2019 in comics

Notable events of 2019 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.

Events

=January=

January 7: First installment of the comic strip Alley Oop written by Joey Alison Sayers and illustrated by Jonathan Lemon.
January 25: Canadian-Dutch artist Maia Matches is inaugurated as the annual Stadstekenaar van Amsterdam (City Illustrator of Amsterdam).{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/machen_maia.htm|title=Maia Matches|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234334/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/machen_maia.htm|url-status=live}}
January: The final issue of the French comics magazine Psikopat is published.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2018/11/29/bd/bd/pourquoi-psikopat-lun-des-plus-anciens-magazines-de-bd-sarrete/|title=Pourquoi "Psikopat", l'un des plus anciens magazines de BD, s'arrête|date=Nov 29, 2018|website=Les Inrocks|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234429/https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/pourquoi-psikopat-lun-des-plus-anciens-magazines-de-bd-sarrete-183901-29-11-2018/|url-status=live}}

=February=

February 10: Wiley Miller's newspaper comic Non Sequitur causes controversy after a subliminal anti-Donald Trump message is spotted in one of the panels.{{Cite web|url=http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20190210/NEWS12/702119999|title=Loose lips sink strip: cartoonist fired for curse|date=February 10, 2019|website=Butler Eagle Online|access-date=July 14, 2021|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023113916/http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20190210/NEWS12/702119999|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/429378-newspaper-drops-syndicated-comic-strip-after-cartoons-hidden-go-f-yourself-to|title=Newspaper drops syndicated comic strip after hidden 'go f--- yourself' to Trump|last=Anapol|first=Avery|date=February 11, 2019|work=The Hill|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-date=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831083856/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/429378-newspaper-drops-syndicated-comic-strip-after-cartoons-hidden-go-f-yourself-to|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/f-bomb-against-president-trump-hidden-in-sunday-comics-prompts/article_507a6459-dcb8-5447-a585-cbcaeeba910f.html|title=F-bomb against President Trump hidden in Sunday comics prompts Journal to drop 'Non Sequitur'|last=Morrissey|first=Andy|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2019-02-11|access-date=2019-03-29|archive-date=2019-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329204609/https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/f-bomb-against-president-trump-hidden-in-sunday-comics-prompts/article_507a6459-dcb8-5447-a585-cbcaeeba910f.html|url-status=live}} Multiple newspapers discontinued carrying the strip in response.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/butler-eagle-non-sequitur-wiley-miller-vulgar-message-trump/|title=Vulgar message to Trump in "Non Sequitur" costs it spot in at least one newspaper|website=CBS News|date=11 February 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211132929/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/butler-eagle-non-sequitur-wiley-miller-vulgar-message-trump/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/74e8f6aee31f4c9dac225102f7b6db68|title=Newspaper drops 'Non Sequitur' cartoon over Trump insult|date=2019-02-11|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211064323/https://apnews.com/74e8f6aee31f4c9dac225102f7b6db68|url-status=live}}{{cite news | title=A cartoonist inserted a vulgar anti-Trump message in his comic strip. These papers aren't laughing. | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2019-02-11 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/02/11/cartoonist-hid-vulgar-anti-trump-message-his-comic-strip-this-paper-isnt-laughing/ | access-date=2019-02-14 | archive-date=2019-02-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214030415/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/02/11/cartoonist-hid-vulgar-anti-trump-message-his-comic-strip-this-paper-isnt-laughing/ | url-status=live }}
February 15: The oldest Danish comics store in the world, Fantask, in Copenhagen, announces it will close down in June after 47 years.{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/after-47-years-the-worlds-oldest-comic-store-is-closing/|title=After 47 Years, One of the World's Oldest Comic Store is Closing|first=Rich|last=Johnston|date=February 15, 2019|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|access-date=July 14, 2021|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714024916/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/after-47-years-the-worlds-oldest-comic-store-is-closing/|url-status=live}} Within two days a crowdfunding campaign saves the store from this fate and it continues its existence.{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/worlds-oldest-comic-shop-fantask-saved/|title=One of the World's Oldest Comic Shops, Fantask, Saved From Closure|first=Rich|last=Johnston|date=February 17, 2019|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|access-date=July 14, 2021|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714024918/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/worlds-oldest-comic-shop-fantask-saved/|url-status=live}}
February 20: Dutch comics writer Patty Klein is knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion. She dies less than a month later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/klein.htm|title=Patty Klein|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174654/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/klein.htm|url-status=live}}

=March=

March 2: In Groningen, the Netherlands, the Dutch Comics Museum (Nederlands Stripmuseum) is closed down.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leroux_f.htm|title=Frans Le Roux|website=lambiek.net|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=2024-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234334/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leroux_f.htm|url-status=live}}
March 3: After 43 years of non-stop publication, the final episode of Roger Fletcher's long-running comic series Torkan appears in print. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fletcher_roger.htm|title=Roger Fletcher|website=lambiek.net|access-date=2024-08-14|archive-date=2024-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234338/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fletcher_roger.htm|url-status=live}}
March 23–24: During the Stripdagen in Utrecht Typex wins the Stripschapprijs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/entry/2220/stripschapprijs-2019-voor-typex|title=nieuws - Stripschapprijs 2019 voor Typex - Letterenfonds|website=www.letterenfonds.nl|access-date=May 11, 2020}} Ger Apeldoorn wins the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs.,{{Cite web|url=https://stripschapprijs.nl/de-winnaars/|title=De winnaars|access-date=2020-02-09|archive-date=2024-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234340/https://stripschapprijs.nl/de-winnaars/|url-status=live}} while Henk Alleman receives the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/b-en-b-schaal.php|title=Het Stripschap - B en B schaal|access-date=2020-02-09|archive-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029045219/https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/b-en-b-schaal.php|url-status=live}}
March 31: Jerry Van Amerongen's comic Ballard Street ends.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/03/30/the-end-of-the-road-ballard-street-ends/|title=The End of the Road: Ballard Street|date=Mar 30, 2019|website=The Daily Cartoonist|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174306/https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/03/30/the-end-of-the-road-ballard-street-ends/|url-status=live}}

=April=

April 2: Belgian cartoonist GAL receives an honorary doctorate from the Free University in Brussels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gal2.htm|title=Gal (BE)|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326004208/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gal2.htm|url-status=live}}
April 29: The New York Times gets caught up in controversy over two cartoons accused of antisemitism. Both target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One is made by António Moreira Antunes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/antonio.htm|title=António|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174943/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/antonio.htm|url-status=live}} the other by Roar Hagen. As a result, the magazine announces that they will no longer publish syndicated editorial cartoons. Two months later they push this policy even further and decide to no longer publish any daily political cartoons.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/reader-center/anti-semitic-cartoon-apology.html|title=Our International Edition Will Stop Publishing Syndicated Cartoons|first=The New York|last=Times|newspaper=The New York Times|date=Apr 29, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234337/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/reader-center/anti-semitic-cartoon-apology.html|url-status=live}}

