2021 in comics

• January 15: A rejected Tintin cover for the album The Blue Lotus is auctioned and sold for the record prize of 3.2 million euros (2.8. million British pounds).{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/14/tintin-cover-art-sells-26m-just-missing-record-comic-book-sale-le-lotus-bleu-herge|title=Tintin cover art sells for record-breaking €3.2m|date=January 15, 2021|website=The Guardian}}

• February 18: The Tintin shop in Lisbon, Portugal, is forced to close its doors forever, because of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown measures.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.pt/lisboa/pt/noticias/tintin-shop-em-belem-fecha-definitivamente-as-portas-vitima-da-pandemia-021821|title=Tintin Shop, em Belém, fecha definitivamente as portas vítima da pandemia|first=Francisca Dias|last=Real|website=Time Out Lisboa|date=February 18, 2021 }}

• March 4: Japanese publisher Kodansha prints a 15-meter (49-foot) tall version of an Attack on Titan album. It breaks a record as the largest comic book of all time.{{cite web|url=https://soranews24.com/2021/03/04/the-titan-sized-attack-on-titan-manga-is-freakishly-huge-breaks-world-record-for-largest-comic/|title=The Titan-Sized Attack on Titan manga is freakishly huge, breaks world record for largest comic|date=March 4, 2021}}
• March 6: The Chandras debut in their own strip Har Har's Joke Shop! in The Beano No.2075.
• March 8:
• Hergé's estate, Moulinsart, sues artist Xavier Marabout for copyright infringement, since he uses The Adventures of Tintin characters in his paintings. He later wins his case.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm|title=Hergé|website=lambiek.net}}{{cite web|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/moulinsart-poursuit-un-peintre-breton-qui-mixe-tintin-avec-edward-hopper|title=Moulinsart poursuit un peintre breton qui mixe Tintin avec Edward Hopper|website=Livres Hebdo}}{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/un-peintre-francais-attaque-en-justice-pour-avoir-peint-tintin-dans-des-decors-de-hopper-10-03-2021-8427908.php|title=Un peintre français attaqué en justice pour avoir représenté Tintin dans des décors de Hopper|date=March 10, 2021|website=Le Parisien}}{{cite news |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/polemique-est-ce-qu-un-artiste-a-le-droit-de-s-interroger-sur-la-vie-sexuelle-de-tintin-7179032 |title=Polémique. 'Est-ce qu'un artiste a le droit de s'interroger sur la vie sexuelle de Tintin ?' |date=March 8, 2021 |work=Ouest-France |language=fr}}
• 87-year-old comic artist José Delbo sells Wonder Woman artwork as a non-fungible token for $1.85 million during a crypto auction, in collaboration with the Italian Hackatao duo.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/delbo_j.htm|title=José Delbo|website=lambiek.net|access-date=June 7, 2021}}
• March 9: Gerben Valkema, best known for the comic strip Elsje, wins the Stripschapprijs.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/282173/gerben-valkema-wint-de-stripprijs-voor-striptekenaars-nou-moe|title=Gerben Valkema wint dé stripprijs voor striptekenaars: 'Nou moe!'|website=nhnieuws.nl}}{{cite web|url=https://www.parool.nl/gs-bb282ebc|title=Stripschapprijs 2021 naar Gerben Valkema|date=March 9, 2021|website=Het Parool}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/03/10/gerben-valkema-wint-belangrijkste-oeuvreprijs-voor-striptekenaars-a4034944|title=Gerben Valkema wint belangrijkste oeuvreprijs voor striptekenaars|website=NRC|date=March 10, 2021 }}

• April 6: A rare copy of Action Comics 1 (the first Superman comic) is auctioned for a record sale of $3.25 million at ComicConnect.com.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/rare-superman-comic-sells-for-record-3-million-9e5fa9efcaa81d524d46385bc55301a1|work=Associated Press|title=Man, a steal! Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25M|date=April 6, 2021|accessdate=April 7, 2021|archivedate=April 7, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407081018/https://apnews.com/article/rare-superman-comic-sells-for-record-3-million-9e5fa9efcaa81d524d46385bc55301a1}}
• April 29: After 40 years, Steve Bell's long-running political comic strip If... comes to an end.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bell_steve.htm|title=Steve Bell|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}

• Specific date unknown: The obese character Fatty in the British comic series The Bash Street Kids is renamed Freddy.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sutherland_david.htm|title=David Sutherland|website=lambiek.net|access-date=16 February 2023}}

