2006 in comics

January

• January 1, 2006: Newsweek
  Newsweek
  Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
  
   offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons. Newsweek
• January 2, 2006: The Cincinnati Enquirer
  The Cincinnati Enquirer
  The Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) and Northern Kentucky. The...
  
   cartoonist Jim Borgman
  Jim Borgman
  James Mark Borgman is an American cartoonist. He is known for his political cartoons and his nationally syndicated comic strip Zits.-Personal:...
  
   starts a blog to detail his creative process. Borgman's blog
• January 3, 2006:
  • Todd Hignite interviews Brian Walker, co-curator of the Masters of American Comics exhibition currently on at the Hammer Museum
    Hammer Museum
    The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center, or the Hammer Museum as it is more commonly known, is an art museum in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California...
    
     and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
    Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
    The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
    
    . AIGA
  • The London Metropolitan Police
    Metropolitan police
    Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...
    
     refuse to distribute Cops and Robbers (comic), a comic book detailing first hand stories of criminals embracing the faith. The police cite the book's failure to cover a multitude of faiths as reason. BBC
• January 4, 2006: Stan Hunt
  Stan Hunt
  Stanley Richard Hunt was an American newspaper cartoonist.Born in Williston Park, New York, Hunt served in the Korean War with the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. After the war, Hunt attended the New York School of Art. He created cartoons for various newspapers including the New York...
  
  , a cartoonist, most recently at the North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
   publication The Pilot
  The Pilot (Pilot Mountain, North Carolina)
  The Pilot is a newspaper published in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina....
  
  , where he also served as a golf columnist, dies. The Pilot
• January 5, 2006: 2005 Pulitzer Prize
  Pulitzer Prize
  The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
  
   winner Nick Anderson
  Nick Anderson
  Nelison "Nick" Anderson is a former American professional basketball player. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two years, playing on the team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 1989. That Fighting Illini team gained the moniker "Flyin' Illini" by Dick Vitale while...
  
   is to move from the Louisville Courier-Journal, where he thrived, to the Houston Chronicle
  Houston Chronicle
  The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
  
  . Editor & Publisher
• January 6, 2006:
  • Richard Branson is launching Virgin Comics alongside mystical self-help guru Deepak Chopra
    Deepak Chopra
    Deepak Chopra is an Indian medical doctor, public speaker, and writer on subjects such as spirituality, Ayurveda and mind-body medicine. Chopra began his career as an endocrinologist and later shifted his focus to alternative medicine. Chopra now runs his own medical center, with a focus on...
    
    , a company to be based in and cater for India. Film director John Woo
    John Woo
    John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...
    
     is reported to be developing a series for the company. The Guardian
  • Christianity Today
    Christianity Today
    Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 140,000 and readership of 290,000...
    
     use Bill Watterson
    Bill Watterson
    William Boyd Watterson II , known as Bill Watterson, is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes...
    
    's position on licensing
    License
    The verb license or grant licence means to give permission. The noun license or licence refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission.A license may be granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement...
    
     to contrast with the marketing
    Marketing
    Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
    
     of Aslan
    Aslan
    Aslan, the "Great Lion," is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books...
    
     in the wake of the current movie based upon The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Published in 1950 and set circa 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series. Although it was written and published first, it is second in the series'...
    
    . Christianity Today
  • Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
    
     is interviewed by 92nd Street Y. 92nd Street Y
  • Mappira-kun creator Yoshiro Kato dies. The Comics Reporter
• January 8, 2006:
  • Jeet Heer appraises Daydreams and Nightmares, a new collection of work by Winsor McCay
    Winsor McCay
    Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator.A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades...
    
    , for The Boston Globe
    The Boston Globe
    The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
    
    . The Boston Globe
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     interviews Matt Madden
    Matt Madden
    Matt Madden is a U.S. comic book writer and artist. He is best known for original alternative comics, for his coloring work in traditional comics, and for the experimental work 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style, which is based on the idea of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style...
    
     in the wake of the publication
    Publication
    To publish is to make content available to the public. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content on any medium, including paper or electronic publishing forms such as websites, e-books, Compact Discs and MP3s...
    
     of his new work 99 Ways to Tell a Story. The Comics Reporter
• January 9, 2006:
  • The jury selects Etienne Davodeau's Les Mauvaises Gens to receive the Prix du Public at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
    Angoulême International Comics Festival
    The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
    
    . Actua BD
  • Bob Greenberger is let go from his position as Collected Editions Editor by DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
    . newsarama
  • United Kingdom television channel
    Television channel
    A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
    
     Five are to broadcast a series based on the comic strip Rupert the Bear
    Rupert Bear
    Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character, who features in a series of books based around his adventures. The character was created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appeared in the Daily Express on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival...
    
    . The series is being produced by Cosgrove Hall
    Cosgrove Hall Films
    Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, that once was a major producer of children's television programmes. Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries...
    
    . C21 Media
  • Jean-François Kieffer's Loupio series has been awarded Le prix de la BD chretienne Francophone, the prize awarded by a jury
    Jury
    A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Modern juries tend to be found in courts to ascertain the guilt, or lack thereof, in a crime. In Anglophone jurisdictions, the verdict may be guilty,...
    
     composed from representatives of Christian denominations. The Comics Reporter
  • Hasbro
    Hasbro
    Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
    
     and Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     announce a deal which allows the former to produce toys based upon the latter's comic book characters. Province Business News
• January 10, 2006:
  • Cartoonist Jamie Hewlett
    Jamie Hewlett
    Jamie Christopher Hewlett is an English comic book artist and designer. He is known for being the co-creator of the comic Tank Girl and co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz.-Biography:...
    
    , co-creator of the band Gorillaz
    Gorillaz
    Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...
    
    , is nominated for the Designer of the Year award. BBC
  • A fund to support journalists, writers, cartoonists and artists is launched. The fund is intended to help those who become persecuted for their work in the Middle East or North Africa. The fund was developed at the International Conference on Freedom of Expression in the Arab World, held in Amman
    Amman
    Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
    
    , Jordan
    Jordan
    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
    
     in December 2005. International Freedom of Expression Exchange The Comics Reporter
  • Comic book writer J. Torres
    J. Torres
    Joseph Torres, better known as J. Torres, is an award-winning Filipino-born Canadian comic book writer. He is perhaps best known for his run on DC Comics' Teen Titans Go!. He has also done some writing for animation and television.-History:...
    
     is to write a series of graphic novels based on the popular television drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation
    Degrassi: The Next Generation
    Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...
    
    . newsarama
• January 11, 2006:
  • Hal Foster fan Sid Weiskirch is to curate an exhibition
    Art exhibition
    Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
    
     of his work at the Noyes Cultural Center in Evanston, Illinois
    Evanston, Illinois
    Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
    
    , where Foster was resident for 17 years. Chicago Tribune
  • Seth
    Seth (cartoonist)
    Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
    
     is interviewed by Daniel Robert Epstein for UnderGround Online. UnderGround Online
  • AdHouse Books
    AdHouse Books
    AdHouse Books is an independent comic book publisher based in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded in 2002 by graphic designer Chris Pitzer. Its small annual output and high-end production values have earned it the nickname "The Boutique Juggernaut."...
    
     founder Chris Pitzer is interviewed at newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
    . Pitzer discusses his opinion of the state of the industry
    Industry
    Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
    
     at present and also the future. newsarama
• January 12, 2006:
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     unveil a new costume
    Costume
    The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances...
    
     for Spider-Man
    Spider-Man
    Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
    
    . newsarama
  • The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
    Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
    The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States, Canada and Mexico...
    
     place a report from the Business Journal of Phoenix, which comments on the future of editorial cartooning in the United States, upon their website. AAEC The Comics Reporter
  • The Springfield News-Sun offer up their top ten Stan Lee
    Stan Lee
    Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
    
     moments. Springfield News-Sun The Comics Reporter
  • Tim Marchman reviews Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
    's Acme Novelty Library
    Acme Novelty Library
    Acme Novelty Library is a comic book series created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware. Its first issue appeared in 1993. Published from 1994 by Fantagraphics Books and later self-published, it is considered a significant work in alternative comics, selling over 20,000 copies per issue.-Format, style...
    
     for the New York Press
    New York Press
    New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, that was published from 1988 to 2011. During its lifetime, it was the main competitor to the Village Voice...
    
    . The Comics Reporter New York Press
  • Spike TV
    Spike TV
    Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...
    
     is to show a two hour drama based on the comic book
    Comic book
    A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
    
     and movie franchise character Blade
    Blade (comics)
    Blade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...
    
    . newsarama
  • Simon & Schuster, Inc. announce that as of January 2006 they are to handle distribution
    Distribution (business)
    Product distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user.The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing,...
    
     within the United States for VIZ Media
    VIZ Media
    VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...
    
    's book division. newsarama
• January 15, 2006: The Guardian
  The Guardian
  The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
  
   review Hergé's Adventures of Tintin
  Hergé's Adventures of Tintin
  Hergé's Adventures of Tintin was an animated television series based on Hergé's popular comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin. The series was produced by Belvision and aired from 1959 to 1963, with 104 five-minute episodes produced...
  
   the musical at the Young Vic based on Tintin in Tibet
  Tintin in Tibet
  Tintin in Tibet is the twentieth title in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Originally serialised from September 1958 in the French language magazine named after his creation, Le Journal de Tintin, it was then first published in book...
  
  . The Guardian
• January 16, 2006: ICv2 reports on 2005 sales figures for works distributed to comics stores, noting that sales of graphic novels were up by a third. ICv2
  • Paul Gravett
    Paul Gravett
    Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing and promotion for over 20 years....
    
     reviews the Young Vic's production of Hergé's Adventures of Tintin
    Hergé's Adventures of Tintin
    Hergé's Adventures of Tintin was an animated television series based on Hergé's popular comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin. The series was produced by Belvision and aired from 1959 to 1963, with 104 five-minute episodes produced...
    
    . paulgravett.com
• January 17, 2006:
  • Drawn & Quarterly announce plans to collect Tove Jansson
    Tove Jansson
    Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...
    
    's Moomin
    Moomin
    The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses...
    
     comic strips. It is planned to collect the works in five volumes. Publisher's Weekly
  • DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     announce that Dan Jurgens
    Dan Jurgens
    Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is best known for creating the superhero Booster Gold, and for his lengthy runs on the Superman titles Adventures of Superman and Superman , particularly during The Death of Superman storyline...
    
     has signed an exclusive contract with them. newsarama
  • The Harvey Awards announce they have added a "Best Online Comics Work" category to this year's awards. Comixpedia
• January 18, 2006:
  • ICv2 report that Strangers in Paradise
    Strangers in Paradise
    Strangers in Paradise is a long-running, mostly self-published black-and-white comic book, written and drawn by Terry Moore. The series has reached its planned conclusion, finishing off in 2007 with issue #90 of volume 3....
    
     by Terry Moore
    Terry Moore (comics)
    Terry Moore is a comic book author, graphic novelist and illustrator.He created the popular series Strangers in Paradise, and was involved in the founding of Homage Comics.-Biography:...
    
     is to end with issue 90, scheduled for publication in March, 2007. ICv2
  • Rose Ellison King, writer of the comic strip Flo & Friends
    Flo & Friends
    Flo & Friends is an American syndicated daily comic strip drawn by Jenny Campbell and distributed by Creators Syndicate. The comic was originally created by John Gibel in 2002....
    
    , dies. Cleveland Plain Dealer
• January 22, 2006: Albert Morse, lawyer for Robert Crumb
  Robert Crumb
  Robert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
  
   and other underground comics artists, publisher of Morse's Funnies, dies. San Francisco Chronicle
• January 26, 2006: Lewis Trondheim
  Lewis Trondheim
  Lewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons...
  
   is awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
  Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
  Every year, the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is awarded during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to an author for his body of work and/or for his achievement in the evolution of comics....
  
   at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
  Angoulême International Comics Festival
  The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
  
  . BDAngouleme
• January 26, 2006: Dylan Horrocks is named University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow 2006. University of Auckland
• January 30, 2006:
  • The Children's Publishing division of Reader's Digest
    Reader's Digest
    Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
    
     announce a licensing deal with Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     which will see them launch a line of interactive books based on popular Marvel characters. Newsarama
  • Seth Fisher
    Seth Fisher
    Seth Fisher was an American comic book artist and penciller.-Career:Seth Fisher first gained attention for his work on DC Comics' Green Lantern: Willworld, and was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Penciller/Inker" for Flash: Time Flies and Vertigo Pop! Tokyo.In 2005, Fisher pencilled the...
    
    , artist of Green Lantern: Willworld
    Green Lantern: Willworld
    Green Lantern: Willworld is an original graphic novel written by J M DeMatteis and illustrated by Seth Fisher released by DC Comics in hardcover in July 2001.-Publication history:The artist Seth Fisher notes that...
    
    , dies at age 33. Fisher's official website, Comic Book Resources
• January 31, 2006:
  • Spike TV
    Spike TV
    Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...
    
     have greenlit a thirteen episode series based on the Blade comics and films. newsarama
  • Todd McFarlane Toys announce a deal with Warner Bros.
    Warner Bros.
    Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
    
     allowing it to produce a line of action figures based on characters from the Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
    
     library. Newsarama

February

• February 1, 2006:
  • A French newspaper, France Soir
    France Soir
    France Soir is a French daily newspaper that prospered during the 1950s and 1960s, but it has declined since then under various owners. It was re-launched as a populist tabloid in 2006.-History:...
    
    , reprints the cartoons at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    . BBC
• February 2, 2006:
  • Guglielmo Letteri
    Guglielmo Letteri
    Guglielmo Letteri was an Italian comic book artist, best known for his work on the Tex Willer comic.- References :*...
    
    , Italian comic book artist, dies afNews
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • The editor of French newspaper France Soir
      France Soir
      France Soir is a French daily newspaper that prospered during the 1950s and 1960s, but it has declined since then under various owners. It was re-launched as a populist tabloid in 2006.-History:...
      
      , which reprinted the cartoons at the centre of the controversy, is sacked. BBC
  • Many newspapers in continental Europe
    Continental Europe
    Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands....
    
     re-publish the cartoons. The Scotsman
  • The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
    Joint Chiefs of Staff
    The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters...
    
     issue a letter of protest against a Washington Post cartoon by Tom Toles
    Tom Toles
    Thomas Gregory Toles is an American political cartoonist. He is the winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning...
    
    . Washington Post.
  • Wizard
    Wizard (magazine)
    Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture was a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment from July 1991 to January 2011...
    
     announce the cancellation of WizardWorld Boston. newsarama
  • CNet News examine the digitization of comics. CNet News.com
  • Lewis Trondheim
    Lewis Trondheim
    Lewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons...
    
     gives an interview in which he offers his frank opinions on journalists covering the medium. ActuaBD.com
• February 3, 2006:
  • Muslims take to the streets in many countries to protest the publication of the cartoons lampooning Mohammed. New York Times, Evening Standard, Reuters
  • The Indian Express
    The Indian Express
    The Indian Express is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is published in Mumbai by Indian Express Group. After Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split in 1999 among his family members into two with the southern editions taking the name The New Indian Express, while the old...
    
     reports nostalgically on the comic strips The Phantom
    The Phantom
    The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional African country Bengalla.The Phantom is...
    
     and Jiggs. The Indian Express
  • Michael Fry
    Michael Fry
    Michael Fry is an American cartoonist, online media entrepreneur and screenwriter. He is known for the syndicated comic strips Committed and Over the Hedge, the latter of which is a collaboration with T. Lewis. Over the Hedge was nominated for best newspaper strip by the National Cartoonist Society...
    
     announces his weekly panel Committed
    Committed (comic strip)
    Committed was an American comic strip written and drawn by Michael Fry. It ran from 1994 to 2006 and was syndicated by United Feature Syndicate. The strip was a family-oriented strip, focusing on a suburban family composed of two young children and their parents...
    
     is to end on February 19. Editor and Publisher
• February 4, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Syrian
      Demographics of Syria
      Syrians today are an overall indigenous Levantine people. While modern-day Syrians are commonly described as Arabs by virtue of their modern-day language and bonds to Arab culture and history...
      
       protestors set fire to Denmark's embassy in Damascus
      Damascus
      Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
      
      . They were demonstrating against the publication of cartoons defaming Mohammed in a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
      . New York Times
• February 6, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • 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
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
       Canada.com
    • 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
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
      , when they were in actuality not. Daily Telegraph
  • Lagardère
    Lagardère Group
    Lagardère is a French-based multinational conglomerate headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group once covered a broad range of industries but is now largely focused on the media sector, in which it is one of the world’s leading companies...
    
    , a French publishing giant, is to purchase Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner
    Time Warner
    Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
    
    . The division handles the distribution of graphic novels published by DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     to bookstores. Publishers Weekly
  • Salon
    Salon.com
    Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
    
     review Ghost of Hoppers Jaime Hernadez's latest graphic novel. Salon
  • James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe , for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Star Trek: First Contact , L.A...
    
     is cast in the role of Captain George Stacy for the upcoming Spider-Man 3
    Spider-Man 3
    Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
    
     movie. newsarama
  • Stan Lee
    Stan Lee
    Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
    
     is interviewed by science fiction weekly. scifi.com
• February 7, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Members of the State
      States of Nigeria
      Nigeria is currently divided into 36 states and Abuja, the federal capital territory. The states are further divided into 774 Local Government Areas....
      
       assembly in Kano
      Kano
      Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria. Its metropolitan population is the second largest in Nigeria after Lagos. The Kano Urban area covers 137 sq.km and comprises six Local Government Area - Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nassarawa - with a...
      
      , Nigeria
      Nigeria
      Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
      
      , burn Danish flags
      Flag of Denmark
      The national flag of Denmark, Dannebrog is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side...
      
       in protest at the controversy. Reuters
    • Iran
      Iran
      Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
      
      ian newspaper Hamshahri
      Hamshahri
      Hamshahri is a major national Iranian Persian-language newspaper published by the Municipality of Tehran, and founded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi. It is the first coloured daily newspaper in Iran and has over 60 pages of classified advertisement, and is priced at 1000 Iranian rials. Currently, the...
      
       announces an "an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust". News.com.au
  • Paul Levitz
    Paul Levitz
    Paul Levitz is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics from 2002–2009, he has worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles...
    
