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Notable events of 2019 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events

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January

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  • January 7: First installment of the comic strip Alley Oop written by Joey Alison Sayers and illustrated by Jonathan Lemon.
  • January 25: Canadian-Dutch artist Maia Matches is inaugurated as the annual Stadstekenaar van Amsterdam (City Illustrator of Amsterdam).[1]
  • January: The final issue of the French comics magazine Psikopat is published.[2]

February

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  • February 10: Wiley Miller's newspaper comic Non Sequitur causes controversy after a subliminal anti-Donald Trump message is spotted in one of the panels.[3][4][5] Multiple newspapers discontinued carrying the strip in response.[6][7][8]
  • February 15: The oldest Danish comics store in the world, Fantask, in Copenhagen, announces it will close down in June after 47 years.[9] Within two days a crowdfunding campaign saves the store from this fate and it continues its existence.[10]
  • February 20: Dutch comics writer Patty Klein is knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion. She dies less than a month later.[11]

March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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  • July 3: It is announced that Mad Magazine will no longer publish original material from August on and disappear from the newsstands. It will only be available via subscription and direct markets, specializing on reprints, but with brand new covers. It will still publish occasional specials.[30]
  • July 3: Robert Kirkman unexpectedly ends his long-running comic, The Walking Dead, after 193 issues.[31]

August

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September

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  • September 5: Belgian comics writer Raoul Cauvin announces his retirement from scripting Les Tuniques Bleues.[33]
  • September 17: Diane Noomin releases the collective comic book Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment and Survival, published by Harry N. Abrams. It features comics by women reflecting on personal encounters with sexual violence.[34]
  • September 24: The Dutch cartoonists collective Gorilla wins the Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon.[35]

October

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  • October 7: In Haarlem, the Netherlands, the first comics mural of the city is revealed, designed by Thé Tjong-Khing.[36][37]
  • October 23: Belgian comics publishers Standaard Uitgeverij and Ballon Media merge.[38]

November

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  • November 13: The Dutch cartoonist duo Evert Kwok wins a court case against a man who sued them after they complained about his illegal and uncredited use of their cartoons on his site.[39]

December

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  • December 2: Under pressure of Christian organisation CitizenGO, Dutch supermarket chain Dirk apologizes for offering the controversial graphic novel Jezus Christus Was Een Meisje by Jan Bart Dieperink as a prize, if customers buy an issue of their magazine Ditjes en Datjes. [40] [41]
  • December 23: The Antwerp mini-theme park and exhibition Comics Station is sold to Studio 100.[42]

Specific date unknown

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  • Julia Gfrörer publishes her graphic novel Vision.[43]
  • Antonia Pinnola, A.K.A. Acerotiburon, launches her autobiographical webcomic Waffley Wedded. [44]

Deaths

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January

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  • January 1: Dagfinn Bakke, Finnish painter and comics artist, dies at age 85.[45]
  • January 8: Arturo Rojas de la Cámara, aka Rojas, Spanish comics artist (Cucharito, Nabucondonosor, Gedeon, El Genio Eustaquio, Agente 7-7 a la Izquierda, Centaurito, Aladino, Don Percebe y Basilio, Anibal), dies at age 88.[46]
  • January 10: Ron Smith, British comics artist (Judge Dredd), dies at age 94.[47]
  • January 12: Batton Lash, American comics writer and artist (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, aka Supernatural Law, Archie Meets The Punisher, Obama Nation), dies at age 65 from brain cancer.[48]
  • January 15: Isaac del Rivero Sr., Spanish comics writer and artist, dies at age 87 or 88.[49]
  • January 16:
    • Pauli Heikkilä, Finnish novelist and comics artist (Vanhat herrat), dies at age 60.[50]
    • Hanza Sanchō, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 90.
    • Denis Sire, French comics artist and illustrator (Menace Diabolique, Bois Willys), dies at age 65.[51]
  • January 18: Angel Del Arbol, Spanish comics artist (Sevla Rebelde, Aventuras Deportivas, Laura, Cuentos Gigante Tres Hadas, Macabro, comics based on Tom & Jerry), dies at age 82.[52]
  • January 19: Bort, Italian comics artist (Le Ultime Parole Famose), dies at age 92.[53]
  • January 28: Frans Buissink, Dutch painter, journalist and comics writer (Sjors en Sjimmie, Brammetje Bram), dies at age 75.[54]
  • January 29: Alex Barbier, French comics artist and painter (worked for Charlie Mensuel, Les Paysages de la Nuit, Comme un Poulet Sans Tête, dies at age 68.[55]

