Notable events of 2026 in comics
Events
January
- January 4: The comics theme park Plopsa Station near the Antwerp Central Station, Belgium, closes down.
- January 9: It is announced that the Angoulême Comics Festival, which had been cancelled in 2025 due to a large scandal, will be revived in 2027 under a different name, organisation, logo and identity.
- January 10: Only two months after a record-breaking auction of a first-print copy of the very first Superman comic book, another copy is auctioned for 9.21 million dollars. It was previously in possession of actor Nicolas Cage.
- January 23: Dutch comic artist Milan Hulsing wins the Stripschapprijs.
- January 29: The heirs of the late comic artist Will Eisner announce their intention to sell the rights to his entire body of work, including his signature comic The Spirit.
- January 30: The journalistic platform Drawing The Times receives the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs for its achievements in graphic journalism.
Deaths
January
- January 8: Sergio Goizauskas, Argentine-born French cartoonist, dies at age 69.
- January 9: Ulf Granberg, Swedish comics writer and editor (The Phantom), dies at age 80.
- January 11: Sergio Tarquinio, Italian comic artist (Picture Library, Storia del West), dies at age 100.
- January 13: Scott Adams, American comics writer and artist (Dilbert), dies at age 68.
- January 17: Dino Attanasio, Italian-born Belgian comic writer and artist (Signor Spaghetti, De Macaroni's, Fanfan et Polo, Johnny Goodbye, Bob Morane, Modeste et Pompon), dies at age 100.
- January 18: Diana Green, American comics artist (Tranny Towers), dies at age 71.
- January 24: Sal Buscema, American comic artist (The Incredible Hulk, Spectacular Spider-Man, Captain America, Rom The Space Knight, Spider-Girl), dies at age 89.
- January 27: Paul Sample, British cartoonist (Ogri), dies at age 78.
- January 29: Roger Martin, French comics writer (AmeriKKKa), dies at age 75.
February
- February 8: Jon Kudelka, Australian cartoonist, dies at age 53.
- February 24: Koichiro Iida, Japanese manga artist, dies at age 74.
- February 25: Michael Halperin, American comics writer (Masters of the Universe), dies at age 91.
- February 27:
- Eddie Germano, American cartoonist, dies at age 101.
- Tatjana Wood, German-born American comics artist (Camelot 3000, Swamp Thing, Animal Man), dies at age 99.
March
- March 1:
- Clément Oubrerie, French comics artist (Aya de Yopougon), dies at age 59.
- Jacopo Camagni, Italian comics artist (Captain Marvel, The Vision and the Scarlet Witch, Deadpool), dies at age 48.
- March 3: Yoshiharu Tsuge, Japanese cartoonist, dies at age 88.
- March 10:
- Luc Giard, Canadian cartoonist, dies at age 69.
- Michael Hague, American comics artist (Eye of Newt, In the Small, Mammon), dies at age 77.
- March 15: Sam Kieth, American comics artist and writer (The Sandman, The Maxx, Marvel Comics Presents, Zero Girl), dies at age 63.
- March 22: Hermann Huppen, Belgian comics writer (Jeremiah), dies at age 87.
- March 23: Anna-Marie Cool, American comic artist (Doctor Strange, Barbie Fashion, Toto of Oz), dies at age 69.
- March 24: Barry Caldwell, American comic artist (Jingle Belle), dies at age 68.
- March 31: Jean-Paul Krassinsky, French comics artist (Le Crepuscule des Idiots, Parloes d'Ecole, La Fin du Monde en Trinquant), dies at age 53.
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