=May=

May 22:
In Orvelte, The Netherlands, a museum is opened dedicated to the work of Jan Kruis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kruis.htm|title=Jan Kruis|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714114856/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kruis.htm|url-status=live}}
In front of the Hergé Museum in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, a statue of Hergé, sculpted by Tom Frantzen, is erected.{{Cite web|url=https://www.museeherge.com/en/news/670/on-may-22nd-the-anniversary-of-herges-birth-the-herge-museum-celebrated-its-10th-anniversary|title=On May 22nd, the anniversary of Hergé's birth, the Hergé Museum celebrated its 10th anniversary.|website=www.museeherge.com|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174106/https://www.museeherge.com/en/news/670/on-may-22nd-the-anniversary-of-herges-birth-the-herge-museum-celebrated-its-10th-anniversary|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm|title=Hergé|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419143310/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm|url-status=live}}
May 29:
In Hergé's birthplace Etterbeek a bust of his head is revealed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bruzz.be/en/videoreeks/woensdag-29-mei-2019/video-60-yea-old-statue-herge-finally-inaugurated-etterbeek-im|title=60 yea-old statue of Hergé finally inaugurated in Etterbeek: 'I'm proud!'|website=www.bruzz.be|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234339/https://www.bruzz.be/en/videoreeks/woensdag-29-mei-2019/video-60-yea-old-statue-herge-finally-inaugurated-etterbeek-im|url-status=live}}
French comics artist and illustrator Pascal Somon is sentenced for plagiarism and illegal copies of Tintin to the hefty sum of 32.000 euros (35.600 dollars) in damages.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/somon_pascal.htm|title=Pascal Somon|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174720/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/somon_pascal.htm|url-status=live}}

=June=

June 10: The New York Times announces that it will no longer publish daily political cartoons in its international edition from 1 July on, as a result over a controversial cartoon by António depicting Donald Trump as a lapdog of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two months earlier.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/business/international-new-york-times-political-cartoons.html|title=New York Times's Global Edition Is Ending Daily Political Cartoons|first=Steve|last=Lohr|newspaper=The New York Times|date=Jun 10, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320024856/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/business/international-new-york-times-political-cartoons.html|url-status=live}}
Egyptian artist Ganzeer publishes his first graphic novel The Solar Grid.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/ganzeer.htm|title=Ganzeer|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602212605/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/ganzeer.htm|url-status=live}}
June 30: Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder is fired from Brunswick News Inc. over a cartoon criticizing president Trump.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/30/media/canadian-cartoon-trump/index.html|title=Cartoonist behind viral Trump illustration speaks out|first=Shannon|last=Liao|website=CNN|date=30 June 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627031702/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/30/media/canadian-cartoon-trump/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/de_adder_michael.htm|title=Michael De Adder|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}

=July=

July 3: It is announced that Mad Magazine will no longer publish original material from August on and disappear from the newsstands. It will only be available via subscription and direct markets, specializing on reprints, but with brand new covers. It will still publish occasional specials.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/mad-magazine-is-shutting-down-say-reports/|title=Mad Magazine, as you now know it, will soon cease to exist|first=Bonnie|last=Burton|website=CNET|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522190334/https://www.cnet.com/news/mad-magazine-is-shutting-down-say-reports/|url-status=live}}
July 3: Robert Kirkman unexpectedly ends his long-running comic, The Walking Dead, after 193 issues.{{Cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=July 2, 2019 |title=The Walking Dead comic unexpectedly ending with latest issue |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/books/2019/07/02/the-walking-dead-comic-ends-robert-kirkman/ |access-date=November 25, 2023 |archive-date=November 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125152604/https://ew.com/books/2019/07/02/the-walking-dead-comic-ends-robert-kirkman/ |url-status=live }}

=August=

August 16: The Guardian makes a controversy public regarding Marvel Comics who refused to publish an essay by Art Spiegelman, because of criticism in the text regarding U.S. President Donald Trump. Marvel claims they wanted to stay apolitical.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegelman.htm|title=Art Spiegelman|website=lambiek.net|access-date=2020-07-16|archive-date=2020-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721102508/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegelman.htm|url-status=live}}

=September=

September 5: Belgian comics writer Raoul Cauvin announces his retirement from scripting Les Tuniques Bleues.{{Cite web|url=http://www.9emeart.fr/post/news/franco-belge/le-scenariste-raoul-cauvin-quitte-les-tuniques-bleues-11029|title=Le scénariste Raoul Cauvin quitte Les Tuniques bleues | 9emeArt.fr|website=www.9emeart.fr|date=5 September 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175645/http://www.9emeart.fr/post/news/franco-belge/le-scenariste-raoul-cauvin-quitte-les-tuniques-bleues-11029|url-status=live}}
September 17: Diane Noomin releases the collective comic book Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment and Survival, published by Harry N. Abrams. It features comics by women reflecting on personal encounters with sexual violence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/noomin_diane.htm|title=Diane Noomin|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 18, 2022|archive-date=September 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170323/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/noomin_diane.htm|url-status=live}}
September 24: The Dutch cartoonists collective Gorilla wins the Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon.{{cite web | url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2303171-cartoonistencollectief-gorilla-wint-inktspotprijs-met-trump-prent | title=Cartoonistencollectief Gorilla wint Inktspotprijs met Trump-prent | date=24 September 2019 }}

=October=

October 7: In Haarlem, the Netherlands, the first comics mural of the city is revealed, designed by Thé Tjong-Khing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl/Nieuws/prijsvraag-eerste-stripmuur-haarlem.html|title=Prijsvraag Eerste Stripmuur Haarlem|website=www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410195305/https://www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl/Nieuws/prijsvraag-eerste-stripmuur-haarlem.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tjong_khing.htm|title=Thé Tjong-Khing|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213164459/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tjong_khing.htm|url-status=live}}
October 23: Belgian comics publishers Standaard Uitgeverij and Ballon Media merge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/10/23/jommeke-en-suske-en-wiske-verbroederen-fusie-standaard-uitgever/|title=Jommeke en Suske en Wiske verbroederen, fusie Standaard Uitgeverij en Ballon Media is een feit|first=VRT|last=NWS|date=Oct 23, 2019|website=vrtnws.be|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234907/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/10/23/jommeke-en-suske-en-wiske-verbroederen-fusie-standaard-uitgever/|url-status=live}}

=November=

November 13: The Dutch cartoonist duo Evert Kwok wins a court case against a man who sued them after they complained about his illegal and uncredited use of their cartoons on his site.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kwok_evert.htm|title=Evert Kwok|website=lambiek.net|access-date=March 30, 2021|archive-date=May 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516021951/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kwok_evert.htm|url-status=live}}

=December=

December 2: Under pressure of Christian organisation CitizenGO, Dutch supermarket chain Dirk apologizes for offering the controversial graphic novel Jezus Christus Was Een Meisje by Jan Bart Dieperink as a prize, if customers buy an issue of their magazine Ditjes en Datjes. {{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Supermarkt Dirk biedt excuses aan voor stripboek over 'Jezus als meisje' |url=https://www.tubantia.nl/binnenland/supermarkt-dirk-biedt-excuses-aan-voor-stripboek-over-jezus-als-meisje~a940ed8a/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |website=www.tubantia.nl |language=Dutch |access-date=2024-08-04 |archive-date=2024-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804092054/https://www.tubantia.nl/binnenland/supermarkt-dirk-biedt-excuses-aan-voor-stripboek-over-jezus-als-meisje~a940ed8a/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |url-status=live }} {{Cite web | url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dieperink_jan-bart.htm | title=Jan Bart Dieperink | access-date=2024-08-04 | archive-date=2024-08-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804092054/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dieperink_jan-bart.htm | url-status=live }}
December 23: The Antwerp mini-theme park and exhibition Comics Station is sold to Studio 100.{{Cite web|url=https://www.plopsanews.com/nl/studio-plopsa/plopsa-neemt-comics-station-antwerp-over|title=Plopsa pers|website=www.plopsanews.com|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175059/https://www.plopsanews.com/nl/studio-plopsa/plopsa-neemt-comics-station-antwerp-over#.XgEX1M9G57U.facebook|url-status=dead}}

