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2003 in comics

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The following events happened in the world of comics in the year 2003.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Specific date unknown

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Deaths

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January

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  • January 1: Warren Whipple, American comics artist (continued There Oughta Be a Law!), dies at age 92.[19]
  • January 2: Jack Keller, American comics artist (Kid Colt) dies at age 80.[20]
  • January 8: Franz Drappier, aka Franz, Belgian comics artist (Hypérion, Lester Cockney, Thomas Noland, continued Jugurtha and Jerry Spring), dies at age 54.[21]
  • January 10: Ramón Sabatés, Spanish comics artist (Casimiro Noteví, Agente tel TBI, worked on Los Grandes Inventos de TBO), dies at age 87.[22]
  • January 14: Rémy Bordelet, French comics artist (continued Big Bill le Casseur), dies at age 71.[23]
  • January 20: Mose, French comics artist (Zano, Roméo), dies at age 85.[24]
  • January 28: Leoncio Rojas Cruzat, aka Leo, Chilean comics artist (Macabeo, Castañita, Hurgando el Deporte, Pasionario, Contrafuegos, Solterina), dies at age 83.[25]
  • January 30:

February

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March

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  • March 2: Bill Woggon, American comics artist (Katy Keene), dies at age 92.[31]
  • March 3: Dave Pascal, American cartoonist and comics artist (The New Yorker), dies at age 84.[32]
  • March 11: Frans Verstreken, Belgian publisher, writer and curator (organized the annual Salon van de Vlaamse Humor (Salon of Flemish Comedy) exhibition highlighting work by Flemish cartoonists), dies at age 80.[33][34]
  • March 12:
    • Branco Karabajic, Croatian comics artist and animator (Rolf Kauka comics, Pauli, Familie Mausbein), dies at age 77.[35]
    • Thomas Warkentin, American animator, comics writer (continued Flash Gordon) and comic artist (Star Trek newspaper comic), dies at age 67.[36]
  • March 16: Auguste, French comic artist (Les Cromagnonneries), dies at age 62. [37]
  • March 22: Fernando Carpucino, Italian painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.[38]
  • Specific date in March unknown: Angus Scott, British comics artist (assisted on Riders of the Range, Belinda Blue Eyes and Ruggles), dies at age 94. [39]

April

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  • April 3: Karel Boumans, aka Kabou, Belgian comics artist (De Avonturen van Olivier, Bert Crak, Roel Harding, Studio Vandersteen, continued De Lustige Kapoentjes), dies at age 71.[40]
  • April 4: Rudy Florese, Filipino comic artist, dies at age 56.[41]
  • April 9: Jerry Bittle, American comics artist (Geech, Shirley and Son), dies at age 53.[42]
  • April 14: Ric Hugo, American comics artist (Soliloquy), dies at age 75 or 76.[43]
  • April 14: John Kent, New Zealand cartoonist and comics artist (Varoomshka), dies at age 65.[44]

May

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June

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  • June 4: Serafín Rojo Caamaño, Spanish comic artist (Doña Tere, Don Panchito y su Hijo Teresito, El Astronauta Saturnino Chiquiflauta, Tip y Coll, Doña Paca Cotilla, Pintador Talí), dies at age 77.[49]
  • June 9: Georges Pichard, French comics artist and writer (Ténébrax, Submerman, Blanche Epiphanie, Paulette).[50]
  • June 18: Guy Bara, French cartoonist and comic artist (Max L'Explorateur, Kéké Le Perroquet, Cro-Magnon), dies at age 79.[51]

July

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August

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  • August 9: Bert Wunderink, Dutch comics artist (Bram en Sijm en de Bende van Zwarte Dolf), dies at age 80.[57]
  • August 31: Dave Gerard, American comics artist (Citizen Smith, Will-Yum), dies at age 94.[58]

September

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  • September 25: Herb Gardner, American playwright, screenwriter and comics artist (The Nebbishes), dies at age 68 from lung disease.
  • Specific date in September unknown: Sergio Boffano, Italian-Uruguayan comic artist (Charoná), dies at age 86. [59]

October

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  • October 1: Costas Grammatopoulos, Greek painter, engraver, illustrator, poster designer and comics artist (worked on Classics Illustrated), dies at age 87.[60]
  • October 5: Alain Bignon, French comic artist, dies at age 56.[61]
  • October 12: Pete Morisi, American comics artist (Thunderbolts), dies at age 75.[62]
  • October 14: Ned Riddle, American cartoonist and comics artist (Mr. Tweedy), dies at age 90 and 91.[63]

November

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December

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  • December 5: Bob Gregory, American comics writer/artist (Donald Duck comics, Hanna-Barbera comics) dies at age 82.[67]
  • December 20:
    • Edgar Ley, Chinese-born, Belgian comics artist (Frank, various historical comics), dies at age 85 or 86.[68]
    • Hector Saavedra, Argentine comics artist (Disney comics, Looney Tunes comics), dies at age 49 or 50.[69]
  • December 25: Art Wetherell, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 42.[70]
  • December 27: Pete Alvarado, American animator and comics artist (Disney comics, Warner Bros. comics, Hanna-Barbera comics), dies at age 83.[71]
  • December 29: Don Lawrence, British comics artist, (Storm), dies at age 75.[72]
  • Specific date in December unknown: Oliver Passingham, British comics artist and animator (Leslie Shane, Jane Fortune, Rick Martin, Sally Marsh, Zoe Fair, Rick Random), dies at age 78.[73]

