2007 in comics

Notable events of 2007 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


Events

January

February

March

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

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. [2]
  • August 26: The final episode of Triple Take by Scott Nickel and Todd Clark is published. [3]

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

February

  • February 8: Joe Edwards, American comics artist (Li'l Jinx), passes away at age 85. [7]
  • February 18: Bob Oksner, American comics artist (Miss Cario Jones, made various TV-based comics, continued Dondi), dies at age 90. [8]

March

April

May

June

  • June 7: Roger Armstrong, American comics artist (Disney comics, the Bugs Bunny newspaper comic strip, continued Napoleon and Uncle Elby and Little Lulu), passes away at age 89. [19]
  • June 20: John Bernard Handelsman, British comics artist, cartoonist and illustrator (Freaky Fables), passes away at age 85. [20]
  • June 22: Jeff Wilkinson, Australian comics artist (The Phantom Ranger, The Shadow, Kid Champion), dies at age 82. [21]
  • June 24: Pil, Belgian cartoonist (Meneerke Peeters), dies at age 82. [22]
  • June 28: Howie Schneider, American comics artist (Eek & Meek), dies at age 77 from complications from heart bypass surgery. [23]

July

August

September

  • September 6: George L. Crenshaw, American comics artist and cartoonist (Belvedere), dies at age 93.[28]
  • September 13: Phil Frank, American comics artist (Farley), dies at age 64 from a brain tumor.[29]
  • September 28: Jan van der Aa, aka Punt, Belgian painter, cartoonist and comics artist (De Perfesser), dies at age 80. [30]

October

November

December

  • December 3: Eduard De Rop, Belgian comics artist (Studio Vandersteen), passes away at age 79. [34]
  • December 9: Wayne Howard, American comics artist (Charlton Comics), dies at age 58. [35]
  • December 14: Dave Gantz, American cartoonist, novelist and sculptor (Timely Comics), dies at c. age 85.
  • December 23: Raphaël Carlo Marcello, also known as Ralph Marc, Italian comics artist (Docteur Justice, continued Le Cavalier Inconnu), dies at age 78. [36]
  • December 27: Wim Meuldijk, Dutch TV writer and comics artist (Ketelbinkie, Sneeuwvlok de Eskimo), passes away at age 85. [37]

Specific date unknown

  • Herbert Geldhof, aka Herbert, Belgian comics artist (Docteur Gladstone, worked on L'oncle Paul), dies at age 77 or 78. [38]
  • Hui Guan-man, Chinese comics artist (Uncle Choi), dies at age 70. [39]

Exhibitions and shows

Conventions

First issues by title

Alice in Sunderland (graphic novel)
Release: April 5. Writer: Bryan Talbot. Artist: Bryan Talbot.
Arkin Comics
Release: by Arkin Ventures Pvt. Ltd.. Editor: Shamik Dasgupta.
Banimon
Release: by Rocket North Press. Writer and Artist: Boris Savic.
BeanoMAX
Release: First issue was dated the first of March 2007, this comic was a monthly spinoff of the British comic The Beano.
Kartun Benny & Mice: Jakarta Luar Dalem
Release 2005. Writer: Benny Rachmadi Artist: Muhammad "Mice" Misrad
Forge of War (6-issue mini-series)
Release: May by Boom! Studios. Writers: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton. Artist: Rahsan Ekedal.
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (6-issue mini-series)
Release: November by Wildstorm, Dynamite Entertainment. Writer: James Kuhoric Artist: Jason Craig
Kamisama Dolls
Release: January by Shogakukan (Monthly Sunday Gene-X). Author: Hajime Yamamura
Last Blood
Release: May by Blatant Comics. Writer: Bobby Crosby Artist: Owen Gieni
March Comes in Like a Lion
Release: by Hakusensha (Young Animal). Author: Chica Umino
Northlanders
Release: December 5 by Vertigo. Writers: Brian Wood. Art by: Davide Gianfelice
Omega the Unknown
Release: Early 2006 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Jonathan Lethem. Art by: Farel Dalrymple and colorist Paul Hornschemeier.
Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator (2-issue mini-series)
Release: January 10 by DC Comics. Writer: Mark Schultz .Art by: Ariel Olivetti.
Ward of the State
Release: May by Shadowline. Writer: Christopher Long Artist: Chee

Renamed titles

Dandy Xtreme
Release: The Dandy became the Dandy Xtreme in issue 3426 dated the 2 August 2007.

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