=Specific date unknown=

Julia Gfrörer publishes her graphic novel Vision.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gfroerer_julia.htm|title=Julia Gfrörer|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029095718/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gfroerer_julia.htm|url-status=live}}
Antonia Pinnola, A.K.A. Acerotiburon, launches her autobiographical webcomic Waffley Wedded. {{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pinnola_antonia.htm|title=Antonia Pinnola|website=lambiek.net|access-date=January 12, 2024|archive-date=January 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112211627/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pinnola_antonia.htm|url-status=live}}

Deaths

=January=

January 1: Dagfinn Bakke, Finnish painter and comics artist, dies at age 85.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blv.no/nyheter/dagfinn-bakke-er-dod/|title=Dagfinn Bakke er død|first=Sverre Idar|last=Lakså|date=Jan 1, 2019|website=Bladet Vesterålen|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175342/https://www.blv.no/nyheter/dagfinn-bakke-er-dod/|url-status=live}}
January 8: Arturo Rojas de la Cámara, aka Rojas, Spanish comics artist (Cucharito, Nabucondonosor, Gedeon, El Genio Eustaquio, Agente 7-7 a la Izquierda, Centaurito, Aladino, Don Percebe y Basilio, Anibal), dies at age 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rojas.htm|title=Rojas|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175014/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rojas.htm|url-status=live}}
January 10: Ron Smith, British comics artist (Judge Dredd), dies at age 94.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/smith_ron.htm|title=Ron Smith|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724182504/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/smith_ron.htm|url-status=live}}
January 12: Batton Lash, American comics writer and artist (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, aka Supernatural Law, Archie Meets The Punisher, Obama Nation), dies at age 65 from brain cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lash_batton.htm|title=Batton Lash|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175207/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lash_batton.htm|url-status=live}}
January 15: Isaac del Rivero Sr., Spanish comics writer and artist, dies at age 87 or 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/isaac-rivero-fallece-dibujante-comic-asturias-20190115115942-nt.html|title=Fallece el dibujante de cómic asturiano Isaac del Rivero|date=Jan 15, 2019|website=El Comercio|access-date=May 11, 2020}}
January 16:
Pauli Heikkilä, Finnish novelist and comics artist (Vanhat herrat), dies at age 60.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/heikkila_pauli.htm|title=Pauli Heikkilä|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234909/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/heikkila_pauli.htm|url-status=live}}
Hanza Sanchō, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 90.
Denis Sire, French comics artist and illustrator (Menace Diabolique, Bois Willys), dies at age 65.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sire_denis.htm|title=Denis Sire|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531220104/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sire_denis.htm|url-status=live}}
January 18: Angel Del Arbol, Spanish comics artist (Sevla Rebelde, Aventuras Deportivas, Laura, Cuentos Gigante Tres Hadas, Macabro, comics based on Tom & Jerry), dies at age 82.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/del-arbol_angel.htm|title=Angel Del Arbol|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175553/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/del-arbol_angel.htm|url-status=live}}
January 19: Bort, Italian comics artist (Le Ultime Parole Famose), dies at age 92.{{Cite web|url=https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/01/19/news/moorto_bort_il_vignettista_che_ha_creato_le_ultime_parole_famose_sulla_settimana_enigmistica_-216952728/|title=Morto Bort, il vignettista che ha creato "Le ultime parole famose" sulla Settimana Enigmistica|date=Jan 19, 2019|website=la Repubblica|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175034/https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/01/19/news/moorto_bort_il_vignettista_che_ha_creato_le_ultime_parole_famose_sulla_settimana_enigmistica_-216952728/|url-status=live}}
January 28: Frans Buissink, Dutch painter, journalist and comics writer (Sjors en Sjimmie, Brammetje Bram), dies at age 75.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/buissink_frans.htm|title=Frans Buissink|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175449/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/buissink_frans.htm|url-status=live}}
January 29: Alex Barbier, French comics artist and painter (worked for Charlie Mensuel, Les Paysages de la Nuit, Comme un Poulet Sans Tête, dies at age 68.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barbier.htm|title=Alex Barbier|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724183622/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barbier.htm|url-status=live}}

=February=

February 1: Ted Stearn, American animator and comics artist (Fuzz & Pluck, The Forgotten Dream of a Melancholy Chef), dies at age 57 from AIDS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stearn_t.htm|title=Ted Stearn|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603015554/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stearn_t.htm|url-status=live}}
February 2: Kakashi Oniyazu, Japanese comics artist (Though You May Burn to Ash, Date Ast Like), dies at an unknown age.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-27/though-you-may-burn-to-ash-manga-kakashi-oniyazu-passes-away/.143962|title=Though You May Burn to Ash Manga's Kakashi Oniyazu Passes Away|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=2022-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202082711/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-27/though-you-may-burn-to-ash-manga-kakashi-oniyazu-passes-away/.143962|url-status=live}}
February 8: Sérgio Tibúrcio Graciano, Brazilian comics artist (assistant of Mauricio de Sousa), dies at age 83.{{Cite web|url=https://www.omelete.com.br/turma-da-monica/sergio-graciano-desenhista-da-msp-falece-aos-83-anos|title=Sergio Graciano, desenhista da MSP, falece aos 83 anos|first=Mariana|last=Canhisares|date=Feb 9, 2019|website=Omelete|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175933/https://www.omelete.com.br/turma-da-monica/sergio-graciano-desenhista-da-msp-falece-aos-83-anos|url-status=live}}
February 9: Tomi Ungerer, French novelist, illustrator, cartoonist and poster designer (The Three Robbers, Flat Stanley, Underground Sketchbook, The Party, Fornicon), dies at age 87.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/ungerer_t.htm|title=Tomi Ungerer|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234911/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/ungerer_t.htm|url-status=live}}
February 13: Annibale Casabianca, Italian comic artist (Miciolino, I Serpenti, drew Italian versions of The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, worked for Sergio Rosi, Roy D'Ami and Alberto Giolitti), dies at age 89. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/casabianca_a.htm|title=Annibale Casabianca|website=lambiek.net|access-date=July 26, 2024|archive-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122111233/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/casabianca_a.htm|url-status=live}}
February 15: Werner Hierl, German comics artist (Rolf Kauka), and animator (Bavaria Film), dies at age 88 or 89.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hierl_werner.htm|title=Werner Hierl|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174740/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hierl_werner.htm|url-status=live}}
February 17: Claude Renard, Belgian comics artist (Ivan Casablanca, 1914-1918, Les Anges de Mons) and teacher (founder of Atelier R), dies at age 72.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/renard.htm|title=Claude Renard|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713061823/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/renard.htm|url-status=live}}
February 18: Jacques Sandron, French comics artist (Godaille et Godasse, Raphaël et les Timbres), dies at age 76.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sandron.htm|title=Jacques Sandron|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174228/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sandron.htm|url-status=live}}
February 19: Dee, Malaysian comics artist (Hello Bos), dies at age 52.{{Cite web |url=http://bebasnews.my/2019/02/19/kartunis-hello-boss-dee-meninggal-dunia/ |title=Kartunis Hello Boss, Dee meninggal dunia | BebasNews |access-date=2019-12-29 |archive-date=2019-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229161844/http://bebasnews.my/2019/02/19/kartunis-hello-boss-dee-meninggal-dunia/ |url-status=dead }}
February 20: Har Brok, Dutch journalist and writer (wrote various books about Hergé, among them: Kuifje, Van Leerlingjournalist tot Wereldberoemd Reporter), dies at age 76.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hergegenootschap.nl/wp2/2019/02/20/in-memoriam-har-brok/|title=In memoriam: Har Brok – Hergé Genootschap|first=Door|last=Rogerklaassen|date=20 February 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2020}}
February 21: Àngel Badia i Camps, Spanish painter, illustrator and comics artist (Pilaropo, created comics for Fleetway, Bruguera and Ricart), dies at age 89–90.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/badia-camps_angel.htm|title=Ángel Badia Camps|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174905/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/badia-camps_angel.htm|url-status=live}}
February 25: Tadeusz Raczkiewicz, Polish cartoonist, comics writer and artist (Kusmider i Filo, Tajfun), dies at age 69.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raczkiewicz_tadeusz.htm|title=Tadeusz Raczkiewicz|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724173518/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raczkiewicz_tadeusz.htm|url-status=live}}

