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Notable events of 2001 in comics. See also List of years in comics.




Events and publications[]

February[]

  • Belgian cartoonist Baudouin de Duve is arrested on the accusation of making an illegal The Adventures of Tintin comic book, Tintin in Thailand in Thailand. He is later cleared from all charges, as he had no intent to plagiarize the franchise and the illegal copies were made without his permission or control. [1]

March[]

  • March 10: Dutch comics artist Marten Toonder makes a failed suicide attempt. He survives and is brought back from his lonely home in Greystones, Ireland to a retirement home in Laren, North Holland. [2]

September[]

  • September 22-23: During the Stripdagen in Den Bosch Daan Jippes wins the Stripschapprijs. [3] [4] The comics magazine Stripper receives the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. [5] [6]
  • September 24: The New Yorker publishes a seemingly completely black cover to commemorate the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which actually shows the silhouette of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The design is by Françoise Mouly, based on an initial idea by Art Spiegelman. [7]

Specific date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • January 6:
  • January 9: Carol Voges, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (De Avonturen van Pa Pinkelman, Jimmy Brown, Sportheld nr. 1, Professor Créghel), dies at age 75. [12]
  • January 12: Gian Luigi Bonelli, Italian comics writer (Tex Willer, Zagor), dies at age 92. [13]
  • January 23: Fred Ray, American comics cover artist (Superman) and redesigner of Superman's "S" symbol, dies at age 80. [14]

February[]

  • February 3: Neg Cochran, American comics artist (continued Herky, Otto Honk, Out Our Way), passes away at age 87. [15]
  • February 7: Lazar Stanojević, Serbian comics artist (Svermironi), dies at age 69. [16]
  • February 10: Miné Okubo, American comics artist and writer (Citizen 13660), dies at age 88.
  • February 19: Adolfo Mazzone, Argentine comics artist (Piantadino), dies at age 86. [17]

March[]

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

  • July 7: Toni Pagot, Italian comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Calimero), dies at age 79. [37]
  • July 11: Herman Brood, Dutch rock artist, painter and comics artist (Vaste Prik), commits suicide at age 55 by jumping off the top of a hotel building. [38]
  • July 16: Morris, Belgian comics artist (Lucky Luke), dies at age 77. [39]
  • July 16: Opland, Dutch political cartoonist and comics artist (De Wonderlijke Avonturen van Anna), dies at age 73 from bone cancer. [40]
  • July 22: Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, Spanish-Cuban poster and comics artist (El Cuento), dies at age 64. [41]
  • July 25: Endre Lukács, Hungarian-Dutch comics artist (Disney comics), dies at age 95. [42]
  • July 27: Martha Orr, American comics artist (Apple Mary, prototype for Mary Worth), dies at age 93. [43]
  • July 31: Youji Muku, Japanese comics artist and magazine editor (made S&M comics for various erotic magazines), dies at age 73. [44]
  • Specific date unknown: Maurice Chénechot, aka Chen, aka Mac, French comics artist and illustrator (Riri), dies at age 88. [45]

August[]

  • August 10:
    • Jerry DeFuccio, American comics writer and editor (EC Comics, Mad), dies at age 76 from cancer. [46]
    • Pericle Luigi Giovannetti, Swiss painter and comics artist (Max), passes away at age 85. [47]
  • August 15: Jim Russell, Australian cartoonist (The Potts), dies at age 92. [48]
  • August 25: Chuck Cuidera (usually credited as "Charles Nicholas"), American comics artist (Blackhawk), dies at age 85.[49]

September[]

  • September 13: Johnny Craig, American comics artist (EC Comics), dies at age 75. [50]
  • September 26: Fred Neher, American comics artist (Life's Like That, Otto Watt), dies at age 97 or 98. [51]
  • September 30: George Gately, American comics artist (Heathcliff, Hapless Harry), dies at age 72 from a heart attack. [52]
  • September 30: Bjørn Frank Jensen, Danish animator and comics artist (Nop, Disney comics, worked on Pelle Svanslös), dies at age 81. [53]

October[]

  • October 7: Herbert Block, American political cartoonist, dies at age 91. [54]

November[]

December[]

  • December 2: Chase Craig, American animator, scriptwriter and comics writer (Looney Tunes comics, Odd Bodkins, Disney comics, Hanna-Barbera comics), dies at age 91. [60]
  • December 6: Carla Hansen, Danish comics writer (Rasmus Klump), dies at age 95. [61]
  • December 16: Derek Bauer, South-African comics artist and cartoonist, dies in a car accident at age 45 or 46. [62]
  • December 19: Dan DeCarlo, American comics artist (Archie Comics), dies at age 82 from a heart attack. [63]

Specific date unknown[]

