjects like Hurricane Katrina, international travel, and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and Brooke Gladsto ...

Trina Robbins Trina Robbins (born Trina Perlson; August 17, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement. In the 1980s, Robbins bec ...

, and

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. * November 13, 2021 – May 8, 2022: ''"Dark Laughter Revisited: The Life and Times of Ollie Harrington"'' ( Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio)

Conventions

August

* August 21–22:

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(

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, Brooklyn, NY)—held outdoors for health & safety reasons; second day canceled due to threatened hurricane

September

* September 25–26: Big Apple Comic Con ( Wyndham New Yorker Hotel, New York City)—Celebrity guests: Jason David Frank, Vic Mignogna, Sarah Natochenny. Comics guests: Jim Shooter, Billy Tucci, Keith Williams,

Amanda Conner Amanda Conner is an American comics artist and commercial art illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics, before moving on to contribute work for Claypool Comics' '' Soulsearchers and Company'' and H ...

, Jimmy Palmiotti, Reilly Brown. Silver Anniversary show;Fox, Kate
"Big Apple Comic Convention,"
Patch.com (September 25, 2021). workshops by The Kubert School

October

* October 7–10:

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(

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, New York City) * October 22–24: Baltimore Comic-Con ( Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)

References

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