    , publisher and president of DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     is to write six issues of the JSA
    Justice Society of America
    The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 ....
    
     comic book. New York Times
  • Law.com profile John N. Turitzin, executive vice president of and general counsel
    General Counsel
    A general counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. The term is most used in the United States...
    
     to Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    . Law.com
• February 8, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • President Bush
      George W. Bush
      George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
      
       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." Washington Post
    • The Danish
      Denmark
      Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
      
       embassy in Tehran
      Tehran
      Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
      
       is stormed. IranMania
    • The editorial staff of the New York Press
      New York Press
      New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, that was published from 1988 to 2011. During its lifetime, it was the main competitor to the Village Voice...
      
       walk out after the publishers of the paper refuse to carry the cartoons at the centre of the controversy. New York Observer
    • The editor of the Jyllands-Posten
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
      , Carsten Juste
      Carsten Juste
      Carsten Juste is a Danish journalist and former editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten, a Danish large-circulation newspaper....
      
      , rejects suggestions he should resign. Ireland Online
    • Pakistan's Daily Times reveals Danish law
      Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark
      In Denmark the freedom of speech and freedom of the press are ensured by § 77 of the constitution:The phrase under responsibility to the courts provides the main concept of the freedom: the constitution grants you the freedom to say whatever you please, but does not protect you from being punished...
      
       should have prevented the publication of the cartoons. Daily Times
    • The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
      Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
      The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States, Canada and Mexico...
      
       issues a statement which expresses support for "the right of free expression by the world's cartoonists." EditorialCartoonists.com
• February 9, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • The United States' Talk of the Nation
      Talk of the Nation
      Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues....
      
       examine the power the editorial cartoon has. National Public Radio
    • 2000 Muslims protest in Bangladesh
      Bangladesh
      Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
      
       and thousands of Shi'ite Muslims in Lebanon
      Lebanon
      Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
      
       turn a religious ceremony
      Ceremony
      A ceremony is an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. The word may be of Etruscan origin.-Ceremonial occasions:A ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a human life, marking the significance of, for example:* birth...
      
       into a pacific protest over the cartoons. New York Times, New York Times
    • Condoleezza Rice
      Condoleezza Rice
      Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
      
       blames Iran
      Iran
      Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
      
       and Syria
      Syria
      Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
      
       for stoking the controversy regarding the cartoons. The Australian
    • The BBC
      BBC
      The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
      
       summarise the situation so far. BBC
  • The San Francisco Bay Area
    San Francisco Bay Area
    The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
    
     minicomic
    Minicomic
    A minicomic is a creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. In the United Kingdom and Europe the term "small press comic" is equivalent with minicomic reserved for those publications measuring A6 or less...
    
     scene is examined up by the local press. Inside Bay Area
  • Hill & Wang a non-fiction
    Non-fiction
    Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
    
     imprint
    Imprint
    In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
    
     of Farrar, Straus & Giroux are to launch a line of non-fiction graphic novels under the name Novel Graphics. The first work will be an adaptation of The 9/11 Commission Report. Publishers Weekly
  • DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     are to unveil their line of toys based on the movie Superman Returns
    Superman Returns
    Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
    
     at the 2006 American International Toy Fair. newsarama
• February 10, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Flemming Rose
      Flemming Rose
      Flemming Rose is a Danish-Jewish journalist, author and cultural editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. He was principally responsible for the publishing of the cartoons that initiated the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.- Life :Rose has a major in Russian language and...
      
      , editor of the Jyllands-Posten
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
       is told to take a vacation after he commented the paper "would run the cartoons" published by Hamshahri
      Hamshahri
      Hamshahri is a major national Iranian Persian-language newspaper published by the Municipality of Tehran, and founded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi. It is the first coloured daily newspaper in Iran and has over 60 pages of classified advertisement, and is priced at 1000 Iranian rials. Currently, the...
      
       in its contest inviting cartoons satirising the holocaust. Hindustan Times Associated Press
    • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
      Anders Fogh Rasmussen
      Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
      
       agrees with comments made by Condoleezza Rice
      Condoleezza Rice
      Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
      
       regarding Syria
      Syria
      Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
      
       and Iran
      Iran
      Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
      
      , noting they "have taken advantage of the situation because both countries are under international pressure". IranMania
    • It is reported at least thirteen people are dead due to protests against the cartoons. ForexTV
• February 11, 2006:
  • Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
    
     newspaper The Daily Herald has launched an online cartoon page composed entirely of webcomics. Comixpedia
  • Peter David
    Peter David
    Peter Allen David , often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games...
    
     announces he has signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    . Peter David's blog
• February 12, 2006:
  • Frank Miller
    Frank Miller (comics)
    Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, writer and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300...
    
     has announced that his next Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
    
     book, Holy Terror, Batman!
    Holy Terror, Batman!
    Holy Terror is a graphic novel by Frank Miller. Miller has described the book as "a piece of propaganda", and claimed that it is "bound to offend just about everybody."...
    
    , will pit the caped crusader against Osama Bin Laden
    Osama bin Laden
    Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
    
    . IGN.Com
  • At Wondercon
    WonderCon
    WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention, held in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987.The convention was conceived by retailer John Barrett and originally held in the Oakland Convention Center, where it remained until 2003, when it moved to San...
    
    , Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
    
     is announced as the next writer on Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
    
    . newsarama
• February 13, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
      Anders Fogh Rasmussen
      Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
      
       responds to criticism of his country, declaring "Denmark is an open and tolerant society". The Scotsman
    • Anders Fogh Rasmussen has also had talks with a Muslim group called "Democratic Muslims". BBC
    • It is reported that Muslim graves have been desecrated in Denmark. News24
    • Denmark withdraws official staff from embassies in Syria
      Syria
      Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
      
      , Iran
      Iran
      Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
      
      , and Indonesia
      Indonesia
      Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
      
      . ISN
    • Art Spiegelman
      Art Spiegelman
      Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
      
       is interviewed to garner his thoughts on the controversy. The Editors Blog
    • Iran
      Iran
      Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
      
       demands apologies after recent accusations from Condoleezza Rice
      Condoleezza Rice
      Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
      
       that it had fermented the controversy. TMCNet
  • Cartoonist, painter, author and actor Brummet Echohawk dies. afNews
  • Ted Rall
    Ted Rall
    Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions. The cartoons appear in approximately 100 newspapers around the United States...
    
     is reportedly considering launching a law suit against Ann Coulter
    Ann Coulter
    Ann Hart Coulter is an American lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events...
    
     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." Editor and Publisher
• February 14, 2006: zoomaphoto.com
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Two security guards are shot dead and police use tear gas on rioting students as protests continue in Pakistan. Reuters
    • Belgian
      Belgium
      Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
      
       Muslim groups have called on the European Union
      European Union
      The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
      
       to "act determinedly to prepare a draft law that forbids every kind of blasphemy". Adnkronos International
    • A number of Danish websites have reportedly been hacked by protestors. Brocktown News
• February 15, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • 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. Ireland Online
    • Flemming Rose
      Flemming Rose
      Flemming Rose is a Danish-Jewish journalist, author and cultural editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. He was principally responsible for the publishing of the cartoons that initiated the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.- Life :Rose has a major in Russian language and...
      
      , cultural editor of the Jyllands-Posten
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
       has stated that the cartoons were published to "go against this tendency to self-censorship". Forbes
    • Carsten Juste
      Carsten Juste
      Carsten Juste is a Danish journalist and former editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten, a Danish large-circulation newspaper....
      
      , editor of the Jyllands-Posten
      Jyllands-Posten
      Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
      
      , states his belief that "Muslims are being given special treatment". Forbes
  • Justin Thomas is announced as the winner of a contest to choose the next cartoonist of the strip Unfit. Dilbert Blog
• February 16, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Twelve people are reported to have died in Afghanistan
      Afghanistan
      Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
      
       after a week of protesting. PakTribune
    • Three people are reported to have died as protests continue in Pakistan. Asian Tribune
  • The Prime Minister
    Prime minister
    A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
    
     of Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
    
    , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003 and is chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara...
    
    , has lost his claim for compensation. Erdoğan was suing over a number of cartoons which had depicted him as a series of animals. Hůrriyet
• February 17, 2006:
  • Giovanni Gandini dies. afnews.com, Fondazione Franco Fossati
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Eleven people are reportedly killed after protesting in Libya
      Libya
      Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
      
      . Assyrian International News Agency
    • Illinois
      Illinois
      Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
      
       newspaper The Indianapolis Star polls college newspaper editors within the state on their opinion on publishing the cartoons. Indianapolis Star
  • Ivan Brunetti
    Ivan Brunetti
    Ivan Brunetti is an American cartoonist and comics scholar based in Chicago, Illinois.Noted for combining blackly humorous taboo-laden subject matter with simplified and exaggerated cartoon drawing styles, Brunetti's best known comic work is collected in his largely autobiographical series Schizo,...
    
     is interviewed by Nashville City Paper. Nashville City Paper
• February 19, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • 45 people reportedly die after rioting in Nigeria
      Nigeria
      Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
      
       in protest against the cartoons. DNA
    • Security forces in Pakistan disperse a protest against the cartoons. Chicago Tribune
    • The United States embassy in Jakarta
      Jakarta
      Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
      
       is attacked by protestors. CNN
    • A small group of protesters gather outside the Danish embassy in Tehran
      Tehran
      Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
      
      . Iran Focus
  • Paul Pope
    Paul Pope
    Paul Pope is an American alternative comic book artist. Influenced by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pope's stories evoke poignant, under-explored aspects of youth culture...
    
     discusses Batman: Year 100
    Batman: Year 100
    Batman: Year 100 is a four-issue American comic book mini-series starring Batman, published in 2006 by DC Comics. It was written and illustrated by Paul Pope and colored by José Villarrubia.-Plot:...
    
     with the Toronto Star
    Toronto Star
    The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
    
    . Toronto Star
• February 20, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • The New York Times previews Marvels new crossover event, Civil War
      Civil War (comics)
      Civil War is a 2006-2007 Marvel Comics crossover storyline built around a self-titled seven-issue limited series written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven, which ran through various other titles published by Marvel at the time...
      
      . NewYork Times
    • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
      Anders Fogh Rasmussen
      Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
      
       defends the handling of the controversy. National Post
    • The Danish flag is burnt by protestors in Jakarta. MSN
    • The Nation
      The Nation
      The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
      
       ask Art Spiegelman
      Art Spiegelman
      Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
      
       and Joe Sacco
      Joe Sacco
      Joe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
      
       for their thoughts on the current controversy. The Nation
    • Russian newspaper Our region+ closes after publishing the cartoons. Mosnews.com
  • JM Thevenet is reportedly fired as the director of the Festival International de la Bande Dessinee
    Angoulême International Comics Festival
    The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
    
    . bdzoom.com, actuabd.com, The Comics Reporter
  • Nominees for the 2006 Shuster Awards are announced. The Comics Reporter
  • icv2.com report on January's Direct Market
    Direct market
    The direct market is the dominant distribution and retail network for North American comic books. It consists of one dominant distributor and the majority of comics specialty stores, as well as other retailers of comic books and related merchandise...
    
     sales figures. icv2.com
  • The Guardian
    The Guardian
    The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
    
     reports on the new cartoon museum
    The Cartoon Museum
    The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and animation. It has a library of over 5000 books and 4,000 comics relating to the subject...
    
     in London. The Guardian
• February 21, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • A number of Muslims protest against the cartoons in India. The Hindu
    • Christopher Hitchens
      Christopher Hitchens
      Christopher Eric Hitchens is an Anglo-American author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career span more than four decades. He has been a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry, and became a media fellow at the...
      
      , writing for Slate
      Slate (magazine)
      Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
      
      , examines the issue. Slate.com
    • The Danish Ambassador returns to Jakarta
      Jakarta
      Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
      
       having left in the wake of protests over the cartoons.Forbes.com
    • A second Russian newspaper, the weekly Nash Region closes after having printed a montage of the cartoons. Committee to Protect Journalists
  • JM Thevenet confirms he has been fired from his position with Festival International de la Bande Dessinee
    Angoulême International Comics Festival
    The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
    
    , although he claims he was employed as a consultant. afnews.info, The Comics Reporter
  • Political cartoonist Ed Franklin dies. The Globe and Mail
  • The Guardian
    The Guardian
    The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
    
     sketches the history of the political cartoon as a prelude to the opening of The Cartoon Museum
    The Cartoon Museum
    The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and animation. It has a library of over 5000 books and 4,000 comics relating to the subject...
    
     in London. The Guardian
• February 22, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Corpses are burnt on the streets of Onitsha
      Onitsha
      Onitsha is a city, a commercial, educational, and religious center and river port on the eastern bank of the Niger river in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria....
      
      , Nigeria
      Nigeria
      Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
      
      , as part of an ongoing confrontation between Christians and Muslims regarding the cartoons. Reuters
    • Protestors stage a demonstration outside the Danish embassy in Jakarta
      Jakarta
      Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
      
      . Reuters
    • The Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, notes the controversy has become something greater than the initial furore over editorial cartoons, noting "It's about everything else and different agendas in the Muslim world." Daily Times
    • 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. Daily Times
  • Naushad Waheed
    Naushad Waheed
    Naushad Waheed is a cartoonist and painter in the Maldives.He was detained by the government for four months following the publication of one of his cartoons in the magazine Hukuru in 1999. In 2001 he was arrested for participating in debates critical of the government, tried for treason, and...
    
    , a political cartoonist and artist sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Maldives
    Maldives
    The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
    
     for political unrest, has been freed. Amnesty International
  • iBooks
    IBooks
    iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc. It was announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010, and was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch in mid-2010, as part of the iOS 4 update. At that time, it was described by Apple as being available only in the United States...
    
    , the publishing company founded by Byron Preiss
    Byron Preiss
    Byron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
    
    , files for bankruptcy. Preiss died in June 2005. The Beat
• February 23, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    
    • Silvio Berlusconi
      Silvio Berlusconi
      Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
      
      , Italian Prime Minister, denounces the cartoons at the heart of the controversy. Daily Times
    • Amitai Sandy and Eyal Zusman, organisers of an anti-Semitic cartoon contest, are profiled by World Press. World Press
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     announces a drop in profits. Reuters
  • The London cartoon museum
    The Cartoon Museum
    The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and animation. It has a library of over 5000 books and 4,000 comics relating to the subject...
    
     is opened by the Duke of Edinburgh
    Duke of Edinburgh
    The Duke of Edinburgh is a British royal title, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has been conferred upon members of the British royal family only four times times since its creation in 1726...
    
    . The Guardian
• February 24, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Doug Marlette comments on the controversy. Salon
    • Protestors demonstrate in Pakistan, defying a ban which prohibits such gatherings. CBS
  • Kyle Baker
    Kyle Baker
    Kyle John Baker is an American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for his graphic novels and for a 2000s revival of the series Plastic Man....
    
     is to be the host for the 2006 Harvey Awards. The Comics Reporter
  • Warner Bros.
    Warner Bros.
    Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
    
     are reported to have confirmed sequels to Batman Begins
    Batman Begins
    Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson,...
    
     and Superman Returns
    Superman Returns
    Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
    
    . newsarama
  • The London cartoon museum
    The Cartoon Museum
    The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and animation. It has a library of over 5000 books and 4,000 comics relating to the subject...
    
     opens to the public. The Guardian, News24.com
• February 26, 2006: The New York Comic-Con
  New York Comic-Con
  The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.-History:The first event was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...
  
   has problems with the size of the crowd attending the convention, having to turn visitors away. The Comics Reporter
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
  
   reports on the recent phenomenon of non-comics writers being approached to write for the medium by the larger comics publishers. Philadelphia Inquirer
• February 27, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • European Union
      European Union
      The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
      
       officials issue a fresh statement on the controversy. EU Observer
    • It is reported that Denmark are to hold a conference examining the controversy and the publication of the cartoons on March 10. China View
    • 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. Helsingin Sanomat
  • Speakeasy Comics
    Speakeasy Comics
    Speakeasy Comics was a Canadian publishing company of comic books and graphic novels. It was founded in August 2004 by Adam Fortier, and ceased operations on February 27, 2006.-History:...
    
     announces it is to cease publishing. newsarama
• February 28, 2006:
  • Jeff Danziger
    Jeff Danziger
    Jeff Danziger is a syndicated political cartoonist and author.Danziger served in the United States Army from 1967 until 1971. An intelligence officer and linguist during the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Bronze Star and Air Medal in 1970...
    
     is announced as the winner of the Herblock
    Herblock
    Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock , was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentary on national domestic and foreign policy from a liberal perspective.-Career:...
    
     Prize for editorial cartooning, to be awarded on April 18. Editor & Publisher
  • Aaron McGruder
    Aaron McGruder
    Aaron McGruder is an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African American brothers from inner-city Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb, as well as being the creator and executive...
    
     is to take a six month break from Boondocks. Editor & Publisher
  • It is reported that at the recent New York Comic-Con
    New York Comic-Con
    The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.-History:The first event was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...
    
     Dark Horse Comics
    Dark Horse Comics
    Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
    
     announced that they are to double their output of manga titles this year. icV2
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     and Top Cow announce a tie-up which will see artists employed by Top Cow illustrating up to 36 Marvel titles this year. icV2
  • DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     are to publish Megatokyo
    Megatokyo
    is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston, debuting on August 14, 2000, and then written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since July 17, 2002. Gallagher's style of writing and illustration is heavily influenced by Japanese manga. Megatokyo is freely available on...
    
     through their imprint CMX. The title had previously been published by Dark Horse Comics
    Dark Horse Comics
    Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
    
    . icV2
  • The Oregon Daily Emerald
    Oregon Daily Emerald
    The Oregon Daily Emerald is an independent daily newspaper published at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The paper, which has been published for more than 100 years, has trained many now-prominent writers and journalists and has made important contributions to journalism...
    
     reports on Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
    's speaking tour date at the University of Oregon
    University of Oregon
    -Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
    
    . Oregon Daily Emerald
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Nigeria
      Nigeria
      Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
      
      n governors condemn the recent riots that have taken place in the country. Daily Independent

March

• March 1, 2006:
  • Renae Geerlings
    Renae Geerlings
    Renae Geerlings is an actress, singer and former comic book editor. She worked as an editor for Top Cow comics from 1996 and in 2006 was promoted to Editor in chief. She has edited titles such as Witchblade, Battle of the Planets and Tomb Raider...
    
     becomes Editor in chief
    Editor in chief
    An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
    
     of Top Cow Productions
    Top Cow Productions
    Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...
    
