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Notable events of 2006 in comics.

Events

January

February

  • February 1: A French newspaper, France-Soir, reprints the cartoons at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.[45]
  • February 2:
  • February 3:
  • February 4:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Syrian protestors set fire to Denmark's embassy in Damascus. They were demonstrating against the publication of cartoons defaming Mohammed in a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten.[57]
  • February 6:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • It is reported that at least four people around the world are dead as a result of violent protests against the cartoons published in late 2005 by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten[58]
      • The Daily Telegraph seeks to uncover the source of the "extra" three cartoons which were distributed in The Middle East as being actual cartoons published by Jyllands-Posten, when they were in actuality not.[59]
    • Lagardère, a French publishing giant, is to purchase Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner. The division handles the distribution of graphic novels published by DC Comics to bookstores.[60]
    • Salon review Ghost of Hoppers Jaime Hernandez's latest graphic novel.[61]
    • James Cromwell is cast in the role of Captain George Stacy for the upcoming Spider-Man 3 movie.[49]
    • Stan Lee is interviewed by science fiction weekly.[62]
  • February 7:
  • February 8:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • President Bush issues a statement calling for calm: "I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence, to be respectful, to protect property, to protect the lives of innocent diplomats who are serving their countries overseas."[66]
      • The Danish embassy in Tehran is stormed.
      • The editorial staff of the New York Press walk out after the publishers of the paper refuse to carry the cartoons at the centre of the controversy.[67]
      • The editor of the Jyllands-Posten, Carsten Juste, rejects suggestions he should resign.[68]
      • Pakistan's Daily Times reveals Danish law should have prevented the publication of the cartoons.[69]
      • The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists issues a statement which expresses support for "the right of free expression by the world's cartoonists."[70]
  • February 9:
  • February 10:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Flemming Rose, editor of the Jyllands-Posten is told to take a vacation after he commented the paper "would run the cartoons" published by Hamshahri in its contest inviting cartoons satirising the holocaust.[77]
      • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen agrees with comments made by Condoleezza Rice regarding Syria and Iran, noting they "have taken advantage of the situation because both countries are under international pressure".
      • It is reported at least thirteen people are dead due to protests against the cartoons.[78]
  • February 11:
  • February 12:
  • February 13:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen responds to criticism of his country, declaring "Denmark is an open and tolerant society".[47]
      • Anders Fogh Rasmussen has also had talks with a Muslim group called "Democratic Muslims".[83]
      • It is reported that Muslim graves have been desecrated in Denmark.[84]
      • Denmark withdraws official staff from embassies in Syria, Iran, and Indonesia.[85]
      • Art Spiegelman is interviewed to garner his thoughts on the controversy.[86]
      • Iran demands apologies after recent accusations from Condoleezza Rice that it had fermented the controversy.[87]
    • Ted Rall is reportedly considering launching a lawsuit against Ann Coulter over comments she jokingly alleged that "Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and The New York Times have made submissions".[88]
  • February 14: zoomaphoto.com
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Two security guards are shot dead and police use tear gas on rioting students as protests continue in Pakistan.[89]
      • Belgian Muslim groups have called on the European Union to "act determinedly to prepare a draft law that forbids every kind of blasphemy".[90]
      • A number of Danish websites have reportedly been hacked by protestors.[91]
  • February 15:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Danish politicians have called for an investigation into a Muslim group's actions during a trip to the Middle East. It is alleged the group may have helped ferment the recent protests.[92]
      • Flemming Rose, cultural editor of the Jyllands-Posten has stated that the cartoons were published to "go against this tendency to self-censorship".[93]
      • Carsten Juste, editor of the Jyllands-Posten, states his belief that "Muslims are being given special treatment".[94]
    • Justin Thomas is announced as the winner of a contest to choose the next cartoonist of the strip Unfit.[95]
  • February 16:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Twelve people are reported to have died in Afghanistan after a week of protesting.[96]
      • Three people are reported to have died as protests continue in Pakistan.[97]
    • The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has lost his claim for compensation. Erdoğan was suing over a number of cartoons which had depicted him as a series of animals.[98]
  • February 17:
  • February 19:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • 45 people reportedly die after rioting in Nigeria in protest against the cartoons.[102]
      • Security forces in Pakistan disperse a protest against the cartoons.[103]
      • The United States embassy in Jakarta is attacked by protestors.[104]
      • A small group of protesters gather outside the Danish embassy in Tehran.[105]
    • Paul Pope discusses Batman: Year 100 with the Toronto Star.[106]
  • February 20:
  • February 21:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • A number of Muslims protest against the cartoons in India.[118]
      • Christopher Hitchens, writing for Slate, examines the issue.[119]
      • The Danish Ambassador returns to Jakarta having left in the wake of protests over the cartoons.[120]
      • A second Russian newspaper, the weekly Nash Region closes after having printed a montage of the cartoons.[121]
    • JM Thevenet confirms he has been fired from his position with Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, although he claims he was employed as a consultant.[122][123]
    • The Guardian sketches the history of the political cartoon as a prelude to the opening of The Cartoon Museum in London.[124]
  • February 22:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Corpses are burnt on the streets of Onitsha, Nigeria, as part of an ongoing confrontation between Christians and Muslims regarding the cartoons.[125]
      • Protestors stage a demonstration outside the Danish embassy in Jakarta.[54]
      • The Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, notes the controversy has become something greater than the initial furor over editorial cartoons, noting "It's about everything else and different agendas in the Muslim world."[69]
      • Danish volunteers and non-government officials are withdrawing from the relief effort aiding those areas of Pakistan hit by the recent earthquake and leaving the country as a result of the Pakistani people's protest against the cartoons.[69]
    • Naushad Waheed, a political cartoonist and artist sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Maldives for political unrest, has been freed.[126]
    • iBooks, the publishing company founded by Byron Preiss, files for bankruptcy. Preiss died in June 2005.[127]
  • February 23:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
      • Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, denounces the cartoons at the heart of the controversy.[69]
      • Amitai Sandy and Eyal Zusman, organisers of an antisemitic cartoon contest, are profiled by World Press.[128]
    • Marvel Comics announces a drop in profits.[129]
    • The London cartoon museum is opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[117]
  • February 24:
  • February 26: The New York Comic Con has problems with the size of the crowd attending the convention, having to turn visitors away.[134]
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the recent phenomenon of non-comics writers being approached to write for the medium by the larger comics publishers.[135]
  • February 27:
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • European Union officials issue a fresh statement on the controversy.[136]
      • It is reported that Denmark are to hold a conference examining the controversy and the publication of the cartoons on March 10.[137]
      • Finnish magazine Kaltio has fired its editor after he published a cartoon commentating on the controversy by Ville Ranta on the magazine's website. The sacking came in the wake of pressure from advertisers. Ranta has also lost work on the strength of the cartoon.[138]
    • Speakeasy Comics announces it is to cease publishing.[49]
  • February 28:
    • Jeff Danziger is announced as the winner of the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, to be awarded on April 18.[139]
    • Aaron McGruder is to take a six-month break from Boondocks.[140]
    • It is reported that at the recent New York Comic Con Dark Horse Comics announced that they are to double their output of manga titles this year.[141]
    • Marvel Comics and Top Cow announce a tie-up which will see artists employed by Top Cow illustrating up to 36 Marvel titles this year.[142]
    • DC Comics are to publish Megatokyo through their imprint CMX. The title had previously been published by Dark Horse Comics.[143]
    • The Oregon Daily Emerald reports on Art Spiegelman's speaking tour date at the University of Oregon.[144]
    • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
      • Nigerian governors condemn the recent riots that have taken place in the country.[145]

