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Notable events of 2002 in comics. See also List of years in comics.



Events[]

  • Chuck Rowles and Steve Rowles begin the webcomic Gods of Arr-Kelaan
  • First KomMissia festival held in Moscow.[1]

March[]

April[]

May[]

  • May 4: The first Free Comic Book Day is established. .[2][3]
  • The British satirical cartoon magazine Punch, which had ended in 1992 but briefly revived since 1996, is once again disestablished. [4]

June[]

  • June 3: Webcomic A Miracle of Science by Jon Kilgannon and Mark Sachs debuts.
  • After 59 years of continuous serialisation Albert Chartier's comic Onésime comes to an end. [5]

July[]

September[]

  • September 14-15: During the Stripdagen in Den Bosch, Eric Schreurs wins the Stripschapprijs. [6] The Teken mijn verhaal foundation wins the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. [7]
  • Art Spiegelman's graphic novel In The Shadow Of No Towers about the 9/11 terrorist attacks is prepublished in Die Zeit, since no U.S. magazine dares to publish it. [8]

November[]

December[]

Deaths[]

January[]

February[]

  • February 15: Vincenzo Monzi, Italian comics artist (Goldrake, continued Joselito, Tex Willer), dies at age 60. [16]
  • February 22: Chuck Jones, American animator, film director and comics artist (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Crawford), passes away at age 89. [17]

March[]

  • March 15: Rand Holmes, Canadian underground cartoonist (The Adventures of Harold Hedd), dies at age 60.[18] [19]
  • March 16: Paul Schindeler, Dutch comics artist (assistant on Sjef van Oekel), dies at an unknown age. [20]
  • March 18: Marcel Denis, Belgian comics writer (Hultrasson) and artist (continued Tif et Tondu), passes away at age 79. [21]
  • March 28: Nicola Del Principe, Italian comics artist (comics for Renato Bianconi, Angelica, Il Camionista, Tom & Jerry comics), dies at age 74. [22]

April[]

  • April 19: Alberto Beltrán, Mexican comics artist, painter and illustrator, dies at age 79. [23]
  • April 22: Denis McLoughlin, British comics artist (adventure comics for DC Thomson), dies at age 84. [24]
  • April 23: Alfredo Pons, Spanish comics writer (Los Amores de Juan Eclipse) and artist, dies at age 44. [25]

May[]

  • May 3: Tom Sutton, American comics artist (Vampirella) dies at age 65. [26]
  • May 6: Ionaldo Cavalcanti, Brazilian painter, comics artist (Crimes que Abalaram São Paulo ("Crimes that shook São Paulo")), and comics scholar (O Mundo dos Quadrinhos, Esses incríveis heróis de papel), dies at age 57 or 59. [27]
  • May 7: Robert Kanigher, American comics writer (Wonder Woman, Enemy Ace and most of DC Comics' war comics line), dies at age 86.
  • May 17: Dave Berg, American comics artist (The Lighter Side of...), passes away at age 81. [28]

June[]

  • June 7: Waldyr Igayara de Souza, Brazilian comics artist (Disney comics), dies at age 68. [29]
  • June 13: Vincent Fago, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons comics, continued Peter Rabbit), dies at age 83. [30]
  • June 17: Rafael Araiza, El Che, Mexican comics artist (A Batacazo Limpio), passes away at age 86. [31]

July[]

  • July 8: Ward Kimball, American animator and one of Disney's Nine Old Men, dies at age 88.
  • July 11: Jorge Zaffino, Argentine comics artist (worked on Nippur de Lagash and Punisher), dies at age 42 or 43 from a heart attack. [32]
  • July 23: Đorđe Lobačev, Russian-Serbian comics artist and illustrator (Gospodar Smrti), dies at age 93. [33]
  • July 25: Lucia Pamela, American outsider musician and illustrator (made a colouring book to go along with the narrative of her music album Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela In The Year 2000), dies at age 98. [34]

August[]

  • August 5: Grass Green, American comics artist (Xal-Kor the Human Cat, Wildman and Rubberroy), dies at age 63 from lung cancer. [35]
  • August 13: Flavio Colin, Brazilian comics artist (Sepé, Vizunga, Mulher-Diaba no rastro de Lampião, O Boi das Aspas de Ouro and Estórias Gerais), dies at age 72. [36]

September[]

  • September 7: Len Dworkins, American comics artist (assisted on Draftie and Wade Cabot and continued Buck Rogers and Skyroads), dies at age 80. [37]
  • September 13: Fred Guardineer, American comics writer and illustrator (Durango Kid, Zatara) passes away at age 88. [38]

October[]

November[]

  • November 14: Charles Dupuis, Belgian comics publisher (Dupuis), dies at age 84. [40]

December[]

  • December 18: Mic Delinx, Belgian comics artist (La Jungle en Folie), passes away. [41]
  • December 27: Renzo Restani, Italian comics artist (Dave Devil, Baby Bang, Moses, Yal Brunn), dies at age 74. [42]