    . digitalwebbing.com
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Salman Rushdie is amongst the twelve writers who are signatories to a statement denouncing Islamism as "a new global totalitarian threat". BBC, The statement via BBC
• March 2, 2006:
  • R. Kikuo Johnson's Night Fisher graphic novel has been named on the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age list for 2006. FLOG
  • Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
     and Françoise Mouly
    Françoise Mouly
    Françoise Mouly is a Paris-born French artist and designer best known for her work with RAW, a showcase publication for cutting edge comic art, and as art editor of The New Yorker, a position she has held since 1993...
    
     have contracted with Puffin Books
    Puffin Books
    Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.-Early history:...
    
     to produce two projects. The first, Big Fat Little Lit, is a collection of stories from the couple's three volume Little Lit
    Little Lit
    Little Lit is a comic book anthology series published by New Yorker art editor, Françoise Mouly, and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Art Spiegelman...
    
     series, whilst the second, Toon Into Reading, is described by Mouly as "a revolutionary new concept to draw kids into the pleasures of reading." Publishers Weekly
  • Penny Arcade Vol. 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots
    Penny Arcade (webcomic)
    Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. The comic debuted in 1998 on the website loonygames.com. Since then, Holkins and Krahulik have established their own site, which is typically updated with a new comic...
    
     is to receive a second printing. ICv2.com
• March 3, 2006:
  • Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
    
     writes a piece for The Guardian
    The Guardian
    The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
    
     detailing his thoughts on the adapting of comics stories to film. The Guardian
  • Stacy Curtis, editorial cartoonist for the Times of Northwest Indiana is let go. There are now reportedly approximately 80 full time editorial cartoonists employed in the United States. Editor & Publisher
  • The National Press Club of Canada launch their 6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition, with a theme of "Cartooning in a dangerous environment".Journalism.co.za
  • Virgin Comics announces its initial line of comics, with three books, Devi, Ramayan Reborn, and The Sadhu published under the company's Shakti imprint, and a fourth, as yet un-named project to be printed under the Director's Cut imprint. ICv2
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Pakistan blocks access to blogs and websites which encourage people to cartoon the prophet Mohammed. BBC
• March 5, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Over 50 000 people reportedly protest against the cartoons in Pakistan, whilst around 20 000 are reported to have demonstrated in Turkey
      Turkey
      Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
      
      . Edmonton Sun
• March 6, 2006:
  • The BBC
    BBC
    The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
    
     profile E. H. Shepherd, whose work for Punch
    Punch (magazine)
    Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...
    
     will feature in an exhibition at the Political Cartoon Gallery. BBC
  • Dan Piraro
    Dan Piraro
    Daniel Charles Piraro is a painter, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his award-winning syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro. Piraro's cartoons have been reprinted in 15 book collections between 1986 and the present....
    
    , cartoonist on the Bizarro
    Bizarro
    Bizarro is a fictional character that appears in publications published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a "mirror image" of Superman and first appeared in Superboy #68...
    
     panel, is to be awarded The Humane Society of the United States' Ongoing Commitment Award on March 18. Editor & Publisher
• March 7, 2006:
  • Comic strip collection publishing company Andrews McMeel Publishing
    Andrews McMeel Publishing
    Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC is a company which publishes books, calendars, and related toys...
    
     announce a tie up with Simon & Schuster
    Simon & Schuster
    Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
    
     UK which will allow the company access to the markets of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Editor & Publisher
  • ICv2.com report on First Second Books
    First Second Books
    First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism.-History:...
    
    ' fall list. Included on the publication list is Kampung Boy
    Kampung Boy
    The Kampung Boy, also known as Lat, the Kampung Boy or simply Kampung Boy, is a graphic novel by Lat about a young boy's experience growing up in rural Perak in the 1950s. The book is an autobiographical account of the artist's life, telling of his adventures in the jungles and tin mines, his...
    
    , a memoir by Lat. ICv2.com
• March 8, 2006:
  • Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
    
     and Roger Avery are developing a movie script based on Charles Burns
    Charles Burns (cartoonist)
    Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
    
    ' graphic novel Black Hole
    Black Hole (comics)
    Black Hole was a twelve-issue comic book limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns and published first by Kitchen Sink Press and then Fantagraphics...
    
    . Empire Online
  • Pantheon Books
    Pantheon Books
    Pantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
    
     is to publish a new work by Marjane Satrapi, Chicken With Plums, in October, along with The Long Chalkboard by Jules Feiffer
    Jules Feiffer
    Jules Ralph Feiffer is an American syndicated cartoonist, most notable for his long-run comic strip titled Feiffer. He has created more than 35 books, plays and screenplays...
    
     and wife Jenny Allen. ICv2.com
  • SouthFlorida.com profile Jeannie Schulz, widow of Peanuts
    Peanuts
    Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...
    
     creator Charles. SouthFlorida.com
  • Adrian Tomine
    Adrian Tomine
    Adrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
    
     is interviewed by Comic Book Resources
    Comic Book Resources
    Comic Book Resources, also known as CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.-History:Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1996 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland had created to discuss DC...
    
    . Comic Book Resources
• March 9, 2006:
  • Newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
     interview James McTeigue
    James McTeigue
    James McTeigue is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including No Escape , the Matrix trilogy and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones , and made his directorial debut in the 2006 film V for Vendetta.Born on Sydney's North Shore, he grew up in...
    
    , director of the adaptation of V for Vendetta
    V for Vendetta
    V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...
    
    . newsarama
  • The Center for Cartoon Studies
    Center for Cartoon Studies
    The Center for Cartoon Studies is a two year institution focusing on sequential art, specifically Comics and Graphic Novels, Located in the village of White River Junction, in the town of Hartford, Vermont, the Center offers a Master of Fine Arts degree, both one and two-year certificate...
    
     is auctioning a breakfast with three cartoonists as a means of raising funds. The cartoonists in question are Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
    , Seth
    Seth
    Seth , in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who are the only other of their children mentioned by name...
    
     and Ivan Brunetti
    Ivan Brunetti
    Ivan Brunetti is an American cartoonist and comics scholar based in Chicago, Illinois.Noted for combining blackly humorous taboo-laden subject matter with simplified and exaggerated cartoon drawing styles, Brunetti's best known comic work is collected in his largely autobiographical series Schizo,...
    
    . The Center for Cartoon Studies
  • Jodi Picoult
    Jodi Picoult
    Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American author. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Picoult currently has some 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide.-Early life and education:...
    
     is to incorporate the comics form into her new novel, The Tenth Circle
    The Tenth Circle
    The Tenth Circle is a novel by Jodi Picoult about date rape and father/daughter relationships. It heavily references Dante's Inferno.-Plot:...
    
    . Book Page
  • Oor Wullie
    Oor Wullie
    Oor Wullie is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper, The Sunday Post. It features a boy named William, known as Wullie . His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he often uses as a seat...
    
     and its creators were allegedly placed on a Nazi
    Nazism
    Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
    
     hit list during World War II due to the strips lampooning of Hitler. The Herald
• March 10, 2006:
  • CBGExtra are reporting that comic book distributor FM International has ceased trading. CBGExtra
  • Michael Ramirez
    Michael Ramirez
    Michael Patrick Ramirez is a two-time American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. His cartoons typically present conservative viewpoints....
    
     editorial cartoonist of the Los Angeles Times
    Los Angeles Times
    The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
    
    , wins The Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in editorial cartooning. Press release
• March 11, 2006:
  • Mike Luckovich
    Mike Luckovich
    Michael Edward Luckovich is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989...
    
     of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta...
    
     wins the National Headliners Award for editorial cartooning. Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
  • John Sherffius
    John Sherffius
    John Sherffius is an editorial cartoonist, for the Boulder Daily Camera.He graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles.His cartoons have appeared in The Daily Bruin, the Ventura County Star, The St...
    
     receives the 2006 Wilbur Award for editorial cartooning on religious issues and themes. Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
  • Bill Whitehead of the Kansas City Business Journal, receives first place from the Kansas Press Association for best editorial cartoons of 2005 in weekly publications. Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
  • HamptonRoads.com and Associated Press
    Associated Press
    The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
    
     discuss cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
    
     inspired graphic novels, including Brian Fies' Mom's Cancer
    Mom's Cancer
    Mom's Cancer is a webcomic created by writer Brian Fies. The comic is an autobiographical story dealing with his mother's fight against metastatic lung cancer, as well as his family's reactions to it. Although the story is mostly a serious, insightful depiction of the subject, humor is present in...
    
    , Harvey Pekar
    Harvey Pekar
    Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name.Pekar described American Splendor as "an...
    
    's Our Cancer Year
    Our Cancer Year
    Our Cancer Year is a graphic novel written by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner and illustrated by Frank Stack.-Overview:Published in 1994 by the New York Press publisher Four Walls Eight Windows, Our Cancer Year relates the story of Harvey's struggle to overcome cancer, as well as serving as a social...
    
     and Miriam Engelberg
    Miriam Engelberg
    Miriam Engelberg was a graphic novelist and illustrator, whose battle with metastatic breast cancer was chronicled in her bestselling comic memoir, Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person....
    
    's Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person, due out in May from HarperCollins
    HarperCollins
    HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
    
    . HamptonRoads.com
  • Scarcecomics.co.uk, an online auction site for rare British comics, is discussed in Liverpool
    Liverpool
    Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
    
    's Daily Post
    Liverpool Daily Post
    The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Friday and is published in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions, and is a morning paper...
    
    . TMCnet.com
  • Alan Moore
    Alan Moore
    Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
    
     is discussed in The Telegraph
    The Daily Telegraph
    The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
    
    . The Telegraph
• March 12, 2006:
  • The New York Times report on Alan Moore's career and his attitude to the recent Hollywood adaptations of his works and to DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
    . New York Times
• March 13, 2006:
  • Superman Returns
    Superman Returns
    Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
    
     director Bryan Singer
    Bryan Singer
    Bryan Singer is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially well-known among fans of the science fiction and superhero genres for his work on the X-Men films and Superman Returns.-Early life:Singer was born in New...
    
     and screenwriters Michael Dougherty
    Michael Dougherty
    Michael Dougherty is a screenwriter who is known for his work with Dan Harris on the scripts for Bryan Singer's films X2 and Superman Returns.-Early life:...
    
     and Dan Harris are to collaborate on a series of comic books which will bridge the gap between the Superman II
    Superman II
    Superman II is the 1980 sequel to the 1978 superhero film Superman and stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, and Jack O'Halloran. It was the only Superman film to be filmed by two directors...
    
     movie and the new sequel. newsarama
• March 14, 2006:
  • E-Man
    E-Man
    E-Man is a fictional comic book superhero created by writer Nicola Cuti and artist Joe Staton for Charlton Comics in 1973. Though the character's original series was short-lived, the lightly humorous hero has become a cult-classic sporadically revived by various independent comics...
    
    , the character created by Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton
    Joe Staton
    Joe Staton is an American illustrator and writer of comic books.-Career:Staton started his work with Charlton Comics in 1971 and gained notability as the artist of the super-hero book E-Man...
    
    , is to return in a series from Digital Webbing Press. newsarama
  • Ed Stein
    Ed Stein
    Edward F. Stein was a former Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Chicago Colts and Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms of the National League from to .-Chicago:...
    
     wins the 2006 John Fischetti Award for editorial cartooning. Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
• March 15, 2006:
  • Booklist
    Booklist
    Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. It is geared toward libraries and booksellers and is available in print or online...
    
    's new issue includes several features related to comics http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=general_info&id=49:
    • A Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth compiled for the magazine. Booklist
    • A Top 10 Graphic Novels: 2006 compiled by Ray Olsen. Booklist
    • Kate Kan writes an article entitled Great Graphic Novels for Younger Readers. Booklist
    • An interview with Mark Siegel, editorial director of First Second the new graphic novel imprint launched by Roaring Brook
      Roaring Brook
      The Roaring Brook is a tributary of the Cruser Brook. It is found in Somerset county, New Jersey, United States.-Course:The Roaring Brook starts at , on Sourland Mountain. It flows southeast until it joins the Cruser Brook at the edge of Sourland Mountain at .-External links:*...
      
      . Booklist
    • An article from Jeff Smith
      Jeff Smith (cartoonist)
      Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, RASL, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.-Early life and education:Jeff Smith was born in McKees...
      
       regarding his career as a graphic novellist. Booklist
    • Michael Cart contributes an article discussing his love of comics. Booklist
    • Archaia Studios Press
      Archaia Studios Press
      Archaia Entertainment, LLC is an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.-History:Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic Artesia because the publisher, Sirius Entertainment, wanted to print the third series in black and white...
      
       officially releases color hardcover edition of The Lone and Level Sands.
• March 16, 2006:
  • The Alex
    Alex (comic strip)
    Alex is a British cartoon strip by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor. It first appeared in the short-lived London Daily News in 1987. It moved to The Independent later that year and then to the Daily Telegraph in 1992....
    
     strip in The Telegraph
    The Daily Telegraph
    The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
    
     will be coloured and feature an advertisement for Xerox
    Xerox
    Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
    
     for six weeks. Adjab
  • The Boston Herald report on the graphic novel phenomenon. The Boston Herald
  • Teshkeel Comics
    Teshkeel Comics
    Teshkeel Comics is a Kuwaiti comic book publisher, and a division the Teshkeel Media Group, a company focused on creating, re-engineering and exploiting all forms of children's media based on or infused with localised culture in the Middle East.-History:...
    
     publish their first comic in the Middle East under a licensing deal with Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    . Translated into Arabic, Spectacular Spider-Man is the first magazine to feature the character in the region. AMEInfo
  • The BBC
    BBC
    The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
    
    's Collective
    Collective
    A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common objective...
    
     magazine interview participants in Fantagraphics quarterly MOME anthology. BBC
  • Iran
    Iran
    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
    
    ian cartoonist Kianoosh Ramezani discusses the problems which face both cartoonists and their publishing editors in the Ledger-Enquirer. Ledger-Enquirer
• March 17, 2006:
  • Marvel
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     announce plans to publish a graphic novel formatted anthology based on the computer game series Halo
    Halo (video game series)
    Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant...
    
    , featuring work by Simon Bisley
    Simon Bisley
    Simon Bisley is a British comics artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine. His style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, is strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, Egon Schiele, and Richard Corben...
    
     and Moebius
    Jean Giraud
    Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
    
     amongst others. ICv2
  • J. Scott Campbell
    J. Scott Campbell
    Jeffrey Scott Campbell is an American comic book artist. He has had several pen names, including "Jeff Scott", but is best known as J. Scott Campbell...
    
     signs an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    . newsarama
  • Dallas names May 6 as Comic Book Appreciation Day. May 6 is also Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores. Retailer Joe Field of in Concord, CA brainstormed the event in his "Big Picture" column in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer...
    
    . newsarama
  • Nominations for the 2005 National Newspaper Awards are announced. The awards include an Editorial Cartooning category in which Serge Chapleau
    Serge Chapleau
    Serge Chapleau is a French-Canadian political cartoonist from the province of Québec.- Biography :...
    
     of La Presse, Montreal
    Montreal
    Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
    
    ; Brian Gable
    Brian Gable
    Brian Gable is the editorial cartoonist for The Globe and Mail, and won National Newspaper Awards in 1986, 1995, 2001 and 2005.-External links:**...
    
     of The Globe and Mail
    The Globe and Mail
    The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
    
    , and Bruce MacKinnon
    Bruce Mackinnon
    Bruce Mackinnon is an actor who has appeared in various television programmes.Mackinnon was born in Esher, Surrey and was educated at Eton College, before studying drama at The University of Manchester...
    
     of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald
    Halifax Chronicle-Herald
    The Chronicle Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The largest newspaper company in Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald is also the highest circulation newspaper in the Atlantic provinces and is currently the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada...
    
     are nominated. Newswire
  • Dr. Jon Suter donates his collection of over 2000 strips to the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection. Pauls Valley Daily Democrat
  • Teshkeel Media Group sign a deal to translate and distribute Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
    
     in the Middle East. Comic Book Resources
• March 18, 2006:
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     announces his top fifty comics of 2005. The Comics Reporter
• March 19, 2006:
  • OK/Cancel discuss making money from webcomics. OK/Cancel
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
    
     reports on comics' literary status. The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • ContraCostaTimes reports on comics' literary status. ContraCostaTimes
  • The Age
    The Age
    The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
    
     report on the success of manga in Australia. The Age
• March 20, 2006:
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     are to release Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters, a series based on characters Jack Kirby
    Jack Kirby
    Jack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....
    
     created, with Kirby's daughter Lisa and former collaborator Mike Thibodeaux helping to expand on the concepts. ICv2.com
  • Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
     has joined the jury to judge an anti-Semitic cartoon contest sponsored by Israeli comics collective Dimona Comics. The Beat
  • ICv2 report that sales of comics to comic book stores were up in February. ICv2
  • Casting Producer Austen James discusses the Sci-Fi Channel
    Sci Fi Channel (United States)
    Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
    
    's new programme "Who Wants To Be a Superhero?", due to be aired in the United States this spring, with Comic Book Resources
    Comic Book Resources
    Comic Book Resources, also known as CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.-History:Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1996 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland had created to discuss DC...
    