=March=

March 2: Sergio Tuis, Italian comics artist (La Pattuglia dei Bufali, Kirby Flint, Agente senza Nome, continued Martin Mystère), dies at age 83.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tuis_sergio.htm|title=Sergio Tuis|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234912/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tuis_sergio.htm|url-status=live}}
March 6: Shigehisa Sunagawa, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 77.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sankei.com/life/news/190309/lif1903090019-n1.html|title=漫画家の砂川しげひさ氏が死去「寄らば斬るド」|first=SANKEI DIGITAL|last=INC|date=Mar 9, 2019|website=産経ニュース|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174826/https://www.sankei.com/life/news/190309/lif1903090019-n1.html|url-status=live}}
March 12: Tom K. Ryan, American comics artist (Tumbleweeds), dies at age 92.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/ryan_t.htm|title=Tom K. Ryan|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180214/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/ryan_t.htm|url-status=live}}
March 14: Augusto Cid, Spanish caricaturist, illustrator, sculptor and comics artist (Bicas e Bocas), dies at age 77.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cid_augusto.htm|title=Augusto Cid|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180751/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cid_augusto.htm|url-status=live}}
March 15:
Patty Klein, Dutch poet and comics writer (Noortje, Polletje Pluim, wrote for Panda, Sjors & Sjimmie, Schanulleke, the magazines Okki, Jippo, Taptoe, Rolf Kauka comics, Hanna-Barbera comics and Disney comics too), dies at age 73.
Toby Vos, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 100.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vos_toby.htm|title=Toby Vos|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234914/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vos_toby.htm|url-status=live}}
March 17: Ken Bald, American comics artist and illustrator (Namora, Judd Saxon, made comics adaptations of the TV series Dr. Kildare and Dark Shadows), dies at age 98.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bald-kenneth.htm|title=Kenneth Bald|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310044634/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bald-kenneth.htm|url-status=live}}
March 21: Pedro Alfonso Abelenda Escudero, or Abelenda, Spanish painter and comics artist, dies at age 87.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/coruna/2019/03/21/fallece-pintor-corunes-alfonso-abelenda-23823554.html|title=Fallece el pintor coruñés Alfonso Abelenda|first=A. P.|last=Q|date=March 21, 2019|website=La Opinión de A Coruña|access-date=July 14, 2021|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714024917/https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/coruna/2019/03/21/fallece-pintor-corunes-alfonso-abelenda-23823554.html|url-status=live}}
March 23: Benno Vranken, Dutch comics artist (comics in the magazine Zone 5300, Walburg), dies at age 57.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vranken_benno.htm|title=Benno Vranken|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174945/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vranken_benno.htm|url-status=live}}
March 24: Olivier Cinna, French comics artist (La Fête des Morts, Ordures, Hibakusha), dies at age 46.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cinna_olivier.htm|title=Olivier Cinna|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174405/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cinna_olivier.htm|url-status=live}}
March 27: Leslie Sternbergh, American comics artist, dies at age 58.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sternbergh_leslie.htm|title=Leslie Sternbergh|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180638/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sternbergh_leslie.htm|url-status=live}}
March 29: Mark Alessi, American comics publisher (founder of CrossGen), dies at 65.{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Rich |title=Mark Alessi, Founder of CrossGen, Has Died |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/03/30/mark-alessi-crossgen-died/ |date=March 30, 2019 |work=Bleeding Cool |access-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330195242/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/03/30/mark-alessi-crossgen-died/ |url-status=live }}
March 31: Don Morgan, American animator and comics artist (Disney comics, assisted on Pogo), dies at age 80.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morgan_don.htm|title=Don Morgan|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912215510/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morgan_don.htm|url-status=live}}

=April=

April 2: {{ill|Rolf Håndstad|no}}, Norwegian comics writer (Pyton), dies at age 60 from cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.no/d2/kultur/rolf-handstad/tommy-tusj/tommy-sydsater/pyton-skaperen-rolf-handstad-bedre-kjent-som-rhesus-minus-er-dod-60-ar-gammel/2-1-579617|title=Pyton-skaperen Rolf Håndstad, bedre kjent som Rhesus Minus, er død, 60 år gammel|first=Øyvind|last=Holen|authorlink=Øyvind Holen|date=Apr 4, 2019|website=www.dn.no|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304065242/https://www.dn.no/d2/kultur/rolf-handstad/tommy-tusj/tommy-sydsater/pyton-skaperen-rolf-handstad-bedre-kjent-som-rhesus-minus-er-dod-60-ar-gammel/2-1-579617|url-status=live}}
April 9: James D. Hudnall, American comics writer (Espers, Alpha Flight, Strikeforce: Morituri, Harsh Realm, Obama Nation), dies at age 61.{{Cite web|url= https://www.cbr.com/james-hudnall-harsh-realm-espers-passed-away/|title= Harsh Realm and Espers Creator, James Hudnall, Passes Away|first= Cronin|last= Brian|date= Apr 10, 2019|website= Comic Book Resources|access-date= April 13, 2024|archive-date= August 8, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240808065709/https://www.cbr.com/james-hudnall-harsh-realm-espers-passed-away/|url-status= live}}
April 11: Monkey Punch, Japanese comics artist (Lupin III, Pinky Panky), dies at age 81.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/monkey-punch.htm|title=Monkey Punch|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527063750/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/monkey-punch.htm|url-status=live}}
April 15:
Malky McCormick, Scottish comics artist, caricaturist and postcard designer (The Big Yin), dies at age 76.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccormick_malky.htm|title=Malky McCormick|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175234/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccormick_malky.htm|url-status=live}}
Ibrahim Tapa, Turkish comic artist (Zampara Moruk), dies at age 68 or 69. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tapa_ibrahim.htm|title=Ibrahim Tapa|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 11, 2024|archive-date=August 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811214744/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tapa_ibrahim.htm|url-status=live}}
April 17: Kazuo Koike, Japanese comics writer (Lone Wolf and Cub, Hulk: The Manga, Lady Snowblood, Samurai Executioner, Nijitte Monogatari, Path of the Assassin, Hanappe Bazooka, Wounded Man, Mad Bull 34, Crying Freeman, Kawaite sōrō, X-Men Unlimited,...), dies at age 82.{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Lone Wolf & Cub Manga Creator Kazuo Koike Passes Away |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-19/lone-wolf-and-cub-manga-creator-kazuo-koike-passes-away/.145900 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=April 19, 2019 |date=April 19, 2019 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419085317/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-19/lone-wolf-and-cub-manga-creator-kazuo-koike-passes-away/.145900 |url-status=live }}
April 22: Greg Theakston, American illustrator, comics artist and restorator of classic comics, dies at age 65.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/04/23/comcis-archivist-and-publisher-greg-theakston-has-died-aged-65/ |title=Comics Archivist and Publisher Greg Theakston Has Died, Aged 65 |author=Johnston, Rich|publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=April 23, 2019|access-date=April 23, 2019|archive-date=April 23, 2019|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423165026/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/04/23/comcis-archivist-and-publisher-greg-theakston-has-died-aged-65/}}
April 23:
Jochen Arfert, German comics artist, dies at age 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arfert_jochen.htm|title=Jochen Arfert|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614045457/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arfert_jochen.htm|url-status=live}}
Akihiko Takadera, Japanese comics artist, dies at age 68.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=12690|title=Akihiko TAKADERA - Anime News Network|website=www.animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180003/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=12690|url-status=live}}
April 28: Teva Harrison, Canadian-American comics writer and artist (In-Between Days), dies from breast cancer at age 42.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/teva-harrison-award-winning-toronto-cartoonist-dead-at-42-1.5114613|title=Teva Harrison, award-winning Toronto cartoonist, dead at 42|last=van Koeverden|first=Jane | work = CBC Books |date=2019-04-28|access-date=2019-04-30}}
April 29: Makoto Ogino, Japanese comics artist (Spirit Warrior), dies at age 59.{{cite web |script-title=ja:訃報/読者の皆様へ |url=http://youngjump.jp/info/news_2019050901/ |website=youngjump.jp |publisher=Shueisha |access-date=May 10, 2019 |language=ja |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234915/https://youngjump.jp/info/news_2019050901/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Kujakuoh Manga Creator Makoto Ogino Passes Away at 59 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-10/kujakuoh-manga-creator-makoto-ogino-passes-away-at-59/.146577 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 10, 2019 |date=May 10, 2019 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512184344/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-10/kujakuoh-manga-creator-makoto-ogino-passes-away-at-59/.146577 |url-status=live }}

