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screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_comics" title="List of years in comics">Years in comics</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Speech_balloon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Speech_balloon.svg/30px-Speech_balloon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Speech_balloon.svg/45px-Speech_balloon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Speech_balloon.svg/60px-Speech_balloon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/Before_1900s_in_comics" title="Before 1900s in comics">Before the 1900s</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1900s_in_comics" title="1900s in comics">1900s</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1910s_in_comics" title="1910s in comics">1910s</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1920s_in_comics" title="1920s in comics">1920s</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1930s_in_comics" title="1930s in comics">1930s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_comics" title="1930 in comics">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_comics" title="1931 in comics">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_comics" title="1932 in comics">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_comics" title="1933 in comics">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_comics" title="1934 in comics">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_comics" title="1935 in comics">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_comics" title="1936 in comics">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_comics" title="1937 in comics">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_comics" title="1938 in comics">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_comics" title="1939 in comics">1939</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1940s_in_comics" title="1940s in comics">1940s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_comics" title="1940 in comics">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_comics" title="1941 in comics">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_comics" title="1942 in comics">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_comics" title="1943 in comics">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_comics" title="1944 in comics">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_comics" title="1945 in comics">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_comics" title="1946 in comics">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_comics" title="1947 in comics">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_comics" title="1948 in comics">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_comics" title="1949 in comics">1949</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1950s_in_comics" title="1950s in comics">1950s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_comics" title="1950 in comics">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_comics" title="1951 in comics">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_comics" title="1952 in comics">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_comics" title="1953 in comics">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_comics" title="1954 in comics">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_comics" title="1955 in comics">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_comics" title="1956 in comics">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_comics" title="1957 in comics">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_comics" title="1958 in comics">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_comics" title="1959 in comics">1959</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1960s_in_comics" title="1960s in comics">1960s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_comics" title="1960 in comics">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_comics" title="1961 in comics">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_comics" title="1962 in comics">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_comics" title="1963 in comics">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_comics" title="1964 in comics">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_comics" title="1965 in comics">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_comics" title="1966 in comics">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_comics" title="1967 in comics">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_comics" title="1968 in comics">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_comics" title="1969 in comics">1969</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1970s_in_comics" title="1970s in comics">1970s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_comics" title="1970 in comics">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_comics" title="1971 in comics">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_comics" title="1972 in comics">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_comics" title="1973 in comics">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_comics" title="1974 in comics">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_comics" title="1975 in comics">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_comics" title="1976 in comics">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_comics" title="1977 in comics">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_comics" title="1978 in comics">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_comics" title="1979 in comics">1979</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1980s_in_comics" title="1980s in comics">1980s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_comics" title="1980 in comics">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_comics" title="1981 in comics">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_comics" title="1982 in comics">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_comics" title="1983 in comics">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_comics" title="1984 in comics">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_comics" title="1985 in comics">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_comics" title="1986 in comics">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_comics" title="1987 in comics">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_comics" title="1988 in comics">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_comics" title="1989 in comics">1989</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/1990s_in_comics" title="1990s