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2016 in comics

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Notable events of 2016 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

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This is a list of comics-related events in 2016. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events

DC Rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books.

January

  • January 2: Zdravko Zupan, Serbian comics artist (Zuzuko, Munja, Disney comics) dies at the age of 65.
  • January 11: Franco Oneta, Italian comics artist (Zembla) dies at the age of 82.
  • January 14: Shaolin, Brazilian TV comedian and cartoonist, dies at age 44 from a heart attack after being involved in a car accident.
  • January 17: Hansrudi Wäscher, Swiss-German comics artist (Sigurd, Akim, Tibor) dies at the age of 87.
  • January 21: Willem Dolphyn, Belgian comics artist (Jan Zonder Vrees), dies at the age of 80.
  • January 26: Bernard Cookson, British cartoonist (Punch), dies from cancer at age 79.
  • January 29: Linus Maurer, American cartoonist and comics artist (Old Harrigan, Abracadabra), dies at age 90.

    • February

  • February 3: Jack Elrod, American comics artist (Mark Trail), dies at the age of 91.
  • February: Alvin Buenaventura, American comic book publisher (Buenaventura Press and Pigeon Press), dies at age 39.
  • February 21: John Caldwell, American gag cartoonist (Mad), dies at age 69.

    • March

  • March 5: Alberto Dose, Argentine comics artist (El Cimmarón), dies at the age of 68.
  • March 7: Scott Goodall, British comic book writer (Fishboy), dies at age 80.
  • March 7: Paul C. Ryan, American comics artist (Marvel Comics), dies at age 65.
  • March 16: He Youzhi, Chinese comics artist, dies as the age of 94.
  • March 25: Ken Barr, Scottish cover painter and occasional interior artist of American comics and comic magazines, dies at age 83.

    • April

  • April 2: Gallieno Ferri, Italian comics artist (Zagor) died at the age of 87.
  • April 3: Dick Hodgins, Jr., American comics artist (Half Hitch), dies at the age of 85.
  • April 6: Oto Reisinger, Croatian comics artist (Štefekove pustolovine) dies at age 89.
  • April 8: William Hamilton, American cartoonist and playwright (The New Yorker), dies at age 76.
  • April 8: Paul Fung Jr., American comics artist (Continued Blondie), dies at age 93.
  • April 21: Siem Praamsma, Dutch comics artist (Humpo Hotsflots, Jochem Jofel), died at the age of 95.
  • April 27: William Hamilton, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), is killed in a car accident at age 76.
  • April 27: V.T. Thomas, aka Toms, Indian comics artist (Boban and Molly), dies at age 86.
  • April 28: René Hausman, Belgian comics artist (Lalyna), dies at the age of 80.
  • April 29: Jok Church, American comics artist (You Can With Beakman and Jax), passes away at age 66 from a heart attack.

    • May

  • May 2: Cleet Boris, French comics artist (Super-Héros) dies at the age of 53.
  • May 5: Siné, French cartoonist (Charlie Hebdo, Siné Mensuel), died at the age of 87.
  • May 14: Darwyn Cooke, Canadian comics artist (DC Comics), dies of cancer at age 53.
  • May 22: George Wildman, American comics artist (Popeye, Disney comics, Hanna-Barbera comics, Warner Bros. comics), dies at the age of 88.
  • May 24: Mell Lazarus, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma), dies at age 89.
  • May 27: Frank Modell, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), dies at age 98.

    • June

  • June 19: Rodolfo Zalla, Argentine-Brazilian comics artist (Jacaré Mendonça, Johnny Pecos), dies at age 85.
  • June 25: Manfred Deix, Austrian cartoonist and comic strip artist, died at age 66.
  • June 26: Angel Nadal Quirch, Spanish comics artist (Pasquale, Disney comics, Rolf Kauka comics, continued Buster Capp), dies at age 85.