=May=

May 10:
Jorge Longarón, Spanish illustrator and comics artist (Friday Foster), dies at age 86.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/longaron_jorge.htm|title=Jorge Longaron|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830234915/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/longaron_jorge.htm|url-status=live}}
Miguel Anguel Repetto, Argentine-Spanish comics artist (continued the Tex Willer series), dies at age 90.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/repetto_miguel-angel.htm|title=Miguel Angel Repetto|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724185345/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/repetto_miguel-angel.htm|url-status=live}}
May 18: Justin Ponsor, American comics colorist (Marvel Comics), dies at age 42 from cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/justin-ponsor-passes-away/ |title=Justin Ponsor, Marvel Comics Colorist, Passes Away |last=Dominguez |first=Noah |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 20, 2019 |access-date=May 22, 2019 |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527093800/https://www.cbr.com/justin-ponsor-passes-away/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/justin-ponsor-1977-2019 |publisher=Marvel Comics |date=May 24, 2019 |access-date=May 24, 2019 |title=Justin Ponsor, 1977–2019 |archive-date=May 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524184241/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/justin-ponsor-1977-2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsarama.com/45256-justin-ponsor-dies-at-age-42.html |title=Justin Ponsor Dies at Age 42 |last=Arrant |first=Chris |publisher=Newsarama |date=May 21, 2019 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190522051710/https://www.newsarama.com/45256-justin-ponsor-dies-at-age-42.html |url-status=live }}
May 20: Jürgen Kieser, German caricaturist, advertising illustrator, comics artist (Fix und Fax), dies at age 97.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kieser_jurgen.htm|title=Jürgen Kieser|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724185200/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kieser_jurgen.htm|url-status=live}}
May 23: Alberico Motta, Italian comics artist (continued Chicchirichi, Cucciolo, Tiramolla, Laurel & Hardy comics, Disney comics, Tom & Jerry, Popeye, Felix the Cat), dies at age 81.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/motta_alberico.htm|title=Alberico Motta|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235418/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/motta_alberico.htm|url-status=live}}
May 26:
Alexis Dragonetti, Belgian publisher (CEO of comics and children's book publishing company Ballon Media), dies at age 50 in a car accident.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-26|title='Alexis Dragonetti zorgde altijd voor peper in de reet': Boekenvak in rouw na dood van Boekenbeurs-baas|url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/alexis-dragonetti-zorgde-altijd-voor-peper-in-de-reet-boekenvak-in-rouw-na-dood-van-boekenbeurs-baas~b4df5abc/|access-date=2021-01-03|website=De Morgen|language=nl|archive-date=2024-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235429/https://myprivacy.dpgmedia.be/consent?siteKey=6OfBU0sZ5RFXpOOK&callbackUrl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.demorgen.be%2fprivacy-wall%2faccept%3fredirectUri%3d%252fnieuws%252falexis-dragonetti-zorgde-altijd-voor-peper-in-de-reet-boekenvak-in-rouw-na-dood-van-boekenbeurs-baas%257eb4df5abc%252f|url-status=live}}
Everett Raymond Kinstler, American comics artist (worked on Zorro), dies at age 92.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kintsler_everett.htm|title=Everett Raymond Kinstler|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175911/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kintsler_everett.htm|url-status=live}}
May 29: Josep María Blanco Ibarz, Spanish comics artist (Los Kakikus, La Familia Ulises, Patam Plaff, El Loco Pericos), dies at age 92.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blanco.htm|title=Josep María Blanco Ibarz|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174845/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blanco.htm|url-status=live}}

=June=

June 4: Rinaldo Traini, Italian comics promoter (co-organiser of the Salone Internazionale dei Comics festival) and comics writer (wrote for Guido Buzzelli, Roberto Diso and Corrado Mastantuono), dies at age 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.actuabd.com/Mort-de-Rinaldo-Traini-le-Condottiere-du-9e-art-italien|title=Mort de Rinaldo Traini, le " Condottiere " du 9e art italien - ActuaBD|website=www.actuabd.com|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180100/https://www.actuabd.com/Mort-de-Rinaldo-Traini-le-Condottiere-du-9e-art-italien|url-status=live}}
June 5: Helmut Nickel, German comics artist (Titanus, Don Pedro, Robinson Crusoë), dies at age 95.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nickel_helmut.htm|title=Helmut Nickel|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021215921/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nickel_helmut.htm|url-status=live}}
June 6: Kees Sparreboom, Dutch painter, illustrator and comics artist (Boot & Van Dijk and various autobiographical comics), dies from cancer at age 79.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sparreboom_kees.htm|title=Kees Sparreboom|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235419/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sparreboom_kees.htm|url-status=live}}
June 7: Reto Gloor, Swiss comics artist (Das Karma-Problem), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gedenkzeit.ch/traueranzeige/reto-gloor|title=Traueranzeigen von Reto Gloor | Gedenkzeit.ch|website=www.gedenkzeit.ch|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724182903/https://www.gedenkzeit.ch/traueranzeige/reto-gloor|url-status=live}}
June 9: Fabien Lacaf, French screenwriter and comics artist (Les Patriotes), dies at age 65.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lacaf_f.htm|title=Fabien Lacaf|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175936/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lacaf_f.htm|url-status=live}}
June 16: José Colomer Fonts, Spanish comic artist (Disney comics), dies at age 76. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colomer-fonts_jose.htm|title=José Colomer Fonts|website=lambiek.net|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613201014/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colomer-fonts_jose.htm|url-status=live}}
June 22: Pieter Hermanides, Dutch painter and comics artist (De Draak van Bociti), dies at age 87.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hermanides_pieter.htm|title=Pieter Hermanides|website=lambiek.net|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235420/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hermanides_pieter.htm|url-status=live}}
June 28: Kaj Pindal, Danish-Canadian comics artist and animator (Professor Phidus), dies at age 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pindal_kaj.htm|title=Kaj Pindal|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235420/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pindal_kaj.htm|url-status=live}}
June 30:
Armando Salas Martinez, Spanish comics artist (El Eden), dies at age 73.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/salas_armando.htm|title=Armando Salas|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174743/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/salas_armando.htm|url-status=live}}
Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist and animator, dies at age 86.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mordillo_guillermo.htm|title=Guillermo Mordillo|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630133602/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mordillo_guillermo.htm|url-status=live}}