• June 2: The characters Mandira Sharma and Harsha Chandra, who originated in earlier gag comics in The Beano, are introduced as recurring cast members in The Bash Street Kids.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sutherland_david.htm|title=David Sutherland|website=lambiek.net|access-date=15 February 2023}}
• June 8: DC releases DC Pride, its first anthology series focusing on LGBTQ+ characters.{{cite web | url=https://www.out.com/pride/2021/5/07/dc-comics-previews-dc-pride-1-art-includes-be-gay-do-crimes-story | title=DC Comics Previews 'DC Pride #1" Art, Includes 'Be Gay, do Crimes' Story | date=May 7, 2021 }}
• June 9:
• In Spain more than 300 comics artists protest and boycott the annual Barcelona International Comic Fair, because the winner of the Grand Prix is Antonio Martin, who is not a comics writer or artist, but a comics historian and publisher.{{cite web|url=https://www.actuabd.com/Espagne-plus-de-300-auteurs-protestent-contre-l-attribution-du-Grand-Prix-du|title=Espagne : plus de 300 auteurs protestent contre l'attribution du (...)|website=ActuaBD}}
• In Noordwijk, The Netherlands, the MoCA (Museum of Comic Art), Noordwijk opens its doors to the general public.{{cite web|url=https://www.leidschdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20200720_52144910|title=Stripmuseum in Noordwijk opent in 2021: 'Voor toeristen, maar ook voor echte stripliefhebbers'|website=leidschdagblad.nl|date=July 20, 2020 }}Stripschrift #466, pg 18-19: "MoCA, een museum uit liefde voor de strip"{{cite web|url=https://stripjournaal.com/2020/07/10/nieuw-stripmuseum-opent-in-het-najaar-de-deuren/|title=Nieuw stripmuseum opent in het najaar de deuren|date=July 10, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.michaelminneboo.nl/2020/05/alweer-een-nieuw-stripmuseum-383/|title=Alweer een nieuw stripmuseum?!? | 383|website=Michael Minneboo}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dearchitect.nl/architectuur/nieuws/2021/06/winkel-in-noordwijk-wordt-energieneutraal-museum-of-comic-art-101263168|title=Winkel in Noordwijk wordt energieneutraal Museum of Comic Art|website=De Architect|date=June 2021 }}
• June 27: In Nieuw-Vossemeer, The Netherlands, a bench with a mosaic drawing depicting the comic characters Bulletje en Boonestaak is revealed to the public.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raemdonck.htm|title=George van Raemdonck|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=July 11, 2022}}
• June 28: Studio Jan van Haasteren wins the annual P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. The award is given to Jan van Haasteren and his two co-workers Rob Derks and Dick Heins.{{Cite web|url=https://stripschapprijs.nl/p-hans-frankfurtherprijs/|title=P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs 2021|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}

===July===

• A revival of the weekly political-satirical gag comic spin-off of Jean Tabary's Iznogoud is launched as a webcomic series on the website La Vie Française. The new scriptwriter is Olivier Andrieu and the artist Elric.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/elric.htm|title=Elric|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=August 1, 2022}}

• August 7: A comic mural designed by Belgian comic artist Kim Duchateau is inaugurated in Antwerp, Belgium.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/duchateau_kim.htm|title=Kim Duchateau|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=30 January 2023}}
• August 12: DC Comics announces that Robin will be outed as bisexual in an upcoming comic book story of Batman: Urban Legends, which features alternative storylines about Batman.{{cite web|title=Batman sidekick Robin comes out as bisexual and lets comic book fans know they are seen|date=August 11, 2021 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/batman-sidekick-robin-comes-out-bisexual-lets-comic-book-fans-ncna1276582|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=October 20, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Avery|first=Dan|title=Robin explores his bisexuality in new Batman comic|date=August 11, 2021 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/robin-explores-bisexuality-new-batman-comic-rcna1647|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=October 20, 2021}}

