2024 in comics

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Notable events of 2024 in comics.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • January: Jan Vriends officially becomes the new Stripmaker des Vaderlands (Comic Artist of the Mother Country) in the Netherlands, whose task is to promote the comics medium.[1][2][3]
  • January 10: The first issue of Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published. This version of Spider-Man is set on Earth-6160 and follows a 35-year old Peter Parker, who is married to Mary Jane Watson and has 2 kids with her and wasn't bitten by the radioactive spider when he was teenager, as he deals with his newfound heroic responsibilities.[4]
  • January 15: Dutch comic artist Wilma van den Bosch wins the annual Stripschapprijs.[5][6][7] De Inktpot, a Utrecht collective of comics creators, receives the annual P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.[8][9] The ceremony takes place on 17 March.[10]
  • January 24: Belgian publishing company Plantyn announces that in the fall all their children's magazines, namely Zonneland, Zonnekind, Zonnestraal, Doremi and Doremini will cease to be printed on paper. Zonneland in particular was Belgium's oldest still-running children's magazine and the oldest to contain comics.[11][12][13]
  • January 25: Posy Simmonds receives the career award Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, which marks the first time in the festival's history that a British comic artist has been awarded this prize.[14][15]

March[edit]

  • March 15: Publishing company Standaard Uitgeverij sends a letter to all surviving former artists of Willy Vandersteen's studio, informing them that they are no longer allowed to make or sign drawings with the Suske en Wiske characters for fans or at book signings, without the publisher's permission. The letter is made public and causes a lot of controversy, not only among the general audience, but also the veteran artists themselves. Standaard Uitgeverij eventually reacts and acknowledges miscommunication on their part. The artists are still allowed to sign books they've drawn themselves, but no longer drawings on loose pieces of paper.[16][17][18]