    . Comic Book Resources
  • Gerald Scarfe
    Gerald Scarfe
    Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker...
    
     wins a British Press Award for Cartoonist of the Year. British Press Awards The Comics Reporter
  • F Minus, a strip which appears on Comics.com, is to be syndicated by United Media
    United Media
    United Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is the United Feature Syndicate and the Newspaper Enterprise Association...
    
     from April 17. Editor & Publisher
• March 21, 2006:
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     reports that Dark Horse Comics
    Dark Horse Comics
    Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
    
     are to release Off the Beaten Path, a collection of photographs of cartoonists in their studios by Greg Preston. The Comics Reporter
  • The New York Review of Books review The R. Crumb Handbook. New York Review of Books
  • The Village Voice
    The Village Voice
    The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
    
     review Jessica Abel
    Jessica Abel
    Jessica Abel is an American comic book writer and artist, known as the creator of such works as Life Sucks, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, Soundtrack, La Perdida, Mirror, Window, Radio: An Illustrated Guide , and the omnibus series Artbabe.Abel has stated that her major work is not...
    
    's La Perdida
    La Perdida
    La Perdida is an independent comic book series created by Jessica Abel and published by Pantheon Books.-Content:La Perdida is a story centered on the life of a young American woman , living abroad in Mexico...
    
    . The Village Voice
• March 22, 2006:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Laila Freivalds
      Laila Freivalds
      Laila Ligita Freivalds is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and a former Swedish Minister for Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister....
      
      , Swedish Foreign Minister, resigns after being accused of lying to the media regarding the shutting down of sites which may have had plans to carry the cartoons. Zaman Daily Newspaper
• March 26, 2006:
  • Superman/Batman #26 is announced as a tribute book to Sam Loeb, son of Jeph Loeb
    Jeph Loeb
    Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost, writer for the films Commando and Teen Wolf and was a writer and Co-Executive Producer on the NBC TV show Heroes from its...
    
    , who died in 2005. Sam Loeb was due to write the book himself, and 26 collaborators have been assembled to complete the work. Reuters
  • The Los Angeles Times
    Los Angeles Times
    The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
    
     editorialises on the trademarked nature of the term Super Heroes. LA Times
  • The North Bergen Reporter
    North Bergen Reporter
    The North Bergen Reporter is a weekly community newspaper serving North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey. The paper is one of nine weekly publications produced by The Hudson Reporter Assoc., L.P. The company's main office is located in Hoboken....
    
     profile Otto Messmer
    Otto Messmer
    Otto James Messmer was an American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio....
    
    , creator of Felix the Cat
    Felix the Cat
    Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in the silent film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combine to make Felix one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history...
    
    . North Bergen Reporter
• March 27, 2006:
  • 113 creators pledge their support for the editors at Dupuis
    Dupuis
    Éditions Dupuis S.A. is a Belgian publisher of comic books and magazines.Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French...
    
     as they attempt to gain greater independence for the imprint from owners Media-Participations
    Média-Participations
    Média-Participations is a French media concern, controlled by a Belgian holding concern, specialized in Franco-Belgian comics. It has some forty publishers in its portfolio, including Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard and Fleurus.-History:...
    
    . The Comics Reporter
• March 28, 2006:
  • Editor & Publisher
    Editor & Publisher
    Editor & Publisher is a monthly magazine covering the North American newspaper industry. It is based in New York City. E&P calls itself "America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry" and describes itself on its website as "the authoritative journal covering all aspects of the North...
    
     report that Garry Trudeau
    Garry Trudeau
    Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip.-Background and education:...
    
     is to receive a lifetime achievement award from Georgetown University
    Georgetown University
    Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
    
    's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy on April 4. Editor & Publisher
  • HarperCollins
    HarperCollins
    HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
    
     and TokyPop announce a publishing and distribution deal which will see manga works by HarperCollins authors co-published by the two companies. The Comics Reporter
  • Ralph Steadman
    Ralph Steadman
    Ralph Steadman is a British cartoonist and caricaturist who is perhaps best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.-Personal life:Steadman was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales...
    
     is to receive the Milton Caniff Award for Lifetime Achievement. The Comics Reporter
  • The nominees for the 2006 Reuben Awards, to be awarded on May 27, are announced. The Comics Reporter
• March 29, 2006:
  • TokyoPop
    Tokyopop
    Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
    
     has signed a deal with uclick
    Uclick
    Uclick LLC was an American corporation selling "digital entertainment content" for the desktop, the web and mobile phones...
    
     which will see maga published by TokyoPop delivered to mobile phones. Press Release Newswire
  • Panini Comics
    Panini Comics
    Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
    
     extends its licensing deal with Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     into more territories and also announces an X-Men graphic novel aimed at the European
    European comics
    European comics is a generalized terms for comics produced in Continental Europe. Though technically European, British comics are for historical and cultural reasons considered separate from European comics due to the existence of a well-established domestic market and traditions which more closely...
    
     market with script by Chris Claremont
    Chris Claremont
    Chris Claremont is an award-winning American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters, and with introducing complex literary themes into superhero...
    
     and art by Milo Manara
    Milo Manara
    Maurilio Manara – known professionally as Milo Manara – is an Italian comic book writer and artist, best known for his erotic approach to the medium.-Career:...
    
    . The Comics Reporter
  • The Manila Times run an editorial supporting editorial cartoons. The Manila Times
  • An exhibition at the California Science Center
    California Science Center
    The California Science Center is a state agency and museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, the California ScienCenter is a public-private partnership between the State and the California Science Center Foundation...
    
     explores the powers and abilities of Marvel
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     super heroes and the real world science that may ultimately replicate them. Los Angeles Times
• March 30, 2006:
  • ICv2.com report that V for Vendetta
    V for Vendetta
    V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...
    
     is number one in Nielsen BookScan
    Nielsen BookScan
    Nielsen BookScan is a data provider for the book publishing industry, owned by the Nielsen Company. BookScan compiles point of sale data for book sales.-History:...
    
    's list, ranked by sales, of graphic novels sold through book stores. ICv2
• March 31, 2006:
  • The five people accused of murdering Indian cartoonist Irfan Hussain are acquitted by Judge Talwant Singh. India Abroad
  • AllAfrica.com report that Godfrey Mwampembwa, a cartoonist for the Nairobi
    Nairobi
    Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
    
     paper The Daily Nation, has been threatened with legal action by Martha Karua
    Martha Karua
    Martha Wangari Karua is a Kenyan politician. She is a Member of Parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya...
    
    , a politician whom the cartoonist has satirised. All Africa.com
  • The Johns Hopkins News-Letter reviews Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
    's Acme Novelty Library
    Acme Novelty Library
    Acme Novelty Library is a comic book series created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware. Its first issue appeared in 1993. Published from 1994 by Fantagraphics Books and later self-published, it is considered a significant work in alternative comics, selling over 20,000 copies per issue.-Format, style...
    
     issue 16. Johns Hopkins News-Letter

April

• April 1, 2006:
  • The London Free Press report on representations of the Iraq War in superhero comics. London Free Press
• April 2, 2006:
  • Buddy Blue, a champion of Underground comics during the sixties and seventies who covered the movement for the LA Times and other newspapers, dies of a heart attack. The Comics Reporter
• April 3, 2006:
  • The Chicago Defender
    Chicago Defender
    The Chicago Defender is a Chicago based newspaper founded in 1905 by an African American for primarily African American readers.In just three years from 1919–1922 the Defender also attracted the writing talents of Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks....
    
     revamps its comics page, renaming it "All Black Cartoons". The page will only feature strips by African-American cartoonists. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
  • Tower Records
    Tower Records
    Tower Records was a retail music chain that was based in Sacramento, California. It currently exists as an international franchise and an online music store....
    
     launches an online bookstore which will also retail graphic novels. ICv2.com
  • The case against Gordon Lee
    Gordon Lee (comic store owner)
    Gordon Lee is an American comic book store owner from Rome, Georgia, who is most famous for having been charged with distributing obscene material to a minor in connection with the Free Comic Book Day on Halloween, 2004. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was heavily involved in Lee's defense...
    
    , a comic book retailer who has been charged with distributing harmful material to minors, is dropped, with prosecutors filing fresh charges after discovering the material was distributed to two minors, instead of the one originally named in the suit. Comic Book Legal Defence Fund Press Release
  • Turkish
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
    
     Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003 and is chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara...
    
     is to appeal against the dismissal of his suit against Penguen, a magazine which had published a cartoon satirising him. Turkish Daily News
  • The Gulf Times reports on Australian - Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
    
    n relations on asylum
    Right of asylum
    Right of asylum is an ancient juridical notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries...
    
     as cartoonists satirise the issue. Gulf Times
  • Vancouver
    Vancouver
    Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
    
    's 24 hours.com report on the graphic novel phenomenon. Vancouver24hours.com
  • The Prix Bedelys are awarded in Quebec
    Quebec
    Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
    
    , with Pierre Fournier and Real Godbout's Michel Risque winning the Jury Prix. Sequential
• April 4, 2006:
  • Variety
    Variety (magazine)
    Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
    
     report that on March 23 Judge Ronald S.W. Lew found that the copyright to Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....
    
     had reverted to Joanne Siegel and Laura Siegel Larson, widow and daughter of Jerry Siegel
    Jerry Siegel
    Jerome "Jerry" Siegel , who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S...
    
    . The ruling also cast doubt on the lack of infringement on the Superboy copyright by the Smallville
    Smallville (TV series)
    Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...
    
     television series, with Lew noting: "Enough facts are presented, where this court, contrary to defendants' request, could find that the main character in 'Smallville' is in fact Superboy." Variety
  • Diamond
    Diamond
    In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
    
     announce the winners of the 16th annual Diamond Gem Awards. DC Comics' Justice
    Justice
    Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
    
     wins comic book of the year. Newsarama
  • The Columbus Dispatch
    The Columbus Dispatch
    The Columbus Dispatch is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since The Columbus Citizen-Journal stopped printing in 1985....
    
     report on the complications involved in editing comic strips. The Columbus Dispatch
  • Gilbert Hernandez
    Gilbert Hernandez
    Gilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
    
     and Richard Sala
    Richard Sala
    Richard Sala is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator with a unique expressionistic style whose books often combine elements of mystery, horror and whimsy.-Biography:...
    
     are to contribute series to Coconino Press
    Coconino Press
    Coconino Press is an Italian publisher of comic books, founded in 2000 in Bologna, Italy.They are notable for their translations of comic books from around the world, including the Americans Daniel Clowes, Jason Lutes and Adrian Tomine; Canadians Seth and Chester Brown; French cartoonists David B.,...
    
    's Ignatz line, co-published in English by Fantagraphics. Le Nomade
  • Penguin Books
    Penguin Books
    Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
    
     has commissioned new covers for books in its Penguin Classics line from some of the leading artists in comics, including Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
    , Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
     and Charles Burns
    Charles Burns (cartoonist)
    Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
    
    . ICv2.com
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    :
    • Malaysian Information Minister
      Information minister
      An information minister is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters, and is often linked with censorship and propaganda...
      
       Datuk Zainuddin Maidin urges cartoonists to avoid "caricatures that could hurt other races or religions or incite hatred". The Malaysian Star
    • Carla Seaquist discusses the free speech issues of cartooning in the wake of the controversy. The Christian Science Monitor
• April 5, 2006:
  • Nominees for the 2006 Eisner Awards are announced, with Floyd Gottfredson
    Floyd Gottfredson
    Arthur Floyd Gottfredson was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics...
    
     and William Moulton Marston
    William Moulton Marston
    Dr. William Moulton Marston , also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist, feminist theorist, inventor and comic book writer who created the character Wonder Woman...
    
     being the judge's choices for entry into the hall of fame. The Comics Reporter
  • Anime News Network
    Anime News Network
    Anime News Network is an anime industry news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, Japanese popular music and other otaku-related culture within North America, Australia and Japan. Additionally, it sometimes features similar happenings throughout the Anglosphere and elsewhere in the...
    
     contact manga publishers to discuss how the bankruptcy
    Bankruptcy
    Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
    
     of distributor
    Distributor
    A distributor is a device in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the correct firing order. The first reliable battery operated ignition was developed by Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. and introduced in the...
    
     Biblos will affect them. Anime News Network
  • Seattle Weekly
    Seattle Weekly
    Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster as The Weekly...
    
     interview David Lasky
    David Lasky
    David Lasky is an alternative cartoonist based in Seattle, Washington.After spending the bulk of his life in Virginia, and graduating from the College of William & Mary, Lasky moved to Seattle in 1992...
    
    . Seattle Weekly
• April 6, 2006:
  • Relish
    Relish
    A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment.In North America, relish commonly alludes to sweet pickle relish-like sauce that often condiments hot dogs, hamburgers and other types of fast food.-Description and ingredients:The item...
    
     report on the stress
    Stress (medicine)
    Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in the biological context in the 1930s, which has in more recent decades become commonly used in popular parlance...
    
     which cartoonists may face, and may lead to burn out
    Burnout (psychology)
    Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest. Research indicates general practitioners have the highest proportion of burnout cases; according to a recent Dutch study in Psychological Reports, no less than 40% of these experienced high levels of...
    
    . Relish
  • Peter David
    Peter David
    Peter Allen David , often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games...
    
     is to script the opening seven issues of the Dark Tower
    The Dark Tower (comics)
    The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born is a seven-issue comic book limited series, published in 2007 by Marvel Comics. It is the first story arc of five based on The Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and...
    
     comic book series, based upon Stephen King's novel series of the same name. Jae Lee
    Jae Lee
    Jae Lee is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Inhumans and The Sentry, both with Paul Jenkins.-Career:Lee first rose to prominence in the industry for his work on Marvel's Namor the Sub-Mariner, Inhumans , and The Sentry, as well as his creator-owned character Hellshock at...
    
     is providing the art. ICv2.com
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     issue a press release stating that Chris Claremont
    Chris Claremont
    Chris Claremont is an award-winning American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters, and with introducing complex literary themes into superhero...
    
     is suffering from cardiac stress and that this will result in delays to two books, Exiles
    Exiles (Marvel Comics)
    The Exiles are a group of fictional characters that feature in three Marvel Comics series, Exiles, New Exiles, and Exiles vol. 2. The Exiles consists of characters from different dimensions, or realities, which have been removed from time and space in order to correct problems in various alternate...
    
     and GeNext, which Claremont was due to take over in May. Newsarama
• April 7, 2006:
  • Cartoonist Jonathon Shapiro
    Zapiro
    Jonathan Shapiro, born 1958 in Cape Town, is a South African cartoonist, famous as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions...
    
     (Zapiro) wins the Mondi South African Journalist of the Year Award. Independent Online
  • John Blackburn, creator of Coley Cochran, dies. Prism Comics, Comicon
• April 8, 2006:
  • The New York Times
    The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
    
     profile comic book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
    Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
    Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter and comic-book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the HBO drama series Big Love.-Biography:...
    
    . The New York Times
• April 9, 2006:
  • The Malaysian Star interview Lat, Philippe Dupuy and King Ban Hui at the Concert of Drawings series of events held by the National Art Gallery
    National Art Gallery (Malaysia)
    The National Visual Arts Gallery of Malaysia was established on August 28, 1958, by Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. The gallery is also a statutory body and an agency under the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Tourism of Malaysia....
    
     during the 11th French-Language Week. The artists were at the event to take part in a live drawing exhibition. Malaysian Star
• April 11, 2006:
  • Editorial cartoonist and United States National Guard
    United States National Guard
    The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States. Militia members are citizen soldiers, meaning they work part time for the National...
    
     platoon sergeant
    Platoon Sergeant
    In many militaries, a platoon sergeant is the senior enlisted member of a platoon, who advises and supports the platoon's commanding officer in leading the unit.-Singapore:...
    
     Vaughn Larson' discusses his recent call-up to Iraq. Editor & Publisher
• April 12, 2006:
  • Adventure Gamers review the computer game based upon the Bone comic book series by Jeff Smith
    Jeff Smith (cartoonist)
    Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, RASL, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.-Early life and education:Jeff Smith was born in McKees...
    
    . Adventure Gamers
  • Seattle Weekly
    Seattle Weekly
    Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster as The Weekly...
    
     review Fantagraphics' recent reissue of Milt Gross
    Milt Gross
    Milt Gross , was an American comic strip and comic book writer, illustrator and animator. He wrote his comics in a Yiddish-inflected English. He originated the non-sequitur "Banana Oil!" as a phrase deflating pomposity and posing. His character Count Screwloose's admonition, "Iggy, keep an eye on...
    
    ' He Done Her Wrong. Seattle Weekly
• April 13, 2006:
  • Entertainment Weekly
    Entertainment Weekly
    Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
    
     review Gary Spencer Millidge
    Gary Spencer Millidge
    Gary Spencer Millidge is a British comic book creator best known for his series Strangehaven. He has also written and contributed to books about comics.-Biography:...
    
    's Strangehaven
    Strangehaven
    Strangehaven is an acclaimed self-published comic book series created by Gary Spencer Millidge. It is not published to a regular schedule; although the series is ongoing, the last issue was published in 2005.-Plot:...
    
    . Entertainment Weekly
  • Stan Sakai
    Stan Sakai
    is a third-generation Japanese American Cartoonist comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo. -Biography:...
    
     details his time as a guest at Spain's XI Salon del Comic de Granada for the Honolulu Star. Honolulu Star
• April 14, 2006:
  • Mike Luckovich is announced the winner of the Sigma Delta Chi award for 2005. The award is presented by the Society of Professional Journalists. Society of Professional Journalists
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     reports that Paul Gravett
    Paul Gravett
    Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing and promotion for over 20 years....
    
