Notable events of 2000 in comics.

Events

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Year overall

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January

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February

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  • 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

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April

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  • 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

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July

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Statue of Abraham Tuizentfloot in Wuustwezel

August

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  • August 1: In the Italian Disney magazine Topolino, the first chapter of the Mickey Mouse story Topolino e le cronache della frontiera (Mickey and the frontier chronicles) by Giorgio Pezzin is published. It's a long space opera starring characters of the Mickey Mouse universe.[14]
  • August 25: The death of Donald Duck comics artist Carl Barks makes global headlines, but predominantly in Europe and Latin America where his comics are far more beloved than in his home country.[15]
  • August 30: Ring of fire, by Doug Petrie and Ryan Sook.
  • Sotto il ponte di pietra (Under the stone bridge) by Mauro Boselli and Luca Rossi; debut of two recurring characters in the Dampyr series, both living in Prague: the angel Caleb Lost and the amiable devil Nikolaus.[16]

September

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October

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November

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  • 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

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Publications by release date

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Year overall

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February

October

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Births

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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  • 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

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June

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July

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  • July 14:
    • Bowen, Swedish comics artist (Hörnlands Hylla, continued Tusen Och en Natt), dies at age 71.[57]
    • Alvin Hollingsworth, aka Alvin Holly, American painter and comics artist (worked on Kandy, Martin Keel), dies at age 72.[58]
    • Pepo, Chilean comics artist (Condorito), dies at age 88.[59]
    • Ies Spreekmeester, Dutch comics artist (Pepspotter, Bokwert), dies at age 86.[60]
  • July 17: Philippe Vandooren, Belgian novelist, journalist and publisher (chief editor of Spirou 1982-1987), dies at age 65.[61]
  • July 28: Chic Stone, American comics artist and inker (inker for Jack Kirby, Archie Comics,...) dies at age 77.[62]
  • July 31: Lars Jansson, Finnish comics writer and artist (The Moomins, Sophia), dies at age 73.[63]
  • 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. [64]

August

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September

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  • 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.[67]
  • September 10: Ben Wicks, British-Canadian cartoonist and comic artist (The Outcasts), dies at age 73. [68]
  • September 12: Rafael Miguel Catalá Lucas, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 73 or 74.[69]
  • September 13: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and animated film director (Fix and Foxi), dies at age 83.[70]
  • 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.[71]
  • September 24: Gabrielle Vincent, Belgian painter, children's book writer, illustrator and comic artist (Ernest & Celéstine), dies at age 72. [72]
  • September 29: Wim Bijmoer, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (Oessoef Bontebuis), dies at age 86.[73]

October

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  • October 3: John Worsley, British comic artist (worked on Tom of the Walls, continued PC49), dies at age 81. [74]
  • 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.[75]
  • October 28: Irving Phillips, American comics artist, playwright, TV scriptwriter, novelist, illustrator and educator (The Strange World of Mr. Mum), dies at age 95.[76]

November

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December

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  • December 6: Chrystabel Leighton-Porter, British model (played Jane, the title character from Norman Pett's comic strip Jane in a stage show and live-action film adaptation, also posed as her for Pett's comic strip [81]), dies at age 87. [82]
  • December 21: Jan Sanders, Dutch cartoonist and illustrator, dies at age 81.[83]
  • December 24: Ray Dirgo, American comics artist (Hanna Barbera comics), dies at age 92.[84]
  • December 27: Radovan Devlić, Croatian comics artist (Macchu Picchu, Strossmayer), dies at age 49 or 50.[85]

Specific date unknown

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  • John L. Curtis, Australian illustrator and comic artist, dies at age 82 or 83. [86]
  • Bill Lacey, British comics artist (Mytek the Mighty, continued Blackshirt), dies at age 82 or 83.[87]
  • Charles Gilbert, aka Chargil, Imagil, Atgil, Mac K.B., Aagg, Belgian painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93 or 94.[88]
  • Juan Martínez Osete, Spanish comic artist (worked on Capitán Trueno), dies at age 78 or 79. [89]

Exhibitions and shows

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Conventions

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First issues by title

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DC Comics

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

Marvel Comics

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

Independent titles

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


Initial appearances by character name

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Notes

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