In italy, debut of Lys, written by Katja Centomo (Edizioni Tridimensional); the series, a fantasy with a strong ecologist message, is interrupted after 8 issues.[3]
March 14: The British children's TV show Blue Peter, who organized a competition to let young viewers choose which new character they would like to become a recurring cast member in the comic strip The Bash Street Kids declare the character Wayne the winner.[5]
Dimmi che non vuoi morire (Tell me that you don’t want to die) graphic novel by Massimo Carlotto and Igort (Mondadori), part of the series about the private eye “Alligator”.[6]
May 23: British comic heroine Tank Girl returns after a twelve-year sojourn, with original writer Alan Martin on scripts and Australian penciler Ashley Wood on art. The four-part mini-series is called The Gifting and will be collected in time for Christmas.
June 16: Dragonero (Black dragon) fantasy by Luca Enoch, Stefano Vietti and Giuseppe Matteoni, first album of the series Romanzi a fumetti Bonelli (Bonelli graphic novels). Later, a comic series (always published by Bonelli) and a novel one were born from the album.[11]
July 10–11: Doug Marlette, creator of Kudzu is killed in a car accident, which means the end of his series.[12]
July 17: in Topolino, for the Scrooge McDuck 60th birthday, the saga Tutti i milioni di Paperone (All Scrooge’s millions) by Fausto Vitaliano, begins; it is set in the roariring Twenties and tells how Scrooge, already millionaire, became billionaire.
In Nathan Never comics, the so-called “space-time saga”, written by Stefano Vietti, begins; in it, the megalopolis that is the backdrop to the series is destroyed by the fall of a space wreck.[13]
October 31: Gli occhi e il buio (The eyes and the darkness) – period thriller by Gigi Simeoni, telling the hunt for a serial-killer in Milan at the beginning of the Twentieth-century (Bonelli)[22]
March 9: Hugo Leyers, aka Haschèl or Hug, Belgian comics artist (De Geschiedenis van Vlaanderen, De Geschiedenis van Nederland, Met De Neus & Co Op Stap), dies at age 77.[36]
June 20: John Bernard Handelsman, British comics artist, cartoonist and illustrator (Freaky Fables), dies at age 85.[50]
June 22: Jeff Wilkinson, Australian comics artist (The Phantom Ranger, The Shadow, Kid Champion), dies at age 82.[51]
June 24:
Giovanni Boselli, Italian comics artist (Susy Rosa, Gec Sparaspara, Joe Felix, Zia Rapunzía, Pachito Olé, Bellocchio e Leccamuffo, Il Signor Beniamino, Dodo & Cocco, Quelli del West, Topo Leonardo), dies at age 83.[52]
Pil, Belgian cartoonist (Meneerke Peeters), dies at age 82.[53]
June 28: Howie Schneider, American comics artist (Eek & Meek, Percy's World, Bimbo's Circus, The Sunshine Club), dies at age 77 from complications from heart bypass surgery.[54]
Julyedit
July 10–11: Doug Marlette, American comics artist (Kudzu), dies at age 57 in a car accident.[12]
July 14: Harry Driggs, American underground cartoonist, dies at age 71.[55]
November 27: Donyo Donev, Bulgarian cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (The Three Fools, Trimata Glupaci, Chetirmata Glupaci, Umno Selo), dies at age 81.[74]
Decemberedit
December 3:
Eduard De Rop, Belgian comics artist (Studio Vandersteen, De Geschiedenis van Sleenovia, assisted and continued Pats, De Rode Ridder and Jerom), dies at age 79.[75]
December 14: Dave Gantz, American cartoonist, novelist and sculptor (Little Lizzie, Moxy, Dudley D., Don Q., assisted on Peanuts, worked for Timely Comics), dies at age 85.[79]
December 23: Raphaël Carlo Marcello, also known as Ralph Marc, Italian comics artist (Docteur Justice, continued Le Cavalier Inconnu), dies at age 78.[80]
December 25: Gualtiero Schiaffino, aka Skiaffino, Italian comics artist (I Santicielo, La Bancarella, I Diavoli), dies at age 54.[81]
December 27: Wim Meuldijk, Dutch TV writer and comics artist (Ketelbinkie, Sneeuwvlok de Eskimo), dies at age 85.[82]
Specific date unknownedit
Herbert Geldhof, aka Herbert, Belgian comics artist (Docteur Gladstone, worked on L'oncle Paul), dies at age 77 or 78.[83]
Hui Guan-man, Chinese comics artist (Uncle Choi), dies at age 70.[84]
Exhibitions and showsedit
March 4 – June 11: Museum of Modern Art (New York City) — "Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making," an exhibition of fine artists who use the language of comics as the jumping-off point for their work
May–June: Jackson State University (Jackson, Mississippi) — "Other Heroes: African-American Comics, Creators, Characters, and Archetypes," curated by John Jennings and Damien Duffy[87]
September 4, 2007–January 19, 2008: Cartoon Research Library, Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) —"Rarities: Unusual Works from the Caniff Collection", celebrating the centennial of Milton Caniff's birth (part of the Festival of Cartoon Art)
June 1–3: Adventure Con (Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, US) — first event held under the new ownership by Las Vegas Autographs, LLC. Guest of honor: Ethan Van Sciver; other guests include John Romita Jr.
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