February

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  • February 1: Ted Stearn, American animator and comics artist (Fuzz & Pluck, The Forgotten Dream of a Melancholy Chef), dies at age 57 from AIDS.[56]
  • February 2: Kakashi Oniyazu, Japanese comics artist (Though You May Burn to Ash, Date Ast Like), dies at an unknown age.[57]
  • February 8: Sérgio Tibúrcio Graciano, Brazilian comics artist (assistant of Mauricio de Sousa), dies at age 83.[58]
  • February 9: Tomi Ungerer, French novelist, illustrator, cartoonist and poster designer (The Three Robbers, Flat Stanley, Underground Sketchbook, The Party, Fornicon), dies at age 87.[59]
  • February 13: Annibale Casabianca, Italian comic artist (Miciolino, I Serpenti, drew Italian versions of The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, worked for Sergio Rosi, Roy D'Ami and Alberto Giolitti), dies at age 89. [60]
  • February 15: Werner Hierl, German comics artist (Rolf Kauka), and animator (Bavaria Film), dies at age 88 or 89.[61]
  • February 17: Claude Renard, Belgian comics artist (Ivan Casablanca, 1914-1918, Les Anges de Mons) and teacher (founder of Atelier R), dies at age 72.[62]
  • February 18: Jacques Sandron, French comics artist (Godaille et Godasse, Raphaël et les Timbres), dies at age 76.[63]
  • February 19: Dee, Malaysian comics artist (Hello Bos), dies at age 52.[64]
  • February 20: Har Brok, Dutch journalist and writer (wrote various books about Hergé, among them: Kuifje, Van Leerlingjournalist tot Wereldberoemd Reporter), dies at age 76.[65]
  • February 21: Àngel Badia i Camps, Spanish painter, illustrator and comics artist (Pilaropo, created comics for Fleetway, Bruguera and Ricart), dies at age 89–90.[66]
  • February 25: Tadeusz Raczkiewicz, Polish cartoonist, comics writer and artist (Kusmider i Filo, Tajfun), dies at age 69.[67]

March

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  • March 2: Sergio Tuis, Italian comics artist (La Pattuglia dei Bufali, Kirby Flint, Agente senza Nome, continued Martin Mystère), dies at age 83.[68]
  • March 6: Shigehisa Sunagawa, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 77.[69]
  • March 12: Tom K. Ryan, American comics artist (Tumbleweeds), dies at age 92.[70]
  • March 14: Augusto Cid, Spanish caricaturist, illustrator, sculptor and comics artist (Bicas e Bocas), dies at age 77.[71]
  • March 15:
  • March 17: Ken Bald, American comics artist and illustrator (Namora, Judd Saxon, made comics adaptations of the TV series Dr. Kildare and Dark Shadows), dies at age 98.[73]
  • March 21: Pedro Alfonso Abelenda Escudero, or Abelenda, Spanish painter and comics artist, dies at age 87.[74]
  • March 23: Benno Vranken, Dutch comics artist (comics in the magazine Zone 5300, Walburg), dies at age 57.[75]
  • March 24: Olivier Cinna, French comics artist (La Fête des Morts, Ordures, Hibakusha), dies at age 46.[76]
  • March 27: Leslie Sternbergh, American comics artist, dies at age 58.[77]
  • March 29: Mark Alessi, American comics publisher (founder of CrossGen), dies at 65.[78]
  • March 31: Don Morgan, American animator and comics artist (Disney comics, assisted on Pogo), dies at age 80.[79]