    's Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics has been removed from shelves in libraries across San Bernardino
    San Bernardino County, California
    San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...
    
     county. The Comics Reporter
  • Bart Beatty compares and contrasts the United States SPX
    Small Press Expo
    The Small Press Expo is an alternative comics convention that takes place every September or October in Bethesda, Maryland. It rivals the Alternative Press Expo as the premiere convention for alternative comics creators and fans. SPX is the home of the Ignatz Awards, which have been presented...
    
     and the Swiss Fumetto conventions in his Eurocomics column for The Comics Reporter. The Comics Reporter
• April 17, 2006:
  • The Comics Reporter reports that Mike Luckovich
    Mike Luckovich
    Michael Edward Luckovich is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989...
    
     is the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. The Comics Reporter
  • ICv2.com report on comic book and graphic novel sales figures for March. ICv2.com
  • Student editorial cartoonist William C Warren wins the AAEC/John Locher Award. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
• April 18, 2006:
  • Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
     announces he is moving his Acme Novelty Library
    Acme Novelty Library
    Acme Novelty Library is a comic book series created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware. Its first issue appeared in 1993. Published from 1994 by Fantagraphics Books and later self-published, it is considered a significant work in alternative comics, selling over 20,000 copies per issue.-Format, style...
    
     series to publisher Drawn & Quarterly. The series had previously been published by Fantagraphics, although Ware published issue 16 himself, with Fantagraphics distributing the issue. The Beat
  • Swiss Info profile cartoonist Mike van Audenhove. Swiss Info
  • The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
    
     discusses product placement
    Product placement
    Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, music videos, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the...
    
     as it occurs within comics. The Wall Street Journal
• April 20, 2006:
  • John Backderf's The City wins in the Cartoon category of the 38th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. The Comics Reporter
• April 21, 2006:
  • Anti-Semitic cartoon contest organised by Amitai Sandy. Spiegel Online
  • The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib," is the second largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
    
     preview the forthcoming Pittsburgh Comicon. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Nashville
    Nashville, Tennessee
    Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
    
    's The City Paper
    The City Paper
    The City Paper is a free weekly newspaper serving Nashville, Tennessee. The City Paper began publication as a daily paper on November 1, 2000, providing competition to The Tennessean, which was the only daily in town after the Nashville Banner closed in 1998...
    
     profile cartoonist Dean Trippe
    Dean Trippe
    Dean Trippe is a United States-based comic book artist and illustrator. Trippe graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a B.F.A...
    
    . The City Paper
  • Angel Boligan, editorial cartoonist for Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
    
    's El Universal
    El Universal (Mexico City)
    El Universal is a major Mexican newspaper.El Universal was founded by Félix Palavicini and Emilio Rabasa in October 1916, in the city of Santiago de Queretaro to cover the end of the Mexican Revolution and the creation of the new Mexican Constitution...
    
     newspaper, wins the World Press Cartooning Prize. CBC
  • Virgin Comics announce their opening line up of books. Comic Book Resources
  • Belgian artist Fred Burton
    Fred Burton
    Fred Burton is Stratfor's vice president for intelligence, and is considered "one of the world's foremost experts on security, terrorists and terrorist organizations."Burton was a special agent with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service....
    
     dies. Comics Reporter
• April 23, 2006:
  • The Morning Sentinel
    Morning Sentinel
    The Morning Sentinel is a seven-day morning daily newspaper published in Waterville, Maine, USA. From 1998 to 2009, it was owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers, a subsidiary of The Seattle Times Company. It was then sold to MaineToday Media. The newspaper covers cities and towns in parts of Kennebec...
    
     celebrate Doonesbury
    Doonesbury
    Doonesbury is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau, that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Michael Doonesbury, who has progressed from a college...
    
     reaching 35 years of publication. Morning Sentinel
  • Scott Collura interviews Terry Zwigoff about his Crumb
    Crumb (film)
    Crumb is a 1994 documentary film about the noted underground comic artist Robert Crumb and his family. Directed by Terry Zwigoff and produced by Lynn O'Donnell and David Lynch, it won widespread acclaim, including both the Grand Jury Prize and best cinematography prize at the Sundance Film Festival...
    
     documentary for Now Playing. Now Playing
  • Time magazine profile Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
    
    . Time Magazine
  • The Bradenton Herald profile the forthcoming Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores. Retailer Joe Field of in Concord, CA brainstormed the event in his "Big Picture" column in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer...
    
    , scheduled this year for May 6. HeraldToday.com
• April 24, 2006:
  • Mike Luckovich
    Mike Luckovich
    Michael Edward Luckovich is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989...
    
     of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta...
    
     and The Christian Science Monitor
    The Christian Science Monitor
    The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
    
    's Clay Bennett win the Overseas Press Club
    Overseas Press Club
    The Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
    
    's award for editorial cartooning. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
  • Newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
     summarise the events and news from the recent Pittsburgh Comicon. newsarama
• April 25, 2006:
  • Paul Combs announces he is leaving The Tampa Tribune
    The Tampa Tribune
    The Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida, is one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area, second in circulation and readership to the St. Petersburg Times. The paper's tagline is "Life...
    
    . The paper is seeking a replacement for the editorial cartoonist, who is leaving for "for family reasons". Editor & Publisher
  • Bill Poostmus, the man who ordered the removal of a work on manga from the shelves of libraries in California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
    
    , is declared to be censoring a "critically acclaimed book" by the National Coalition Against Censorship
    National Coalition Against Censorship
    The National Coalition Against Censorship , founded in 1974, is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups...
    
    , who are monitoring the situation and have not ruled out legal action. Daily Press
  • The Age
    The Age
    The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
    
     profile Will Dyson
    Will Dyson
    ]William Henry Dyson was an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist.-Early life:Dyson was born at Alfredton, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the son of George Dyson, then a hawker and later a mining engineer, and his wife Jane, née Mayall. Dyson was educated at state schools at...
    
    , an Australian war artist who covered the First World War. The Age
  • Sarah Boxer reviews the Masters of American Comics exhibition for Artforum
    Artforum
    Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art.-Publication:The magazine is published ten times a year, September through May, along with an annual summer issue...
    
    . Artforum
• April 26, 2006:
  • British
    Great Britain
    Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
    
     distributor
    Distributor
    A distributor is a device in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the correct firing order. The first reliable battery operated ignition was developed by Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. and introduced in the...
    
     Red Route
    Red route
    Red routes are major roads in urban areas of the United Kingdom, on which vehicles are not permitted to stop. This includes stopping for loading or unloading, and boarding or alighting from a vehicle . Red routes are mainly used on major bus and commuting routes.Red routes are marked with red lines...
    
     is reported to have ceased trading. The Comics Reporter
  • Wired Magazine comment on the slowness of the two major American comics publishers to embrace the digital market. Wired Magazine
  • Bob Wayne talks to Newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
     about the "One Year Later
    One Year Later
    "One Year Later" was a 2006 storyline event running through the DC Universe. As the title suggests, it involves a narrative jump exactly one year into the future of the DC Comics Universe following the events of the Infinite Crisis event, to explore major changes within the continuities of the many...
    
    " books DC will be publishing in the wake of "Infinite Crisis
    Infinite Crisis
    Infinite Crisis is a 2005 - 2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books...
    
    ". Newsarama
  • Shazna Nessa discusses the accessibility of comics and graphic novels to a female audience in The Charleston Gazette
    The Charleston Gazette
    The Charleston Gazette is a five-day morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia. It is published Monday through Friday mornings. On Saturday and Sunday mornings the combined Charleston Gazette-Mail is published, which is, more or less, similar to the Gazette.The Gazette was established in...
    
    . blackenterprise.com
• April 27, 2006:
  • New England
    New England
    New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
    
    's The Phoenix
    The Phoenix (newspaper)
    The Phoenix is the name of several alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts including the Boston Phoenix, the Providence Phoenix, the Portland Phoenix and the now-defunct Worcester Phoenix...
    
     report on DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
    ' "One Year Later
    One Year Later
    "One Year Later" was a 2006 storyline event running through the DC Universe. As the title suggests, it involves a narrative jump exactly one year into the future of the DC Comics Universe following the events of the Infinite Crisis event, to explore major changes within the continuities of the many...
    
    " revamp. The Phoenix
  • Ed Brubaker
    Ed Brubaker
    Ed Brubaker is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer and cartoonist. Brubaker first early comics work was primarily in the crime fiction genre with works such as Lowlife, The Fall, Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives and Scene of the Crime...
    
     signs an extension to his exclusive contract with Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    . Newsarama
  • Anders Nilsen
    Anders Nilsen
    Anders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
    
     writes an essay on art for the BBC
    BBC
    The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
    
    . BBC Collective
  • Pakistan begin legal proceedings against the editor and publisher of the Jyllands-Posten
    Jyllands-Posten
    Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
    
     for publication of the cartoons depicting caricatures of Mohammed. Pakistan Link
  • Alex Chun comments on the changes recent technological advances have made on society and how they may impact on the newspaper comic strip. LA Times
• April 28, 2006:
  • Image Comics
    Image Comics
    Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
    
     are to publish the second volume of Afterworks, an anthology
    Anthology
    An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
    
     featuring work by noted animators, including Max Brace and Nathan Stanton
    Nathan Stanton
    Nathan Stanton is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Burton Albion.A former Scunthorpe United trainee, Nathan made 243 appearances for the Iron in 7 seasons. He scored 1 goal for the club, his strike coming against Lincoln City in the 2003 League Two Play Off Semi Final...
    
    . Comic Book Resources
• April 29, 2006:
  • Canadian cartoonist Sid Barron
    Sid Barron
    Sid Barron was a Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist. He drew for the Victoria Times, Toronto Star and The Albertan....
    
     dies. Sequential
  • The winners of the second annual Shuster Awards are announced. Shuster Awards website
• April 30, 2006:
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     interviews Grady Klein. The Comics Reporter
  • Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
    
    's Supreme Court of Appeals overturns an earlier judgement which fined cartoonist Musa Kart over his depiction of the Prime Minister
    Prime minister
    A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
    
     Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003 and is chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara...
    
     as a cat. TurkishPress.com

May

• May 1, 2006:
  • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is an online newspaper and former print newspaper covering Seattle, Washington, United States, and the surrounding metropolitan area...
    
     profile Dan Piraro
    Dan Piraro
    Daniel Charles Piraro is a painter, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his award-winning syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro. Piraro's cartoons have been reprinted in 15 book collections between 1986 and the present....
    
    . Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • The Detroit News
    The Detroit News
    The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival Free Press's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on February 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960,...
    
     and Larry Wright
    Larry Wright (cartoonist)
    Larry Wright is an American cartoonist, known for his editorial cartoons published in The Detroit News. He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1980 and 1984. He is also the author of the comic strips Wright Angles and Kit 'N' Carlyle.- References :...
    
     agree terms which will see the paper buyout
    Buyout
    A buyout, in finance, is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company, or a majority share of the stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" control of the target company....
    
     the cartoonist's contract. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

• May 2, 2006:
  • The nominations for Holland's 2006 Clickburg awards are announced. The awards are to recognise webcomics, and this year organisers have added a Best International Clickie category. Comicbase.nl
  • Mark Parisi
    Mark Parisi
    Mark Parisi is the creator of Off The Mark, a comic panel which began in 1987 and now appears in 100 newspapers, as well as on greeting cards, T-shirts, and more. Off The Mark is distributed daily by United Media. Parisi's work is influenced by Charles Schulz, MAD Magazine and Gary Larson...
    
     is profiled by The Christian Science Monitor
    The Christian Science Monitor
    The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
    
    . The Christian Science Monitor
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     rounds up commentary and reportage on yesterday's report by The Comics Journal
    The Comics Journal
    The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels...
    
     on the incident involving Charles Brownstein. The Comics Reporter
  • National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation
    Talk of the Nation
    Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues....
    
     features Paul Jenkins
    Paul Jenkins (writer)
    Paul Jenkins is a British comic book writer and Gary Gygax's stepson. He has had much success crossing over into the American comic book market. Primarily working for Marvel Comics, he has had a big part shaping the characters of the company over the past decade.-Life and career:Paul Jenkins...
    
     and Joe Quesada
    Joe Quesada
    Joseph "Joe" Quesada is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom...
    
     as part of its coverage of Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    ' Civil War
    Civil War (comics)
    Civil War is a 2006-2007 Marvel Comics crossover storyline built around a self-titled seven-issue limited series written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven, which ran through various other titles published by Marvel at the time...
    
     storyline. ICv2.com
• May 3, 2006:
  • Menu Larcenet, Lax and Marjane Satrapi are the nominees for the VPRO Grand Prix, to be announced on June 2 at Stripdagen Harlem 2006. Stripdagen Harlem
  • Steve Dunn reports on Alan Moore
    Alan Moore
    Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
    
    's new graphic novel, Lost Girls
    Lost Girls
    Lost Girls is a graphic novel depicting the sexually explicit adventures of three important female fictional characters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan...
    
    , for The Oregonian
    The Oregonian
    The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
    
    . The Oregonian
  • The New York Press
    New York Press
    New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, that was published from 1988 to 2011. During its lifetime, it was the main competitor to the Village Voice...
    
     interview Terry Zwigoff
    Terry Zwigoff
    Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheros, and themes of alienation. His fiction films are the features Ghost World , Bad Santa , and Art School Confidential...
    
     and discuss his forthcoming film, Art School Confidential, based upon the graphic novel by Dan Clowes. New York Press
  • The San Francisco Bay Guardian
    San Francisco Bay Guardian
    The San Francisco Bay Guardian is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B...
    
     profile Dan Clowes. San Francisco Bay Guardian
  • ICv2.com discuss the size of the manga market in North America in 2005. ICv2,com
  • The Jyllands-Posten
    Jyllands-Posten
    Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
    
     is suing Michael Christiani Havemann over his comments which allege that the paper's management asked the staff cartoonist to create controversial cartoons since those sent in by freelancers "were not gross enough." Pakistan's Daily Times
  • Variety
    Variety (magazine)
    Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
    
     report that the Silver Surfer
    Silver Surfer
    The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby. The character first appears in Fantastic Four #48 , the first of a three-issue arc that fans call "The Galactus Trilogy"....
    
     may appear in the sequel to the Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
    The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
    
     movie. Variety online
  • Newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
     report that DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     are set to launch new titles, including Raven, Teen Titans East, and relaunches of Justice Society of America
    Justice Society of America
    The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 ....
    
    , Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction comic book series published in the United States by DC Comics, then known as National Comics. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 - 1966, with a further 7 issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title...
    
     and Tales of the Unexpected
    Tales of the Unexpected (comics)
    Tales of the Unexpected was a science fiction comic book published by DC Comics from 1956 to 1968 for 104 issues. It was later renamed The Unexpected although the numbering continued and it ended at issue 222, in 1982...
    
    . newsarama
  • Tim Kreider writes on The New Yorker
    The New Yorker
    The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
    
     cartoon buying process, and his rejection by it. The Pain Comics
• May 4, 2006:
  • CNN
    CNN
    Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
    
     reports on the readership of newspaper comic strips in the U.S.. CNN
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     release first quarter figures, which are better than the company and investors had expected. Reuters
• May 5, 2006:
  • Ron Garney
    Ron Garney
    Ron Garney is a comic book writer/artist, known for his work on books such as JLA,The Amazing Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Daredevil and Captain America.-Career:...
    
     reportedly signs an exclusive contract at Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    . newsarama
  • Brian Doherty discusses DC's recent Infinite Crisis
    Infinite Crisis
    Infinite Crisis is a 2005 - 2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books...
    
     series in the context of George Bush's foreign policy. Reasonon.com
  • Both the National Conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists
    Canadian Association of Journalists
    The Canadian Association of Journalists or L'Association Canadienne des Journalistes in French is one of several Canadian organizations of journalists. It was created to promote excellence in journalism and encourage investigative journalism...
    
     and a convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
    Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
    The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States, Canada and Mexico...
    
     will discuss the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    . Editor&Publisher, CNW
• May 6, 2006:
  • Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     donates a number of comic books to a local hospital as part of Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores. Retailer Joe Field of in Concord, CA brainstormed the event in his "Big Picture" column in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer...
    
     Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
  • It is reported that a series of editorial cartoons may have led to a newspaper's offices in Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
    
     being attacked. Tamil Week
• May 7, 2006:
  • Carla Seaquist discusses the free speech issues surrounding the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
     for the Seattle Times. Seattle Times
  • Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
     is profiled by Artdaily
    Artdaily
    ArtDaily is an Internet-based media company founded in 1996 by editor-in-chief Ignacio Villarreal and a group of professionals in the art world. Its website is presented as an online newspaper, with content updated each day of the week. Its headquarters are located in Mexico City.- Content and...
    
    . Artdaily
• May 8, 2006:
  • Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
     is interviewed on a local news station. ABC Local Chicago
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     rounds up the online reports of the American Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day
    Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores. Retailer Joe Field of in Concord, CA brainstormed the event in his "Big Picture" column in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer...
    
    , held May 6. The Comics Reporter
• May 9, 2006:
  • Jill Thompson
    Jill Thompson
    Jill Thompson is an American comic book writer and illustrator. Probably better known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has also worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman.-Career:Jill Thompson illustrated The Sandman story...
    
     signs a four book deal with HarperCollins
    HarperCollins
    HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
    
    , which will see the artist produce a series of graphic novels starring a young witch, to be aimed at young children. Publishers Weekly
  • The Chicago Sun-Times
    Chicago Sun-Times
    The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...
    
     discusses Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
     and his work. Chicago Sun-Times
  • TokyoPop
    Tokyopop
    Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
    
     announce two new lines of manga books aimed at a younger audience, the Manga Chapters line for 6-9 year olds and the Manga Readers for an 8-12 audience. ICv2.com
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     reports on the recipients of the Xeric Grants. The Comics Reporter
• May 10, 2006:
  • ICv2.com report that Marvel's Moon Knight
    Moon Knight
    Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...
    
     series is to be ongoing, and not a six issue limited series as originally announced. ICv2.com
• May 11, 2006:
  • Five pieces of artwork by Osamu Tezuka
    Osamu Tezuka
    was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
    
     are discovered in the United States. The works were held in a collection at the University of Maryland
    University of Maryland, College Park
    The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
    
    , and were pieces published in the two years following his debut, 1947 and 1948. Asahi.com
  • Islam Online host a debate between cartoonist Signe Wilkinson
    Signe Wilkinson
    Signe Wilkinson is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News. She is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1992 and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the...
    
     and journalist Felicity Arbuthnot regarding the issues of free speech which surround the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    . Islam Online
  • The Star-Gazette
    Star-Gazette
    The Star-Gazette is the major newspaper for Elmira, New York. Based in Elmira, the publication is owned by the Gannett Corporation.-History:...
    
     report on DC's new weekly series, 52
    52 (comics)
    52 was a weekly American comic book limited series published by DC Comics that debuted on May 10, 2006, one week after the conclusion of the seven-issue Infinite Crisis. The series was written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid with layouts by Keith Giffen...
    