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

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Deaths

January

  • January 4: Stan Hunt, American cartoonist and columnist, dies at age 76.[417]
  • January 6: Yoshirou Kato, Japanese manga artist (Mappira-kun, Onboro Jinsei, Ore wa Obake dazo, Ojisoma Daimiyô, Geijigeji Tarô Gyôkôki, Motemote Ojisan, Sebiki no Ninja, Benben Monogatari), dies at age 79.[418][419]
  • January 8:
    • Manfred Bofinger, German cartoonist, caricaturist, dies at age 64.[420]
    • Jamic, Belgian animator, illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (Les Télé-Graphistes), dies at age 69.[421]
  • January 14: Jacques Faizant, French illustrator, political cartoonist and comics artist (Adam et Eve, Le Chimiste BP), dies at age 87.[422]
  • January 17: Norman McCabe, American animator and illustrator (Looney Tunes), dies at age 94.[423]
  • January 18: Rose Ellison King, American comics writer (Flo & Friends), dies from cancer.[424]
  • January 22: Albert Morse, American publisher (Morse's Funnies) and lawyer for Robert Crumb and other underground comics artists dies at age 67 from kidney disease.[425]
  • January 30: Seth Fisher, American comics artist (Green Lantern: Willworld), dies at age 33 from a fall from a roof.[426][427][428]

February

  • February 2:
  • February 4: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (Happy the Humbug, Eve: A Pictorial Love Story), dies at age 97.[431]
  • February 7: Andrea Bresciani, Slovenian-Italian animator and comics artist (Poldo, Saetta, Tony Falco, Geky Dor, Frontiers of Science), dies at age 83.[432]
  • February 13: Brummett Echohawk, American cartoonist, painter, novelist and actor, dies at age 83.[433]
  • February 17: Giovanni Gandini, Italian comics writer, artist and founder of the magazine Linus, dies at age 76.[434]
  • February 21: Ed Franklin, American political cartoonist, dies at age 84 or 85.[435]

