2016 in comics

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

February

April

May

June

  • June 3-12 For the first time the Stripdagen in Haarlem last a week, rather than just a weekend. [6]

July

August

  • Cancellation of the Dutch children's and comics magazine Taptoe[7]

October

Specific date unknown

Exhibitions

Conventions

Deaths

January

  • January 2: Zdravko Zupan, Serbian comics artist (Zuzuko, Munja, Disney comics) dies at the age of 65.[14]
  • January 11: Franco Oneta, Italian comics artist (Zembla) dies at the age of 82.[15]
  • January 14: Shaolin, Brazilian TV comedian and cartoonist, dies at age 44 from a heart attack after being involved in a car accident.[16]
  • January 17: Hansrudi Wäscher, Swiss-German comics artist (Sigurd, Akim, Tibor) dies at the age of 87.[17]
  • January 19: Mike Docherty, Scottish comics artist and animator (worked on Conan the Barbarian), dies at age 60.[18]
  • January 21: Willem Dolphyn, Belgian comics artist (Jan Zonder Vrees), dies at the age of 80.[19]
  • January 26: Bernard Cookson, British cartoonist (Punch), dies from cancer at age 79.[20]
  • January 29: Linus Maurer, American cartoonist and comics artist (Old Harrigan, Abracadabra), dies at age 90.[21]

February

March

  • March 5: Alberto Dose, Argentine comics artist (El Cimmarón), dies at the age of 68.[29]
  • March 7: Scott Goodall, British comic book writer (Fishboy), dies at age 80.[30]
  • March 7: Paul C. Ryan, American comics artist (Marvel Comics), dies at age 65.[31]
  • March 16: He Youzhi, Chinese comics artist, dies as the age of 94.[32]
  • March 18: Klaus Vonderwerth, German cartoonist and comics artist (Albert, Ako, Kybert, Ruf 110), dies at the age of 80.[33]
  • March 25: Ken Barr, Scottish cover painter and occasional interior artist of American comics and comic magazines, dies at age 83.[34]

April

May

June

  • June 19: Rodolfo Zalla, Argentine-Brazilian comics artist (Jacaré Mendonça, Johnny Pecos), dies at age 85.[51]
  • June 25: Manfred Deix, Austrian cartoonist and comic strip artist, died at age 66.[52]
  • June 26: Angel Nadal Quirch, Spanish comics artist (Pasquale, Disney comics, Rolf Kauka comics, continued Buster Capp), dies at age 85.[53]

July

  • July 3: Albert Survie, Dutch comics artist (De Vleermuis), died at the age of 75.[54]
  • July 4: Didier Savard, French comics artist (Dick Hérisson, Léonid Beaudragon), died at age 65.[55]
  • July 5: Nine Culliford, Belgian comic book colourist and wife of Peyo (The Smurfs), dies at the age of 86.[56]
  • July 8: Frank Dickens, British cartoonist (Bristow), dies at age 84.[57]
  • July 9: Geneviève Castrée, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 35.[58]
  • July 9: Lothar Dräger, German comics writer (Digedags, Abrafaxe), passes away at the age of 89.[59]
  • July 16: Carlos Nine, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 72.[60]
  • July 26: Coen van Hunnik, Dutch comics artist (Olle Kapoen), dies at age 90.[61]
  • July 27: Jack Davis, American comics artist (Mad), dies at age 91.[62]
  • July 27: Brett Merhar, American comics artist (Free For All), dies at the age of 46.[63]
  • July 27: Richard Thompson, American comics artist, (Cul de Sac), dies at age 58.[64][65]
  • 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.[66][67]

August

September

October

  • October 8: Lyn Chevli, American comics artist (co-founder of Tits & Clits Comix), dies at age 84.[78]
  • October 10: Carlos Roose Silva, Peruvian comics artist ('Pachochín, el Chupatintas), dies at age 87.[79]
  • October 12: Benoît Gillain, Belgian-French comics artist (Bouby, Bonux-Boy), dies at age 78.[80]
  • October 22: Steve Dillon, British comics artist (Judge Dredd, Hellblazer), dies at the age of 54.[81]
  • October 23: Jack Chick, American comics artist (Chick tracts), dies at age 92.[82]
  • October 27: Ton Beek, Dutch comics artist (Birre Beer) passes away at the age of 90.[83]

November

December

  • December 2: Liliana Fantoni, Italian comics artist (collaborator of her father Guido Fantoni and brother Mario Fantoni), died at the age of 96.[92]
  • 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.[93]
  • December 8: Peter van Straaten, Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (Vader & Zoon), dies at the age of 81.[94][95]
  • December 20: Mix & Remix, Swiss cartoonist (L'Hebdo, Siné Hebdo), passes away at the age of 58.[96]
  • December 23: Paul Peter Porges, Austrian-American comics artist (Mad Magazine), dies at the age of 89.[97]
  • December 23: Zdenko Svirčić, Croatian comics artist (Gusari na Atlantiku, U ledenoj pustinji), dies at age 92.[98]
  • 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.[99]
  • December 26: Duck Edwing, American comics artist (Mad Magazine), dies at the age of 81 or 82.[100]
  • December 27: John Calnan, American comics artist (worked for DC Comics), dies at age 84. [101]
  • December 28–29: Raymond Burki, Swiss political cartoonist, dies at the age of 67.[102]
  • December 29: Emilio Uberti, Italian comics artist (Kociss, Diabolik), illustrator, film director and documentary maker, dies at the age of 84.[103][104]
  • December 30: Roger Leiner, Luxembourgian cartoonist and comics artist (Superhjemp), dies at age 61.[105]
  • 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.[106]

Specific date unknown

  • Bernard Linssen, Belgian comics artist (Les Aventures de Tumak, Chroniques Gorilles), dies at age 49 or 50.[107]

First issues by title

Aether & Empire
Released April by Blue Juice Comics. Writer: Mike Horan Artist: Bong Ty Dazo
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
The Flintstones
Released June by DC Comics. Writer & Artist: Mark Russell and Steve Pugh Colorist: Chris Chuckry
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 Studio. Writer & Artist: Terry Moore
Resident Alien: The Man with No Name
Released September by Dark Horse Comics. Writer: Paul Hogan Artist: Steve Parkhouse
La Sagesse des mythes
Released September by Glénat Editions. Writers: Luc Ferry and Clotilde Bruneau. Artistic director: Didier Poli
Space Battle Lunchtime
Released May by Oni Press. Writer & Artist: Natalie Riess

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