     . Star-Gazette
  • Del Rey
    Del Rey Books
    Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn since 1998, by Bertelsmann AG. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy...
    
     announces that they will publish a graphic novel based on Terry Brooks
    Terry Brooks
    Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...
    
    ' Shannara
    Shannara
    Shannara is an epic fantasy series of novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and continuing through Bearers of the Black Staff which was released on August 24, 2010, as well as a prequel, First King of Shannara...
    
     series. Edwin David will provide art, while Robert Place Napton will adapt Brooks' story. The Beat
• May 12, 2006:
  • Italian artist Ferdinando Tacconi
    Ferdinando Tacconi
    Fredinando Tacconi was an Italian comics artist.Tacconi was born in Milan. He earned a degree in Applied Arts from Castello Sforzesco...
    
     dies. afNews
• May 14, 2006:
  • Bob Laughlin cartoonist on the Kitz-n'-Katz series for Eclipse Comics
    Eclipse Comics
    Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market...
    
    , dies. The Comics Reporter
• May 15, 2006:
  • Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
     contributes the cover and an article on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
     for the latest issue of Harper's magazine. The Comics Reporter
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     reports the winners of the Eagle Awards
    Eagle Awards
    The Eagle Award is a series of awards for comic book titles and creators. They are awarded by UK fan voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's Eagle comic, the awards were set up by Mike Conroy, Nick Landau, Colin Campbell, Phil Clarke and Richard Burton, and launched...
    
    , announced last night. Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
    
     is added to the roll of honour and John M. Burns is recognised with an award for Outstanding Achievements in British Comics. The Comics Reporter
  • Michael Gaydos
    Michael Gaydos
    -Biography:At Marvel he has worked with Brian Michael Bendis on Alias and the last storyline of its follow up, The Pulse. He has also illustrated the mini-series Powerless and Daredevil Redemption,...
    
     is announced as the illustrator of Virgin Comics' Snake Woman. Comic Book Resources
• May 16, 2006:
  • Reuters
    Reuters
    Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
    
     report on Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
    's comments on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
     in the latest edition of Harper's magazine. Houston Chronicle
  • First Second announce they have reached an agreement to produce a series of graphic novels based upon the Prince of Persia
    Prince of Persia
    Prince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games....
    
     computer game. The company have also signed two books from the award winning Italian cartoonist Gipi
    Gipi
    Gianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author.-Biography:Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries....
    
    , Tiny Tyrant, a children's book from Lewis Trondheim
    Lewis Trondheim
    Lewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons...
    
     and Will Davis' adaptation of Joseph Bruchac
    Joseph Bruchac
    Joseph Bruchac is a writer of books relating to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a particular focus on northeastern Native American and Anglo-American lives and folklore. He has published works of poetry, novels, and short stories. He is from Saratoga Springs, New York, and is of...
    
    's novel Dawn Land. Publishers Weekly
  • Fantagraphics confirm they are to collect E.C. Segar's daily and Sunday Popeye
    Popeye
    Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and animated cartoons in the cinema as well as on television. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929...
    
     strips in a series of six hardcover volumes. ICv2.com
  • The Pulse report that Mark Wheatley
    Mark Wheatley (comics)
    Mark Wheatley is an American illustrator, writer, editor, and publisher in the comic book field. Wheatley's comic book and pulp creations include Breathtaker, Mars, and Blood of the Innocent, all illustrated by his frequent collaborator Marc Hempel...
    
     is to address the United States Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
    
     today. His presentation is to be on comic books, and is part of the libraries ongoing lecture series. The Pulse
  • ICv2.com report that a new trial date has been set in the case of Georgia v. Gordon Lee
    Gordon Lee (comic store owner)
    Gordon Lee is an American comic book store owner from Rome, Georgia, who is most famous for having been charged with distributing obscene material to a minor in connection with the Free Comic Book Day on Halloween, 2004. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was heavily involved in Lee's defense...
    
    . The CBLDF are defending Lee, a comic book retailer facing trial on two misdemeanors after allegedly giving a free comic book containing nudity to two under-age brothers. The trial is now due to be heard on May 19. ICv2.com
• May 17, 2006:
  • The Virginia Quarterly Review place Jeet Heer's essay "Little Nemo in Comicsland", which discusses the work of Winsor McCay
    Winsor McCay
    Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator.A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades...
    
    , online in their latest issue. The Virginia Quarterly Review
  • BookForum reports on The Comics Journal
    The Comics Journal
    The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels...
    
    's 30th anniversary. BookForum
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
    The Sydney Morning Herald
    The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
    
     profile Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
    
    . The Sydney Morning Herald
• May 18, 2006:
  • The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
    Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
    The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization , formed in 11 February 1991, in The Hague, is an international organization of political organisations and governments representing self-proclaimed "indigenous peoples, minorities, and unrecognised or occupied territories". The organization...
    
     announce that the Dalai Lama
    Dalai Lama
    The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
    
     is to award the Herge Foundation
    Hergé Foundation
    The Hergé Foundation, often known as Moulinsart is the official organization that looks after the world of the famous comic creator Hergé, and his famous creation The Adventures of Tintin, along with his other comics like Quick and Flupke and Jo, Zette and Jocko. They run Hergé's estate, and the...
    
     with the International Campaign for Tibet's Light of Truth. Tsering Jampa, Executive Director of ICT Europe, noted that "For many, Hergé's depiction of Tibet was their introduction to the awe-inspiring landscape and culture of Tibet, while Archbishop Tutu's struggle against apartheid and injustice in the face of adversity is an inspiration to Tibetans around the world." Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
  • The Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée
    Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée
    The Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée is a French association of comics, critics and journalists, who gave the Prix Bloody Mary from 1984 to 2003 and the Prix de la critique from 2004 until the present day. Since 2007 it gives the Prix Asie-ACBD during the Japan Expo...
    
     announce the twenty nominations for the Prix de la critique
    Prix de la critique
    The Prix de la critique is a prize awarded by the Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée to the best comic album released for a year in France. Previously, from 1984 to 2003, it was called Prix Bloody Mary and awarded at the Angoulême International Comics Festival...
    
    . blogobulles, The Comics Reporter
  • The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib," is the second largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
    
     review the work of Chas Fagan, an editorial cartoonist turned historical painter. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• May 19, 2006:
  • ICv2.com notes that the market for graphic novels has continued to grow in the first quarter of 2006, and declares V for Vendetta
    V for Vendetta
    V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...
    
     the top selling graphic novel of the period. ICv2.com
• May 20, 2006:
  • Newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
     discuss the life of Michael Siegel, son of Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
    
     co-creator Jerry Siegel
    Jerry Siegel
    Jerome "Jerry" Siegel , who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S...
    
    . Newsarama
• May 21, 2006:
  • The New York Times
    The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
    
     Sunday Arts & Leisure section runs article "Phoenix's Unresolved Daddy Thing, and Other X-Men Issues", tied to X-Men: The Last Stand
    X-Men: The Last Stand
    X-Men: The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film and the third in the X-Men series. It was directed by Brett Ratner and stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones,...
    
     The New York Times (link may or may not require free registration; link remains in paper's free archive for approximately one week after publication).
• May 22, 2006:
  • Jamie Hewlett
    Jamie Hewlett
    Jamie Christopher Hewlett is an English comic book artist and designer. He is known for being the co-creator of the comic Tank Girl and co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz.-Biography:...
    
     is named the Designer of the Year by the Design Museum
    Design Museum
    Design Museum is a museum by the River Thames near Tower Bridge in central London, England. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design. It was founded in 1989 and claims to be the first museum of modern design...
    
     for his work on the band Gorillaz
    Gorillaz
    Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...
    
    . The Guardian
  • The Independent
    The Independent
    The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
    
     profile cartoonist Gerald Scarfe
    Gerald Scarfe
    Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker...
    
    . The Independent
  • Lee Salem is announced as the next president of the Universal Press Syndicate
    Universal Press Syndicate
    Universal Press Syndicate, a subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, is the world's largest independent press syndicate. It distributes lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and other content. Popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Ebert and News of the Weird...
    
    , to take over from Bob Duffy who retires in July. Editor & Publisher
• May 23, 2006:
  • The Committee to Protect Journalists
    Committee to Protect Journalists
    The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent nonprofit organisation based in New York City that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists.-History:A group of U.S...
    
     report that Iran
    Iran
    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
    
     have closed a newspaper and arrested the editor and cartoonist over the paper's publication of a cartoon depicting a cockroach speaking Azeri. It is also alleged the cartoon featured ethnic slurs. Four people are alleged to have died during rioting in protest of the cartoon's publication. Committee to Protect Journalists Iran news
  • ICv2.com report on comic book and graphic novel sales figures for the month of April, noting that strong sales for DC's Infinite Crisis
    Infinite Crisis
    Infinite Crisis is a 2005 - 2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books...
    
     mini-series helped counter balance a fall in sales in the graphic novel market. ICv2.com
• May 24, 2006:
  • Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
    
     and Adam Rogers discuss the appeal of Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
    
     for Wired. Wired.com
  • New York Newsday
    Newsday
    Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
    
     runs an entertainment-pullout cover feature comparing the X-Men
    X-Men
    The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
    
     and Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
    
     movie franchises New York Newsday (Link remains in paper's free archive for approximately one week after publication).
• May 25, 2006:
  • BlackAmericaWeb.com examine the wider acceptance and profiles of black superheroes. BlackAmericaWeb.com
• May 26, 2006:
  • Philly.com discuss the comic book influences behind the latest X-Men
    X-Men
    The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
    
     movie. Philly.com
  • It is reported that the 2006 recipients of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing will go to Harvey Kurtzman
    Harvey Kurtzman
    Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and the editor of several comic books and magazines. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and the editor of several comic...
    
     and Alvin Schwart. The awards will be made as part of the Eisner Awards on July 21. The Comics Reporter
  • The Nation
    The Nation
    The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
    
     profile caricaturist Edward Sorel
    Edward Sorel
    Edward Sorel is an illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, and graphic designer.Sorel is noted for his wavy pen-and-ink style, which he describes as "spontaneous direct drawing," since he does not use pencil or tracing for guidance...
    
    . The Nation
• May 27, 2006:
  • Alex Toth
    Alex Toth
    Alexander Toth was an American professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Space Ghost, The...
    
     dies. The Comics Reporter
  • Mike Luckovich
    Mike Luckovich
    Michael Edward Luckovich is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989...
    
     wins the 2006 Reuben Award. Reuben.org
  • Canada's The Globe and Mail
    The Globe and Mail
    The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
    
     report on the news that Indigo Books and Music
    Indigo Books and Music
    Indigo Books & Music Inc. is a Canadian retail bookstore chain. The company was founded in 1996 by CEO Heather Reisman, wife of Gerry Schwartz, majority owner and CEO of Onex Corporation....
    
     has refused to carry the latest issue of Harper's magazine due to its printing of the cartoons at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    .Theglobeandmail.com
• May 28, 2006:
  • The New York Times report that the new Batwoman
    Batwoman
    Batwoman is the name of several fictional characters, female counterparts to the superhero Batman. The original version was created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. Her alter ego is Kathy Kane. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media beginning in Detective...
    
     character is to be a lesbian. NY Times
• May 29, 2006:
  • The LA Times discuss the impact of digital piracy on small press
    Small press
    Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
    
     publishers in the comic book market. LA Times
• May 30, 2006:
  • Alex Ross
    Alex Ross
    Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross is an American comic book painter, illustrator, and plotter. He is praised for his realistic, human depictions of classic comic book characters. Since the 1990s he has done work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an...
    
     is to provide covers for Virgin Comics. Comic Book Resources
  • The Caymanian Compass report that two editors of weekly newspapers in Jordan
    Jordan
    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
    
     have been jailed for reprinting the cartoons at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
    . Caymanian Compass
  • The Prix Albert Uderzo for 2006 awards are announced, with works by Baru
    Baru
    Baru was an extinct genus of Australian mekosuchine crocodilian. It was semi-aquatic, around 4 m in length. Being semi-aquatic its habitat was around fresh pools of water in wet forests, ambushing their prey, much like modern species...
    
    ; Steve Cuzor and Frank Giroud; and François Boucq
    François Boucq
    François Boucq , is a French comic book artist. He is most famous for his surreal comics revolving around the main character Jérôme Moucherot.-Biography:...
    
     winning. blogobulles, The Comics Reporter
  • AsianNews discuss the recent closure of a newspaper in Iran
    Iran
    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
    
     and the wider controls which place limits on the freedom of the press
    Freedom of the press
    Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including various electronic media and published materials...
    
    . AsianNews.it
  • Newcity
    Newcity
    Newcity is an independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago that specializes in music, stage, film and art and is notable for launching the careers of numerous cartoonists and writers and art critics. The publication was described by the Chicago Tribune as "sophisticated" and as an "alternative...
    
     announce their Lit 50, a list of "those whose creative influence is the greatest", and include Chris Ware
    Chris Ware
    Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
    
    , Alex Ross
    Alex Ross
    Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross is an American comic book painter, illustrator, and plotter. He is praised for his realistic, human depictions of classic comic book characters. Since the 1990s he has done work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an...
    
    , Jeffrey Brown
    Jeffrey Brown
    Jeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, he had abandoned...
    
     and Paul Hornschemeier
    Paul Hornschemeier
    Paul Hornschemeier is a cartoonist based in Chicago, Illinois, known for his thought-provoking explorations of the layered complexities of human life in his work.-Biography:...
    
    . Newcity
  • ICv2.com carry a statement from Central Park Media
    Central Park Media
    Central Park Media was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York, that was active in the distribution of East Asian cinema, television series, anime, manga and manhwa titles in North America prior to its bankruptcy in 2009...
    
     in which they announce a number of job losses. The statement is released in response to rumors which have circulated on the internet that the company will be declaring bankruptcy. ICv2.com
• May 31, 2006:
  • Alison Bechdel
    Alison Bechdel
    Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.-Early life:...
    
     is profiled by Vermont
    Vermont
    Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
    
    's Seven Days
    Seven Days (newspaper)
    Seven Days is an alternative weekly newspaper that is distributed every Wednesday in Vermont. Seven Days is published by Da Capo Publishing, Inc., and owned by Pamela Polston and Paula Routly. It is distributed free of charge throughout the following areas: Burlington, Middlebury, Montpelier,...
    
     internet magazine. Seven Days
  • The nominees for the 2006 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award are announced via a press release. Jonathan Bennett, R. Kikuo Johnson, Mark Page, Aaron Renier and Chris Samnee are the five artists nominated. newsarama
  • Canada's The Gazette
    The Gazette (Montreal)
    The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
    
     discuss the refusal of Indigo Books and Music
    Indigo Books and Music
    Indigo Books & Music Inc. is a Canadian retail bookstore chain. The company was founded in 1996 by CEO Heather Reisman, wife of Gerry Schwartz, majority owner and CEO of Onex Corporation....
    
     to carry the latest Harper's in the context of freedom of speech. The Gazette

June

• June 1, 2006:
  • ComicFoundry interview Kevin Huizenga
    Kevin Huizenga
    Kevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
    
    . ComicFoundry
  • Bob Levin discusses Alex Toth
    Alex Toth
    Alexander Toth was an American professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Space Ghost, The...
    
     for The Comics Journal
    The Comics Journal
    The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels...
    
    . The Comics Journal
  • Newsarama
    Newsarama
    Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
    
     report that the CBLDF have filed a motion to dismiss in the case of Gordon Lee
    Gordon Lee (comic store owner)
    Gordon Lee is an American comic book store owner from Rome, Georgia, who is most famous for having been charged with distributing obscene material to a minor in connection with the Free Comic Book Day on Halloween, 2004. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was heavily involved in Lee's defense...
    
    , a comic book retailer charged with distributing materials which are alleged to be harmful to minors. newsarama
  • Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon
    Tom Spurgeon is an American writer, historian and editor in the field of comics, notable for his five-year run as editor of The Comics Journal and his blog The Comics Reporter, which he launched in 2004 with site designer Jordan Raphael.-Books:...
    
     comments on the Harvey Awards nominations for 2006, in which Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
     receive the most nominations. The Comics Reporter
• June 2, 2006:
  • Australia's The Age
    The Age
    The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
    
     report on a difficult year for cartoonists. The Age
  • Turkish cartoonist Musa Gümüş wins the 8th PortoCartoon World Festival grand prize, awarded by the National Printing Museum, in Portugal. Turkish Daily News
  • Editor & Publisher
    Editor & Publisher
    Editor & Publisher is a monthly magazine covering the North American newspaper industry. It is based in New York City. E&P calls itself "America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry" and describes itself on its website as "the authoritative journal covering all aspects of the North...
    
     report that the Union of Concerned Scientists
    Union of Concerned Scientists
    The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists. James J...
    
     are launching two cartoon contests, hoping to "encourage amateur and professional cartoonists alike to express concern -- through humor and art -- about the impact of the abuse of science on our safety, health, and environment." Editor & Publisher
  • The LA Times discuss the homosexual interpretations of superheroes, and how these will impact upon the forthcoming Superman Returns
    Superman Returns
    Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
    
     film. LA Times
  • The CBLDF issue a statement outlining their reasons for filing motions to dismiss in the case against Gordon Lee
    Gordon Lee (comic store owner)
    Gordon Lee is an American comic book store owner from Rome, Georgia, who is most famous for having been charged with distributing obscene material to a minor in connection with the Free Comic Book Day on Halloween, 2004. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was heavily involved in Lee's defense...
    
    . The Comics Reporter hosted CBLDF statement in doc format
  • Joe Sinasac comments on the June issue of Harper's, which featured Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
    's comments on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
    
     for the Catholic Register
    Catholic Register (Canada)
    The Catholic Register is the oldest English language Catholic weekly newspaper in Canada, launched in 1893 ....
    
     Catholic Online
• June 4, 2006:
  • The New York Times
    The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
    
     review Mome
    MOME (Comics)
    Mome was a quarterly full-color comics anthology edited by Eric Reynolds , and published by Fantagraphics Books....
    