in comics">1990s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_comics" title="1990 in comics">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_comics" title="1991 in comics">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_comics" title="1992 in comics">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_comics" title="1993 in comics">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_comics" title="1994 in comics">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_comics" title="1995 in comics">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_comics" title="1996 in comics">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_comics" title="1997 in comics">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_comics" title="1998 in comics">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_comics" title="1999 in comics">1999</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/2000s_in_comics" title="2000s in comics">2000s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_comics" title="2000 in comics">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_comics" title="2001 in comics">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_comics" title="2002 in comics">2002</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_comics" title="2004 in comics">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_comics" title="2005 in comics">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_comics" title="2006 in comics">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_comics" title="2007 in comics">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_comics" title="2008 in comics">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_comics" title="2009 in comics">2009</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:silver;"> <a href="/wiki/2010s_in_comics" title="2010s in comics">2010s</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_comics" title="2010 in comics">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_comics" title="2011 in comics">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_comics" title="2012 in comics">2012</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Comics" title="Comics">comics</a> in the year <a href="/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>First issue of <a href="/wiki/Firebreather_(comics)" title="Firebreather (comics)">Firebreather</a> by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hester_(comics)" title="Phil Hester (comics)">Phil Hester</a> and Andy Kuhn and <a href="/wiki/Invincible_(comics)" title="Invincible (comics)">Invincible</a> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kirkman" title="Robert Kirkman">Robert Kirkman</a> (both published by <a href="/wiki/Image_Comics" title="Image Comics">Image</a> )</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>In the <a href="/wiki/Batman:_Universe" class="mw-redirect" title="Batman: Universe">Batman universe</a>, debut of the series <a href="/wiki/Gotham_Central" title="Gotham Central">Gotham central</a> by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Brubaker" title="Ed Brubaker">Ed Brubaker</a> and of the miniseries <a href="/wiki/Batgirl:_Year_One" title="Batgirl: Year One">Batgirl, year one</a> by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Beatty" title="Scott Beatty">Scott Beatty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marcos_Mart%C3%ADn_(cartoonist)" title="Marcos Martín (cartoonist)">Marcos Martin</a> (<a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC</a>)</li> <li>Aida al confine (Aida at the border) – graphic novel by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanna_Vinci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vanna Vinci (page does not exist)">Vanna Vinci</a>; a ghost story inspired by the true life of the author’s grandfather (Kappa edizioni).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>March 16: The final Sunday comic episode of <a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon" title="Flash Gordon">Flash Gordon</a> is published, which also marks the end of the series overall, which had been in continuous production since 1934.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Four:_Unstable_Molecules" title="Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules">Fantastic four : Unstable molecules</a> by <a href="/wiki/James_Sturm" title="James Sturm">James Sturm</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a>)</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_vampire_slayer_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffy the vampire slayer comics">Buffy the vampire slayer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse</a>), the arch Slayer Interrupted begins.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: April">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a> #800: Double-sized anniversary issue, "A Hero's Journey," by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelly_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Kelly (comics)">Joe Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pascual_Ferry" class="mw-redirect" title="Pascual Ferry">Pascual Ferry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Rouleau" title="Duncan Rouleau">Duncan Rouleau</a>. (DC Comics)</li> <li>Generazioni (Generations) – special album for the <a href="/wiki/Martin_Myst%C3%A8re" title="Martin Mystère">Martin Mystere</a>’s 20th anniversary, by Carlo Recagno and various cartoonists; it sees a team-up among the hero, his ancestors Docteur Mystere and Cygale and his robotic version of the future (<a href="/wiki/Sergio_Bonelli_Editore" title="Sergio Bonelli Editore">Bonelli</a>).