2007 in comics

Events

January

• January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.
• January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.

  February

• February 2: Newsarama reports that The B
• oys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment.
• February 28: Release of 2000 AD prog #1526. This is the 30th anniversary issue and will see the start of three new storylines: Flesh, Nikolai Dante and Savage
• The final issue of Cracked is published.

  March

• March 6: Albert Uderzo is honoured as Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
• March 7: Marvel Comics "kills" Captain America
• March 21: Andy Diggle starts his run on Hellblazer with issue #230
• With issue #215, is cancelled by DC.
• Webcomic Crying Macho Man is collected in a print edition

  May

• May 2: Weekly series 52 concludes.
• May 12: Bristol Comic Expo, start of two-day event
• May 23: British comic heroine Tank Girl returns after a twelve-year sojourn, with original writer Alan Martin on scripts and Australian penciler Ashley Wood on art. The four-part mini-series is called The Gifting and will be collected in time for Christmas.

  July

• July 10–11: Doug Marlette, creator of Kudzu is killed in a car accident, which means the end of his series.
• July 25: The United States Postal Service released Marvel Superhero Stamps featuring Spider-Man, Wolverine, and other Marvel superheroes.

  August

• August 11: Caption, start of two-day event
• August 14: Tokyopop begins publishing Undertown.
• August 26: The final episode of Kudzu is published. Half a month earlier the creator, Doug Marlette, died in a car accident.
• August 26: The final episode of Triple Take by Scott Nickel and Todd Clark is published.

  September

• September 8: London Film & Comic Con, start of two-day event.
• September 9: The final episode of Farley is published. Creator Phil Frank passes away on 12 September from a brain tumor.
• September 29: During the Stripdagen in Houten, the Netherlands, Aloys Oosterwijk receives the Stripschapprijs. Ronald Grossey wins the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs for his book about Studio Vandersteen. Henk Groeneveld wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.

  October

• October 10: The Best American series releases the second The Best American Comics publication. The collection is edited by Chris Ware and Anne Elizabeth Moore.
• October 20: The final episode of Posy Simmonds's Tamara Drewe is published.
• October 30: Zuda Comics, a webcomics imprint of DC Comics, launches.

  November

• November 2: In Strasbourg the Tomi Ungerer Museum opens.
• November 9: The Folger Shakespeare Library hosts Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, and Chris Ware in a discussion on graphic novels as a part of the PEN/Faulkner Reading Series.
• November 21: The first episode of Signe Wilkinson's Family Tree is published. It will run until 2011.
• November 28: The graphic novel Cherubs! by Bryan Talbot is published by Desperado Publishing.

  December

• December 11: Mike Le begins publishing the "Don't Forget To Validate Your Parking" webcomic.
• The final episode of Tumbleweeds is published.

  Deaths

January

• January 1: Tiberio Colantuoni, Italian comics artist, dies at age 71.
• January 3: Sam Burlockoff, American comics artist and inker, passes away at age 82.
• January 8: Drew Posada, American comic colorist and pin-up artist, passes away at age 37 from pancreatitis.

  February

• February 8: Joe Edwards, American comics artist, passes away at age 85.
• February 14: Willy Moese, German comics artist and animator, dies at age 79.
• February 18: Bob Oksner, American comics artist, dies at age 90.

  March

• March 3: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 87.
• March 5: Yvan Delporte, Belgian journalist and comics writer, dies at age 78.
• March 6: Lina Buffolente, Italian comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 82.
• March 9: Hugo Leyers, aka Haschèl or Hug, Belgian comics artist, passes away at age 77.
• March 12: Arnold Drake, American comics writer, dies at age 83.
• March 21: Drew Hayes, American comics artist and writer, dies from a heart attack at age 37.
• March 24: Marshall Rogers, American comics artist, dies from a heart attack at age 57.
• March 27: Boris Dimovski, Bulgarian comics artist, passes away at age 81.
• March 29: Leslie Waller, American comics artist, dies at age 82.
• March 31: Massimo Belardinelli, Italian comics artist, dies at age 68.

  April

• April 7: Johnny Hart, American comics artist, dies at age 76.
• April 15: Brant Parker, American comics artist, dies at age 86 from a stroke.
• April 21: Art Saaf, American comics artist, dies at age 85.
• April 29: José De Huescar, aka Garvi, Spanish comics artist, passes away at age 68.

  May

• May 1: Tom Artis, American comics artist, dies at age 51.
• May 6: Oscar Blotta, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 88 or 89.
• May 8: Manuel Moro, Mexican comics artist, dies at age 77.