    , Ganges and La Perdida
    La Perdida
    La Perdida is an independent comic book series created by Jessica Abel and published by Pantheon Books.-Content:La Perdida is a story centered on the life of a young American woman , living abroad in Mexico...
    
    . The New York Times
• June 7, 2006:
  • ICv2.com report that Random House Publishing Group division Villard
    Villard (imprint)
    Villard, also known as Villard Books, is a major publishing imprint of Random House, one of the largest publishing companies in the world. It was founded in 1983. Villard began as an independent imprint of Random House, and are currently an imprint of Ballantine Books, itself a subsidiary of Random...
    
     are to collect Elk's Run
    Elk's Run
    Elk's Run is a comic book limited series created by writer Joshua Hale Fialkov, artist Noel Tuazon, and colorist Scott A. Keating. It was published in book form on March 27, 2007 by Villard...
    
     by Joshua Hale Fialkov
    Joshua Hale Fialkov
    Joshua Hale Fialkov is an American comic book writer who primarily works in the horror genre. He is best known for Echoes, Elk's Run, I, Vampire, and the 2008 film Infected. He has been nominated for multiple Harvey Awards....
    
     and Noel Tuazo in a graphic novel. ICv2.com
• June 8, 2006:
  • Cartoonist Jack "Jaxon
    Jaxon
    Jaxon was the pen name of Jack Jackson , an American cartoonist. Many consider him the first underground comix artist. He co-founded the seminal Rip Off Press.-Career:Jack Jackson was born in 1941 in Pandora, Texas...
    
    " Jackson dies. Austin American-Statesman
• June 9, 2006:
  • The 2006 MOCCA
    Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
    The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is an American not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the production and history of comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art. Located at 594 Broadway in New York City, MoCCA was founded by Lawrence Klein in October 2001.In 2007, MoCCA hired...
    
     Festival begins. The Comics Reporter
• June 10, 2006:
  • Denis Kitchen
    Denis Kitchen
    Denis Kitchen is an American underground cartoonist, publisher, author, and agent from Wisconsin, and the founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.-Early life:...
    
     and John Lind announce formation of Kitchen, Lind & Associates. A company offering artist representation and book packaging of graphic novels for publishers. Article from Publishers Weekly
• June 11, 2006:
  • The Washington Post profile Dan Nadel, author of Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969. Washington Post
• June 12, 2006:
  • Wes Hargis and Hollis Brown rename their strip "Franklin Fibbs", choosing instead the name "Little Fibbs" in an attempt to avoid "pigeon-holing their strip as one aimed at seniors". Dailycartoonist.com
• June 14, 2006:
  • Jean Roba
    Jean Roba
    Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...
    
     dies. BdZoom.com
• June 15, 2006:
  • The Metro
    Metro (Associated Metro Limited)
    Metro is a free daily newspaper in the United Kingdom published by Associated Newspapers Ltd . It is available from Monday to Friday each week on many public transport services across the United Kingdom.-History:The paper was launched in London in 1999, and can now be found in 14 UK urban centres...
    
     report that Spider-Man
    Spider-Man
    Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
    
     is to reveal his secret identity as part of Marvel
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    's Civil War
    Civil War (comics)
    Civil War is a 2006-2007 Marvel Comics crossover storyline built around a self-titled seven-issue limited series written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven, which ran through various other titles published by Marvel at the time...
    
     storyline. Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada
    Joe Quesada
    Joseph "Joe" Quesada is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom...
    
     describes it as "one of the biggest revelations in comic book history". Metro
• June 29, 2006:
  • PBS
    Public Broadcasting Service
    The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
    
     discuss Tintin
    Tintin (character)
    Tintin is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé. Tintin is the protagonist of the series, a reporter and adventurer who travels around the world with his dog Snowy....
    
     and his status as a work of comic art in the United States, and ask six leading comics artists to comment on Herge
    Hergé
    Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
    
    's creation. PBS, PBS

July

• July 7, 2006:
  • Indigo Books and Music
    Indigo Books and Music
    Indigo Books & Music Inc. is a Canadian retail bookstore chain. The company was founded in 1996 by CEO Heather Reisman, wife of Gerry Schwartz, majority owner and CEO of Onex Corporation....
    
    , Canada's largest bookseller, refuses to carry another magazine, Free Inquiry
    Free Inquiry
    Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which is part of the Center for Inquiry. Philosopher Paul Kurtz is the editor-in-chief and Thomas W. Flynn the editor. Feature articles cover a wide range of topics from a...
    
     which reprints some of the cartoons at the centre of the controversy. Indigo had previously withdrawn the June edition of Harper's. The Globe and Mail
  • Tony Millionaire
    Tony Millionaire
    Tony Millionaire is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip Maakies and the Sock Monkey series of comics and picture books.-Early life:...
    
     is interviewed by Suicidegirls.com. Suicide girls.com
• July 8, 2006:
  • Denis Kitchen
    Denis Kitchen
    Denis Kitchen is an American underground cartoonist, publisher, author, and agent from Wisconsin, and the founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.-Early life:...
    
     discusses the future plans of the Eisner
    Will Eisner
    William Erwin "Will" Eisner was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an...
    
     estate with Eisner biographer Bob Andelman. A Spirited Life.com
• July 9, 2006:
  • The Malaysia Star looks at the growth in digital manga
    Manga
    Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
    
    . Malaysian Star
  • Zapiro
    Zapiro
    Jonathan Shapiro, born 1958 in Cape Town, is a South African cartoonist, famous as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions...
    
     discusses the suit for defamation filed against him by former deputy president Jacob Zuma
    Jacob Zuma
    Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
    
    . Independent online
• July 10, 2006:
  • Blogcritics.org review Alan Moore
    Alan Moore
    Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
    
    's forthcoming Lost Girls
    Lost Girls
    Lost Girls is a graphic novel depicting the sexually explicit adventures of three important female fictional characters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan...
    
    . Blogcritics.org
  • The Mercury News profiles Stan Lee
    Stan Lee
    Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
    
    . The Mercury News
  • The Book Standard discuss the challenges facing publishers of comics and graphic novels. The Book Standard
• July 11, 2006:
  • The Village Voice
    The Village Voice
    The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
    
     discuss Alison Bechdel
    Alison Bechdel
    Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.-Early life:...
    
    's new work, Fun Home. Village Voice
  • Editor & Publisher
    Editor & Publisher
    Editor & Publisher is a monthly magazine covering the North American newspaper industry. It is based in New York City. E&P calls itself "America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry" and describes itself on its website as "the authoritative journal covering all aspects of the North...
    
     discuss reports that Johnny Hart
    Johnny Hart
    Johnny Hart was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strip B.C. and co-creator of the strip The Wizard of Id. Hart was recognized with several awards, including the Swedish Adamson Award and five from the National Cartoonists Society...
    
    's 3 July B.C. strip was insulting of Islam
    Islam
    Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
    
    . Editor & Publisher
  • India is reportedly taking to the graphic novel
    Graphic novel
    A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
    
     format. Business Standard
  • The Times
    The Times
    The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
    
     discusses the wish fulfillment nature of Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
    
    . The Times
  • Daily Press.com report on the influence John Henry
    John Henry (folklore)
    John Henry is an American folk hero and tall tale. Henry worked as a "steel-driver"—a man tasked with hammering and chiseling rock in the construction of tunnels for railroad tracks. In the legend, John Henry's prowess as a steel-driver was measured in a race against a steam powered hammer,...
    
     may have had on the visual iconography of the superhero
    Superhero
    A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
    
    . Dailypress.com
• July 12, 2006:
  • The Australian
    The Australian
    The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
    
     report on the collecting of back issues. The Australian
  • Denis Kitchen
    Denis Kitchen
    Denis Kitchen is an American underground cartoonist, publisher, author, and agent from Wisconsin, and the founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.-Early life:...
    
     is interviewed by On Milwaukee. On Milwaukee
  • Reporters without Borders
    Reporters Without Borders
    Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
    
     warn Jacob Zuma
    Jacob Zuma
    Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
    
     against suing the media for defamation, noting "A successful lawsuit by you would give a blank cheque to Africa's authoritarian regimes, which would use your example to attack their own press". Amongst those currently being sued over reports regarding Zuma's recent trial for alleged rape is the cartoonist Zapiro
    Zapiro
    Jonathan Shapiro, born 1958 in Cape Town, is a South African cartoonist, famous as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions...
    
    . Zuma was found to be not guilty of the crime. IAfrica.com
  • An online editorial in The Baltimore Examiner
    The Baltimore Examiner
    The Baltimore Examiner was a free daily newspaper, one of the two big dailies in Baltimore, Maryland . It was launched in 2006 by the Philip Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group as part of a national chain that includes The San Francisco Examiner and The Washington Examiner...
    
     discusses the issues of free speech which face a cartoonist, prompted by the controversy. Baltimore Examiner
• July 13, 2006:
  • Website Hour
    Hour
    The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds...
    
     interviews Jim Woodring
    Jim Woodring
    Jim Woodring is a Seattle-based cartoonist, comic book author, artist and toy designer. He also produces fine art works in a variety of other media, including painting and charcoal....
    
    . Hour
  • The Star-Gazette
    Star-Gazette
    The Star-Gazette is the major newspaper for Elmira, New York. Based in Elmira, the publication is owned by the Gannett Corporation.-History:...
    
     profile Virgin Comics. Star-Gazette
  • John Woo
    John Woo
    John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...
    
     and Garth Ennis
    Garth Ennis
    Garth Ennis is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise...
    
     are to collaborate on a comic book for Virgin Comics. Comic Book Resources
  • Virgin Comics and Panini Comics
    Panini Comics
    Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
    
     sign a deal to cover licensing of Virgin Comics publications in Continental Europe and Latin America. Comic Book Resources
• July 14, 2006:
  • Tom Frame
    Tom Frame
    Tom Frame was a British comics letterer. He created dialogue for the majority of the Judge Dredd strips, as well as other stories including over 300 stories in 2000 AD and Transformers....
    
    , letterer of Judge Dredd
    Judge Dredd
    Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
    
    , dies of cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
    
    . The Comics Reporter
  • The nominations for the 2006 Doug Wright Wright Awards are announced. The Comics Reporter
  • It is reported that Musa Kart has won the Turkish Journalists' Association's "2006 Freedom of the Press Award", which will be awarded on the 24 July at Dolmabahce Palace
    Dolmabahçe Palace
    Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coastline of the Bosphorus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922, apart from a 22-year interval in which Yıldız Palace was used.- History :Dolmabahçe Palace...
    
    . The New Anatolian
  • The Toronto Star
    Toronto Star
    The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
    
     report that Indigo Books & Music refusal to carry the June edition of Harper's magazine may have boosted sales. The magazine featured Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman
    Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
    
    's thoughts on caricature
    Caricature
    A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.Caricatures can be...
    
     and also reprints cartoons at the centre of the . Toronto Star
  • The Edmonton Journal
    Edmonton Journal
    The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network.-History:The Journal was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old...
    
     discusses webcomics. Edmonton Journal
  • Comics retailer Brian Hibbert discusses the impact the move to trade paperbacks is having on sell-through in the comic book and graphic novel market. newsarama
• July 15, 2006:
  • The Arizona Daily Star
    Arizona Daily Star
    The Arizona Daily Star is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States. The paper was purchased by Pulitzer in 1971; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005....
    
     reports that Garry Trudeau
    Garry Trudeau
    Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip.-Background and education:...
    
     has been awarded the Vietnam Veterans of America's President's Award for Excellence in the Arts. Arizona Daily Star
• July 16, 2006:
  • The Washington Post discuss the issues surrounding Alan Moore
    Alan Moore
    Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
    
    's forthcoming Lost Girls
    Lost Girls
    Lost Girls is a graphic novel depicting the sexually explicit adventures of three important female fictional characters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan...
    
     and the manner in which comic book retailers will handle it. Washington Post
  • The San Diego Union-Tribune run articles on Daniel Clowes
    Daniel Clowes
    Daniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
    
    , the San Diego Comic-con founder Shel Dorf
    Shel Dorf
    Sheldon "Shel" Dorf was an American comic-strip letterer and freelance artist and the founder of the San Diego Comic-Con International...
    
     and the convention itself as a preview to this weeks convention. Invasion of the comic fanatics, 'Scam' artist, Comic-Com's Dorf watches sadly from the sidelines as T-shirts trump talent
• July 17, 2006:
  • Mickey Spillane
    Mickey Spillane
    Frank Morrison Spillane , better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally...
    
     dies. Spillane contributed text pieces to comic books early in his career. The Comics Reporter
  • Daryl Cagle
    Daryl Cagle
    Daryl Cagle is the editorial cartoonist for msnbc.com.Cagle worked with The Muppets from 1979 through 1993. He drew a daily editorial cartoon panel titled, "TRUE!" for Tribune Media Services in 1995 and went on to draw local editorial cartoons for Hawaii's Midweek newspaper...
    
     comments on the effects the "Orphan Works Act of 2006" will have on cartoonists if it is enacted. Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
  • ICv2.com report on graphic novel and comic book sales for the month of June. ICv2.com
  • The Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards are announced with The Perry Bible Fellowship
    The Perry Bible Fellowship
    The Perry Bible Fellowship is a newspaper comic strip and webcomic by Nicholas Gurewitch. It originated in the Syracuse University newspaper The Daily Orange. The comics are usually three or four panels long, and are generally characterized by the juxtaposition of whimsical childlike imagery or...
    
     winning the "Outstanding Comic" award. Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards Forum
  • The Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
    
     report on the number of books and graphic novels being released by Indian artists based on characters from Indian mythology
    Hindu mythology
    Hindu religious literature is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas. As such, it is a subset of Nepali and Indian culture...
    
    . Hindustan Times
• July 18, 2006:
  • The Independent
    The Independent
    The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
    
     looks at the comic book adaptation of the official inquiry into the 9/11 attacks. The Independent
  • DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
    
     promote Karen Berger
    Karen Berger
    Karen Berger is an American comic book editor. She is best known as the Executive Editor of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...
    
     to Senior Vice President—Executive Editor, Vertigo. The Comics Reporter
• July 19, 2006:
  • Two members of Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
    
    ' licensing team have left the company, according to an ICv2.com report. ICv2.com
  • The Kansas City Infozine review "Enduring Outrage: Editorial Cartoons by Herblock", an exhibition of selected works by the cartoonist at the United States Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
    
    . Kansas City Infozine
• July 23: Vernon Grant
  Vernon Grant
  Vernon Ethelbert Grant was a cartoonist who did graphic novels, and is also known for his digest-sized comic book series, The Love Rangers...
  
  , creator of The Love Rangers, passes away at age 71.

August

• August 8: The Chemistry Set launches.
• August 9: Launch of "Connections", in 2000 AD
  2000 AD (comic)
  2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
  
   #1500, the introduction to the major Judge Dredd
  Judge Dredd
  Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
  
   storyline "Origins
  Origins (Judge Dredd story)
  Origins is one of the longest Judge Dredd storylines to run in the pages of British comic 2000 AD. Making extensive use of flashbacks, it tells the story of how the Judges of Mega-City One rose to power. It was written by John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, who between them created...
  
  " (by John Wagner
  John Wagner
  John Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...
  
   and Kev Walker
  Kev Walker
  Kevin "Kev" Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who worked mainly on 2000 AD and Warhammer comics and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering...
  
  ). 2000adonline.com
• August 31: Hill and Wang
  Hill and Wang
  Hill & Wang is an American book publishing company focused on American history, world history, and politics. It is a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux....
  
   release The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson
  Sid Jacobson
  Sid Jacobson is an American writer, having worked in the fields of children's comic books, popular music, fiction, biography, and non-fiction comics. He was managing editor and editor in chief for Harvey Comics, where he created the comics Richie Rich, Hot Stuff, and Casper the Friendly Ghost...
  
   and Ernie Colón
  Ernie Colon
  Ernie Colón is an American comics artist, born on July 13, 1931,Colón was born in Puerto Rico and began his professional career at Harvey Comics as a letterer. He later worked, uncredited, as an artist on titles including Monster in My Pocket, Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost...
  
  . The project is done under the blessing of 9/11 Commission
  9/11 Commission
  The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks", including preparedness for and the immediate response to...
  
   co-chairs Thomas Kean
  Thomas Kean
  Thomas Howard Kean is an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 48th Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. Kean is best known globally, however, for his 2002 appointment as Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, widely known as the...
  
   and Lee H. Hamilton
  Lee H. Hamilton
  Lee Herbert Hamilton is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party, Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999...
  
  , who write a foreword to the book.

September

• September 4: Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
   celebrates the first "Día de la Historieta" (National Comic's Day).
• September 5: John McLusky
  John McLusky
  John McLusky is a former comics artist best known as the original artist of the comic strip featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond.-Biography:...
  
  , a cartoonist, best known as the original artist of Ian Fleming
  Ian Fleming
  Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
  
  's James Bond
  James Bond
  James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
  
   comic series for the Daily Express
  Daily Express
  The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
  
  , dies at the age of 83. 007magazine.co.uk
• September 13: The main "Origins
  Origins (Judge Dredd story)
  Origins is one of the longest Judge Dredd storylines to run in the pages of British comic 2000 AD. Making extensive use of flashbacks, it tells the story of how the Judges of Mega-City One rose to power. It was written by John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, who between them created...
  
  " storyline starts (by John Wagner
  John Wagner
  John Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...
  
   and Carlos Ezquerra
  Carlos Ezquerra
  Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra , who has also worked under the alias L. John Silver, is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra...
  
  ). 2000adonline.com
• September 20: Golden Age
  Golden Age of Comic Books
  The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s...
  
   artist Ernie Schroeder
  Ernie Schroeder
  Ernest C. "Ernie" Schroeder was an American comic book artist and a commercial illustrator and sculptor, best known for drawing and co-writing Hillman Periodicals' influential muck-monster the Heap from 1949 to 1953....
  
   dies at age 90.