<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li> <li>April 19: Webcomic <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bigtime_Consulting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bigtime Consulting (page does not exist)">Bigtime Consulting</a> comes to a conclusion</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Il faut tuer Lincoln (<a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a> must be killed) – by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Corteggiani" title="François Corteggiani">Francois Corteggiani</a> and Michel Blanc-Dumont, 13th album of the series <a href="/wiki/Blueberry_(comics)" title="Blueberry (comics)">Blueberry</a>'s youth (<a href="/wiki/Dargaud" title="Dargaud">Dargaud</a>)</li> <li>Le nombre maudit, by <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Paul_Duch%C3%A2teau" title="André-Paul Duchâteau">André-Paul Duchâteau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibet_(cartoonist)" title="Tibet (cartoonist)">Tibet</a>, 67. album of the <a href="/wiki/Ric_Hochet" title="Ric Hochet">Ric Hochet</a> series (<a href="/wiki/Le_Lombard" title="Le Lombard">Le Lombard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyongyang:_A_Journey_in_North_Korea" title="Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea">Pyongyang</a> by <a href="/wiki/Guy_Delisle" title="Guy Delisle">Guy Delisle</a> (<a href="/wiki/L%27Association" title="L'Association">L’association</a>)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: June">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>June 30: in <a href="/wiki/Le_Temps" title="Le Temps">Le temps</a>, the first episode of <a href="/wiki/The_Sarcophagi_of_the_Sixth_Continent,_Volume_1:_The_Universal_Threat" title="The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat">The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Yves_Sente" title="Yves Sente">Yves Sente</a> and Andrè Juliard, is prepublished.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(comic_book)" title="Wolverine (comic book)">Wolverine</a> vol. 2 is canceled by Marvel with issue #189.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Born_(comics)" title="Born (comics)">Born</a> by <a href="/wiki/Garth_Ennis" title="Garth Ennis">Garth Ennis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darick_Robertson" title="Darick Robertson">Darick Robertson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superman:_Red_Son" title="Superman: Red Son">Superman: Red son</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Millar" title="Mark Millar">Mark Millar</a> (<a href="/wiki/DC_Elseworlds" class="mw-redirect" title="DC Elseworlds">DC Elsewords</a>)</li> <li>June 10 - Manhwa Dragon Hunter begins publication<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li> <li>La balle perdue (The lost bullet) – by <a href="/wiki/Derib" title="Derib">Derib</a>, 18th album of the <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Longway" title="Buddy Longway">Buddy Longway</a> series (<a href="/wiki/Le_Lombard" title="Le Lombard">Le Lombard</a>).</li> <li>The first episode of Fabio Ciccone's webcomic Magias & Barbaridades is published.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: July">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>July 18: The first issue of the Croatian comics magazine <a href="/wiki/Q_strip_(magazine)" title="Q strip (magazine)">Q strip</a> is published. It will last until 2013.</li> <li>July 22: <a href="/wiki/Blankets_(comics)" title="Blankets (comics)">Blankets</a> by <a href="/wiki/Craig_Thompson" title="Craig Thompson">Craig Thompson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Top_Shelf_Productions" title="Top Shelf Productions">Top Shelf</a>)</li> <li>Chaos bleeds, by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Golden" title="Christopher Golden">Christopher Golden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sniegoski" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Sniegoski">Tom Sniegoski</a> and Cliff Richards, one shot <a href="/wiki/Buffy_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffy comics">Buffy comics</a> attached to the homonymous <a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer:_Chaos_Bleeds" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds">videogame</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse</a>).</li> <li>First issue of <a href="/wiki/Runaways_(comics)" title="Runaways (comics)">Runaways</a>, by da <a href="/wiki/Brian_K._Vaughan" title="Brian K. Vaughan">Brian K. Vaughan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Alphona" title="Adrian Alphona">Adrian Alphona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: August">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>August 5: <a href="/wiki/The_Wolves_in_the_Walls" title="The Wolves in the Walls">The wolves in the walls</a> by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_McKenna_(writer)" title="David McKenna (writer)">David McKean</a> (<a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">Harper Collins</a>)</li> <li>First issue of <a href="/wiki/The_Losers_(Vertigo)" title="The Losers (Vertigo)">The losers</a> (second series) by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Diggle" title="Andy Diggle">Andy Diggie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jock_(cartoonist)" title="Jock (cartoonist)">Jock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics">Vertigo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death:_At_Death%27s_Door" title="Death: At Death's Door">Death: At Death's Door</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jill_Thompson" title="Jill Thompson">Jill Thompson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics">Vertigo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_(WildStorm)" title="Red (WildStorm)">Red</a> by <a href="/wiki/Warren_Ellis" title="Warren Ellis">Warren Ellis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cully_Hamner" title="Cully Hamner">Cully Hammer</a> (<a href="/wiki/WildStorm" title="WildStorm">Wildstorm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor:_Vikings" title="Thor: Vikings">Thor Vikings</a> by <a href="/wiki/Garth_Ennis" title="Garth Ennis">Garth Ennis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Fabry" title="Glenn Fabry">Glenn Fabry</a> (Marvel)</li> <li>First issue of <a href="/wiki/Trouble_(comics)" title="Trouble (comics)">Troubles</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Millar" title="Mark Millar">Mark Millar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cho" title="Frank Cho">Frank Cho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Epic_Comics" title="Epic Comics">Epic Comics</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JLA/Avengers" title="JLA/Avengers">JLA-Avengers</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Busiek" title="Kurt Busiek">Kurt Busiek</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez" title="George Pérez">George Perez</a> (coproduction <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a> and <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC</a>)</li> <li>OK corrral by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Giraud" title="Jean Giraud">Jean Giraud</a> (27. album of <a href="/wiki/Blueberry_(comics)" title="Blueberry (comics)">Blueberry</a> series)</li> <li>Tecnodoridi, written by Stefano Vietti; Aristotele Skotos, the main villain of the <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Never" title="Nathan Never">Nathan Never</a> series, is killed in a duel by the hero (<a href="/wiki/Sergio_Bonelli_Editore" title="Sergio Bonelli Editore">Bonelli</a>).