=July=

July 11: Pepita Pardell, Spanish animator, cartoonist, illustrator and painter (worked for Ediciones Toray), dies at age 91.{{cite web |title=L'ACC lamenta la mort de Pepita Pardell, Membre d'Honor |url=https://www.academiadelcinema.cat/ca/actualitat-ca/actualitat-noticies/3674-l-acc-lamenta-la-mort-de-pepita-pardell-membre-d-honor |website=www.academiadelcinema.cat |access-date=16 December 2019 |language=ca-es |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712144701/https://www.academiadelcinema.cat/ca/actualitat-ca/actualitat-noticies/3674-l-acc-lamenta-la-mort-de-pepita-pardell-membre-d-honor |url-status=dead }}
July 12: Klaas Knol, Dutch store employee (longest-serving employee of Amsterdam comics store Lambiek), dies at age 64.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/news/322/klaas-knol-overleden.html|title=Klaas Knol has passed away|website=Lambiek Comic Shop|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174007/https://www.lambiek.net/news/322/klaas-knol-overleden.html|url-status=live}}
July 13: Ger Rijff, Dutch comics artist (De Vogels, Daan en Dodo, various sex parody comics, co-author of the Suske en Wiske spoof De Glunderende Gluurder), dies at age 67.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rijff_ger.htm|title=Ger Rijff|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174907/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rijff_ger.htm|url-status=live}}
July 26: Christian Gaty, French comic artist (Dany, Hôtesse de Paris, continued Barbe-Rouge) , dies at age 94. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gaty.htm|title=Christian Gaty|website=lambiek.net|access-date=December 18, 2023|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235421/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gaty.htm|url-status=live}}
July 29: Daniele Fagarazzi, AKA Dani, Italian animator and comic artist (Tilt, Otto Krunz, Bobo, continued Zio Boris, comics based on Calimero), dies at age 54.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fagarazzi_daniele.htm|title=Daniele Fagarazzi|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 1, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904030730/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fagarazzi_daniele.htm|url-status=live}}

=August=

August 2: Ai Morinaga, Japanese comics artist (Your and My Secret, My Heavenly Hockey Club), dies at age 40.{{cite web |author1=Rafael Antonio Pineda |title=Your & My Secret Manga Creator Ai Morinaga Passes Away |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-08/your-and-my-secret-manga-creator-ai-morinaga-passes-away/.149878 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 9, 2019 |date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809025231/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-08/your-and-my-secret-manga-creator-ai-morinaga-passes-away/.149878 |url-status=live }}
August 8: Ernie Colón, American comic book artist (Arak, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich), cancer, dies at age 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colon_ernie.htm|title=Ernie Colón|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174658/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colon_ernie.htm|url-status=live}}
August 14: AkaB, Italian comics artist, dies at age 43.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2019/08/15/news/morto_akab_gabriele_di_benedetto-233667338/|title=Fumetti, è morto Gabriele 'AkaB' Di Benedetto. Aveva 43 anni|date=Aug 15, 2019|website=la Repubblica|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404061936/https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2019/08/15/news/morto_akab_gabriele_di_benedetto-233667338/|url-status=live}}
August 18: Giulio Chierchini, Italian comics writer and artist (Disney comics, worked on Fix und Foxi), dies at age 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chierchini_giulio.htm|title=Giulio Chierchini|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707001149/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chierchini_giulio.htm|url-status=live}}
August 20: Larry Siegel, American theatrical, TV, comedy record and comics writer (Mad Magazine, Little Annie Fanny), dies at age 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/siegel_larry.htm|title=Larry Siegel|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180753/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/siegel_larry.htm|url-status=live}}
August 22: Dwi Koendoro, Indonesian comics artist and animator (Panji Koming, Legenda Sawung Kampret), dies at age 78.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/koendoro_dwi.htm|title=Dwi Koendoro|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416144801/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/koendoro_dwi.htm|url-status=live}}
August 23: Massimo Mattioli, Italian comics artist (Pinky, Squeak the Mouse, M le Magicien, Lo Zoo Pazzo, Pasquino, Joe Galaxy), dies at age 75.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mattioli.htm|title=Massimo Mattioli|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124005802/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mattioli.htm|url-status=live}}
August 27: Pedro Bell, American illustrator, animator and comics artist (drew comic strip-like album covers for George Clinton and a comic-strip review of a Deee-Lite concert), dies at age 69.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bell_pedro.htm|title=Pedro Bell|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174927/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bell_pedro.htm|url-status=live}}
August 31: Donald Rooum, British comics artist and journalist (Wildcat), dies at age 91.

=September=

September 1: George Abe, Japanese comics writer (Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichnin), dies at age 82.{{Cite web |url=https://anime.everyeye.it/notizie/importante-lutto-mondo-manga-lascia-george-abe-autore-rainbow-398561.html |title=Importante lutto per il mondo dei manga, ci lascia George Abe, l'autore di Rainbow |website=Everyeye Anime |language=it |access-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927071038/https://anime.everyeye.it/notizie/importante-lutto-mondo-manga-lascia-george-abe-autore-rainbow-398561.html |archive-date=2019-09-27 |url-status=dead }}
September 5:
Charles Jarry, Belgian comics artist (Élodie d'Avray, Costa), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jarry_charles.htm|title=Charles Jarry|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511190959/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jarry_charles.htm|url-status=live}}
Jaroslav Weigel, Czech playwright, writer, painter, actor and comics writer (Lips Tullian), dies at age 88.{{Cite web|url=https://denikn.cz/minuta/192322/|title=V 88 letech zemřel herec Divadla Járy Cimrmana Jaroslav Weigel|date=Sep 5, 2019|website=Deník N|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905092025/https://denikn.cz/minuta/192322/|url-status=live}}
September 9: Kim Seong-hwan, South Korean comics artist (Gobau), dies at age 86.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kim_seong-hwan.htm|title=Kim Seong-hwan|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174103/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kim_seong-hwan.htm|url-status=live}}
September 11: Daniel Johnston, American outsider musician and cartoonist (Space Ducks), dies at age 58 from a heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/johnston_daniel.htm|title=Daniel Johnston|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203084557/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/johnston_daniel.htm|url-status=live}}
September 12: Bill Schelly, American publisher (the fanzine Superheroes Anonymous, Sense of Wonder) and writer (The Golden Age of Comic Fandom), dies at age 67.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/biographer-and-comics-fandom-chronicler-bill-schelly-dies-unexpectedly-at-67/|title=Biographer and Comics Fandom Chronicler Bill Schelly Dies Unexpectedly at 67 ||date=18 September 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174722/http://www.tcj.com/biographer-and-comics-fandom-chronicler-bill-schelly-dies-unexpectedly-at-67/|url-status=live}}
September 27: Patrick Tandiang, French comics artist (Le Matin des Suaires Brûlés, Japper Jack), dies at age 58.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tandiang_patrick.htm|title=Patrick Tandiang|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174130/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tandiang_patrick.htm|url-status=live}}