  • Charlie Bood, Swedish illustrator and comics artist (Allan Kämpe, Sme-Olle), passes away at age 78 or 79. [64][64]
  • Neg Cochran, American comics artist, (Out Our Way, continued Herky and Otto Honk), dies at age 87 or 88. [65]
  • Roger Emiel de Ruyck, aka Roderyck, Belgian comics artist (Jan Zonder Vrees), dies at age 83. [66]
  • Nat Edson, American comics artist (worked for Dell Comics/Western Publishing), dies at age 91 or 92. [67]
  • Anselmus Kengen, aka Kari, Dutch illustrator and cartoonist (advertising comics), dies at age 84 or 85. [68]
  • Dick Lucas, Canadian cartoonist (celebrity comic about Juliette Béliveau), passes away at age 85 or 86. [69]

Awards[]

Exhibitions[]

Conventions[]

First issues by title[]

7 Seeds
Release: November by Shogakukan (Betsucomi). Author: Yumi Tamura.
Angel Cup
Release: by Tokyopop. Writer: Youn Jae-ho. Artist: Kim Dong-wook.
Fakta fra verden
Release: by Karstein Volle
Pearls Before Swine
Release: December 31 by The Washington Post. Writer: Stephan Pastis Artist: Stephan Pastis.
Sgt Mike Battle: The Greatest American Hero!
Release: August by Pier-C Comics. Writer & Artist: Graham Pierce.
The Surgeon
Release: by Rough Cut Comics
Trip to Tagaytay
Release: by Tala Comics Publishing. Writer & Artist: Arnold Arre.

Initial appearances by character name[]

Onimar Synn in JSA #24 (June) written by David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns, published by DC Comics.

References[]

  1. Baudouin De Duve. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  2. Marten Toonder. Retrieved on September 19, 2020.
  3. Daan Jippes (55) winnaar Stripschapprijs. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  4. Stripschapprijs voor Daan Jippes / Villamedia. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  5. | stripschrift online |. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  6. https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/p.-hans-frankfurtherprijs/complete-lijst.php
  7. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mouly_francoise.htm
  8. "Who We Are: Milton Griepp," ICv2.com. Accessed October 15, 2009.
  9. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dunagin_ralph.htm
  10. Leo Nowak. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  11. Guido Scala. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  12. Carol Voges. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  13. Gian Luigi Bonelli. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  14. Fred Ray. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  15. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cochran_neg.htm
  16. Lazar Stanojevic. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  17. Adolfo Mazzone. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  18. Torsten Bjarre. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  19. Fred Lasswell. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  20. Necmi Riza Ayça. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  21. Brasser. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  22. Edith Oppenheim-Jonas. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  23. Bill Yates. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  24. Ray Osrin. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  25. Mittéï. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  26. Henry Boltinoff. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  27. Eric Bradbury. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  28. Claude Bordet. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  29. Bill Bunce. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  30. Hank Ketcham. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  31. Barb Rausch. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  32. Hurey. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  33. Hugo Díaz Jiménez. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  34. George Evans. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  35. Tove Jansson. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  36. Basil Reynolds. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  37. Toni Pagot. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  38. Herman Brood. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  39. Morris. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  40. Opland. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  41. Bachs. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  42. Endre Lukács. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  43. Martha Orr. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  44. Youji Muku. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  45. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chenechot_maurice.htm
  46. "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPZP-729 : accessed March 12, 2013), Jerome Defuccio, August 15, 2001.
  47. Pericle Luigi Giovannetti. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  48. Jim Russell. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  49. Chuck Cuidera. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  50. Johnny Craig. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  51. Fred Neher. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  52. George Gately. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  53. Bjørn Frank Jensen. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  54. Herbert Block. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  55. Gray Morrow. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  56. Ryuichi Yokoyama. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  57. Sy Reit. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  58. Harry Devlin. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  59. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gustafson_bob.htm
  60. Chase Craig. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  61. Vilhelm Hansen. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  62. Derek Bauer. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  63. Dan De Carlo. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  64. 64.0 64.1 Charlie Bood. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  65. Neg Cochran. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  66. Roderyck. Retrieved on October 11, 2020.
  67. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/edson_nat.htm
  68. Kari. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  69. Dick Lucas. Retrieved on May 15, 2020.
  70. Brady, Matt. "Baltimore Comic Con '08: 2008 Harvey Awards Announced," Newsarama (September 27, 2008).
  71. Mervis, Scott. "Heroic comeback," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (27 April 2001), p. 22.
  72. Sandells, Natalie. "Comics 2001," Sequential Tart vol. IV, issue #7 (June 2001).
  73. Press release. "Wizard World Chicago 2001 attendance tops 40,000," Comic Book Resources (September 6, 2001).
  74. "Newswatch: SPX/ICAF Cancelled in Wake of Terrorist Attacks on New York and Washington DC," The Comics Journal #238 (October 2001), p. 100.
  75. "New York: Impromptu SP-Xiles Event Raises Funds for Charity," The Comics Journal #238 (October 2001), p. 101.
  76. McClelland, Eileen. "Eight-Day Planner September 13–September 20," The Houston Chronicle (September 13, 2001), p. 14.
  77. "Convention Listings - November 2001". Locus. http://www.locusmag.com/2001/Future/Cons2001.html#novcons. 
  78. Uncommoncon Cancelled! discussion. Comicon.com.
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