<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: September">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>September 20: Le fleuve de jade, by <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Martin_(comics)" title="Jacques Martin (comics)">Jacques Martin</a>, Rafael Morales and Marc Henniquiau ; 23th album of the <a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Alix" title="The Adventures of Alix">Alix</a> series (<a href="/wiki/Casterman" title="Casterman">Casterman</a>).</li> <li>September 24: <a href="/wiki/Albert_Uderzo" title="Albert Uderzo">Albert Uderzo</a> is honoured as <a href="/wiki/Commandeur_des_Arts_et_Lettres" class="mw-redirect" title="Commandeur des Arts et Lettres">Commandeur des Arts et Lettres</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>October 16: <a href="/wiki/Asterix_and_the_Class_Act" title="Asterix and the Class Act">Asterix and the class act</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Goscinny" title="René Goscinny">Goscinny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Uderzo" title="Albert Uderzo">Uderzo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dargaud" title="Dargaud">Dargaud</a>)</li> <li>October 18–19: During the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stripdagen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stripdagen (page does not exist)">Stripdagen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alphen_aan_den_Rijn" title="Alphen aan den Rijn">Alphen aan den Rijn</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Reid_(cartoonist)" title="John Reid (cartoonist)">John Reid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bastiaan_Geleijnse" title="Bastiaan Geleijnse">Bastiaan Geleijnse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_van_Tol" title="Jean-Marc van Tol">Jean-Marc van Tol</a> receive the <a href="/wiki/Stripschapprijs" title="Stripschapprijs">Stripschapprijs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Gerard Roord, publisher of Illustrated Classics wins the Hans P. Frankfurtherprijs.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Henk Sprenger, <a href="/wiki/Wim_Meuldijk" title="Wim Meuldijk">Wim Meuldijk</a> and Gerrit Stapel are the first people to receive a new award, the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></li> <li>October 29: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Matena" title="Dick Matena">Dick Matena</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Graphic_novel" title="Graphic novel">graphic novel</a> adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Reve" title="Gerard Reve">Gerard Reve</a>'s novel <a href="/wiki/De_Avonden" class="mw-redirect" title="De Avonden">De Avonden</a> starts its serialisation in <a href="/wiki/Het_Parool" title="Het Parool">Het Parool</a>. The comic book adaptation will bring Matena tremendous acclaim and pave the way for more graphic novel adaptations of literary classics.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smax" title="Smax">Smax</a> by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ha" title="Gene Ha">Gene Ha</a> (<a href="/wiki/WildStorm" title="WildStorm">Wildstorm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planet_X_(comics)" title="Planet X (comics)">Pianet X</a> by <a href="/wiki/Grant_Morrison" title="Grant Morrison">Grant Morrison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Jimenez" title="Phil Jimenez">Phil Jimenez</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvel_1602" title="Marvel 1602">Marvel 1602</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Kubert" title="Andy Kubert">Andy Kubert</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squadron_Supreme_(Supreme_Power)" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)">Supreme power</a> by <a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" title="J. Michael Straczynski">J. Michael Straczynski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Frank_(comics)" title="Gary Frank (comics)">Gary Frank</a> (Marvel)</li> <li>First issue of <a href="/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(comic_book)" title="The Walking Dead (comic book)">The walking dead</a> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kirkman" title="Robert Kirkman">Robert Kirkman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Moore_(artist)" title="Tony Moore (artist)">Tony Moore</a> (<a href="/wiki/Image_Comics" title="Image Comics">Image</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fagin_the_Jew" title="Fagin the Jew">Fagin the Jew</a> by <a href="/wiki/Will_Eisner" title="Will Eisner">Will Eisner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a>)</li> <li>Fisrst issue of <a href="/wiki/Monster_Allergy" title="Monster Allergy">Monster allergy</a>, by Francesco Artibani and Alessandro Barbucci (Walt Disney iItalia)<a href="#cite_note-:0-13">[13]</a></li> <li>The Italian cartoonist <a href="/wiki/Gipi" title="Gipi">Gipi</a> publishes his first graphic novel, Esterno notte (Exterior night), a collection of six stories about violence and decay, set in Roman suburbs-<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>First issue of <a href="/wiki/Teen_Titans_Go!_(2004_comic_series)" title="Teen Titans Go! (2004 comic series)">Teen titans go!</a> (DC comics)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sandman:_Endless_Nights" title="The Sandman: Endless Nights">The sandman: endless night</a> by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics">Vertigo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Six" title="Ultimate Six">Ultimate six</a> by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Michael_Bendis" title="Brian Michael Bendis">Brian Michael Bendis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hairsine" title="Trevor Hairsine">Trevor Hirsine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a>)</li> <li>Play with fire, paperback collecting various <a href="/wiki/Buffy_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffy comics">Buffy comics</a> by limited diffusion (<a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>December 11: Paolo Aldighieri publishes in his personal blog erladan,,one of the first Italian <a href="/wiki/Webcomic" title="Webcomic">webcomcs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li> <li>December 16: In <a href="/wiki/Topolino" title="Topolino">Topolino</a> the first episode of The Lost Explorers' Trail, by Casty and <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Cavazzano" title="Giorgio Cavazzano">Giorgio Cavazzano</a> is published. It marks the debut of Eurasia Toft, a Disney version of <a href="/wiki/Lara_Croft" title="Lara Croft">Lara Croft</a>.