2021 in comics

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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
    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

  • June 2: The characters Mandira Sharma and Harsha Chandra, who originated in earlier gag comics in The Beano, are introduced as recurring cast members in The Bash Street Kids. [15]
  • June 8: DC releases DC Pride, its first anthology series focusing on LGBTQ+ characters.[16]
  • June 9:
    • In Spain more than 300 comics artists protest and boycott the annual Barcelona International Comic Fair, because the winner of the Grand Prix is Antonio Martin, who is not a comics writer or artist, but a comics historian and publisher.[17]
    • In
      MoCA (Museum of Comic Art), Noordwijk opens its doors to the general public.[18][19][20][21][22]
  • June 27: In Nieuw-Vossemeer, The Netherlands, a bench with a mosaic drawing depicting the comic characters Bulletje en Boonestaak is revealed to the public. [23]
  • June 28: Studio Jan van Haasteren wins the annual P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. The award is given to Jan van Haasteren and his two co-workers Rob Derks and Dick Heins.[24]

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

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

  • April 5:
  • April 7: Michel Koeniguer, French comics artist (The Bridge, Bomb Road, Misty Mission, Berlin sera notre tombeau), dies at age 49.[68]
  • April 18: Cor Blok, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (The Iron Parachute), dies at age 87.[70]

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:
    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

November

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

September

October

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