Specific date unknown[]

  • Fieke Asscher, Dutch illustrator, graphic artist and comics artist (De Rare Belevenissen van Professor Stap-door-den-Tijd), dies at age 76. [43]

Exhibitions and shows[]

Conventions[]

First issues by title[]

Cavalcade of Boys
Release: by Poison Press. Writer and Artist: Tim Fish
Festering Season
Release: September by Stickman Graphics. Writer: Kevin Tinsley Artist: Tim Smith 3
Global Frequency
Release: October by Wildstorm. Writer: Warren Ellis Artists: various. Cover by: Brian Wood.
Hawaiian Dick
Release: December by Image Comics. Writer: B. Clay Moore Artist: Steven Griffin.
Point Blank
Release: August by Wildstorm. Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Colin Wilson.
The Pro
Release: July by Image Comics. Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Strange Killings
Release: February by Avatar Press. Writer: Warren Ellis Artist: Mike Wolfer.
Ultimate War
Release: December 8 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Chris Bachalo.

Notes[]

  1. Kelley, Peter (April 29, 2010), "Jose Alaniz pens history of Russian comics — ‘from the icon to the internet’," University of Washington. Retrieved March 1, 2017
  2. Brassington, Mark (May 2, 2013). Interview with the Founder of Free Comic Book Day - Joe Field. Geeks Unleashed.me.
  3. Tidbits about Free Comic Book Day. Inquirer Lifestyle (May 4, 2013).
  4. Punch - British periodical. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  5. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chartier_albert.htm
  6. Privacy settings. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  7. https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/p.-hans-frankfurtherprijs/complete-lijst.php
  8. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegelman.htm
  9. https://www.tijd.be/content/tijd/nl/mme-articles/56/21/18/562118
  10. Paul Geerts. Retrieved on 28 September 2020.
  11. Stripheld Nero verlaat Vlaanderen. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  12. John Buscema. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  13. Pierre Joubert. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  14. Kurt Schaffenberger. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  15. Susumu Nemoto. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  16. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/monti-vincenzo.htm
  17. Chuck Jones. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  18. Mietkiewicz, Henry. Rand Holmes (1942-2002). The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  19. Rand Holmes. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  20. Paul Schindeler. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  21. Marcel Denis. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  22. Nicola Del Principe. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  23. Alberto Beltrán. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  24. Denis McLoughlin. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  25. Alfredo Pons. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  26. Tom Sutton. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  27. Ionaldo Cavalcanti. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  28. Dave Berg. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  29. Waldyr Igayara de Souza. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  30. Vincent Fago. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  31. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/araiza_rafael.htm
  32. Jorgé Zaffino. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  33. Djordje Lobacev. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  34. Lucia Pamela. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  35. Grass Green. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  36. Flavio Colin. Retrieved on 17 January 2019.
  37. Len Dworkins. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  38. Fred Guardineer. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  39. Robert Nixon. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  40. M.Archive. Charles Dupuis, l’épopée d’un précurseur de la bande dessinée - ActuaBD. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  41. Mic Delinx. Retrieved on 7 April 2018.
  42. Renzo Restani. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  43. Fieke Asscher. Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
  44. CBR Staff. "'Heroes Among Us' art exhibit full press release," CBR (DEC. 20, 2001)
  45. CBR Staff. "'Moving Pictures' Comic Book reading in honor of the Heroes of 9-11 at The Metropolitan Playhouse of New York," '"CBR (Feb. 04, 2002).
  46. Szadkowski, Joseph. "The keen and obscene at Florida's MegaCon," Washington Times (9 March 2002), p. B02.
  47. Reynolds, Eric. "Spanish Comics Convention Scandalized by Live Sex Performance," The Comics Journal #243 (May 2002), pp. 15-17.
  48. Lolley, Sarah. "Comicon Characters Old Legends and Edgy Newcomers Combine Forces at Comic Book Convention," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (26 April 2002), p. 22.
  49. "Does anyone have Earth Day off on Monday? Probably not. But think about it...," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (21 April 2002), p. F-2.
  50. Atchison, Lee. "Wizard World East," Sequential Tart (June 2002).
  51. Litch, Paul. "Motor City Con 2002," Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. CGC Vol. 1, issue #2. (June 2002).
  52. "This Weekend's Top 10," Detroit News (May 18, 2002).
  53. Jellinek, Anna. "Comics 2002 - Bristol," Sequential Tart vol. V, issue #8 (August 2002).
  54. Kerins, Annabelle. "This Weekend," Newsday (28 June 2002), p. B02.
  55. Carol Gnojewski and Michael Dean. "2002: A Comic Odyssey," The Comics Journal #249 (Dec. 2002), p. 24.
  56. Blumenfeld, Bruno. "Sunday In New York," Daily News (Nov. 10, 2002).
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