</li> <li>December 24: The final issue of the Flemish comics magazine <a href="/wiki/Suske_en_Wiske_Weekblad" title="Suske en Wiske Weekblad">Suske en Wiske Weekblad</a> is published.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanted_(comics)" title="Wanted (comics)">Wanted</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Millar" title="Mark Millar">Mark Millar</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._G._Jones" title="J. G. Jones">J. G. Jones</a> (<a href="/wiki/Top_Cow_Productions" title="Top Cow Productions">Top Cow</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Specific_date_unknown">Specific date unknown</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Specific date unknown">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a> name was finally dropped from <a href="/wiki/Time_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Warner">Time Warner</a>, which reverted to the Time Warner name.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Straaten" title="Peter van Straaten">Peter van Straaten</a> wins his third Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li> <li>Danish animator comic artist <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B8rge_Ring" title="Børge Ring">Børge Ring</a> is knighted in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Dutch_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Dutch Lion">Order of the Dutch Lion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Il_Vernacoliere" title="Il Vernacoliere">Il vernacoliere</a>, debut of <a href="/wiki/Don_Zauker" title="Don Zauker">Don Zaucker</a>, by Emiliano Pagani and Daniele Caluri.<a href="#cite_note-:0-13">[13]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Deaths">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: January">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>January 1: Warren Whipple, American comics artist (continued <a href="/wiki/There_Oughta_Be_a_Law!" title="There Oughta Be a Law!">There Oughta Be a Law!</a>), dies at age 92.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></li> <li>January 2: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Keller_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Keller (comics)">Jack Keller</a>, American comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Kid_Colt" title="Kid Colt">Kid Colt</a>) dies at age 80.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li> <li>January 8: Franz Drappier, aka Franz, Belgian comics artist (Hypérion, Lester Cockney, Thomas Noland, continued Jugurtha and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Spring" title="Jerry Spring">Jerry Spring</a>), dies at age 54.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li> <li>January 10: Ramón Sabatés, Spanish comics artist (Casimiro Noteví, Agente tel TBI, worked on Los Grandes Inventos de TBO), dies at age 87.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></li> <li>January 14: Rémy Bordelet, French comics artist (continued Big Bill le Casseur), dies at age 71.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li> <li>January 20: Mose, French comics artist (Zano, Roméo), dies at age 85.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li> <li>January 28: Leoncio Rojas Cruzat, aka Leo, Chilean comics artist (Macabeo, Castañita, Hurgando el Deporte, Pasionario, Contrafuegos, Solterina), dies at age 83.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li> <li>January 30: <ul><li>Les Zakarin, American comic inker (<a href="/wiki/Jerry_Iger" title="Jerry Iger">Jerry Iger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quality_Comics" title="Quality Comics">Quality Comics</a>), dies at age 73.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></li> <li>Guido Zamperoni, aka Guy Zam, Italian comics artist, dies at age 90.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: February">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>February 26: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Freixas" title="Carlos Freixas">Carlos Freixas</a>, Spanish comics artist (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Pistol_Jim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pistol Jim (page does not exist)">Pistol Jim</a>, Darío Malbrán Psicoanalista, Elmer King, Tucho, de Canilla a Campeón), dies at age 79.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Waeerkar" title="Ram Waeerkar">Ram Waeerkar</a>, Indian comic artist (<a href="/wiki/Amar_Chitra_Katha" title="Amar Chitra Katha">Amar Chitra Katha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suppandi" title="Suppandi">Suppandi</a>, Nasruddin Hodja, Pyarela), dies at age 66 or 67.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></li></ul></li> <li>February 28: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Millar_(cartoonist)" title="Pete Millar (cartoonist)">Pete Millar</a>, American comics artist (Drag Cartoons, co-creator of <a href="/wiki/CARtoons_Magazine" title="CARtoons Magazine">CARtoons Magazine</a>), dies at age 73.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: March">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>March 2: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Woggon" title="Bill Woggon">Bill Woggon</a>, American comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Katy_Keene" title="Katy Keene">Katy Keene</a>), dies at age 92.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></li> <li>March 3: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Pascal" title="Dave Pascal">Dave Pascal</a>, American cartoonist and comics artist (<a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a>), dies at age 84.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></li> <li>March 11: Frans Verstreken, Belgian publisher, writer and curator (organized the annual Salon van de Vlaamse Humor (Salon of Flemish Comedy) exhibition highlighting work by Flemish cartoonists), dies at age 80.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></li> <li>March 12: <ul><li>Branco Karabajic, Croatian comics artist and animator (<a href="/wiki/Rolf_Kauka" title="Rolf Kauka">Rolf Kauka</a> comics, Pauli, Familie Mausbein), dies at age 77.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></li> <li>Thomas Warkentin, American animator, comics writer (continued <a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon" title="Flash Gordon">Flash Gordon</a>) and comic artist (<a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a> newspaper comic), dies at age 67.