• September 9:
• A copy of the first issue of Spider-Man is sold for the record-breaking prize of 3.6 million dollars.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/first-spider-man-comic-record-breaking-auction-three-million-superman-action-comics|title=First Spider-Man Comic Sells For Record-Breaking $3.6 Million|date=November 2021|publisher=IGN}}
• A scandal breaks out in Ontario, Canada, when it is revealed that in 2019 30 schools have burned or removed 5,000 children's books, novels, encyclopedias and comics, for depicting "prejudice against indigenous peoples." {{cite web|url=https://thecanadian.news/2021/09/09/5000-childrens-books-and-comics-of-asterix-or-tintin-burned-in-canada-for-offending-indigenous-people/|title=5,000 children's books and comics of Asterix or Tintin burned in Canada for offending indigenous people|first=Osimo|last=Nhegua|date=September 9, 2021|website=thecanadian.news}}
• September 17:
• In Anderlecht, Belgium, Hotel Yooma opens its doors: the first hotel dedicated to Franco-Belgian comics.{{cite web|url=https://www.laudec.eu/node/204|title=Inauguration de l'hôtel Yooma à Bruxelles | Laudec 2.0|website=laudec.eu}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/brussel/uniek-hotel-in-hartje-anderlecht-eerste-hotel-waar-strips-centraal-staan~add5909d/|title=Uniek hotel in hartje Anderlecht: 'Eerste hotel waar strips centraal staan'|first=Wouter|last=Hertogs|date=September 20, 2021|work=Het Laatste Nieuws}}
• In Charleroi, Belgium, a statue of Gaston Lagaffe is inaugurated at the Green Place.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/detail_la-statue-de-gaston-lagaffe-enfin-devoilee-au-public-a-charleroi?id=10843793|title=La statue de Gaston Lagaffe enfin dévoilée au public à Charleroi|date=September 17, 2021|website=RTBF Info}}
• September 26: Dutch comics publisher Julius Goede wins the Dutch comic award 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 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nieuws030.nl/nieuws/kiek-op-utrecht-julius-de-goede/ | title=Kiek op Utrecht - Julius de Goede | Nieuws030 }}
• September 28: Belgian cartoonist Kamagurka wins the Dutch Inktspotprijs award for Best Political Cartoon.{{cite web | url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2399596-inktspotprijs-voor-beste-politieke-tekening-voor-kamagurka | title=Inktspotprijs voor beste politieke tekening voor Kamagurka | date=September 28, 2021 }}

• October 11: DC Comics announces that Jon Kent, the 17-year-old son of Superman, will be outed as bisexual in an upcoming comic book story.{{cite web|last=Andrew |first=Scottie |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/11/entertainment/superman-comes-out-bisexual-jon-kent-cec/index.html |title=Jon Kent: Superman comes out as bisexual in an upcoming DC comic |publisher=CNN |date=October 12, 2021 |accessdate=October 20, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Brito |first=Christopher |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/superman-jon-kent-bisexual-comic/ |title=Jon Kent, the new Superman, comes out as bisexual in new comic |publisher=CBS News |date=October 11, 2021 |accessdate=October 20, 2021}}

• December 19: The freckled character Spotty in the British comic series The Bash Street Kids is renamed Scotty.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/19/cripes-spotty-becomes-scotty-as-the-beano-reflects-modern-thought|title=Cripes! Spotty becomes Scotty as the Beano reflects modern thought|date=December 19, 2021|accessdate=April 8, 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}

• Gary Panter releases the graphic novel Crashpad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/panter.htm|title=Gary Panter|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}
• The final gag of Toon van Driel's De Stamgasten is printed in Algemeen Dagblad. The series had been running since 1981.{{cite web | url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/toon_van_driel.htm | title=Toon van Driel.}}
• Anton Gudim launches his webcomic series Yes...But'.{{cite web | url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gudim_anton.htm | title=Anton Gudim.}}

• January 1: Norbert Morandière, aka Norma, French comics artist (Capitaine Apache, Souvenirs de la Pendule, Hazel et Ogan), dies at age 74.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/norma.htm|title=Norma (Norbert Morandière)|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=January 1, 2021}}
• January 8: Steve Lightle, American comics artist (Doom Patrol, continued Legion of Super-Heroes), dies at age 61 from cardiac arrest, brought on by COVID-19.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lightle_steve.htm|title=Steve Lightle|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=January 9, 2021}}
• January 15: Liz Berube, American comics artist and colorist, known for romance comics, dies at age 78.Degg, D. D. [https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/03/01/liz-berube-rip/ "LIZ BERUBE – RIP,"] The Daily Cartoonist (March 1, 2021).
• January 21:
• Henryk Chmielewski, aka Papcio Chmiel, Polish comics artist, illustrator and journalist (Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek), dies at age 97.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chmiel_papcio.htm|title=Henry Chmielewski, aka Papcio Chmiel|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=January 21, 2021}}
• Jean Graton, French comics writer and artist (Michel Vaillant, Julie Wood) and publisher (Éditions Graton), dies at age 97.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/graton_j.htm|title=Jean Graton|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=January 21, 2021}}
• January 24: Marcel Uderzo, French comics artist (Les Mémoires de Mathias, drew a comic strip based on The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, assisted on his brother Albert Uderzo's Tanguy et Laverdure and Astérix), dies at age 87.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/uderzo_marcel.htm|title=Marcel Uderzo|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=January 24, 2021}}
• Specific date in January unknown: Antoni Bancells Pujadas, Spanish comics artist (Disney comics, assisted on Mortadelo y Filemon), dies at age 71 or 72.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bancells-pajudas_a.htm|title=Antoni Bancells Pujadas|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=July 20, 2024}}

