Notable events of 2011 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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February

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March

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  • March 12–13: During the Stripdagen in Gorinchem Minck Oosterveer receives the Stripschapprijs. He will tragically die in a motor accident in September. The magazine Stripschrift wins the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.[8] Eiso Toonder, son of Marten Toonder, receives the Bulletje en Boonestaak Schaal.[9]
  • Catawiki, an online compendium of collector's catalogues, becomes available in English.

April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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  • September 9: Dutch comic artist Peter Pontiac receives the Marten Toonderprijs award. [17]
  • During the month, DC Comics releases 52 brand-new titles as part of their The New 52 publishing scheme.

October

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  • October 25: U.S. cartoonist Dave Simpson is caught with plagiarism and instantly announces his retirement from the cartooning industry.[18][19]

November

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Specific date unknown

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  • Greg Tessier and Amandine launch their comics series Mistinguette. [21]

Deaths

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January

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  • January 6: Jacques van der Smissen, Dutch painter, graphic artist and comics artist (made gag comics for Aloha magazine), dies at age 68.[22]
  • January 18: Marcel Marlier, Belgian illustrator (Martine), dies at age 80.
  • January 28: Gaspare de Fiore, Italian comics artist (assistant of Sergio Rosi), dies at age 84.[23]
  • January 29: Orhan Halil Tolon, Turkish comics artist, illustrator and caricaturist (Zipzip Ali'nin Oyunlari, Eciş & Bücüş, Lük-Lük, Çetin Kaptan, Tektel Amca), dies at age 88 or 89.[24]

February

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  • February 4: Peter Csihas, Swedish comic artist (Fantasier, comic strip versions of De Hemligas Ö, Peter och Janne), dies at age 65. [25]
  • February 6: Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan film director and comics artist (made a newspaper comic for the paper Al Maghrib), dies at age 72.[26]
  • February 9: Félix Molinari, French comic artist (Garry, Super Boy, Tora, Les Héritiers d'Orphée, Les Tigres Volantes, Les Survivants de l'Atlantique, Le Dernier Kamikaze), dies at age 80. [27]
  • February 21: Dwayne McDuffie, American comic book writer (Milestone Media, Marvel Comics, DC Comics), dies at age 49 of complications from emergency heart surgery.[28]
  • February 24: Anant Pai, Indian comics writer and artist (Indrajal Comics, Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle), dies at age 73.[29]
  • February 25: Ioanna Salajan, American teacher, painter and comic artist (Zen Comics), dies at an unknown age. [30]

March

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  • March 4: Eduardo Ferro, Argentine comics artist (Don Pitazo, Asserín y Pan Rallado, Langostino, Bólido, Tara Service, Pandora, Pampa Barbara, Chapaleo, continued El Fantasma Benito), dies at age 93.[31]
  • March 10: Bill Blackbeard, American comics scholar, historian and collector (wrote comics reviews and articles for The Riverside Quarterly and Hogan's Alley, while also contributing to various comics reprint collections), dies at age 84. [32]
  • March 21: Gustav Krum, Czech painter, illustrator and comics artist (comics adaptations of literary novels), dies at age 86.[33]

April

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  • April 6: Gerard van Straaten, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (Marten Toonder Studio's, several realistic comics for various Dutch newspapers and magazines), dies at age 86.[34]

June

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July

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  • July 5: George Martin, British comic artist (Bunion, Captain Bungle, Greedy Pig, Desperate Dawg, The Hillys and the Billys), dies at age 82 or 83. [46]
  • July 9: Gideon Brugman, Dutch comics artist (Zonk en Stronk, Professor Ambrosius), dies at age 68.[47]
  • July 12: Leo Leonhard, German comics artist (Rüssel in Komikland), dies at age 72.[48]
  • July 19: Henri Taymans, aka Timme, Belgian comics artist (De Avonturen van Wim Rits en Jan Blok: De Bende van de Hertog), dies at age 76.[49]

August

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  • August 6: John Adkins Richardson, American comic artist (Maxor, Fever Dreams, The Hunting of the Snark) and author of The Complete Book of Cartooning, dies at age 81. [50]
  • August 12: Francisco Solano Lopéz, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta, Janus Stark), dies at age 82.[51]
  • August 15: Pap Dean, American cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 95.[52]
  • August 18: Jean Tabary, French comics artist (Iznogoud, Totoche, Corinne et Jeannot), died at age 81.[53]
  • August 22: Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot or Pirol, German comedian, comics artist, cartoonist, film director, writer and actor (Wahre Geschichten erlogen von Loriot, Reinhold das Nashorn), dies at age 87.[54]

September

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October

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November

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December

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Specific date unknown

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  • Didier Geluck, aka Diluck, Belgian cartoonist (published in Pourquoi Pas? and Le Drapeau Rouge) and father of Philippe Geluck, dies at age 86 or 87.[83]
  • Antonio Ghura, British comics artist (Truly Amazing Love Stories, Bogey), dies at age 60 or 61.[84]

Exhibitions and shows

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Conventions

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First issues by title

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'68
Release: April by Image Comics. Writer: Mark Kidwell, Artists: Nat Jones and Jay Fotos
All Fall Down
Release: by Arcana Studios. Writer: Casey Jones. Artists: Jason Reeves, Gian Fernando, Brian Brinlee, Anvit Randeria, Cirque Studios, and Pericles Junior.
Annihilators
Release: March by Marvel Comics. Writers: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning Artist: Tan Eng Huat
Avenging Spider-Man
Release: November by Marvel Comics. Writer: Zeb Wells Artist: Joe Madureira[103][104]
Bad Island
Release: August by Grafix. Writer: Doug TenNapel Artist: Doug TenNapel
Batman: Arkham City
Release: July by DC Comics. Writer: Paul Dini Artist: Carlos D'Anda
Drums
Release: May by Image. Writer: El Torres Artist: Abe Hernando
Fear Itself
Release: March by Marvel Comics. Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Stuart Immonen[105][106][107][108]
Graveyard of Empires
Release: June by Image Comics. Writer: Mark Sable Artist: Paul Azaceta[109]
The Last of the Greats
Release: October by Image Comics. Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artist: Brent Peeples
Near Death
Release: September by Image Comics. Writer: Jay Faerber Artist: Simone Guglielmini
Nordguard
Release: by Sofawolf Press. Artists: Tess Garman and Teagan Gavet
Spaceman
Release: October by Vertigo. Writer: Brian Azzarello Artist: Eduardo Risso[110]
Super Dinosaur
Release: April by Image Comics (Skybound imprint). Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Jason Howard[111]
Wolverine and the X-Men
Release: October by Marvel Comics. Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Chris Bachalo

See also

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