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

  • January 1: David Kunzle, American comic historian, writer and journalist (author of the books The Early Comic Strip, The History of the Comic Strip in the 19th Century, Rebirth of the English Comic Strip, Father of the Comic Strip Rodolphe Töpffer), dies at age 87.[19][20]
  • January 2: Attila Futaki, Hungarian comic artist and art director of the Hungarian comic magazine Roham, dies at age 29.[21]
  • January 3: Jan Smet, Belgian archivist, comic journalist (chief editor of the comic information magazine Stripgids), historian and author (co-wrote a 1985 biography about Marc Sleen,[22] author of the book Duizend Bommen en Castraten. Censuur in de Strip, about censorship in comics), dies at age 78.[23]
  • January 10: Walmir Amaral, Brazilian comic artist (O Vingador, Zhor, O Atlanta, Zorro, Alex e Cris, made local versions of The Phantom, continued Aventuras do Anjo), dies at age 84.[24][25]
  • January 12: Haruo Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (Iwayuru Hitotsu no Chō-san Shugi), dies at age 76.[26]
  • January 18: Trini Tinturé, Spanish comic artist and illustrator (Emma es Encantadora, Oh, Tinker, Curly, Biggi, Micky, Siska), dies at age 88.[27][28]
  • January 19: Marti Riera, A.K.A. Marti, Spanish comic artist (Taxista, Doctor Vértigo), dies at age 68 or 69.[29]
  • January 20: Alain De Kuyssche, Belgian journalist, comics writer (Didi, Germain et nous..., Gaston), biographer (wrote biographical books about Jacques Martin, Dino Attanasio, Eddy Paape and Raoul Cauvin) and chief editor of Spirou (1978-1982), dies at age 77.[30]
  • January 29: Hinako Ashihara, Japanese manga writer and artist (Forbidden Dance, Sand Chronicles, Sexy Tanaka-san), dies at age 50.[31]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jan Vriends nieuwe Stripmaker des Vaderlands". 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Jan Vriends uit Helmond is de nieuwe Stripmaker des Vaderlands". 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Jan Vriends, de derde Stripmaker des Vaderlands". 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Marvel". marvel.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "Juryrapport SSP2024".
  6. ^ "Wilma van den Bosch wint Stripschapprijs". 15 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Donald Duck-tekenaar Wilma van den Bosch wint Stripschapprijs". 15 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Nominaties Stripschapprijzen 2023 en winnaar P. Hans Fankfurtherprijs 2024". Stripspeciaalzaak (in Flemish). 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  9. ^ "P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs 2024". Stripschapprijzen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  10. ^ https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/stripschapprijzen-2023
  11. ^ "Plantyn trekt stekker uit papieren Zonneland". Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  12. ^ "Einde van een tijdperk: Schooltijdschriften 'Zonneland' en co. Stoppen ermee". 24 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Geen Zonneland, Zonnekind, Zonnestraal, Doremi en Doremini meer op papier". 24 January 2024.
  14. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (2024-01-24). "Graphic novelist Posy Simmonds wins prestigious French comics award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  15. ^ "Grand prix 2024". www.bdangouleme.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  16. ^ https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/commotie-na-brief-van-standaard-uitgeverij-aan-oud-medewerkers-van-suske-en-wiske?fbclid=IwAR0SijNHfYrhjfphjq1w39wv28NRQGsv9NUbBx0Gnct0EvB1LCKBkMdgfoQ
  17. ^ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/03/15/brief-aan-vroegere-tekenaars-suske-en-wiske/
  18. ^ https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20240315_94753568
  19. ^ "David Kunzle – RIP - the Daily Cartoonist". 9 January 2024.
  20. ^ "David Kunzle ¡Presente! — Poster of the Week". 5 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Attila Futaki".
  22. ^ "Marc Sleen".
  23. ^ "Jan Smet (78) overleden". 3 January 2024.
  24. ^ The Passing of Brazilian Artist Walmir Amaral
  25. ^ "Walmir de Oliveira".
  26. ^ Manga Creator/Animator Haruo Takahashi Dies at 76
  27. ^ Mor Trini Tinturé, pionera en la il·lustració de còmics per a nens (in Catalan)
  28. ^ "Trini Tinturé".
  29. ^ "Marti Riera".
  30. ^ "Mort d'Alain De Kuyssche, journaliste et scénariste de BD, ancien (...)". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  31. ^ 漫画家・芦原妃名子さんが死亡 「セクシー田中さん」など連載 (in Japanese)
  32. ^ Jose Delbo – RIP
  33. ^ "José Delbo".
  34. ^ "Walter van den Broeck stripscenarist". 26 March 2010.
  35. ^ "Reinhart".
  36. ^ Kempens auteur Walter van den Broeck (Groenten uit Balen) overleden (in Dutch)
  37. ^ È morto Alfredo Castelli, sceneggiatore simbolo del fumetto popolare italiano (in Italian)
  38. ^ "Alfredo Castelli".
  39. ^ Jack Higgins, Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun-Times editorial cartoonist, dies at 69
  40. ^ "Paul Neary".
  41. ^ Paul Neary, Longtime DC/Marvel Artist, Former Marvel UK Editor-in-Chief, Passes Away
  42. ^ "Enrique Badia Romero".
  43. ^ Romero 1930–2024 (in Spanish)
  44. ^ "Benoît".
  45. ^ Comic Book Creator Ramona Fradon Has Died, Aged 97
  46. ^ "Ramona Fradon".
  47. ^ "Akira Toriyama".
  48. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 7, 2024). "Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama Dies at 68". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  49. ^ "Chance Browne".
  50. ^ Chance Browne – RIP
  51. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 15, 2024). "Manga Creator Yū Asai Dies, Manga Creator Husband Motoyuki Asai Hospitalized After Traffic Accident". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  52. ^ "Stéphane Rosse".
  53. ^ Rosse, Stéphane (in French)
  54. ^ In Memoriam: Doctor Who Comic Writer, Editor and Musician Roger Noel Cook
  55. ^ "Laurent de Brunhoff".
  56. ^ "Remembering the life of DAVID DARRIGO". obituaries.thestar.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  57. ^ Hobbs, Ronald (2010-06-10). "DARRIGO, Dave (1954-2024)". THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  58. ^ Don Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning Palm Beach Post cartoonist, dies at 90
  59. ^ "Enrique Ventura".
  60. ^ Muere el dibujante Enrique Ventura, artista clave del cómic español, a los 78 años (in Spanish)
  61. ^ James A. Moore (1965-2024)
  62. ^ Bob Beerbohm, R.I.P.
  63. ^ "Mark D. Bright".
  64. ^ MD Bright of Armor Wars, Quantum & Woody and Icon Dies, Aged 68
  65. ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/piskor_ed.htm
  66. ^ Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design Artist, Reportedly Passes Away at Age 41