=October=

October 1:
Jouko Innanen, Finnish cartoonist and comics artist (Into, Herra Kaaranen), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/innanen_jouko.htm|title=Jouko Innanen|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180239/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/innanen_jouko.htm|url-status=live}}
Esther Takei, American comics artist (Ama-Chan), dies at age 94.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/takei_esther.htm|title=Esther Takei|website=lambiek.net|access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418150406/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/takei_esther.htm|url-status=live}}
October 5:
Rik Pareit, Belgian journalist and writer (wrote the book Geheimzinnige Sterren, over het Belgische Stripverhaal, about Belgian comics), dies at age 66 from prostate cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/10/05/gewezen-vtm-journalist-rik-pareit-overleden/|title=Gewezen VTM-journalist en stripkenner Rik Pareit overleden|first=VRT|last=NWS|date=Oct 5, 2019|website=vrtnws.be|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806082854/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/10/05/gewezen-vtm-journalist-rik-pareit-overleden/|url-status=live}}
Philippe Vandevelde, aka Philippe Tome, Belgian comics writer (Le Petit Spirou, Soda, continued Spirou et Fantasio) and artist (assistant of Dupa, Turk and Bob de Groot), dies at age 62 from a heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tome.htm|title=Philippe Tome|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414021407/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tome.htm|url-status=live}}
October 13: Hideo Azuma, Japanese comics artist (Nanako SOS, Little Pollon, Disappearance Diary), dies at age 69.{{cite web |title=Prolific Manga Creator Hideo Azuma Passes Away at 69 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-21/prolific-manga-creator-hideo-azuma-passes-away-at-69/.152442 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=2019-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021053641/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-21/prolific-manga-creator-hideo-azuma-passes-away-at-69/.152442 |url-status=live }}

=November=

November 13: Tom Spurgeon, American comics writer (Wildwood), journalist, writer, critic (editor of The Comics Journal, 1994–1999) and blogger (The Comics Reporter), dies at age 50.{{cite news|title=Are comics for kids or adults? |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2002439056_comicsaudience15.html |date=August 15, 2005 |work=The Seattle Times |last=O'Brien |first=Kathleen |access-date=March 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007091741/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2002439056_comicsaudience15.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2008}}
November 19:
Purita Campos, Spanish comics artist (Patty's World), dies at age 82.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/campos_purita.htm|title=Purita Campos|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175643/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/campos_purita.htm|url-status=live}}
Tom Lyle, American comics artist (Starman, worked on the Robin spin-off), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lyle_tom.htm|title=Tom Lyle|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235422/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lyle_tom.htm|url-status=live}}
November 21: Gahan Wilson, American illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist (worked for Playboy, National Lampoon), dies at age 89.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilson_gahan.htm|title=Gahan Wilson|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175534/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilson_gahan.htm|url-status=live}}
November 22: Gaston Durnez, Belgian journalist, poet, writer and comics writer (De Geschiedenis van Sleenovia,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sleen.htm|title=Marc Sleen|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422035032/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sleen.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/de-rop_eduard.htm|title=Eduard De Rop|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}} came up with the name of the comics character Detective Van Zwam by Marc Sleen), dies at age 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/11/22/schrijver-en-oud-journalist-gaston-durnez-is-overleden/|title=Schrijver en oud-journalist Gaston Durnez is overleden|first=VRT|last=NWS|date=Nov 22, 2019|website=vrtnws.be|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202064952/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/11/22/schrijver-en-oud-journalist-gaston-durnez-is-overleden/|url-status=live}}
November 26:
Howard Cruse, American comics artist (Barefootz, Wendel, Stuck Rubber Baby), dies at age 75.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cruse.htm|title=Howard Cruse|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180003/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cruse.htm|url-status=live}}
Sudhir Dar, Indian cartoonist and illustrator, dies at age 87.{{Cite web|url=https://newsd.in/renowned-cartoonist-sudhir-dar-passes-away-at-87/|title=Renowned Cartoonist Sudhir Dar passes away at 87|date=Nov 26, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235422/https://newsd.in/renowned-cartoonist-sudhir-dar-passes-away-at-87/|url-status=live}}
November 29: Serge Lindier, French comics artist (Alan), dies at age 67.{{cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-5162-BD-Lindier-Serge.html|title=Lindier, Serge|work=bedetheque.com|language=fr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/vitre-35500/chateaubourg-le-dessinateur-serge-lindier-s-en-est-alle-6636696|title=Châteaubourg. Le dessinateur Serge Lindier s'en est allé|date=3 December 2019|work=ouest-france.fr|language=fr|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203183200/https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/vitre-35500/chateaubourg-le-dessinateur-serge-lindier-s-en-est-alle-6636696|url-status=live}}
Specific date in November unknown: Jean Marcellin, aka Couic, French comics artist and illustrator (La Famille Plantevigne, Caramba et Alonzo, Artimon et Siroco), dies at age 90 or 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/marcellin_jean.htm|title=Jean Marcellin|website=lambiek.net|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731192731/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/marcellin_jean.htm|url-status=live}}

=December=

December 7: Dani Dacquin, Belgian comics artist (Adam en Eva, De Lotgevallen van Lotje, Yoeko), dies at age 84.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dani.htm|title=Dani Dacquin|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724182536/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dani.htm|url-status=live}}
December 8: Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer, voice actor, comics artist and animator (Harvey), dies at age 85.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spinney_caroll.htm|title=Caroll Spinney|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724182508/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spinney_caroll.htm|url-status=live}}
December 9: Patrice Ordas, French novelist and comics writer (wrote comics for Patrick Cothias{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cothias.htm|title=Patrick Cothias|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005212/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cothias.htm|url-status=live}}), dies at age 68.{{cite web|url=http://bdzoom.com/149600/actualites/deces-de-patrice-ordas/|title=Décès de Patrice Ordas|date=10 December 2019|work=BDZoom.com|language=fr|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211093608/http://bdzoom.com/149600/actualites/deces-de-patrice-ordas/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/bd-manga-comics/du-roman-a-la-bande-dessinee-deces-de-patrice-ordas/98268|title=Du roman à la bande dessinée : décès de Patrice Ordas|date=10 December 2019|work=ActuaLitté|language=fr|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210155206/https://www.actualitte.com/article/bd-manga-comics/du-roman-a-la-bande-dessinee-deces-de-patrice-ordas/98268|url-status=live}}
December 19:
Jules Deelder, Dutch poet, orator and comics writer (wrote scripts for the comic book series Amber en Akka and Professor Hilarius, drawn by Rob Derks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/peters-rob.htm|title=Rob Peters|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180022/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/peters-rob.htm|url-status=live}}) and inspired his own celebrity comic (Juul Deeldert, drawn by Vick Debergh {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/debergh_vick.htm|title=Vick Debergh|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175257/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/debergh_vick.htm|url-status=live}}), dies at age 75.{{Cite web|url=https://nos.nl/l/2315428|title=Dichter Jules Deelder overleden|website=nos.nl|date=19 December 2019|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=30 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235932/https://cookies.nos.nl/sites/NOS/nos.nl/ccm-bar-nl.html?version=v3.2.5-s1xCX|url-status=live}}
Freek Neirynck, Belgian theatre director, journalist, actor, writer and comics writer (wrote comics for Buth {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/buth.htm|title=Buth|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411065710/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/buth.htm|url-status=live}} and Knut Kersse {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kersse_knut.htm|title=Knut Kersse|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180155/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kersse_knut.htm|url-status=live}}), dies at age 70.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/12/19/professor-van-het-gents-freek-neirynck-overleden/|title="Professor van het Gents" Freek Neirynck (70) is overleden|first=VRT|last=NWS|date=Dec 19, 2019|website=vrtnws.be|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806082836/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/12/19/professor-van-het-gents-freek-neirynck-overleden/|url-status=live}}
December 20: Gerry Alanguilan, Filipino comic book artist and writer (Wasted, Elmer, X-Men), dies at age 51.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/alanguilan.htm|title=Gerry Alanguilan|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180546/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/alanguilan.htm|url-status=live}}

