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Notable events of 2002 in comics.

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January

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  • January 29: Zak becomes the first Belgian cartoonist to win the Dutch Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon (edition 2001).[3]

March

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April

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May

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  • May 4: The first Free Comic Book Day is established. .[4][5]
  • The British satirical cartoon magazine Punch, which had ended in 1992 but briefly revived since 1996, is once again disestablished.[6]

June

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July

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August

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September

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November

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December

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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 5: Lucien De Roeck, Belgian graphic designer, painter, illustrator, typographer and comic artist (Klawieter), dies at age 86. [22]
  • March 15: Rand Holmes, Canadian underground cartoonist (The Adventures of Harold Hedd), dies at age 60.[23][24]
  • March 16: Paul Schindeler, Dutch comics artist (assistant on Sjef van Oekel), dies at an unknown age.[25]
  • March 18: Marcel Denis, Belgian comics writer (Hultrasson) and artist (Les Frères Clips, continued Tif et Tondu), dies at age 79.[26]
  • March 24: Ángel Umpierrez, Uruguayan comic artist (Don Cristóbal), dies at age 81.[27]
  • March 28: Nicola Del Principe, Italian comics artist (comics for Renato Bianconi, Angelica, Il Camionista, Tom & Jerry comics), dies at age 74.[28]

April

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  • April 2: Stanley Pitt, Australian comics artist (Silver Starr, Captain Power, Yarmak, Jungle King), dies at age 77.[29]
  • April 4: Camillo Zuffi, Italian comics artist (Il Piccolo Sceriffo), dies at age 89.[30]
  • April 11: Jaime Juez Castellà, aka Xirinius, Spanish cartoonist and comic artist (worked on El Jabato, continued Ögan), dies at age 95.[31]
  • April 15: Szymon Kobylinski, Polish graphic artist, illustrator, historian, designer and comics artist, dies at age 74.[32]
  • April 19:
    • Alberto Beltrán, Mexican comics artist, painter and illustrator, dies at age 79.[33]
    • Jean Albert Carlotti, French painter and comic artist (worked on the La Crime Ne Paie Pas and Les Amours Célèbres series), dies at age 92. [34]
  • April 22: Denis McLoughlin, British comics artist (adventure comics for DC Thomson), dies at age 84.[35]
  • April 23: Alfredo Pons, Spanish comics writer (Los Amores de Juan Eclipse) and artist, dies at age 44.[36]

May

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June

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July

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August

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  • August 2: Kees van Lent, Dutch comics artist (advertising comics for Prins Leo, De Avonturen van het Aapje Joekie), dies at age 82. [49]
  • August 5: Grass Green, American comics artist (Xal-Kor the Human Cat, Wildman and Rubberroy), dies at age 63 from lung cancer.[50]
  • August 13: Flavio Colin, Brazilian comics artist (Sepé, Vizunga, Mulher-Diaba no rastro de Lampião, O Boi das Aspas de Ouro and Estórias Gerais), dies at age 72.[51]

September

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October

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November

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  • November 14: Charles Dupuis, Belgian comics publisher (Dupuis), dies at age 84.[57]
  • November 16: Hussein Amin Bicar, Egyptian poet, painter, photographer, philosopher and comic artist (Chaddad & Adouad, made comics for the magazine Sinbad), dies at age 90. [58]
  • November 17: Larry Mayer, American comics artist, inker and letterer (Disney comics), dies at age 91. [59]
  • November 26: Marco Biassoni, Italian comic artist, illustrator and animator (Lingottino, Prode Anselmo), dies at age 71 or 72.[60]

December

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  • December 18: Mic Delinx, Belgian comics artist (La Jungle en Folie), dies at an unknown age.[61]
  • December 27: Renzo Restani, Italian comics artist (Dave Devil, Baby Bang, Moses, Yal Brunn), dies at age 74.[62]

Specific date unknown

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  • Fieke Asscher, Dutch illustrator, graphic artist and comics artist (De Rare Belevenissen van Professor Stap-door-den-Tijd), dies at age 76.[63]

Exhibitions and shows

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Conventions

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First issues by title

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Cavalcade of Boys
Release: by Poison Press. Writer and Artist: Tim Fish
Festering Season
Release: September by Stickman Graphics. Writer: Kevin Tinsley Artist: Tim Smith 3
Global Frequency
Release: October by Wildstorm. Writer: Warren Ellis Artists: various. Cover by: Brian Wood.
Hawaiian Dick
Release: December by Image Comics. Writer: B. Clay Moore Artist: Steven Griffin.
Point Blank
Release: August by Wildstorm. Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Colin Wilson.
The Pro
Release: July by Image Comics. Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Strange Killings
Release: February by Avatar Press. Writer: Warren Ellis Artist: Mike Wolfer.
Ultimate War
Release: December 8 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Chris Bachalo.

DC Comics

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Release January Writer: Ed Brubaker. Artists: Darwyn Cooke and Mike Allred
Release January
Release February Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Tom Grummett.
Release March Writer: Geoff Johns and James Robinson Artists: Rags Morales and Michael Bair
Release May Writer: Bill Willingham Artists: Lan Medina and Steve Leialoha
Release July Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artists: Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr.
Release December Writer: Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka Artist: Michael Lark

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