• February 4: Vlastimil Zábranský, Czech painter, visual artist and comics artist, dies at age 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zabransky_vlasta.htm|title=Vlasta Zabransky|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=April 2, 2021}}
• February 7:
• Oscar González Loyo, Mexican animator and comics artist (Karmatrón y Los Transformables), dies at age 61.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gonzalez-loyo_oscar.htm|title=Oscar González Loyo|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=February 10, 2021}}
• S. Clay Wilson, American underground comix artist (The Checkered Demon, Captain Pissgums and His Pervert Pirates), dies at age 79.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilson.htm|title=S. Clay Wilson|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
• February 8: Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist, actor, screenwriter and comics writer (wrote comics for Bernard Yslaire and Pierre Étaix {{cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-19814-BD-Carriere-Jean-Claude.html|title=Carrière, Jean-Claude - Bibliographie, BD, photo, biographie|first=Philippe|last=MAGNERON|website=bedetheque.com}}), dies at age 89.{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jean-claude-carriere-dead-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1234903570/|title = Jean-Claude Carriere, 'Unbearable Lightness of Being' Screenwriter, Dies at 89|last = Saperstein|first = Pat|work = Variety|date = February 8, 2021|accessdate = February 8, 2021}}[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/02/08/jean-claude-carriere-scenariste-et-ecrivain-est-mort-a-l-age-de-89-ans_6069243_3382.html "Jean-Claude Carrière, scénariste et écrivain, est mort à l'âge de 89 ans"], Le Monde, February 9, 2021.
• February 13: George Mandel, American writer and comics artist (The Woman in Red, comics for Better Publications), dies at age 101.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mandel_george.htm|title=George Mandel|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=February 13, 2021}}
• February 16: Si Spencer, British TV writer and comics writer (Harke & Burr, The Creep, wrote for Judge Dredd), dies at age 69 or 70.[https://2000ad.com/news/si-spencer-1961-2021/ Si Spencer, 1961-2021], at 2000AD; published February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021
• February 19: Leopold Lippens, Belgian politician (namesake of the Leopold Lippens Prize at the Comics Festival of Knokke-Heist{{Cite web|url=http://www.stripfestivalknokkeheist.be/stripprijs/|title=» Stripprijs|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}), dies at age 79.{{cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/02/19/leopold-lippens/|title=Burgemeester Leopold Lippens (79) van Knokke-Heist is overleden|first=VRT|last=NWS|date=February 19, 2021|website=vrtnws.be}}

• March 2: Claude Lacroix, aka Tartemption, Alias, French comics artist and illustrator (Farfelune, Yann Le Migrateur, Fariboles Sidérales, Cyann), dies at age 76.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lacroix_claude.htm|title=Claude Lacroix|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 8, 2021}}
• March 7: Frank Thorne, American comics artist (Red Sonja, Dr. Guy Bennett/ Dr. Duncan, Moonshine McJugs), dies at age 90.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thorne.htm|title=Frank Thorne|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 8, 2021}}
• March 18: Picanyol, Spanish comics artist (Ot el bruixot, L'Illa Perduda), dies at age 73.{{cite news| url= https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20210318/muere-picanyol-creador-ot-bruixot-11589082| title=Muere Picanyol, creador de Ot, el bruixot| language=es| work=El Periódico de Catalunya| date=March 18, 2021| access-date=March 18, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20210318/6601996/muere-dibujante-josep-lluis-martinez-picanyol.html |website=La Vanguardia |title=Muere el dibujante Josep Lluís Martínez 'Picanyol' a los 73 años |date=March 18, 2021 |language=es |access-date=March 19, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/217520/mor-dibuixant-picanyol-creador-ot-bruixot|website=naciodigital.cat |title=Mor el dibuixant Picanyol, creador d'"Ot el Bruixot" |language=ca |access-date=March 19, 2021}}
• March 19: Gary Leib, American cartoonist, musician and animator (Idiotland) dies at age 65–66.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leib_gary.htm|title=Gary Leib|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 23, 2021}}
• March 22: Gérard Depralon, French comic artist (Petrole Apache), dies at age 70.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/depralon_gerard.htm|title=Gérard Depralon|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 30, 2021}}
• March 24: Willy Ophalvens, Belgian comic artist (Fratske, assistant of Berck), dies at age 82.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/ophalvens_willy.htm|title=Willy Ophalvens|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 30, 2021}}
• March 27: Chris Yambar, American comics writer (SpongeBob SquarePants comics, The Simpsons comics, revival of The Yellow Kid) and artist (Mr. Beat), dies at age 59.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/yambar_chris.htm|title=Chris Yambar|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 30, 2021}}
• March 30: Gonzalo Mayo, Peruvian comics artist (worked for Eerie and Vampirella), dies at age 81.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mayo_gonzalo.htm|title=Mayo Gonzalo|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=March 30, 2021}}