October

• October 11: The Best American series
  Best American series
  The Best American Series is an annually-published collection of books, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, each of which features a different genre or theme. Each book selects from works published in North America during the previous year, selected by a guest editor who is an established writer...
  
   releases the inaugural The Best American Comics publication. The collection is edited by Harvey Pekar
  Harvey Pekar
  Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name.Pekar described American Splendor as "an...
  
   and Anne Elizabeth Moore
  Anne Elizabeth Moore
  Anne Elizabeth Moore is an editor, artist, and author of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing and the Erosion of Integrity, and Hey Kidz, Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People.She also writes for the The Phoenix,...
  
  .
• October 18:
  • Don R. Christensen
    Don R. Christensen
    Donald Ragnvald Christensen was an American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor. He was sometimes credited as "Don Arr"....
    
     dies at age 90.
  • The Authority #1 released (by Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
    
     and Gene Ha
    Gene Ha
    Gene Ha is an American comics artist and writer best known for his work on books such as Top 10 and Top 10: The Forty-Niners, with Alan Moore and Zander Cannon, for America's Best Comics, the Batman graphic novel Fortunate Son, with Gerard Jones, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, among...
    
    ). DC Comics.com
  • 1001 Nights of Snowfall
    1001 Nights of Snowfall
    Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall is a graphic novel prequel to the comic book series Fables written by series creator Bill Willingham with a variety of artists. It was released on October 18, 2006 by Vertigo....
    
     hardcover edition released under the Vertigo imprint (by Bill Willingham
    Bill Willingham
    Bill Willingham is an American writer and artist of comics.-Career:Willingham got his start in the late 1970s to early 1980s as a staff artist for TSR, Inc., where he illustrated a number of their role-playing game products...
    
    ).
  • Wildcats
    Wildcats (comics)
    Wildcats, sometimes rendered WildCats or WildC.A.T.s, is a fictional superhero team created by the American comic book artist Jim Lee and writer Brandon Choi.-Publication history:...
    
     #1 released (by Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
    
     and Jim Lee
    Jim Lee
    Jim Lee is a Korean-American comic book artist, writer, editor and publisher. He first broke into the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics, illustrating titles such as Alpha Flight and Punisher War Journal, before gaining a great deal of popularity on The Uncanny X-Men...
    
    ). DC Comics.com

November

• November 1: Midnighter #1 released (by Garth Ennis
  Garth Ennis
  Garth Ennis is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise...
  
   and Chris Sprouse
  Chris Sprouse
  Chris Sprouse is an American comic book artist.-Biography:Chris Sprouse was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the age of 3 he moved with his family to New Delhi, India where he first discovered comics as he was unable to play outside due to the dangerous amount of snakes in the house yard...
  
  ). DC Comics.com
• November 23: Jerry Bails
  Jerry Bails
  Jerry Gwin Bails was an American popular culturist. Known as the "Father of Comic Book Fandom", he was one of the first to approach the comic book field as a subject worthy of academic study, and was a primary force in establishing 1960s comics fandom.- Early life :Jerry G. Bails was born June...
  
  , "the father of comics fandom", dies at age 73.
• November 26: Dave Cockrum
  Dave Cockrum
  David Emmett Cockrum was an American comic book artist known for his co-creation of the new X-Men characters Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus...
  
  , co-creator of the new X-Men
  X-Men
  The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
  
  , dies at age 63.

December

• December 9: Martin Nodell
  Martin Nodell
  Martin Nodell was an American cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern. Some of his work appeared under the pen name "Mart Dellon."-Early life and career:...
  
  , creator of the Golden Age
  Golden Age of Comic Books
  The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s...
  
   Green Lantern
  Alan Scott
  Alan Scott is a fictional character, a superhero in the and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern.-Publication history:The original Green Lantern was created by young struggling artist Martin Nodell, who was inspired by the sight of a New York Subway employee waving a red lantern to...
  
  , passes away at age 91.
• December 13: Prog 2007 of 2000 AD
  2000 AD (comic)
  2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
  
   released, a yearly extra length special that saw the start of two new series: Stickleback
  Stickleback (comics)
  Stickleback is the eponymous title character of a steampunk comic series created by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli appearing in UK comics anthology 2000 AD...
  
   (by Ian Edginton
  Ian Edginton
  Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...
  
   and D'Israeli
  D'Israeli
  Matt Brooker, whose work most often appears under the pseudonym D'Israeli , is a British comic artist, colorist, writer and letterer. Other pseudonyms he uses include "Molly Eyre" , for his writing, and "Harry V...
  
  ) and Kingdom
  Kingdom (comics)
  Kingdom is a comic series created by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson and published in 2000 AD starting in 2006.The story revolves around a genetically modified dog named after Gene Hackman...
  
   (by Dan Abnett
  Dan Abnett
  Dan Abnett is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, including 2000 AD...
  
   and Richard Elson
  Richard Elson
  Richard Elson is a British comic book artist best known for his work on Sonic the Comic, 2000 AD and Thor.-Biography:Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over sixteen years experience as a cartoonist and illustrator....
  
  ). 2000adonline.com
• December 17: Prolific writer Joe Gill
  Joe Gill
  Joseph Gill was an American magazine writer and highly prolific comic book scripter. Most of his work was for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the superheroes Captain Atom, Peacemaker, and Judomaster, among others. Comics historians consider Gill a top contender as the comic-book field's most...
  
   dies at age 87.
• December 19: Jack Burnley
  Jack Burnley
  Jack Burnley was the pen name of Hardin Burnley, an American comic book artist and illustrator. Burnley was the first artist, after co-creator Joe Shuster, to draw Superman.-Early career:...
  
  , Superman
  Superman
  Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
  
   artist and co-creator of Starman
  Starman (Ted Knight)
  Starman is a fictional comic book superhero in the , and a member of the Justice Society of America. Created by artist Jack Burnley and editors Whit Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 .-Fictional character...
  
  , passes away at age 95.
• December 20: The Spirit
  The Spirit
  The Spirit is a crime-fighting fictional character created by writer-artist Will Eisner. He first appeared June 2, 1940 in "The Spirit Section", the colloquial name given to a 16-page Sunday supplement, distributed to 20 newspapers by the Register and Tribune Syndicate and reaching five million...
  
   #1, written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke
  Darwyn Cooke
  Darwyn Cooke is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, best known for his work on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter.-Career:...
  
   is released. DC Comics

Exhibitions and shows

• August 25, 2005 - April 26:"À l'école de l'amour" by Julie Doucet
  Julie Doucet
  Julie Doucet is a Canadian former underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary...
  
   at the Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, Montreal
  Montreal
  Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
  
  , Canada.
• October 1, 2005 - April 30: "Gross, Gruesome and Gothic" at the Cartoon Art Museum
  Cartoon Art Museum
  The Cartoon Art Museum is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the Western United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art...
  
  , San Francisco, USA.
• 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
  Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
  
   and the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA.
• December 22, 2005 - April 30: "Why Do They Hate U.S.? An International Perspective on American Politics and Culture" at the Cartoon Art Museum
  Cartoon Art Museum
  The Cartoon Art Museum is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the Western United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art...
  
  , San Francisco, USA.
• 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
  Musée du Fumeur
  The Musée du Fumeur is a private museum of smoking located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris at 7 rue Pache, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged...
  
  , Paris, France.
• January 19 - July 9: "Seth" at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
  Guelph
  Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
  
  , Canada.
• January 20 - February 25: "Speak: Nine Cartoonists" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York City, USA.
• January 24 - February 19: "Alternative Girlhood: Diaristic Indulgence and Contemporary Female Artists" at the Tower Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York
  State University of New York
  The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...
  
  , Brockport, USA.
• 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
  Cartoon Art Museum
  The Cartoon Art Museum is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the Western United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art...
  
  , San Francisco, USA.
• February 2 - March 11: "Fine Line" at the Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, USA.
• February 4 - May 29: "Sugar and Spice: Little Girls in the Funnies" at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa
  Santa Rosa, California
  Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
  
   USA.
• February 7 - April 8: "Comic Art in Democratic Spain: 1975-2005/6" at the Instituto Cervantes New York, New York City, USA.
• February 10 - March 11: "Chippendale.Hong.Lyon.Paper Rad" at the Gallery Agniel, Providence
  Providence, Rhode Island
  Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
  
  , USA.
• February 11 - May 7: "Small Press Spotlight Featuring: Gene Yang" at the Cartoon Art Museum
  Cartoon Art Museum
  The Cartoon Art Museum is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the Western United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art...
  
  , San Francisco, USA.
• February 22 - April 8: "Neo Sincerity: The Difference Between the Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter" at Apexart
  Apexart
  Apexart is a not-for-profit art space in Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1994, apexart presents exhibitions, host international residents, and publishes books...
  
  , New York City, USA.
• February 25 - May 1: The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
  Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
  The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is an American not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the production and history of comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art. Located at 594 Broadway in New York City, MoCCA was founded by Lawrence Klein in October 2001.In 2007, MoCCA hired...
  
   host "Todd McFarlane: A Retrospective Exhibit", New York City, USA. newsarama
• March 7–17: "The Art of V For Vendetta" at The Guardian newsroom, London, UK.
• March 11 - April 30: Francesca Ghermandi dedicherà il suo nuovo libro "Un'estate a Tombstone", Modena
  Modena
  Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
  
  , 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
  Tate Britain
  Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.-History:It...
  
  , London, UK.
• March 30 - April 29: "Segismundo y otros mundos" by Sylvia Libedinsky at La Sala Vincon, Barcelona
  Barcelona
  Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
  
  , Spain.
• March 31 - June 25: Satirical Portraits: The Style of Nick Anderson at the Toledo Museum of Art
  Toledo Museum of Art
  The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio, United States. The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901, and moved to its present location, a Greek revival building designed by Edward B....
  
  , Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
  
  .
• April - September: "Satirical London: 300 years of irreverent images" at the Museum of London
  Museum of London
  The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Prehistoric to the present day. The museum is located close to the Barbican Centre, as part of the striking Barbican complex of buildings created in the 1960s and 70s as an innovative approach to re-development within a bomb damaged...
  
  , London, UK.
• April 1 - June 25: "No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics" at the Cartoon Art Museum
  Cartoon Art Museum
  The Cartoon Art Museum is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the Western United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art...
  
  , San Francisco, USA.
• 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
  Scottish National Portrait Gallery
  The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery on Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. It holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. In addition it also holds the Scottish National Photography Collection...
  
  , Edinburgh
  Edinburgh
  Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
  
  , UK.
• April 10 - June 16: "Steve Bell Does Art" at the University of Leeds
  University of Leeds
  The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
  
   Gallery, Leeds
  Leeds
  Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
  
  , UK.
• April 17–30: The Mathematical Explanations Behind Silly Drawings at The Custard Factory, Birmingham
  Birmingham
  Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
  
  , United Kingdom.
• April 26 - May 31: "The Strip Exhibition" at the Nest Gallery, Brighton
  Brighton
  Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
  
  , United Kingdom.
• April 29 - August 13: "Masters of American Comics" at the Milwaukee Art Museum
  Milwaukee Art Museum
  The Milwaukee Art Museum is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Beginning around 1872, multiple organizations were founded in order to bring an art gallery to Milwaukee, as the city was still a growing port town with little or no facilities to hold major art exhibitions...
  
   Milwaukee, USA.
• April 29 - May 3: "Stripburger: Honey Talks" at the Grrr! Festival, Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
  .
• May 6 - May 14: "She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists" at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
  Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
  The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is an American not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the production and history of comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art. Located at 594 Broadway in New York City, MoCCA was founded by Lawrence Klein in October 2001.In 2007, MoCCA hired...
  
  , New York City, USA.
• May 6 - September 3: "Chris Ware" at the Museum of Contemporary Art
  Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues...
  
   Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  , USA.
• June 1 - August 31: "A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle" by Winsor McCay
  Winsor McCay
  Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator.A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades...
  
   at The Ohio State University
  Ohio State University
  The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
  
   Cartoon Research Library, Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  , USA.
• June 9 - August 31: "Stripburger: Honey Talks" at the Serietiket, Stockholm
  Stockholm
  Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
  
  , Sweden.
• June 24 - August 31: "OPOLIS: A Comix Fluxture" at the Flux Factory, New York City, USA.
• September 15 - January 6, 2007: "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present" at the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
  Providence, Rhode Island
  Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
  
  , USA.
• September 15 – January 28, 2007: "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum
  Jewish Museum (New York)
  The Jewish Museum of New York, an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, is the leading Jewish museum in the United States. With over 26,000 objects, it contains the largest collection of art and Jewish culture outside of museums in Israel. The museum is housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in...
  
  , New York City and Newark
  Newark, New Jersey
  Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
  
   Museum, New Jersey
  New Jersey
  New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
  
  .

Conventions

• January 25–28: Angoulême International Comics Festival
  Angoulême International Comics Festival
  The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
  
  , website, Angoulême
  Angoulême
  -Main sights:In place of its ancient fortifications, Angoulême is encircled by boulevards above the old city walls, known as the Remparts, from which fine views may be obtained in all directions. Within the town the streets are often narrow. Apart from the cathedral and the hôtel de ville, the...
  
  , France.
• February 10–12: WonderCon
  WonderCon
  WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention, held in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987.The convention was conceived by retailer John Barrett and originally held in the Oakland Convention Center, where it remained until 2003, when it moved to San...
  
  , website, San Francisco, USA.
• February 24–26: MegaCon
  MegaCon
  MegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a large convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, gaming, and multi-genre community, occurring between late February and early March at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA.An attendee will find over of exhibit...
  
  , website, Orlando
  Orlando, Florida
  Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
  
  , USA.
• February 24–26: New York Comic-Con
  New York Comic-Con
  The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.-History:The first event was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...
  
  , website, New York City, USA.
• March 3–6: Napoli Comicon, website, Naples
  Naples
  Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
  
  , Italy.
• March 11: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing, website, London, UK.
• March 17–19: WizardWorld, website, Los Angeles, USA.
• March 31 - April 2: Small Press Expo, website, Stockholm
  Stockholm
  Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
  
  , Sweden.
• April 1: Fluke: A Mini-comics/Zine Explosion, website, Athens, Georgia
  Athens, Georgia
  Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
  
  , USA.
• April 1–2: Emerald City Comicon
  Emerald City ComiCon
  The Emerald City Comicon is an annual comic book convention taking place in Seattle, Washington. Originally taking place at the city's Qwest Field , the venue changed to its current home at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center since 2008...
  
  , website, Seattle, USA.
• April 1–9: Fumetto International Comix Festival, website Lucern, Switzerland.
• April 8–9: APE: The Alternative Press Expo
  Alternative Press Expo
  The Alternative Press Expo or APE, as it is more commonly known, is a comics convention. It was founded in 1994 by Dan Vado as an event for self-publishers, independent publishers and alternative cartoonists to showcase their books. It was originally held in San Jose, California. Comic-Con...
  
   website, San Francisco, USA.
• April 28–30: Toronto Comicon
  Toronto Comicon
  #Toronto Comicon, Comic Con or Comic-Con are slang ways of saying Toronto Comic Book Convention and a few companies have used the term to promote comic book conventions in the city of Toronto, Canada.Examples:...
  
  , website, Toronto
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
  , Canada.
• May 6–7: Comicdom Con Athens, website, Athens
  Athens
  Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
  
  , Greece.
• May 13: SPACE 2006: Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo website, Columbus
  Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
  
  , USA.
• May 13–14: Bristol Comic Expo
  Comic Expo
  Comic Expo is the name given to the UK's largest comic book event. It is held twice a year: in Bristol in the spring and in Brighton in the autumn...
  
  , website, Bristol
  Bristol
  Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
  
  , UK.
• May 20: Olympia Comics Festival, website, Olympia, Washington
  Olympia, Washington
  Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...
  
  , USA.
• June 3–4: Stripdgen Haarlem, website Haarlem
  Haarlem
  Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
  
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
  .
• June 10–11: MoCCA Art Festival
  MoCCA Art Festival
  The MoCCA Art Festival is an independent comics showcase that typically includes artist booths, slide shows, and educational panels. It was created by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in 2002 by bringing together over 2,000 artists, publishers, editors and enthusiasts.-History:The MoCCA Art...
  
   website, New York City, USA.
• June 15–18: Comic-Salon, website, Erlangen
  Erlangen
  Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the confluence of the river Regnitz and its large tributary, the Untere Schwabach.Erlangen has more than 100,000 inhabitants....
  
  , Germany.
• July 1–2: London Film & Comic Con, website, London, UK.
• July 20–23: Comic-Con International
  Comic-Con International
  San Diego Comic-Con International, also known as Comic-Con International: San Diego , and commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of San Diegans...
  
  , website, San Diego, USA.
• August 5–6: Caption, website, Oxford
  Oxford
  The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
  
  , UK.
• August 18–20: Animecon IV, website, Helsinki
  Helsinki
  Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
  
  , Finland.
• September 8–10: Raptus Bergen International Comics Festival, website, Bergen, Norway.
• September 9–10: Baltimore Comic-Con
  Baltimore Comic-Con
  The Baltimore Comic-Con is a comic book-oriented fan convention held in the fall of every year since its inception in 2000. Founded by Marc Nathan, owner of Cards, Comics, and Collectibles of Reistertown, MD, the show was originally a one-day show held at the Sheraton Hotel in the Baltimore...
  
  , website, Baltimore
  Baltimore
  Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
  
  , USA.
• October 12–14: International Comic Arts Festival, website, Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
  
  , USA.
• October 13–14: SPX
  Small Press Expo
  The Small Press Expo is an alternative comics convention that takes place every September or October in Bethesda, Maryland. It rivals the Alternative Press Expo as the premiere convention for alternative comics creators and fans. SPX is the home of the Ignatz Awards, which have been presented...
  
  , website, Bethesda, Maryland
  Bethesda, Maryland
  Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
  
  , USA.

First issues by title

Release: December 2006 by Boom! Studios

Boom! Studios

BOOM! Studios is an American comic book company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The "BOOM!" in BOOM! Studios is always capitalized by the company.-History:BOOM! was founded June 22, 2005 with Zombie Tales #1....

. Writers: Dan Abnett

Dan Abnett

Dan Abnett is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, including 2000 AD...

 and Ian Edginton

Ian Edginton

Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...

. Art by: Lui Antonio and JM Ringuet.