2006 in comics

Notable events of 2006 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

  • January 4: Stan Hunt, American cartoonist and columnist, dies at age 76.[49]
  • January 6: Yoshirou Kato, Japanese manga artist (Mappira-kun, Onboro Jinsei, Ore wa Obake dazo, Ojisoma Daimiyô, Geijigeji Tarô Gyôkôki, Motemote Ojisan, Sebiki no Ninja, Benben Monogatari), dies at age 79.[50][51]
  • January 8:
    • Manfred Bofinger, German cartoonist, caricaturist, dies at age 64.[52]
    • Jamic, Belgian animator, illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (Les Télé-Graphistes), passes away at age 69.[53]
  • January 14: Jacques Faizant, French illustrator, political cartoonist and comics artist (Adam et Eve, Le Chimiste BP), passes away at age 87.[54]
  • January 17: Norman McCabe, American animator and illustrator (Looney Tunes), dies at age 94.[55]
  • January 18: Rose Ellison King, American comics writer (Flo & Friends), dies from cancer.[56]
  • January 22: Albert Morse, American publisher (Morse's Funnies) and lawyer for Robert Crumb and other underground comics artists dies at age 67 from kidney disease.[57]
  • January 30: Seth Fisher, American comics artist (Green Lantern: Willworld), dies at age 33 from a fall from a roof.[58][59][60]

February

  • February 2: Lo Hartog van Banda, Dutch comics writer-artist and TV writer (Arman en Ilva, contributed to Tom Poes, Panda and Eric de Noorman), passes away at age 89.[61]
  • February 2: Guglielmo Letteri, Italian comic book artist (worked on Tex Willer), dies at age 80.[62][63]
  • February 4: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (Happy the Humbug, Eve: A Pictorial Love Story), passes away at age 97.[64]
  • February 13: Brummett Echohawk, American cartoonist, painter, novelist and actor, dies at age 83.[65]
  • February 17: Giovanni Gandini, Italian comics writer, artist and founder of the magazine Linus, dies at age 76.[66]
  • February 21: Ed Franklin, American political cartoonist, dies at age 84 or 85.[67]

March

  • March 13: Olimar Kallas, Estonian comics artist (Eksam XXI sajandisse, Ootamatu pärandus), dies at age 75.[68]
  • March 17: Jaime Mainou, Spanish comics artist (Rolf Kauka, Disney comics), dies at age 75 or 76.[69]
  • March 20: Maurice Raymond, Canadian painter and comics artist (made a comic strip adaptation of Adélard Dugré's La Campagne Canadienne), dies at age 93.[70]
  • Specific date unknown: March: Björn Karlström, Swedish comics artist (Jan Winther, Johnny Wiking, En Resa i Människokroppen), passes away at age 84 or 85.[71]

April

May

  • May 12: Ferdinando Tacconi, Italian comics artist (Gli Aristocrati, Nick Raider, Dylan Dog), dies at age 83.[79][80]
  • May 14: Bob Laughlin, American comics artist (the Kitz-n'-Katz series for Eclipse Comics), dies at age 80 or 81.[81][82]
  • May 23: Roger Camille, aka Kiko, Egyptian-Belgian comics artist (Djinn, Foufi), dies at age 69, one day before his 70th birthday.[83]
  • May 25: Bob Mau, Belgian comics artist (Kari Lente), dies at age 80.[84]
  • May 27: Alex Toth, American comics artist and animator (Space Ghost), dies at age 77 from a heart attack.[85][86]

June

July

  • July 7: Eduardo Barbosa, Brazilian architect, journalist and comics artist (historical and biographical comics), dies at age 91 or 92.[94]
  • July 14: Tom Frame, British comics letterer (Judge Dredd), dies of cancer at age 74 or 75.
  • July 17: Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist and comics writer, dies at the age of 88. Spillane contributed text pieces to comic books early in his career.[95]
  • July 23: Vernon Grant, American comics artist (The Love Rangers), passes away at age 71.[96]
  • July 27:
    • Carlos Roque, Portuguese comics artist (Malaquias, Angélique, Wladimyr), dies at age 70.[97]
    • W.G. van de Hulst jr., Dutch illustrator, painter and comics artist (In de Soete Suikerbol), dies at age 89.[98]

August

September

  • September 5: John McLusky, British comics artist (the James Bond comic series for the Daily Express), dies at the age of 83.[100]
  • September 12: Nato, Chilean comics artist (Cachupín, Ponchito, continued Toribio, el Náufrago), dies at age 85.[101]
  • September 14: Myron Fass, American comics publisher, writer and artist (Tales of Terror) dies at age 80.[102]
  • September 18: Johnn Bakker, Dutch comics artist (Blook, Dan Teal, the Suske en Wiske parody De Keizerkraker), passes away at age 59.[103]
  • September 20: Ernie Schroeder, American comics artist (Heap) dies at age 90.[104]
  • September 22: Liao Bing-xiong, Chinese comics artist (Spring and Autumn in Cat Kingdom), dies at age 90 or 91.[105]

October

  • October 3: Terry Aspin, British comics artist (made comics for girl comics magazines like Jinty, Bunty, Debbie and Mandy), dies at age 90. [106]
  • October 13: Hilda Terry, American comics artist (Teena), dies at age 92.[107]
  • October 18: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer (Disney comics, Looney Tunes comics, Walter Lantz comics Hanna-Barbera comics), dies at age 90.[108]
  • October 20: Ab'Aigre, aka Pascal Habegger, Swiss illustrator and comics artist (Le Chaman, Nombre, Blues), dies at age 47.[109]
  • October 20: R.K. Sloane, American underground comics artist (Ric Sloane Comics, Rat Fink Comics), passes away at age 56.[110]
  • October 21: Paul Biegel, Dutch novelist, journalist and comics writer (wrote for Kappie), dies at age 81.
  • October 24: Dino Leonetti, Italian comics artist (Maghella), passes away at age 69.[111]

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Ivica Koljanin, Serbian comics artist (Nesalomljivi, Trifun), passes away at age 71 or 72.[127]
  • Bennie Nobori, American animator and comics artist (Yankee Reporter), dies at an unknown age.[128]
  • Patrick Van Lierde, Belgian comics artist (continued Bessy), dies at age 59 or 60.[129]

Exhibitions and shows

Conventions

First issues by title

Blue Space
Release: by Glénat. Writer: Richard Marazano Artist: Chris Lamquet
Captain Cutaneum
Writer: Ruskin R Lines, III
Captain Nemo
Release: March 1 by Seven Seas Entertainment. Writer: Jason DeAngelis Artist: Aldin Viray
Cobb: Off the Leash
Release: May by IDW Publishing. Writer: Beau Smith Artist: Eduardo Barreto
Damnation Crusade (6-issue mini-series)
Release: December by Boom! Studios. Writers: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton. Art by: Lui Antonio and JM Ringuet.
Jimbo's Inferno
Release: April 2006. Writer/Artist: Gary Panter
A Kiss for my Prince
Release: by Infinity Studios. Writer/Artist: Kim Hee-eun
Meltdown
Release: December 2006. Writer:David Schwartz Artist: Sean Wang
Star Wars: Legacy
Release: Issue 0 June. Writers: John Ostrander and Jan Duursema Art by: Jan Duursema
Trials of Shazam!
Release: October 2006. Writer: Judd Winick Artist: Howard Porter
Zombies! Eclipse of the Undead
Release: September by IDW Publishing.

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