2000 in comics

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Notable events of 2000 in comics.

Events

Year overall

January

February

  • February 13:
    • After nearly half a century of publication the final episode of Charles M. Schulz's long-running and best-selling newspaper comic Peanuts is published. Schulz had announced his retirement a month earlier. The episode happens to coincide with Schulz' death, a day before the final episode is published. Both events make headlines all over the world.[4]
    • The state of California declares Peanuts Day.[2]
  • The final episode of Daniel Clowes' David Boring is prepublished in Eightball.

March

April

May

  • May 27:
    • The final episode of Mort Walker's Boner's Ark is published.[8]
    • Dozens of U.S. cartoonists pay tribute to the final episode of Peanuts on the same day. Originally intended as a tribute, it becomes an unintential in memoriam since Schulz died unexpectedly earlier this year.[2]
  • May 28: After 87 years of publication Bringing Up Father (originally created by George McManus in 1911) is terminated.[9]
  • First issue of Swamp Thing (third series) by Brian K. Vaughan
  • Last day in Vietnam, by Will Eisner.
  • in the Danish magazine Anders & Co., Riverside Rovers, by Paul Halas and Francisco Rodriguez Peinado; debut of Felicity Fieldmouse, mother of
    Morty and Ferdie and sister of Mickey Mouse
    .

June

July

Statue of Abraham Tuizentfloot in Wuustwezel

August

September

October

November

  • November 10: Quelque part entre les ombres, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, first album of the Blacksad series (Dargaud).
  • Dentiblù (nickname of the two authors Stefano Bonfanti and Barbara Barbieri) publishes amateurishly Zannablù e il segreto della besciamella (Blue fang and the secret of the béchamel sauce), first album of Zannablù, an anthropomorphic animals series with demented humor.
  • La città gialla (The jellow city) by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa, first album of the series Sky Doll.[14]
  • In Dylan Dog gigante, L’esercito del male (The army of the Evil), by
    Robin Wood and Giovanni Freghieri, the longest Dylan Dog story written until then (236 pages).[23]
  • Les quatre fleuves (The four rivers) by Fred Vargas and Edmond Baudoin.

December

Publications by release date

Year overall

February

  • Vertigo
    )

October


Births

Deaths

January

February

March

  • March 3: Nicole Van Goethem, Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director (A Greek Tragedy), dies at age 58.
  • March 10: John Henry Rouson, American painter, cartoonist and comics artist (Little Sport, Boy and Girl, Ladies Day), dies at age 91.[39]
  • March 14: Don Komisarow, American comics artist (The Thropp Family, assisted on Superman, Abbie an' Slats), dies at age 85.[40]
  • March 20: Johan Anthierens, Belgian journalist, columnist, critic, writer, publisher and comics writer (De Geheime Avonturen van Kapitein Matthias with Eddy Ryssack [41]), dies from cancer at age 62.

April

May

June

July

  • July 14:
    • Bowen, Swedish comics artist (Hörnlands Hylla, continued Tusen Och en Natt), dies at age 71.[54]
    • Alvin Hollingsworth, aka Alvin Holly, American painter and comics artist (worked on Kandy, Martin Keel), dies at age 72.[55]
    • Pepo, Chilean comics artist (Condorito), dies at age 88.[56]
    • Ies Spreekmeester, Dutch comics artist (Pepspotter, Bokwert), dies at age 86.[57]
  • July 17: Philippe Vandooren, Belgian novelist, journalist and publisher (chief editor of Spirou 1982-1987), dies at age 65.[58]
  • July 28: Chic Stone, American comics artist and inker (inker for Jack Kirby, Archie Comics,...) dies at age 77.[59]
  • July 31: Lars Jansson, Finnish comics writer and artist (The Moomins, Sophia), dies at age 73.[60]
  • Specific date in July unknown: Anibal Uzál, Argentine comic artist (worked on Terco Thomas, El Apache, Derek, Kabul Bengal, Cybersix, Bull Rockett, Disney comics), dies at an unknown age. [61]

August

September

  • September 5: Palle Nielsen, Danish illustrator, graphic and comics artist (Orfeus og Eurydike), dies at age 80.
  • September 9: Takashi Fukutani, Japanese manga artist (Dokudami Tenement, aka The Tokyo Drifter), dies at age 48 from a pulmonary edema.[64]
  • September 10: Ben Wicks, British-Canadian cartoonist and comic artist (The Outcasts), dies at age 73. [65]
  • September 12: Rafael Miguel Catalá Lucas, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 73 or 74.[66]
  • September 13: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and animated film director (Fix and Foxi), dies at age 83.[67]
  • September 20: Sururi Gümen, Turkish-American comics artist (Canbaba, ghosted Kerry Drake and It's Me Dilly, worked for Cracked and Charlton Comics), dies at age 80.[68]
  • September 24: Gabrielle Vincent, Belgian painter, children's book writer, illustrator and comic artist (Ernest & Celéstine), dies at age 72. [69]
  • September 29: Wim Bijmoer, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (Oessoef Bontebuis), dies at age 86.[70]

October

  • October 3: John Worsley, British comic artist (worked on Tom of the Walls, continued PC49), dies at age 81. [71]
  • October 16: Ed Nofziger, American animator and comics artist (Mildred th' Zoo-Keeper's Daughter, Buenos Dias, Animalogic, Chloe, Sir Lim'rick) and writer (Hanna-Barbera comics, Disney comics), dies at age 87.[72]
  • October 28: Irving Phillips, American comics artist, playwright, TV scriptwriter, novelist, illustrator and educator (The Strange World of Mr. Mum), dies at age 95.[73]

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Bill Lacey, British comics artist (Mytek the Mighty, continued Blackshirt), dies at age 82 or 83.[83]
  • Charles Gilbert, aka Chargil, Imagil, Atgil, Mac K.B., Aagg, Belgian painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93 or 94.[84]
  • Juan Martínez Osete, Spanish comic artist (worked on Capitán Trueno), dies at age 78 or 79. [85]

Exhibitions and shows

Conventions

First issues by title

DC Comics

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade
Release: October by
Vertigo. Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Carlos Ezquerra
.

Marvel Comics

Midnight Nation
Release: October by Marvel Comics. Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Artist: Gary Frank.

Independent titles

Requiem Chevalier Vampire
Release: November by Nickel Editions. Writer: Pat Mills Artist: Olivier Ledroit.


Initial appearances by character name

Notes

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  71. ^ "John Worsley". lambiek.net. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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