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></li></ul></li> <li>March 16: Auguste, French comic artist (Les Cromagnonneries), dies at age 62. <a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li> <li>March 22: Fernando Carpucino, Italian painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></li> <li>Specific date in March unknown: Angus Scott, British comics artist (assisted on Riders of the Range, <a href="/wiki/Belinda_(comic_strip)" title="Belinda (comic strip)">Belinda Blue Eyes</a> and Ruggles), dies at age 94. <a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: April">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>April 3: Karel Boumans, aka Kabou, Belgian comics artist (De Avonturen van Olivier, Bert Crak, Roel Harding, Studio Vandersteen, continued <a href="/wiki/De_Lustige_Kapoentjes" title="De Lustige Kapoentjes">De Lustige Kapoentjes</a>), dies at age 71.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></li> <li>April 4: Rudy Florese, Filipino comic artist, dies at age 56.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></li> <li>April 9: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bittle" title="Jerry Bittle">Jerry Bittle</a>, American comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Geech_(comic_strip)" title="Geech (comic strip)">Geech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_and_Son" title="Shirley and Son">Shirley and Son</a>), dies at age 53.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></li> <li>April 14: Ric Hugo, American comics artist (Soliloquy), dies at age 75 or 76.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></li> <li>April 14: <a href="/wiki/John_Kent_(cartoonist)" title="John Kent (cartoonist)">John Kent</a>, New Zealand cartoonist and comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Varoomshka" title="Varoomshka">Varoomshka</a>), dies at age 65.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: May">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>May 2: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Jackson_(artist)" title="Peter Jackson (artist)">Peter Jackson</a>, British comics artist (London Is Stranger Than Fiction), dies at age 81.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></li> <li>May 8: <a href="/wiki/Leo_Bachle" title="Leo Bachle">Leo Bachle</a>, Canadian comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Canuck" title="Johnny Canuck">Johnny Canuck</a>), dies at age 79.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li> <li>May 14: <a href="/wiki/Dante_Quinterno" title="Dante Quinterno">Dante Quinterno</a>, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist, (<a href="/wiki/Patoruz%C3%BA" title="Patoruzú">Patoruzú</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isidoro_Ca%C3%B1ones" title="Isidoro Cañones">Isidoro Cañones</a>), dies at age 93.</li> <li>May 23: Pierce Rice, American comics artist (worked for <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Comics" title="Harvey Comics">Harvey Comics</a>), dies at age 86 or 87.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></li> <li>May 27: <a href="/wiki/Al_Hartley" title="Al Hartley">Al Hartley</a>, American comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Archie_Comics" title="Archie Comics">Archie Comics</a>, Christian comics), dies at age 81.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: June">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>June 4: Serafín Rojo Caamaño, Spanish comic artist (Doña Tere, Don Panchito y su Hijo Teresito, El Astronauta Saturnino Chiquiflauta, Tip y Coll, Doña Paca Cotilla, Pintador Talí), dies at age 77.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li> <li>June 9: <a href="/wiki/Georges_Pichard" title="Georges Pichard">Georges Pichard</a>, French comics artist and writer (Ténébrax, Submerman, Blanche Epiphanie, Paulette).<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></li> <li>June 18: <a href="/wiki/Guy_Bara" title="Guy Bara">Guy Bara</a>, French cartoonist and comic artist (Max L'Explorateur, Kéké Le Perroquet, Cro-Magnon), dies at age 79.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: July">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>July 17: Cosper, Danish comics artist (Morkelige Mr. Mox, Alfredo), dies at age 92.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></li> <li>July 20: <a href="/wiki/William_Woolfolk" title="William Woolfolk">William Woolfolk</a>, American novelist, TV writer and comics writer (worked for <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archie_Comics" title="Archie Comics">Archie Comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Comics" title="Fawcett Comics">Fawcett Comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quality_Comics" title="Quality Comics">Quality Comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Police_Comics" title="Police Comics">Police Comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a>), dies at age 86.<a href="#cite_note-Obit_William_Woolfolk-53">[53]</a></li> <li>July 24: <ul><li>Irving Dressler, American animator and comics artist (worked for Sangor Studio and American Comics Group, <a href="/wiki/National_Periodicals" class="mw-redirect" title="National Periodicals">National Periodicals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Better_Publications" class="mw-redirect" title="Better Publications">Better Publications</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._John_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John Publishing">St. John Publishing</a>), dies at age 90.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Kremer" title="Warren Kremer">Warren Kremer</a>, American comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Harvey_Comics" title="Harvey Comics">Harvey Comics</a>), dies at age 82.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 31: <a href="/wiki/Guido_Crepax" title="Guido Crepax">Guido Crepax</a>, Italian comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Valentina_(comic_book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Valentina (comic book)">Valentina</a>), dies at age 70.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: August">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>August 9: Bert Wunderink, Dutch comics artist (Bram en Sijm en de Bende van Zwarte Dolf), dies at age 80.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></li> <li>August 31: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gerard_(cartoonist)" title="Dave Gerard (cartoonist)">Dave Gerard</a>, American comics artist (Citizen Smith, Will-Yum), dies at age 94.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: September">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>September 25: <a href="/wiki/Herb_Gardner" title="Herb Gardner">Herb Gardner</a>, American playwright, screenwriter and comics artist (<a href="/wiki/The_Nebbishes" title="The Nebbishes">The Nebbishes</a>), dies at age 68 from lung disease.