Events
January
January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published. January 17: Trik wins the Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon. January 22: Webcomic Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery by Rick Smith begins publication. January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.
February
February 11: Belgian comic artist Marc Sleen is declared a honorary citizen of Turnhout. Ji Kangmin begins the Korean webcomic Welcome to Convenience Store
March
March 5: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham softcover edition released under the Vertigo imprint.
April
April 1: Acclaimed historian, political scientist and social critic Howard Zinn releases A People's History of American Empire. The book was co-authored by historian Paul Buhle and cartoonist Mike Konopacki. April 3: Graphic novel Britten and Brülightly by Hannah Berry is published by Random House under their Jonathan Cape imprint April 7: Jessica Hagy's webcomic Indexed is voted best blog of the year by Time.com. April 20: At the New York Comic Con, Marvel announces Marvel Apes, which will start in October. April 23: Countdown to Final Crisis concludes. April 28: Universal Studios announce that they have optioned Oni Press' Resurrection by Marc Guggenheim, to be produced by Scott Stuber. April 30: Barry Allen returns to the DC Universe proper 23 years after his death in Crisis on Infinite Earths. The return came in DC Universe #0.
May
May 2: The Iron Man film, based on the character of the same name, is released in theaters. May 28: Final Crisis #1 is released.
June
Me and My Ainia by Lai Ann wins the Outstanding Comics Award from the Institute for Compilation and Translation of Taiwan Tiny Titans released by DC Comics
July
The Dark Knight takes in a record $155.34 million in its opening weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for Spider-Man 3 in May 2007. Wildstorm's World's End event begins in the aftermath of Number of the Beast. Comic Book Tattoo, the comic book anthology based on the lyrics of Tori Amos makes its debut at the San Diego Comic Con.
August
August 2: To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the British comics magazine The Beano Nick Park is guest editor.
September
September 10: In the Netherlands René Schoenmakers and Marc Jansen, co-found Catawiki, a compendium of collector's catalogues. September 27: During the Stripdagen in Houten, The Netherlands, Erik Kriek receives the Stripschapprijs. Pim Oosterheert, author of various books about Marten Toonder, receives the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs. Bob van den Born and Jaap Kramer receive the Bulletje en Boonestaak Schaal.
October
Hellboy: In The Chapel Of Moloch, the first Hellboy series written and drawn by Mike Mignola since 2005, is scheduled to ship. October 8: Archaia Studios Press confirm they have been bought by Kunoichi, the company established by Joshua Blaylock, former President at Devil's Due Publishing.
November
November 14: French cartoonist Piem is named Knight in the Ordre National du Mérite. November 18: Jonas Geirnaert's comic strip Kabouter Wesley makes its debut in HUMO. The non-fiction book Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero is published by E. Paul Zehr.
December
Specific date unknown
Seung-Jin Park and Kim Jung Gi launch the webcomic series TLT - Tiger the Long Tail, which will run until 2010.
Deaths
January
January 3: Johan van Dijk, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (Onze Rusteloze Aarde, Wonderen der Natuur), dies at age 90. January 6: Marty Links, American comics artist (Emmy Lou), dies at age 90. January 18: Joaquin Cervante Bassoco, Mexican comics artist (Pies Lanos, Tirando a Gol (El Pirata Negro), Wama), dies at age 89. January 19: Rik Clément, Belgian comics artist (Dees Dubbel), dies at age 87.
February
February 2: Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comics artist (Gordo), dies at age 90. February 10: Steve Gerber, American comic book writer (Marvel Comics, DC Comics, creator of Howard the Duck), dies from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at age 60. February 22: Steve Whitaker, British comics colourist (V for Vendetta), dies at age 53.