  June

• June 5: Arnaud Leterrier, French comics artist, dies at age 39.
• June 7: Roger Armstrong, American comics artist, passes away at age 89.
• June 20: John Bernard Handelsman, British comics artist, cartoonist and illustrator, passes away at age 85.
• June 22: Jeff Wilkinson, Australian comics artist, dies at age 82.
• June 24:
• * Giovanni Boselli, Italian comics artist, dies at age 83.
• * Pil, Belgian cartoonist, dies at age 82.
• June 28: Howie Schneider, American comics artist, dies at age 77 from complications from heart bypass surgery.

  July

• July 10–11: Doug Marlette, American comics artist, dies at age 57 in a car accident.
• July 19: Roberto Fontanarrosa, aka El Negro, Argentine comics artist, dies at age 62.

  August

• August 12: Mike Wieringo, American comics artist, dies at age 44.
• Specific date unknown: August: Phil Gascoine, British comic book artist, dies at age 72-73.

  September

• September 6: George L. Crenshaw, American comics artist and cartoonist, dies at age 93.
• September 13: Phil Frank, American comics artist, dies at age 64 from a brain tumor.
• September 14: Horst Klöpfel, German comics artist and painter, dies at age 82 or 83.
• September 28: Jan van der Aa, aka Punt, Belgian painter, cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 80.

  October

• October 2: Richard Goldwater, American editor-in-chief of Archie Comics, dies of cancer at age 71.
• October 3: Manfred Sommer, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 74.
• October 5: Josette Macherot, wife of Raymond Macherot and colorist of his comics, dies at age 77.
• October 20: Peg Bracken, American writer and comics writer, dies at age 89.

  November

• November 5: Paul Norris, American comics artist, dies at age 93.
• November 27: Donyo Donev, Bulgarian cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist, dies at age 81.

  December

• December 3:
• * Eduard De Rop, Belgian comics artist, passes away at age 79.
• * James Kemsley, Australian comics artist, dies at age 59.
• December 8: Al Scaduto, American comics artist, dies at age 58.
• December 14: Dave Gantz, American cartoonist, novelist and sculptor, dies at age 85.
• December 23: Raphaël Carlo Marcello, also known as Ralph Marc, Italian comics artist, dies at age 78.
• December 25: Gualtiero Schiaffino, aka Skiaffino, Italian comics artist, dies at age 54.
• December 27: Wim Meuldijk, Dutch TV writer and comics artist, passes away at age 85.

  Specific date unknown

• Herbert Geldhof, aka Herbert, Belgian comics artist, dies at age 77 or 78.
• Hui Guan-man, Chinese comics artist, dies at age 70.

  Exhibitions and shows

• March 4 – June 11: Museum of Modern Art — "Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making," an exhibition of fine artists who use the language of comics as the jumping-off point for their work
• April 21–August 19: Phoenix Art Museum — "UnInked: Paintings, Sculpture and Graphic Work by Five Cartoonists," featuring Kim Deitch, Jerry Moriarty, Gary Panter, Ron Regé Jr. and Seth; guest-curated by Chris Ware
• May–June: Jackson State University — "Other Heroes: African-American Comics, Creators, Characters, and Archetypes," curated by John Jennings and Damien Duffy
• December 6–January 1, 2008: Floating World Comics — "Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo", a fundraiser exhibition of Rom the Spaceknight illustrations, by such creators as Jeffrey Brown, Sal Buscema, Guy Davis, Renée French, Brandon Graham, Corey Lewis, Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom, Jeff Parker, Ron Regé Jr., and Danijel Žeželj.