• April 5:
• Joye Hummel, American comics writer (Wonder Woman), dies at age 97.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hummel_joye.htm|title=Joye Hummel|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=April 7, 2021}}
• Frank Jacobs, American comics writer (Mad Magazine), dies at age 91.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jacobs_frank.htm|title=Frank Jacobs|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=April 10, 2021}}
• April 7: Michel Koeniguer, French comics artist (The Bridge, Bomb Road, Misty Mission, Berlin sera notre tombeau), dies at age 49.
• April 18: Cor Blok, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (The Iron Parachute), dies at age 87.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blok_cor.htm|title=Cor Blok|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 5, 2021}}

• May 1: John Paul Leon, American comic book artist (Static, Earth X, The Winter Men), dies at age 49.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leon_john-paul.htm|title=John Paul Leon|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 4, 2021}}
• May 2: Pieter Aspe, Belgian novelist and comics writer (wrote comics in collaboration with cartoonists like Kim Duchateau,{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/duchateau_kim.htm|title=Kim Duchateau|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 4, 2021}} Marec, Merho{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/merho.htm|title=Merho|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 4, 2021}} and Patrick van Oppen {{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/van-oppen_patrick.htm|title=Patrick van Oppen|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 4, 2021}}), dies at age 68.{{cite web|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210501_97142266|title=Succesauteur Pieter Aspe overleden|website=De Standaard|date=May 2021 }}
• May 6: Kentaro Miura, Japanese comics/manga artist (Berserk), dies at age 54 from aortic dissection.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/miura_kentaro.htm|title=Kentaro Miura|website=Lambiek.net|access-date= May 12, 2021}}
• May 10: Marc Daniëls, Belgian comics writer and artist (Stam & Pilou, various celebrity comics) and co-founder of Studio Max!, dies at age 62 from COVID-19.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/daniels_marc.htm|title=Marc Daniëls|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2021}}
• May 18: Esegé, Spanish comics artist (Gustavo, el de la Calle del Diecinueve, Tito Sidecar, El Dinosaurio Jeremías), dies at age 63.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/esege.htm|title=Esegé|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 22, 2021}}
• May 19: David Anthony Kraft, American comics writer (Marvel Comics), critic (David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview, Comics Revue) and publisher, dies at age 68.{{cite web|last=Fassett|first=Ryan|date=May 20, 2021|title=Writer and Publisher David Anthony Kraft Has Passed Away|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/writer-and-publisher-david-anthony-kraft-has-passed-away/|access-date=May 20, 2021|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|language=en}}{{cite web|date=May 20, 2021|title=David A. Kraft, Iconic Defenders Writer, Comics Journalist, Has Passed Away|url=https://www.cbr.com/david-a-kraft-defenders-comics-interview-obituary/|access-date=May 20, 2021|website=CBR|language=en-US}}
• May 21: Ploeg, Belgian cartoonist and comic artist (Prosper), dies at age 85.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/ploeg.htm|title=Ploeg|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 27, 2021}}
• May 28: Benoît Sokal, Belgian comics artist (Inspector Canardo), dies at age 66.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sokal_b.htm|title=Benoît Sokal|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=May 29, 2021}}
• May 29: Marcell Jankovics, Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author (made a comic adaptation of The Canterville Ghost), dies at age 79.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jankovics_marcell.htm|title=Marcell Jankovics|website=lambiek.net|access-date=8 September 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mma.hu/az-akademia/-/event/10180/elhunyt-jankovics-marcell-az-mma-tiszteletbeli-elnoke;jsessionid=9BB21FFBC0EA3DDE0048F1081EF6FCB0|title=Elhunyt Jankovics Marcell, az MMA tiszteletbeli elnöke | Magyar Művészeti Akadémia|website=www.mma.hu}}