</li> <li>Specific date in September unknown: Sergio Boffano, Italian-Uruguayan comic artist (Charoná), dies at age 86. <a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: October">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>October 1: Costas Grammatopoulos, Greek painter, engraver, illustrator, poster designer and comics artist (worked on Classics Illustrated), dies at age 87.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></li> <li>October 5: Alain Bignon, French comic artist, dies at age 56.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></li> <li>October 12: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Morisi" title="Pete Morisi">Pete Morisi</a>, American comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Cannon,_Thunderbolt" title="Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt">Thunderbolts</a>), dies at age 75.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li> <li>October 14: Ned Riddle, American cartoonist and comics artist (Mr. Tweedy), dies at age 90 and 91.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: November">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>November 12: <a href="/wiki/John_Tartaglione" title="John Tartaglione">John Tartaglione</a>, American comics artist and inker (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>, made comics biographies about <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>), dies at age 82.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></li> <li>November 29: <a href="/wiki/Len_Lawson" title="Len Lawson">Len Lawson</a>, Australian comics artist (<a href="/wiki/The_Lone_Avenger" title="The Lone Avenger">The Lone Avenger</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Hooded_Rider&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Hooded Rider (page does not exist)">The Hooded Rider</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Diana,_Queen_of_the_Apes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diana, Queen of the Apes (page does not exist)">Diana, Queen of the Apes</a>) and convicted rapist and murderer, dies at age 76 from a heart attack.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></li> <li>November 30: <a href="/wiki/Kin_Platt" title="Kin Platt">Kin Platt</a>, American caricaturist, radio writer, TV writer, animation writer, comics artist (Mr. and Mrs., Supermouse), dies at age 91.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: December">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>December 5: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gregory_(comics)" title="Bob Gregory (comics)">Bob Gregory</a>, American comics writer/artist (<a href="/wiki/Donald_Duck_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Duck (comics)">Donald Duck comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a> comics) dies at age 82.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a></li> <li>December 20: <ul><li>Edgar Ley, Chinese-born, Belgian comics artist (Frank, various historical comics), dies at age 85 or 86.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></li> <li>Hector Saavedra, Argentine comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Disney_comics" title="Disney comics">Disney comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Looney_Tunes" title="Looney Tunes">Looney Tunes</a> comics), dies at age 49 or 50.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></li></ul></li> <li>December 25: Art Wetherell, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 42.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a></li> <li>December 27: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Alvarado" title="Pete Alvarado">Pete Alvarado</a>, American animator and comics artist (<a href="/wiki/Disney_comics" title="Disney comics">Disney comics</a>, Warner Bros. comics, <a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a> comics), dies at age 83.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></li> <li>December 29: <a href="/wiki/Don_Lawrence" title="Don Lawrence">Don Lawrence</a>, British comics artist, (<a href="/wiki/Storm_(Don_Lawrence)" title="Storm (Don Lawrence)">Storm</a>), dies at age 75.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a></li> <li>Specific date in December unknown: Oliver Passingham, British comics artist and animator (Leslie Shane, Jane Fortune, Rick Martin, Sally Marsh, Zoe Fair, Rick Random), dies at age 78.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Specific_date_unknown_2">Specific date unknown</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Specific date unknown">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Allan Borgström, Swedish comics artist (Phili Philin), dies at age 89 or 90.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a></li> <li>Antonio Correa Expósito, Spanish comics artist, dies at age 62 or 63.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></li> <li>Hank P. Meyer, Dutch comic artist (Opie De Eskimo), dies at an unknown age. <a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exhibitions">Exhibitions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Exhibitions">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Summer–early Fall: "Ohio Cartoonists: A Bicentennial Celebration" (Ohio State University) — includes work by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Burr_Opper" title="Frederick Burr Opper">Frederick Burr Opper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edwina_Dumm" title="Edwina Dumm">Edwina Dumm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Outcault" title="Richard F. Outcault">Richard F. Outcault</a>, and many of the cartoonists who took <a href="/wiki/Charles_N._Landon" title="Charles N. Landon">Charles N. Landon</a>'s Cleveland-based correspondence course and were hired by Landon to create cartoon features for the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association" title="Newspaper Enterprise Association">Newspaper Enterprise Association</a><a href="#cite_note-ohio-77">[77]</a></li> <li>Oct 19, 2003-Sep 7, 2004: "Heroes, Heartthrobs and Horrors: Celebrating Connecticut’s Invention of the Comic Book" (<a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Historical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Historical Society">Connecticut Historical Society</a>, Hartford, Connecticut) — exhibits on <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Color_Printing" title="Eastern Color Printing">Eastern Color Printing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Funnies_on_Parade" title="Funnies