    • July

  • July 3: Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (De Vleermuis), died at the age of 75.
  • July 4: Didier Savard, French comics artist (Dick Hérisson, Léonid Beaudragon), died at age 65.
  • July 5: Nine Culliford, Belgian comic book colourist and wife of Peyo (The Smurfs), dies at the age of 86.
  • July 8: Frank Dickens, British cartoonist (Bristow), dies at age 84.
  • July 9: Geneviève Castrée, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.
  • July 16: Carlos Nine, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.
  • July 27: Jack Davis, American comics artist (Mad), dies at age 91.
  • July 27: Brett Merhar, American comics artist (Free For All), dies at the age of 46.
  • July 27: Richard Thompson, American comics artist, (Cul de Sac), dies at age 58.
  • July 29: Guy Dessicy, Belgian comic book colorist (Studio Hergé), dies at the age of 92. He was also head of Publiart, a commercial agency specializing in comic book merchandising and co-founder of the Belgian Comic Strip Center.

    • August

  • August: Jukka Murtosaari, Finnish comics artist (Jake, Disney comics), died at age 53.
  • August 4: Gaspar Saladino, American comics letterer (DC Comics), dies at age 88.
  • August 17: Víctor Mora, Spanish comic book writer (Capitán Trueno, El Jabato), dies at age 85.

    • September

  • September 7: Sparky Moore, American comics artist (western comics, Disney comics), dies at age 91.
  • September 30: Ted Benoît, French comics artist (Ray Banana, continued Blake & Mortimer), dies at age 69.

    • October

  • October 8: Lyn Chevli, American comics artist (co-founder of Tits & Clits Comix), dies at age 84.
  • October 10: Carlos Roose Silva, Peruvian comics artist ('Pachochín, el Chupatintas), dies at age 87.
  • October 12: Benoît Gillain, Belgian-French comics artist (Bouby, Bonux-Boy), dies at age 78.
  • October 22: Steve Dillon, British comics artist (Judge Dredd, Hellblazer), dies at the age of 54.
  • October 23: Jack Chick, American comics artist (Chick tracts), dies at age 92.
  • October 27: Ton Beek, Dutch comics artist (Birre Beer) passes away at the age of 90.

    • November

  • November 1: Carlos Alberto Santos, Portuguese comics artist (historical comics), dies at the age of 73.
  • November 4: John Gillatt, British comics artist (Billy's Boots), passes away at the age of 87.
  • November 5: Averardo Ciriello, Italian comics artist (erotic comics), dies at the age of 98.
  • November 6: Marc Sleen, Belgian comics artist (The Adventures of Nero, Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke, De Lustige Kapoentjes, Doris Dobbel, Oktaaf Keunink, De Ronde van Frankrijk), dies at age 93.
  • November 12: Jerry Dumas, American cartoonist and comics writer (Beetle Bailey, Boner's Ark, Sam and Silo), dies at age 86.
  • November 19: Gino Gavioli, Italian comics artist and animator (Vita da Cani, Paco y Manolito), dies at age 93.
  • November 27: Micharmut, Spanish comics artist (Futurama), dies at the age of 63.

    • December

  • December 2: Liliana Fantoni, Italian comics artist (collaborator of her father Guido Fantoni and brother Mario Fantoni), died at the age of 96.
  • December 4: Marcel Gotlib, French comics artist (Gai-Luron, Les Dingodossiers, Superdupont, Rubrique-à-Brac, Hamster Jovial, Pervers Pépère), dies at the age of 82.
  • December 8: Peter van Straaten, Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (Vader & Zoon), dies at the age of 81.
  • December 20: Mix & Remix, Swiss cartoonist (L'Hebdo, Siné Hebdo), passes away at the age of 58.
  • December 23: Paul Peter Porges, Austrian-American comics artist (Mad Magazine), dies at the age of 89.
  • December 25: Núria Pompeia, Spanish comics artist (Nosotras: Las mujeres objeto-ras, La Educación de Palmira, La Liberadas and Ramoneta), passes away at the age of 85.
  • December 26: Duck Edwing, American comics artist (Mad Magazine), dies at the age of 81 or 82.
  • December 28-29: Raymond Burki, Swiss political cartoonist, dies at the age of 67.
  • December 29: Emilio Uberti, Italian comics artist (Kociss, Diabolik), illustrator, film director and documentary maker, dies at the age of 84.
  • December 30: Roger Leiner, Luxembourgian cartoonist and comics artist (Superhjemp), dies at age 61.
  • December 30: Giovanni Degli Esposti Venturi, Italian comics artist and illustrator (La Viuda (Lady X - Lust's Captive),Sexo, amor y fantasías, Los Duelistas, La Psy), dies at age 52.

