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2025 in comics

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Notable events of 2025 in comics.

Events

January

  • January 1:
  • January 3: U.S. comic artist and editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigns as cartoonist for The Washington Post, after one of her cartoons was rejected for publication, because her point of view was not supported by the editors. The cartoon depicted various real-life billionaires offering cash to a huge statue of Donald Trump.[7][8][9]
  • January 8: Belgian comic artist Merho, who decided to terminate his signature series De Kiekeboes in 2023 and replace it with a spin-off series drawn in a different style, announces that the original series will resume publication with a new album.[10][11]
  • January 15: U.S. editorial cartoonist and comic artist Darrin Bell is arrested under suspicion of having uploaded and possessed child pornography, including of real children and AI-generated children. He is the first person to be charged under a California law criminalizing AI-generated child sexual abuse material.[12][13]
  • January 25: Dutch comics artist Michiel van de Pol wins the Stripschapprijs.[14][15]
  • January 29: U.S. comic artist John Romita Jr. receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[16]

February

  • February 10: The comics information website Stripspeciaalzaak, hosted by David Steenhuyse, wins the annual P. Hans Frankfurther Prize.[17]

March

April

May

July

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Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 8: Steve Benson, American editorial cartoonist, dies at age 71.[97]
  • July 27:
    • Eric Heath, New Zealand cartoonist, dies at age 101.[98]
    • Norman Clifford, Australian comic artist (Sky Demons, The Olympixies, Adventures in Tiny Land), dies at age 98. [18]
  • July 31: Léandre Bergeron, Canadian historian and comics writer (Histoire du Québec [99]), dies at age 91.[100]

August


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