March

  • March 13: Olimar Kallas, Estonian comics artist (Eksam XXI sajandisse, Ootamatu pärandus), dies at age 75.[436]
  • March 17: Jaime Mainou, Spanish comics artist (Rolf Kauka, Disney comics), dies at age 75 or 76.[437]
  • March 20: Maurice Raymond, Canadian painter and comics artist (made a comic strip adaptation of Adélard Dugré's La Campagne Canadienne), dies at age 93.[438]
  • Specific date unknown: March: Björn Karlström, Swedish comics artist (Jan Winther, Johnny Wiking, En Resa i Människokroppen), dies at age 84 or 85.[439]

April

May

June

July

  • July 7: Eduardo Barbosa, Brazilian architect, journalist and comics artist (historical and biographical comics), dies at age 91 or 92.[465]
  • July 14: Tom Frame, British comics letterer (Judge Dredd), dies of cancer at age 74 or 75.
  • July 17: Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist and comics writer, dies at age 88. Spillane contributed text pieces to comic books early in his career.[466]
  • July 23: Vernon Grant, American comics artist (The Love Rangers), dies at age 71.[467]
  • July 27:
    • Carlos Roque, Portuguese comics artist (Malaquias, Angélique, Wladimyr), dies at age 70.[468]
    • W.G. van de Hulst jr., Dutch illustrator, painter and comics artist (In de Soete Suikerbol), dies at age 89.[469]

August

  • August 1: Bob Thaves, American comics artist (Frank and Ernest), dies at age 81.[470]
  • August 26: Ed Sullivan, American comic artist (Beyond the Stained Glass, continued Out Our Way With The Willets and Priscilla's Pop), dies from cancer at age 76 or 77.[471]

September

  • September 5: John McLusky, British comics artist (the James Bond comic series for the Daily Express), dies at age 83.[472]
  • September 12: Nato, Chilean comics artist (Cachupín, Ponchito, continued Toribio, el Náufrago), dies at age 85.[473]
  • September 14: Myron Fass, American comics publisher, writer and artist (Tales of Terror) dies at age 80.[474]
  • September 18: Johnn Bakker, Dutch comics artist (Blook, Dan Teal, the Suske en Wiske parody De Keizerkraker), dies at age 59.[475]
  • September 20: Ernie Schroeder, American comics artist (Heap) dies at age 90.[476]
  • September 22: Liao Bing-xiong, Chinese comics artist (Spring and Autumn in Cat Kingdom), dies at age 90 or 91.[477]

October

  • October 3: Terry Aspin, British comics artist (made comics for girl comics magazines like Jinty, Bunty, Debbie and Mandy), dies at age 90.[478]
  • October 13: Hilda Terry, American comics artist (Teena), dies at age 92.[479]
  • October 18: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer (Disney comics, Looney Tunes comics, Walter Lantz comics Hanna-Barbera comics), dies at age 90.[480]
  • October 20: Ab'Aigre, aka Pascal Habegger, Swiss illustrator and comics artist (Le Chaman, Nombre, Blues), dies at age 47.[481]
  • October 20: R.K. Sloane, American underground comics artist (Ric Sloane Comics, Rat Fink Comics), dies at age 56.[482]
  • October 21: Paul Biegel, Dutch novelist, journalist and comics writer (wrote for Kappie), dies at age 81.
  • October 24: Dino Leonetti, Italian comics artist (Maghella), dies at age 69.[483]

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Ivica Koljanin, Serbian comics artist (Nesalomljivi, Trifun), dies at age 71 or 72.[501]
  • Bennie Nobori, American animator and comics artist (Yankee Reporter), dies at an unknown age.[502]
  • Patrick Van Lierde, Belgian comics artist (continued Bessy), dies at age 59 or 60.[503]
  • Mieczyslaw Wisniewski, Polish comic artist (worked on Kapitan Zbik, Podziemny Front), dies at age 80 or 81.[504]
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Exhibitions and shows