• June 1: Bunny Matthews, American comic artist (Vic and Nat'ly), dies at age 70.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/matthews_bunny.htm|title=Bunny Matthews|website=lambiek.net|access-date=22 July 2022}}
• June 5:
• André Beckers, Belgian comic artist (La Patrouille des Aigles, Lieutenant Tompson, assisted on Buck Danny), dies at age 93.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/beckers_andre.htm|title=André Beckers|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=June 11, 2021}}
• James McQuade, American comics artist (Misty, The Sexy Adventures of Hoeny Hooker), dies at age 88.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mcquade_james.htm|title=James McQuade|website=lambiek.net|access-date=11 August 2024}}
• June 13: Nikita Mandryka, French comics artist (Le Concombre Masqué, Les Clopinettes) and publisher (co-founder of L'Écho des Savanes), dies at age 80.{{cite web|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/m/mandryka.htm|title=Nikita Mandryka : Kalkus, Nik, Karl Kruss, Caleq-usse, Calgus, Kil|website=Lambiek.net|accessdate=June 14, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://soirmag.lesoir.be/378104/article/2021-06-14/bd-nikita-mandryka-pere-du-concombre-masque-est-decede|title=BD: Nikita Mandryka, père du Concombre masqué, est décédé|date=June 14, 2021|website=Soirmag}}
• June 14: Tuono Pettinato, Italian comics writer and illustrator (Garibaldi. Resoconto veritiero delle sue valorose imprese, a uso delle giovini menti), dies at age 44.{{cite web|title=Tuono Pettinato - Lucca Comics & Games 2015|url=http://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/it/2015/comics/ospiti/tuono-pettinato/|website=luccacomicsandgames.com|date=March 18, 2020}}{{cite web|title=Tuono Pettinato: Libri e biografia di Tuono Pettinato|url=http://www.rizzolilibri.it/autori/tuono-pettinato/|website=Rizzoli Libri|accessdate=May 27, 2016|language=it-IT|date=March 19, 2014}}
• June 18: Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (The Spaceship of Time, Mysteries of the Lost Continent), dies at age 77 or 78.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dikstein_asher.htm|title=Asher Dikstein|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=January 14, 2022}}
• June 23: Walli, Belgian children's book illustrator and comic artist (Kommerkat, Cosmic Connection, Gil Sinclair, continued Modeste et Pompon and Chlorophylle), dies at age 69.{{cite web|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/w/walli.htm|title=Walli|website=Lambiek.net|accessdate=June 24, 2021}}

• July 5:
• Richard Donner, American film director and comics writer (co-wrote Superman stories with Geoff Johns and Adam Kubert), dies at age 91.{{cite web|title="Superman: The Movie" Director Richard Donner Dies at Age 91|url=https://www.supermansupersite.com/Superman_The_Movie_Director_Richard_Donner_Dies_at_Age_91.html|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=supermansupersite.com}}
• Danny Shanahan, American cartoonist (worked for The New Yorker), dies at age 64.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shanahan_danny.htm|title=Danny Shanahan|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=October 5, 2021}}
• July 14: Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist (Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy), dies at age 86.{{cite news |title=Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist behind Muhammad caricature, dies at 86 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/kurt-westergaard-danish-cartoonist-behind-muhammad-caricature-dies-at-86/a-58311385 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=July 19, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Davison |first1=Phil |title=Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist whose Muhammad caricature stirred debate and violence, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/kurt-westergaard-dead/2021/07/20/81d3e622-e8b2-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html |access-date=July 23, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 20, 2021}}
• July 24: Carlos Romeu Müller, Spanish comics artist (Miguelito), dies at age 73.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/romeu-muller_carlos.htm|title=Romeu|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=July 25, 2021}}
• July 25: Henri Vernes, Belgian novelist and comics writer (wrote the scripts to comic book adaptations of his own novel series Bob Morane), dies at age 102.{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/henri-vernes-createur-de-bob-morane-est-mort-26-07-2021-2436889_23.php|title=Henri Vernes, créateur de Bob Morane, est mort|date=July 26, 2021|website=Le Point|language=fr}}
• July 31: Martin Perscheid, German comics artist (Perscheids Abgründe), dies at age 55.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/perscheid_m.htm|title=Martin Perscheid|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=July 31, 2021}}