  Conventions

• January 19–20: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show I — guests include Seth Tobocman, James Romberger, Alex Maleev, Alex Saviuk, Arnold Drake, Mac McGill, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Slott, Danny Fingeroth, Dennis Calero, Dick Ayers, Fred Harper, Guy Dorian, Guy Gilchrist, Ian Dorian, Irwin Hasen, Ivan Brandon, Ivan Velez, Jamal Igle, Jim Kyle, Jennifer Camper, Jim Salicrup, Jim Sherman, Ken Gale, Mark Texeira, Mercy Van Vlack, Michael Avon Oeming, Rich Buckler, Sean Chen, and Tommy Castillo
• January 27–28: Phoenix Comicon — 3,200 attendees; official guests: Shannon Denton, Crispin Freeman, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, M. Alice LeGrow, Angel Medina, Vic Mignogna, George Pérez, Jen Quick, and Amy Reeder Hadley
• February 16–18: MegaCon — guests include David Finch, Darwyn Cooke, George Pérez, Andy Smith, Brian Pulido, Sean Astin, Lou Ferrigno, Virginia Hey, Bob May, David Hedison, and "Lois Lane" actresses Noel Neill and Margot Kidder
• February 23–25: New York Comic-Con — guest of honor: George Pérez; official guest: Peter David
• March 2–4: WonderCon
• March 3: STAPLE! — guests: Dean Haspiel, Brian Keene, Danielle Corsetto, Jim Mahfood, Dave Crosland, and David Hopkins
• March 16–18: Wizard World Los Angeles
• March 17: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing
• March 31–April 1: Emerald City ComiCon — 7,000 attendees; guests: Mark Bagley, David Mack, Terry Moore, Mike Oeming, Michael Golden, Gene Ha, Phil Hester, Ron Marz, Jim Lawson, Ande Parks, Joseph Michael Linsner, Chris Sprouse, Mark Waid, Peter Gross, Frank Cho, Brian Pulido, Brian Wood, Dexter Vines, Georges Jeanty, Eric Shanower, Adam Hughes, Brian Michael Bendis, Jim Woodring, Scott Kurtz, Jim Valentino, Peter Bagge, Darick Robertson, Steve Lieber, David Hahn, Matthew Clark, Jeff Parker, Ed Brubaker, Brian Reed, Kurt Busiek, Paul Chadwick, Tim Sale, Clayton Crain, Mike Grell, Andy Kuhn, Aaron Lopresti, Alex Maleev, Gail Simone, and Greg Rucka
• April 12–15: Coco Bulles
• April 13–15: Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event
• April 21–22: Alternative Press Expo
• April 21–22: Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo — event expands to two days; special guest: Dave Sim
• April 27–29: Pittsburgh Comicon — guests include George Pérez, Ron Frenz, Terry Moore, Amanda Conner, Mike Grell, Adam Hughes, Joe Jusko, Joseph Michael Linsner, and David W. Mack
• May 12–13: Comic Expo — guests include Kurt Busiek, Brian K Vaughan, Jeph Loeb, and Jean-Pierre Dionnet. Presentation of the Eagle Awards, hosted by Norman Lovett.
• May 17–18: East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention — guests include Dwayne McDuffie, Kyle Baker, and Taimak; presentation of the Glyph Comics Awards
• May 18–20: Motor City Comic Con — guests include BarBara Luna, Louis Gossett Jr., and Lou Ferrigno
• June 1–3: Adventure Con — first event held under the new ownership by Las Vegas Autographs, LLC. Guest of honor: Ethan Van Sciver; other guests include John Romita Jr.
• June 8–-10: Toronto Comic Con — guests of honor: Michael Golden, Terry Moore, Marv Wolfman, and Matt Wagner
• June 15–17: Heroes Convention — guests include Jim Amash, Robert Atkins, Kyle Baker, John Beatty, Christian Beranek, Mark Brooks, Nick Cardy, Richard Case, Johanna Draper Carlson, K. C. Carlson, C. B. Cebulski, Bernard Chang, Sean Chen, Cliff Chiang, Paul Conrad, Peter David, Rosario Dawson, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Tania del Rio, Todd Dezago, Dan Didio, Tony DiGerolamo, Colleen Doran, Dave Dorman, Tommy Lee Edwards, Michael Eury, Tom Feister, Ian Flynn, Matt Fraction, Francesco Francavilla, Robin Furth, Craig Gilmore, Dick Giordano, Michael Golden, Keron Grant, Cully Hamner, Scott Hampton, Tony Harris, Irwin Hasen, Jeremy Haun, Paul Hornschemeier, Adam Hughes, Jamal Igle, Mark Irwin, Georges Jeanty, Nat Jones, Rafael Kayanan, Barry Kitson, Erik Larsen, John Paul Leon, John Lucas, Heidi MacDonald, Jim Mahfood, Laura Martin, Nathan Massengill, Paul Maybury, Ed McGuinness, Bob McLeod, Joshua Middleton, Tony Moore, Steve Niles, Phil Noto, Jeff Parker, Jason Pearson, Brandon Peterson, Chris Pitzer, Eric Powell, Rick Remender, Andrew Robinson, Don Rosa, Craig Rousseau, Andy Runton, Chris Samnee, Alex Saviuk, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joe Simon, Chris Staros, Joe Staton, Karl Story, Ryan Stegman, Brian Stelfreeze, Arthur Suydam, Mark Texeira, Roy Thomas, Tim Townsend, Dean Trippe, Koi Turnbull, Chris Walker, Loston Wallace, Daniel Way, Mike Wieringo, Renée Witterstaetter, Ethan Van Sciver, Dexter Vines, Tracy Yardley, and Skottie Young