April

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May

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June

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  • June 4: Rinaldo Traini, Italian comics promoter (co-organiser of the Salone Internazionale dei Comics festival) and comics writer (wrote for Guido Buzzelli, Roberto Diso and Corrado Mastantuono), dies at age 88.[102]
  • June 5: Helmut Nickel, German comics artist (Titanus, Don Pedro, Robinson Crusoë), dies at age 95.[103]
  • June 6: Kees Sparreboom, Dutch painter, illustrator and comics artist (Boot & Van Dijk and various autobiographical comics), dies from cancer at age 79.[104]
  • June 7: Reto Gloor, Swiss comics artist (Das Karma-Problem), dies at age 66.[105]
  • June 9: Fabien Lacaf, French screenwriter and comics artist (Les Patriotes), dies at age 65.[106]
  • June 16: José Colomer Fonts, Spanish comic artist (Disney comics), dies at age 76. [107]
  • June 22: Pieter Hermanides, Dutch painter and comics artist (De Draak van Bociti), dies at age 87.[108]
  • June 28: Kaj Pindal, Danish-Canadian comics artist and animator (Professor Phidus), dies at age 91.[109]
  • June 30:
    • Armando Salas Martinez, Spanish comics artist (El Eden), dies at age 73.[110]
    • Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist and animator, dies at age 86.[111]

July

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  • July 11: Pepita Pardell, Spanish animator, cartoonist, illustrator and painter (worked for Ediciones Toray), dies at age 91.[112]
  • July 12: Klaas Knol, Dutch store employee (longest-serving employee of Amsterdam comics store Lambiek), dies at age 64.[113]
  • July 13: Ger Rijff, Dutch comics artist (De Vogels, Daan en Dodo, various sex parody comics, co-author of the Suske en Wiske spoof De Glunderende Gluurder), dies at age 67.[114]
  • July 26: Christian Gaty, French comic artist (Dany, Hôtesse de Paris, continued Barbe-Rouge) , dies at age 94. [115]
  • July 29: Daniele Fagarazzi, AKA Dani, Italian animator and comic artist (Tilt, Otto Krunz, Bobo, continued Zio Boris, comics based on Calimero), dies at age 54.[116]

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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  • December 7: Dani Dacquin, Belgian comics artist (Adam en Eva, De Lotgevallen van Lotje, Yoeko), dies at age 84.[149]
  • December 8: Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer, voice actor, comics artist and animator (Harvey), dies at age 85.[150]
  • December 9: Patrice Ordas, French novelist and comics writer (wrote comics for Patrick Cothias[151]), dies at age 68.[152][153]
  • December 19:
    • Jules Deelder, Dutch poet, orator and comics writer (wrote scripts for the comic book series Amber en Akka and Professor Hilarius, drawn by Rob Derks.[154]) and inspired his own celebrity comic (Juul Deeldert, drawn by Vick Debergh [155]), dies at age 75.[156]
    • Freek Neirynck, Belgian theatre director, journalist, actor, writer and comics writer (wrote comics for Buth [157] and Knut Kersse [158]), dies at age 70.[159]
  • December 20: Gerry Alanguilan, Filipino comic book artist and writer (Wasted, Elmer, X-Men), dies at age 51.[160]

Conventions

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First issues by title

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Archie vs. Predator II
Release July by Archie Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Writer: Alex de Campi Artist: Robert Hack
Going to the Chapel (Comic)
Released September by Action Lab Comics. Writer: David Pepose Artist: Gavin Guidry.
Spencer & Locke 2
Released May by Action Lab Comics. Writer: David Pepose Artist: Jorge Santiago, Jr.

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