Notable events of 2014 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, by conventions and first issues by title.
Eventsedit
Marchedit
March 7: Mafalda becomes the first fictional character (and comics character) to be awarded with the Légion d'Honneur. On 22 March, her creator Quino is also honoured with the same award.[1][2]
March 8–9: During the Stripdagen in Gorinchem, Fred de Heij is awarded the Stripschapprijs , while the Hans P. Frankfurtherprijs is awarded to Rob van Bavel, chief editor of Eppo and publisher.[3][4] The comics writer and translator Frits van der Heide wins the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.[5]
September 26: A financial settlement is reached between Marvel and the estate of Jack Kirby.[12]
Octoberedit
October 2: Bas van der Schot wins the Inktspotprijs (edition 2003) for Best Political Cartoon. [13][14]
October 14: A Love Is... cartoon indicating that 'No' means 'maybe' and 'maybe' means 'yes' causes controversy for glorifying rape culture. The next day, The Chicago Sun issues an official apology. [15][16]
Novemberedit
November 6: Atena Farghadani, imprisoned earlier this year for making a cartoon that mocked the Iranian government, is released from jail, but jailed again on 28 December after going public about her sentence and treatment in prison. [17]
Decemberedit
December 17: A fire in Montréal, Canada, also ravages comics store Komico. They are forced to move to a new address afterwards.[18][19]
January 8: Massimo Liorni, aka Simo, aka Franco Carini, aka Lima(s), aka Max Liorn, Italian comics artist, writer and editor (Piccolo Boy, Natalino, Papotto, worked for Fratelli Spada), dies at age 88.[21]
January 16: Gary Arlington, American comics artist, editor, comics store owner and publisher (founder of the San Francisco Comic Book Company and one of the instigators of the underground comix movement), dies at age 75 from complications of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and [a previously] crushed leg..
June 16: Charles Barsotti, American comics artist and cartoonist (The New Yorker, C. Barsotti's People, My Kind of People, P.J. McFey, Sally Bananas, Funny Form, Punchline USA, Broadsides, Emma June) dies at age 80 from brain cancer.[46]
June 25: Etta Hulme, American cartoonist, dies at age 90.
Julyedit
July 1: Frank Cummings, Venezuelan-American comics artist (Brain Squirts, assisted on Blondie, published in Cracked), dies at age 54.[48]
July 29: Jo Teodorescu, Romanian illustrator and comics artist (Aventurile profesului Parbriz), dies at age 75.[49]
Augustedit
August 5: Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian comics artist (Daabu, Chacha Chaudhary, Shrimatiji, Raman and Bhagat Ji and Billoo, Pinki and Uncle Sulemani.), dies at age 75.[50]
August 13: Hal Campagna, American comics artist (continued Bringing Up Father), dies at age 101.[51]
December 4: Peter Woolcock, British comics artist and political cartoonist (Freddie Frog, Mr. Toad, continued Tiger Tim), dies at age 88 after being hit by a car.[66]
December 7: Marie Marcks, German caricaturist, cartoonist and comics artist, passes away at age 92.[67]
December 18: Arno van Dijk, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, passes away from cardiac arrest at the age of 69.[68]
Specific date unknownedit
José Geraldo Barreto, Brazilian comics artist (Rafles, Zé Candango), dies at age 89 or 90.[69]
Zoe Skiadaresi, Greek comics artist (Bampoudas), dies at age 82 or 83.[70]
^"Komico - Comic book store in Montreal". Komico. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^"Kim Jung Gi". lambiek.net. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^"Massimo Liorni". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^"Morrie Turner". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Philippe Delaby". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Henri Samouilov". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
^"Mister Kit". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^"André-François Barbe". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
^"Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site - UGOI - Sid Caesar". www.madcoversite.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^"Sid Caesar, Brought Jewish Humor to Middle America, Dies at 91". The Jewish Daily Forward. 2014-02-12. Archived from the original on February 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
^"Ralston Jones". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Franco Origone". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Leo Vroman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^"Jan Hoet". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^"Fred Kida". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^Barbara Fiske Calhoun obituary," The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) (2014). Archived May 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^"Barbara Hall". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Al Feldstein". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Sören Axén". lambiek.net. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^Slotnik, Daniel E. (June 17, 2014). "Daniel Keyes, a Novelist of the Mind, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^"Daniel Keyes (1927–2014)". Locus Online. June 17, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^Sedensky, Matt (June 18, 2014). "Daniel Keyes, novelist whose "Flowers for Algernon" is a classroom staple, dies at 86". Toronto Star. Associated Press. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
^"Charles Barsotti". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Amadee Wohlschlaeger". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Antonio Terenghi". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^Pitts, Lan (November 5, 2014). "Skyward Creator Jeremy Dale Dead at 34". Newsarama.
^"Hannes Hegen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^"Brumsic Brandon Jr". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Peter Woolcock". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Marie Marcks". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^"Arno van Dijk". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"José Geraldo Barreto". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^"Zoe Skiadaresi". lambiek.net. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^British Library (1 May 2014). "Comics Unmasked, the UK's biggest comic book exhibition, opens at the British Library". British Library. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^Berlatsky, Noah. "Chicago Alternative Comics Expo preview: CAKE 2014 features Edie Fake, Tony Millionaire, Liz Prince, Hellen Jo, and more," Chicago Reader (May 25, 2014).
^"Forum draws attention to global comics, animation". The Lantern. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
^Spurgeon, Tom (November 23, 2014). "Collective Memory: International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) 2014". The Comics Reporter.
^Ricca, Brad (Nov 14, 2014). "Unassuming Barber Shop: The 1st American Comics Scholar was a Superman Artist". The Beat.
^"Comic Arts Los Angeles 2014 (via archive)". Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2018.