  • August 25, 2005 – April 26: "À l'école de l'amour" by Julie Doucet at the Centre d'art et de diffusion Clark, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • October 1, 2005 – April 30: "Gross, Gruesome and Gothic" at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  • October 22, 2005 – March 31:Le Monde de Zep at The Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris, France
  • November 20, 2005 – March 13: "Masters of American Comics" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
  • December 22, 2005 – April 30: "Why Do They Hate U.S.? An International Perspective on American Politics and Culture" at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  • 1 December 2005 – April 30:Drawn From The Collection at The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
  • January 17 – October 8: Caricatures de fumeurs, du XVIIe siècle à nos jours at the Musée du Fumeur, Paris, France
  • January 19 – July 9: "Seth" at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Canada
  • January 20 – February 25: "Speak: Nine Cartoonists" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York City, US
  • January 24 – February 19: "Alternative Girlhood: Diaristic Indulgence and Contemporary Female Artists" at the Tower Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Brockport, US
  • January 26 – March 18: "Misunderestimating the President through Cartoons" at the Political Cartoon Gallery, London, UK
  • January 26 – May 28: "Georges Wolinski Exhibition" at the Centre national de la bande dessinée et de l'image, France
  • January 27 – March 5: "Black Moon Island: Contemporary International Drawing" at One in the Other, London, UK
  • February 1 – April 9: "ISRAEL: The Cartoonists' Diagnosis: A Viewpoint From Within" at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  • February 2 – March 11: "Fine Line" at the Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, US
  • February 4 – May 29: "Sugar and Spice: Little Girls in the Funnies" at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa, California US
  • February 7 – April 8: "Comic Art in Democratic Spain: 1975–2005/6" at the Instituto Cervantes New York, New York City, US
  • February 10 – March 11: "Chippendale.Hong.Lyon.Paper Rad" at the Gallery Agniel, Providence, US
  • February 11 – May 7: "Small Press Spotlight Featuring: Gene Yang" at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  • February 22 – April 8: "Neo Sincerity: The Difference Between the Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter" at Apexart, New York City, US
  • February 25 – May 1: The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art host "Todd McFarlane: A Retrospective Exhibit", New York City, US[49]
  • March 7–17: "The Art of V For Vendetta" at The Guardian newsroom, London, UK[505]
  • March 11 – April 30: Francesca Ghermandi dedicherà il suo nuovo libro "Un'estate a Tombstone", Modena, Italy
  • March 14 – April 18: "The Michael Winner Collection of Donald McGill", Chris Beetles Gallery, London, UK
  • March 23 – May 21: "The Man Who Hated Pooh! The Political Cartoons of E. H. Shepard" at the Political Cartoon Gallery, London, UK
  • March 25 "Alan Moore on Gothic Nightmares" at Tate Britain, London, UK
  • March 30 – April 29: "Segismundo y otros mundos" by Sylvia Libedinsky at La Sala Vincon, Barcelona, Spain
  • March 31 – June 25: Satirical Portraits: The Style of Nick Anderson at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
  • April – September: "Satirical London: 300 years of irreverent images" at the Museum of London, London, UK
  • April 1 – June 25: "No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics" at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  • April 5 – May 6: "Glen Baxter: Tungsten Dawning" at Flowers Central, London, UK
  • April 7 – July 2: "Fizzers: The Alternative National Portrait Gallery" at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
  • April 10 – June 16: "Steve Bell Does Art" at the University of Leeds Gallery, Leeds, UK
  • April 17–30: The Mathematical Explanations Behind Silly Drawings at The Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK
  • April 26 – May 31: "The Strip Exhibition" at the Nest Gallery, Brighton, UK
  • April 29 – August 13: "Masters of American Comics" at the Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee, US
  • April 29 – May 3: "Stripburger: Honey Talks" at the Grrr! Festival, Serbia
  • May 6 – May 14: "She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists" at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York City, US
  • May 6 – September 3: "Chris Ware" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
  • June 1 – August 31: "A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle" by Winsor McCay at Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, Ohio, US
  • June 9 – August 31: "Stripburger: Honey Talks" at the Serietiket, Stockholm, Sweden
  • June 24 – August 31: "OPOLIS: A Comix Fluxture" at the Flux Factory, New York City, US
  • September 15 – January 6, 2007: "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present" at the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, US
  • September 15 – January 28, 2007: "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum, New York City; and The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey[506][507]
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Conventions

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First issues by title

Blue Space
Release: by Glénat. Writer: Richard Marazano Artist: Chris Lamquet
Captain Cutaneum
Writer: Ruskin R Lines, III
Captain Nemo
Release: March 1 by Seven Seas Entertainment. Writer: Jason DeAngelis Artist: Aldin Viray
Cobb: Off the Leash
Release: May by IDW Publishing. Writer: Beau Smith Artist: Eduardo Barreto
Damnation Crusade (6-issue mini-series)
Release: December by Boom! Studios. Writers: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton. Art by: Lui Antonio and JM Ringuet.
Jimbo's Inferno
Release: April 2006. Writer/Artist: Gary Panter
A Kiss for my Prince
Release: by Infinity Studios. Writer/Artist: Kim Hee-eun
Meltdown
Release: December 2006. Writer:David Schwartz Artist: Sean Wang
Star Wars: Legacy
Release: Issue 0 June. Writers: John Ostrander and Jan Duursema Art by: Jan Duursema
The Trials of Shazam!
Release: October 2006. Writer: Judd Winick Artist: Howard Porter
Zombies! Eclipse of the Undead
Release: September by IDW Publishing
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Notes

  1. Preceded on the evening of Friday 24 November by a pub quiz in the Bull and Castle, Christ Church.

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