    • Exhibitions and shows

  • March 2–May 7: Society of Illustrators (New York City): "The ZAP Show: A Cultural Revolution" — featuring the work of R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Victor Moscoso, Spain Rodriguez, Rick Griffin, and Paul Mavrides; curated by Monte Beauchamp

    • Conventions

  • January 26–31: Angoulême International Comics Festival (Angoulême, France)
  • March 5: New York Comic Book Marketplace (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City)
  • March 5–6: STAPLE! (Marchesa Hall and Theater, Austin, Texas)
  • March 18–20: Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (McCormick Place Complex, Chicago, Illinois)
  • March 24–26: Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience (Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • March 25-27: WonderCon Los Angeles (Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California)
  • May 26–29: MegaCon (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida)
  • April 2–3: MoCCA Arts Festival (Metropolitan West, New York City)
  • April 7–10: Emerald City Comicon (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington)
  • April 9–10: Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (Northland Performing Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio)
  • April 16–17: East Coast Comicon (Meadowlands Exposition Center, Meadowlands, New Jersey)
  • May 14–15: Toronto Comic Arts Festival (Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada)
  • May 13–15: Motor City Comic Con (Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Michigan)
  • May 21: East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (The Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • June 2–5: Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona)
  • June 3–5: Fan Expo Dallas (Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, Texas)
  • June 11–12: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) (The Center on Halstead, Chicago, Illinois)
  • June 17–19: Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina)
  • June 18–19: St. Louis Comicon (St. Charles Convention Center, St Louis, Missouri)
  • July 21–24: San Diego Comic-Con International (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA)
  • July 29–31: Wizard World Columbus (Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio)
  • August 24–27: Wizard World Chicago (Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois)
  • September 2–5: Dragon Con (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • September 2–4: Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)
  • September 17–18: Small Press Expo (Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, North Bethesda, Maryland)
  • September 24–25: Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo (RIPE) (Providence Public Library, Providence, RI) — 3rd iteration of this event
  • October 6–9: New York Comic Con (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City)
  • October 12–16: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) (Columbus, Ohio)
  • October 28–30: Comikaze Expo (Los Angeles Convention Center)
  • October 29–30: Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (Lesley’s University Hall, Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • November 5: CAB/Comics Art Brooklyn (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church & Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, New York)
  • November 11–13: Rhode Island Comic Con (Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island)

    • First issues by title

    Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
    Released July by DC Comics. Writers: Julie Benson and Shawna Benson Artist: Claire Roe
    Civil War II
    Released June by Marvel Comics. Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: David Marquez
    Dept H
    Released April by Dark Horse Comics. Writer & Artist: Matt Kindt Colorist: Sharlene Kindt
    Fourth Planet
    Released April by ChapterHouse Comics. Writer: Fred Kenndedy Artist: Miko Maciaszek
    James Bond 007: Hammerhead
    Released September by Dynamite Entertainment. Writer: Andy Diggle Artist: Luca Casalanguida
    Kill or Be Killed
    Released August by Image Comics. Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Sean Phillips
    The Land That Time Forgot
    Released July by American Mythology Productions. Writer: Mike Wolfer Artist: Giancarlo Caracuzzo
    Motor Girl
    Released November by Abstract Studios. Writer & Artist: Terry Moore
    Resident Alien: The Man with No Name
    Released September by Dark Horse Comics. Writer: Paul Hogan Artist: Steve Parkhouse
    Space Battle Lunchtime
    Released May by Oni Press. Writer & Artist: Natalie Riess

    References

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