• August 14:
• Enzo Facciolo, Italian animator and comics artist (Clint Due Colpi, worked on Diabolik), dies at age 89.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/facciolo_enzo.htm|title=Enzo Facciolo|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=August 18, 2021}}
• Geneviève Gautier, French comic artist (Les Aventures du Pingouin Alfred), dies at age 99.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gautier_genevieve.htm|title=Geneviève Gautier|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=September 5, 2024}}
• August 18: Jill Murphy, British children's writer and illustrator (The Worst Witch, Large Family), dies at age 72.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/murphy_jill.htm|title=Jill Murphy|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=August 18, 2021}}
• August 19: Raoul Cauvin, Belgian comics writer (Les Tuniques Bleues, Sammy, Agent 212, Les Femmes en Blanc, Pierre Tombal, Cédric, Cupidon, Pauvre Lampil, Les Psy, Taxi Girl, Le Vieux Bleu, Les Voraces, also wrote stories for Natacha and Spirou et Fantasio), dies at age 82.{{cite web |url=https://www.dupuis.com/actualites/FR/merci-raoul-et-bonne-route/4336 |title=Merci Raoul, et bonne route... |date=August 20, 2021 |publisher=Dupuis}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cauvin.htm|title=Raoul Cauvin|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
• August 24: Charlie Watts, British rock drummer (The Rolling Stones) (made comic strips for his band's U.S. tour program and the back sleeve of their album Between the Buttons), dies at age 80.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/watts_charlie.htm|title=Charlie Watts|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=August 24, 2021}}

• September 3: Henriette Valium, Canadian painter and comics artist, dies at age 62.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/valium.htm|title=Henriette Valium|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=September 3, 2021}}
• September 8: Olmo, Spanish comic artist (Don Celes), dies at age 99.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/olmo.htm|title=Olmo|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
• September 21: Nico Visscher, Dutch cartoonist and comics artist (De Wolken, Korrel), dies at age 88.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/visscher_nico.htm|title=Nico Visscher|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=September 24, 2021}}
• September 24:
• Gomaa Frahat, Egyptian political cartoonist, dies at age 80.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/farahat_gomaa.htm|title=Gomaa Farahat|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=October 3, 2021}}
• Ota, Brazilian comics writer, comics artist, cartoonist and publisher (Os Birutas, worked for the Brazilian edition of Mad Magazine), dies at age 67.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/ota.htm|title=Ota|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
• Takao Saito, Japanese comics/manga artist (Golgo 13, Kage Gari, Barom-1), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/saito_takao.htm|title=Takao Saito|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=October 3, 2021}}
• September 27: hugOKÉ, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (Belgman, Eddy Sterk Wint... De Spelen, Reynaert de Vos), dies at age 82.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/de-kempeneer_hugo.htm|title=hugOKÉ|website=lambiek.net}}

• October 8: Santiago Martín Salvador, Spanish comic artist (worked on the comic strip based on The Saint and drew horror comics for Creepy), dies at age 85.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/martin-salvador_santiago.htm|title=Santiago Martín Salvador|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=November 13, 2021}}
• October 17: Robin Wood, Paraguayan-Argentine comics writer (Nippur de Lagash, Dago, Gilgamesh el inmortal,...), dies at age 77.{{cite web|title=Falleció Robin Wood, el gran autor de los comics Dago y Nippur de Lagash|url=https://www.memo.com.ar/cultura/murio-robin-wood/|access-date=October 18, 2021|website=memo.com.ar|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wood_robin.htm|title=Robin Wood|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=November 13, 2021}}

• November 2: André Osi, Belgian comic artist (Horizon Blanc, Napoléon), dies at age 62.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/osi-andre.htm|title=André Osi|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=November 13, 2021}}
• November 13: Leopoldo Ortiz Ortiz, Spanish comic artist (Bogey, Comisario Kelele, El Justiciero Enmascarado, worked for Eerie), dies at age 73.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sanchez_leopoldo.htm|title=Leopoldo Sánchez Ortiz|website=lambiek.net|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
• November 26: Vincenzo Jannuzzi, Italian comic artist (Ancillotto, Pike and Pike), dies at age 75.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jannuzzi_vincenzo.htm|title=Vincenzo Jannuzzi|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=May 4, 2025}}