• June 15–17: Wizard World Philadelphia
• June 23–24: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show "Summer Sizzler" — guests include Alan Kupperberg, Alex Niño, Alex Maleev, Cameron Stewart, Dan Fogel, Danny Fingeroth, Ernie Chan, Graig Weich, Guy Dorian, Ian Dorian, J. David Spurlock, Jay Lynch, Ken Kelly, Michael Golden, Michael Avon Oeming, Mitchell Breitweiser, Murphy Anderson, Neil Vokes, Paul Gulacy, Rags Morales, Rich Buckler, Rudy Nebres, Skip Williamson, Tommy Castillo, and Walt Simonson
• June 23–24: MoCCA Festival
• June 30–July 1: Dallas Comic Con — guest of honor: Herb Trimpe; official guests: Billy Tan, Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Kristian Donaldson, Brian Denham, Josh Howard, The Crow creator James O'Barr, Ben Dunn, Jamie Mendoza, Steve Irwin, Kez Wilson, Kenneth Smith, Cal Slayton, Baldo writer Hector Cantú, multiple Hugo-winning fan artist Brad W. Foster, and more
• July 26–29: Comic-Con International — 125,000 attendees; official guests: Sergio Aragonés, Alison Bechdel, Allen Bellman, Ray Bradbury, Dan Brereton, Daryl Cagle, Cecil Castellucci, Darwyn Cooke, Guy Delisle, Paul Dini, Roman Dirge, Cory Doctorow, Ann Eisner, Warren Ellis, Mark Evanier, Renee French, Gary Friedrich, Christos N. Gage, Neil Gaiman, Rick Geary, George Gladir, Laurell K. Hamilton, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Adam Hughes, Joe Jusko, Miriam Katin, Mel Keefer, Scott Kurtz, Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Matt, David Morrell, Karen Palinko, Lily Renee Phillips, Mike Ploog, Paul Pope, George A. Romero, Rowena, Dave Stevens, J. Michael Straczynski, Ben Templesmith, Roy Thomas, Morrie Turner, Mark Verheiden, Matt Wagner, J. H. Williams III, Kent Williams, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Wood, and more.
• August 9–12: Wizard World Chicago
• August 11–12: CAPTION: "Dreams and Nightmares"
• August 18–19: Toronto Comic Arts Festival
• August 24–26: Fan Expo Canada — 43,738 attendees; guests include Adam West, Jonathan Frakes, Tricia Helfer, David Prowse, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Beltran, Dario Argento, Adrienne Barbeau, John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr., Greg Pak, Olivier Coipel, Simone Bianchi, Paul Dini, Steve McNiven, David Finch, Michael Turner, Frank Quitely, and Dale Eaglesham
• August 31–September 3: Dragon Con — 30,000+ attendees; guests include Lewis Gossett Jr., Tara McPherson, Erik Estrada, and the MythBusters build team
• September 1–2: London Film & Comic Con
• September 11–15: Jornadas de Cómic
• September 14–16: Comics Salon
• September 15–16: Montreal Comiccon — 700 attendees
• September 29–30: Stumptown Comics Fest
• October 12–13: Komikazen — guest of honor is Ho Che Anderson
• October 12–13: Small Press Expo
• October 27–28: Manitoba Comic Con — guests include David Prowse, Richard Hatch, Margot Kidder
• November 16–18: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show III — guests include Adam Hughes, Alan Kupperberg, Alan Weiss, Alex Maleev, Alex Saviuk, Amanda Conner, Bernard Chang, William Tucci, Bob Hall, Bob Layton, Bob McLeod, Carmine Infantino, Chris Moreno, Darwyn Cooke, Dan Slott, Danny Fingeroth, Dennis Calero, Dick Ayers, Elayne Riggs, Frank Cho, Gary Friedrich, Graig Weich, Guy Dorian, Herb Trimpe, Ian Dorian, Irwin Hasen, Ivan Brandon, Joe Sinnott, Jim Steranko, John Romita Sr, Jim Calafiore, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jim Salicrup, Ken Gale, Ken Kelly, Kim Deitch, Kyle Baker, Mark Bodé, Mark Evanier, Mark Texeira, Mercy Van Vlack, Michael Gaydos, Michael Golden, Michael Netzer, Neal Adams, Norm Breyfogle, Paolo Rivera, William Foster III, Rich Buckler, Robin Riggs, Ron Garney, S. Clay Wilson, Sean Chen, Sergio Aragonés, Spain Rodriguez, Tim Sale, Tim Vigil, and Tom Feister
• November 16–18: Wizard World Texas — guests include Dan Didio, Marc Silvestri, Adam Kubert, Bill Sienkiewicz, Arthur Sudyam, and Laura Vandervoort
• November 24–25: Mid-Ohio Con

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