Conventions

March 9–10: Big Apple Comic Con (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City) — comics guests: Frank Cho, Tony Isabella, Jim Steranko, Bill Griffith, Jae Lee, Diane Noomin, Arvell Jones, Mark Texeira, Dan Nokes, Larry Welz, Robert J. Sodaro, Peter Bagge, Joe Martino, Ramona Fradon, Reilly Brown, Adam Air Williams, Peter David, Sy Barry, John Orlando, Brian Kong, Bob Camp, J. David Spurlock, Timothy Truman, Larry Nemecek, Danny Fingeroth, James Sherman, Sean Chen, Jim Salicrup, Mike Diana, Cristian Aluas, Rodney Ramos, Keith Williams, Larry Stroman, Dan FogelPierce, Ken. [https://piercingmetal.com/the-2019-big-apple-comic-con-draws-near-heres-more-scoop/ "THE 2019 BIG APPLE COMIC CON DRAWS NEAR; HERE'S MORE SCOOP,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413104544/https://piercingmetal.com/the-2019-big-apple-comic-con-draws-near-heres-more-scoop/ |date=2021-04-13 }} Piercing Metal (FEBRUARY 18, 2019).
March 30: FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival (40 Watt, Athens, Georgia)
April 4-6: International Comic Arts Forum (St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa) — guests include Marnie Galloway, Rob Guillory, Jaime Hernandez,{{cite news|title=Jaime Hernandez reflects on 38 years of his influential 'Love & Rockets' comics series|first=Rob|last=Cline|date=Apr 2, 2019|work=Little Village|url=https://littlevillagemag.com/jaime-hernandez-reflects-on-38-years-of-his-influential-love-rockets-comics-series/|access-date=March 25, 2024|archive-date=March 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324173506/https://littlevillagemag.com/jaime-hernandez-reflects-on-38-years-of-his-influential-love-rockets-comics-series/|url-status=live}} Fernando "KOHELL" Iglesias, Alberto Ledesma, and Ana Merino{{cite web|title=ICAF 2019 in Review|url=http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/icaf-2019-in-review.html|work=The International Comics Art Forum|access-date=Mar 22, 2024|archive-date=March 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322223550/http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/icaf-2019-in-review.html|url-status=live}}
April 6–7: MoCCA Festival (Metropolitan West, New York City)
April 27–28: Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (S.P.A.C.E.) (Northland Performing Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio)
May 18: ECBACC (East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention) (Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
June 1–2: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) (Center on Halsted, Chicago, Illinois) — special guests: Ezra Claytan Daniels, Nicholas Gurewitch, Corinne Halbert, Michael Kupperman, Anders Nilsen, Ben Passmore, Aaron Renier, Isabella Rotman, Whit Taylor, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell[https://www.cakechicago.com/cake-2019 "CAKE 2019,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522201240/https://www.cakechicago.com/cake-2019 |date=2022-05-22 }} CAKE Archives. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
September 14–15: Small Press Expo (SPX) (Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, North Bethesda, Maryland)
September 26–29: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (Columbus, Ohio) — special guests Natasha Alterici, Ho Che Anderson, Ezra Clayton Daniels, Terri Libenson, Tom Tomorrow, Frank Santoro, Dav Pilkey, Mike Mignola, Ann Telnaes, Liana Finck, Georgia Webber, M. K. Czerwiec, Rachel Lindsay, and Hilary Price
October 12–13: STAPLE! (Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, Austin, Texas)
November 2: Comic Arts Brooklyn (Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York) — special guests Nina Bunjevac, Charles Burns, Alfonso de Anda, Kim Deitch, Trinidad Escobar, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Lawrence Lindell, Françoise Mouly, Anders Nilsen, Breena Nuñez, Dirt Palace, Gary Panter, Tommi Parrish, Minnie Phan, Frank Santoro, Daniel Shepard, Art Spiegelman, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Gibrán Turón, Chris Ware, Lauren Weinstein{{cite web

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November 9–10: Thought Bubble Festival (Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, England) — guests include Jhonen Vasquez, Brian Azzarello, Jenn St-Onge, Luke Pearson, Mahmud A. Asrar, Kim-Joy, Marc Ellerby, Cameron Stewart, Sweeney Boo, Alison Sampson, Gemma Correll, Kieron Gillen, and Jamie McKelvie{{cite news |last=Beard |first=Alexander |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/thought-bubble-comic-art-festival-harrogate-become-home-uks-biggest-comics-festival-102541 |title=Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival: Harrogate to become home of 'UK's biggest comics festival': A major comic art festival which has called Leeds home for 12 years has revealed it will now be held at the Harrogate Convention Centre |work=Harrogate Advertiser |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=25 March 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526115836/https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/thought-bubble-comic-art-festival-harrogate-become-home-uks-biggest-comics-festival-102541 |url-status=live }}
December 6–8: Steel City Con (Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania) — guests include Wallace Shawn, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond, Tony Danza, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Joonas Suotamo, Carmen Electra, Sean Astin, Patrick Renna, Edward Furlong, Billy Boyd, Rachel True, Rachael Taylor, Richard Grieco, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Tom Bunk, Joe Simko, Trish Stratus, Lita, D-Von Dudley{{cite web |url=https://triblive.com/aande/more-a-and-e/wallace-shawn-talks-acting-princess-bride-and-toy-story/ |first=Steve |last=Segal |date=December 4, 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |title=Wallace Shawn talks acting, 'Princess Bride' and 'Toy Story' ahead of Steel City Con |access-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830235927/https://triblive.com/aande/more-a-and-e/wallace-shawn-talks-acting-princess-bride-and-toy-story/ |url-status=live }}
December 7–8: Comic Arts Los Angeles (Homenetmen Ararat, Los Angeles, California) — featured guest: Raúl the Third

First issues by title

;Archie vs. Predator II

:Release July by Archie Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Writer: Alex de Campi Artist: Robert Hack

;Going to the Chapel (Comic)

:Released September by Action Lab Comics. Writer: David Pepose Artist: Gavin Guidry.

;Spencer & Locke 2

:Released May by Action Lab Comics. Writer: David Pepose Artist: Jorge Santiago, Jr.

References

Comics

Category:Mass media timelines by year