• December 4: Nico van Welzenes, Dutch painter and comic artist (Peter Pik, Superlul), dies at age 85.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/welzenes_nico_van.htm|title=Nico van Welzenes|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=July 11, 2022}}
• December 8: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese comic artist (Dame Oyaji, Bar Lemon Heart), dies at age 85.http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au297.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201134718/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au297.html |date=February 1, 2017 }} Profile
• December 9: Don Asmussen, American comics artist (The San Francisco Strip, Bad Reporter, Super Average Joe), dies at age 59 from brain cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/asmussen_don.htm|title=Don Asmussen|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=November 13, 2021}}
• December 11: Hiroshi Hirata, Japanese comic artist, dies at age 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hirata_hiroshi.htm|title=Hiroshi Hirata|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=December 11, 2021}}
• December 18: Gérald Forton, Belgian-American comic artist (Kim Devil, continued Bob Morane, He-Man, Masters of the Universe newspaper comic), dies at age 90.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/asmussen_don.htm|title=Don Asmussen|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=December 18, 2021}}

• Sandro Costa, Italian comic artist (worked for Rolf Kauka), dies at an unknown age.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/costa_sandro.htm|title=Sandro Costa|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 3, 2024}}

• Aug. 28, 2021 – Feb. 20, 2022: "Miné Okubo's Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660" (Japanese American National Museum, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles){{Cite web|title=Miné Okubo's Masterpiece {{!}} Japanese American National Museum|url=https://www.janm.org/exhibits/mine-okubo-masterpiece|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.janm.org}}
• Sept. 15 – Dec. 8: "Legends: An Exploration of Contemporary Storytelling from Frame to Experience" (Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas)—exhibition with original art by such creators as JooYoung Choi, Michelle Czajkowski, Peter Kuper, Josh Neufeld, Trina Robbins, and Eric Shanower.{{cite web|url=https://www.astate.edu/news/bradbury-art-museum-to-present-legends-exhibition-of-contemporary-storytelling |title=BRADBURY ART MUSEUM TO PRESENT 'LEGENDS' EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY STORYTELLING |work=Bradbury Art Museum |date=September 8, 2021}}
• Sept. 24 – Jan 16, 2022: "Art of the News: Comics Journalism" (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon) — work by Joe Sacco, Gerardo Alba, Dan Archer, Thi Bui, Tracy Chahwan, Jesús Cossio, Sarah Glidden, Omar Khouri, Victoria Lomasko, Sarah Mirk, Ben Passmore, Yazan al-Saadi, and Andy Warner{{cite web|url=https://jsma.uoregon.edu/ComicsJournalism|title=THE ART OF THE NEWS: COMICS JOURNALISM|work=Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art|access-date=May 4, 2024}}
• Nov. 13, 2021 – May 8, 2022: "Dark Laughter Revisited: The Life and Times of Ollie Harrington" (Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio){{cite news|last=Oliphint |first=Joel |url=https://www.columbusalive.com/story/entertainment/arts/2022/01/07/ollie-harringtons-dark-humor-and-remarkable-life-display-osu/9123410002/ |title=Ollie Harrington's dark humor and overlooked, remarkable life on display at OSU: 'Dark Laughter Revisited: The Life and Times of Ollie Harrington' is on view at Ohio State's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, and it's a must-see |work=Columbus Alive |date=Jan 7, 2022}}

• August 21–22: Brooklyn Comic Con (Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY)—held outdoors for health & safety reasons; second day canceled due to threatened hurricanePate, Michael. [http://www.conventionscene.com/2021/09/01/brooklyns-comic-con-2021-quick-glance/ "Brooklyn's Comic Con 2021 Quick Glance,"] Convention Scene (September 1, 2021).

• September 25–26: Big Apple Comic Con (Wyndham New Yorker Hotel, New York City)—Celebrity guests: Jason David Frank, Vic Mignogna, Sarah Natochenny. Comics guests: Jim Shooter, Billy Tucci, Keith Williams, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Reilly Brown. Silver Anniversary show;Fox, Kate. [https://patch.com/new-york/deerpark-northbabylon/calendar/event/20210925/1366310/big-apple-comic-convention "Big Apple Comic Convention,"] Patch.com (September 25, 2021). workshops by The Kubert School

• October 7–10: New York Comic Con (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City)
• October 22–24: Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)

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