Specific date unknown

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  • Allan Borgström, Swedish comics artist (Phili Philin), dies at age 89 or 90.[74]
  • Antonio Correa Expósito, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 62 or 63.[75]
  • Hank P. Meyer, Dutch comic artist (Opie De Eskimo), dies at an unknown age. [76]

Exhibitions

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Conventions

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First issues by title

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Confidential Assassination Troop
Release: by Tong Li Comics. Writer & Artist: Fung Chin Pang
Fluffy
Release: by Jonathan Cape. Writer & Artist: Simone Lia
Opus
Release: November 23 by The Washington Post Company. Writer: Berkeley Breathed Artist: Berkeley Breathed.
xxxHolic
Release: February 24 by Kodansha. Authors: Clamp.

Notes

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  6. ^ "Tecnodroidi". www.ubcfumetti.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  7. ^ "Albert Uderzo commandeurdes Arts et Lettres". L'Obs. 24 September 2003. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "Stripdagen 2003 – De Harmonie". www.deharmonie.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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  16. ^ "Suske en Wiske weekblad". suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Peter van Straaten".
  18. ^ "Borge Ring". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  19. ^ "Warren Whipple". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  20. ^ "Jack Keller". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Franz". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  22. ^ "Ramón Sabatés". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  23. ^ "Rémy Bordelet". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  24. ^ "Mose". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  25. ^ "Leo". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  26. ^ "Les Zakarin". lambiek.net. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  27. ^ "Guido Zamperoni". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  28. ^ "Carlos Freixas".
  29. ^ "Ram Waeerkar".
  30. ^ "Pete Millar". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  31. ^ "Bill Woggon". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  32. ^ "David Pascal". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  33. ^ "Frans Verstreken". liersgenootschap.be. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  34. ^ "Inmemoriam".
  35. ^ "Branco Karabajic". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  36. ^ "Thomas Warkentin". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  37. ^ "Auguste". lambiek.net. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  38. ^ "Fernando Carcupino". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  39. ^ "Angus Scott". lambiek.net. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  40. ^ "Karel Boumans". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  41. ^ "Rudy Florese". lambiek.net. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  42. ^ "Jerry Bittle". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  43. ^ "Ric Hugo". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  44. ^ "John Kent". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  45. ^ "Peter Jackson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  46. ^ "Leo Bachle". lambiek.net. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  47. ^ "Pierce Rice". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  48. ^ "Al Hartley". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  49. ^ "Serafín". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  50. ^ "Georges Pichard". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  51. ^ "Bara". lambiek.net. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  52. ^ "Cosper". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  53. ^ Oliver, Myrna (10 August 2003). "William Woolfolk, 86; Novelist Wrote for Television, Comics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  54. ^ "Irving Dressler". lambiek.net. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  55. ^ "Warren Kremer". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  56. ^ "Guido Crepax". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  57. ^ "Bert Wunderink". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  58. ^ "Dave Gerard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  59. ^ "Sergio Boffano". lambiek.net. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  60. ^ "Costas Grammatopoulos". lambiek.net. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  61. ^ "Alain Bignon". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  62. ^ "Pete Morisi (PAM) | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  63. ^ "Ned Riddle". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  64. ^ "John Tartaglione". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  65. ^ "Len Lawson". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  66. ^ "Kin Platt". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  67. ^ "Bob Gregory". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  68. ^ "Edgar Ley". lambiek.net. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  69. ^ "Horacio Saavedra". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  70. ^ "Art Wetherell". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  71. ^ "Pete Alvarado". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  72. ^ "Don Lawrence". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  73. ^ "Oliver Passingham". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  74. ^ "Allan Borgstrom". lambiek.net. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  75. ^ "Antonio Correa Expósito".
  76. ^ "Hank P. Meyer". lambiek.net. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  77. ^ "Ohio State University Libraries: Ohio Cartoonists: A Bicentennial Celebration: Frederick Burr Opper, 2003". Archived from the original on December 6, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  78. ^ "Heroes, Heartthrobs and Horrors: Celebrating Connecticut’s Invention of the Comic Book," Archived 2020-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Connecticut Historical Society official website. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  79. ^ Moore, Margaret (January 8, 2003). "Not Just a Fluke". Flagpole Magazine. p. 15.
  80. ^ "Homegrown artists at Comicon," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (25 April 2003), p. 30.
  81. ^ Press release. "2003 Harvey Awards Banquet Cancelled, Awards Unaffected, Comic Book Resources (Jan. 24, 2003).
  82. ^ Broussard, Meredith. "In Full Color: The 2nd Annual East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention," Sun Reporter (26 June 2003), p. 4.
  83. ^ a b Allass, Marcia. "Lovely Bristols," Sequential Tart vol. 6, issue #6 (June 2003).
  84. ^ Millidge, Gary Spencer (June 22, 2004). "THE RETURN OF THE LONDON CON: One: ComICA! 2003". Millidge.com.
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  87. ^ Rhode, Michael (Oct 2003). "The Eighth International Comic Arts Festival (ICAF) 2003". News Watch. The Comics Journal. No. 256. pp. 17–19.
  88. ^ Kempeneers, Michel. "Selected Highlights of the XIVth Festival Internacional de Banda Desenhada da Amadora," International Journal of Comic Art, vol. 6, #1 (Spring 2004) pp. 365-367.