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2021 in comics

Notable events of 2021 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events

January

  • January 15: A rejected Tintin cover for the album The Blue Lotus is auctioned and sold for the record prize of 3.2 million euros (2.8. million British pounds).[1]

February

  • February 18: The Tintin shop in Lissabon, Portugal, is forced to close its doors forever, because of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown measures.[2]

March

April

  • April 6: A rare copy of Action Comics 1 (the first Superman comic) is auctioned for a record sale of $3.25 million at ComicConnect.com.[12]
  • April 29: After 40 years, Steve Bell's long-running political comic strip If... comes to an end.[13]

May

  • Specific date unknown: The obese character Fatty in the British comic series The Bash Street Kids is renamed Freddy. [14]

June

July

  • A revival of the weekly political-satirical gag comic spin-off of Jean Tabary's Iznogoud is launched as a webcomic series on the website La Vie Française. The new scriptwriter is Olivier Andrieu and the artist Elric. [25]

August

  • August 7: A comic mural designed by Belgian comic artist Kim Duchateau is inaugurated in Antwerp, Belgium. [26]
  • August 12: DC Comics announces that Robin will be outed as bisexual in an upcoming comic book story of Batman: Urban Legends, which features alternative storylines about Batman.[27][28]

September

  • September 9:
    • A copy of the first issue of Spider-Man is sold for the record-breaking prize of 3.6 million dollars.[29]
    • A scandal breaks out in Ontario, Canada, when it is revealed that in 2019 30 schools have burned or removed 5,000 children's books, novels, encyclopedias and comics, for depicting "prejudice against indigenous peoples." [30]
  • September 17:
  • September 26: Dutch comics publisher Julius Goede wins the Dutch comic award the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal. [34][35]
  • September 28: Belgian cartoonist Kamagurka wins the Dutch Inktspotprijs award for Best Political Cartoon. [36]

October

December

Specific date unknown

Deaths

January

February

March

  • March 2: Claude Lacroix, aka Tartemption, Alias, French comics artist and illustrator (Farfelune, Yann Le Migrateur, Fariboles Sidérales, Cyann), dies at age 76.[59]
  • March 7: Frank Thorne, American comics artist (Red Sonja, Dr. Guy Bennett/ Dr. Duncan, Moonshine McJugs), dies at age 90.[60]
  • March 18: Picanyol, Spanish comics artist (Ot el bruixot, L'Illa Perduda), dies at age 73.[61][62][63]
  • March 19: Gary Leib, American cartoonist, musician and animator (Idiotland) dies at age 65–66.[64]
  • March 22: Gérard Depralon, French comic artist (Petrole Apache), dies at age 70. [65]
  • March 27: Chris Yambar, American comics writer (SpongeBob SquarePants comics, The Simpsons comics, revival of The Yellow Kid) and artist (Mr. Beat), dies at age 59. [66]
  • March 30: Gonzalo Mayo, Peruvian comics artist (worked for Eerie and Vampirella), dies at age 81.[67]

April

May

June

  • June 1: Bunny Matthews, American comic artist (Vic and Nat'ly), dies at age 70. [83]
  • June 5: André Beckers, Belgian comic artist (La Patrouille des Aigles, Lieutenant Tompson, assisted on Buck Danny), dies at age 93.[84]
  • June 13: Nikita Mandryka, French comics artist (Le Concombre Masqué, Les Clopinettes) and publisher (co-founder of L'Écho des Savanes), dies at age 80.[85][86]
  • June 14: Tuono Pettinato, Italian comics writer and illustrator (Garibaldi. Resoconto veritiero delle sue valorose imprese, a uso delle giovini menti), dies at age 44.[87][88]
  • June 18: Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (The Spaceship of Time, Mysteries of the Lost Continent), dies at age 77 or 78.[89]
  • June 23: Walli, Belgian children's book illustrator and comic artist (Kommerkat, Cosmic Connection, Gil Sinclair, continued Modeste et Pompon and Chlorophylle), dies at age 69.[90]

July

August

September

  • September 3: Henriette Valium, Canadian painter and comics artist, dies at age 62.[103]
  • September 21: Nico Visscher, Dutch cartoonist and comics artist (De Wolken, Korrel), dies at age 88.[104]
  • September 24:
  • September 27: hugOKÉ, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (Belgman, Eddy Sterk Wint... De Spelen, Reynaert de Vos), dies at age 82.[108]

October

  • October 8: Santiago Martín Salvador, Spanish comic artist (worked on the comic strip based on The Saint and drew horror comics for Creepy), dies at age 85. [109]
  • October 17: Robin Wood, Paraguayan-Argentine comics writer (Nippur de Lagash, Dago, Gilgamesh el inmortal,...), dies at age 77.[110][111]

November

  • November 2: André Osi, Belgian comic artist (Horizon Blanc, Napoléon), dies at age 62.[112]

December

  • December 4: Nico van Welzenes, Dutch painter and comic artist (Peter Pik, Superlul), dies at age 85. [113]
  • December 8: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese comic artist (Dame Oyaji, Bar Lemon Heart), dies at age 85.[114]
  • December 9: Don Asmussen, American comics artist (The San Francisco Strip, Bad Reporter, Super Average Joe), dies at age 59 from brain cancer.[115]
  • December 11: Hiroshi Hirata, Japanese comic artist, dies at age 84.[116]
  • December 18: Gérald Forton, Belgian-American comic artist (Kim Devil, continued Bob Morane, He-Man, Masters of the Universe newspaper comic), dies at age 90.[117]

Exhibitions and shows

Conventions

August

  • August 21–22: Brooklyn Comic Con (Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY)—held outdoors for health & safety reasons; second day canceled due to threatened hurricane[121]

September

October


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