on Parade">Funnies on Parade</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conventions">Conventions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Conventions">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>January 11: <a href="/wiki/FLUKE_Mini-Comics_%26_Zine_Festival" title="FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival">FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival</a> (Tasty World, <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a>)<a href="#cite_note-njaf-79">[79]</a></li> <li>January 25: <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Book_Art,_and_Toy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show">Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show</a> I (St. Paul's Church Auditorium, New York City)</li> <li>January 31–February 2: <a href="/wiki/Creation_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Creation Convention">Creation Comic Book & Pop Culture Convention</a> (Pasadena, California)</li> <li>February 1–2: <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Press_Expo" title="Alternative Press Expo">Alternative Press Expo</a> (Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco)</li> <li>February 9: <a href="/wiki/Emerald_City_ComiCon" class="mw-redirect" title="Emerald City ComiCon">Emerald City ComiCon</a> (Qwest Field, West Field Plaza, Seattle, Washington) — first annual event; 2,500 attendees; guests: <a href="/wiki/Erik_Larsen" title="Erik Larsen">Erik Larsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cassaday" title="John Cassaday">John Cassaday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morse" title="Scott Morse">Scott Morse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pia_Guerra" title="Pia Guerra">Pia Guerra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darick_Robertson" title="Darick Robertson">Darick Robertson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Chen_(artist)" title="Sean Chen (artist)">Sean Chen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ford_Gilmore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ford Gilmore (page does not exist)">Ford Gilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mahfood" title="Jim Mahfood">Jim Mahfood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Skroce" title="Steve Skroce">Steve Skroce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Huddleston" title="Mike Huddleston">Mike Huddleston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rolston" title="Steve Rolston">Steve Rolston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Boothby" title="Ian Boothby">Ian Boothby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Faerber" title="Jay Faerber">Jay Faerber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Haley" title="Matt Haley">Matt Haley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Webb" title="Kathleen Webb">Kathleen Webb</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lustig" title="John Lustig">John Lustig</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Hahn_(cartoonist)" title="David Hahn (cartoonist)">David Hahn</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stefano_Gaudiano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stefano Gaudiano (page does not exist)">Stefano Gaudiano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donna_Barr" title="Donna Barr">Donna Barr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Gregory" title="Roberta Gregory">Roberta Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Hoberg" title="Rick Hoberg">Rick Hoberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Hall_(writer)" title="Jason Hall (writer)">Jason Hall</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Sn%C3%B6ddy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Snöddy (page does not exist)">Brian Snöddy</a></li> <li>February 28–March 2: <a href="/wiki/MegaCon" title="MegaCon">MegaCon</a> (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida) — guests include <a href="/wiki/J._Scott_Campbell" title="J. Scott Campbell">J. Scott Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_McDaniel" title="Scott McDaniel">Scott McDaniel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dixon" title="Chuck Dixon">Chuck Dixon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cho" title="Frank Cho">Frank Cho</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez" title="George Pérez">George Pérez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Thomas" title="Roy Thomas">Roy Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Land" title="Greg Land">Greg Land</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Palmiotti" title="Jimmy Palmiotti">Jimmy Palmiotti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Conner" title="Amanda Conner">Amanda Conner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rodi" title="Robert Rodi">Robert Rodi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bart_Sears" title="Bart Sears">Bart Sears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Pulido" title="Brian Pulido">Brian Pulido</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hughes" title="Adam Hughes">Adam Hughes</a></li> <li>March 22–24: <a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_Hobby_Show&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Coast Hobby Show (page does not exist)">East Coast Hobby Show</a> 2003 (Ft. Washington Expo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)</li> <li>March 23: <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Comic_Con" title="Toronto Comic Con">Toronto Comic Con</a> I (Toronto Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — first edition of this convention</li> <li>March 29–30: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Planet_Comicon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Planet Comicon (page does not exist)">Planet Comicon</a> (Overland Park International Trade Center, Overland Park, Kansas)</li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Comicon" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Comicon">Phoenix Comicon</a> (Glendale, Arizona)</li> <li>April 5–6: <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Comic_Con" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Comic Con">Dallas Comic Con 2.0</a> (Richardson Civic Center, Plano, Texas) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Tim_Bradstreet" title="Tim Bradstreet">Tim Bradstreet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hughes" title="Adam Hughes">Adam Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Dorman" title="Dave Dorman">Dave Dorman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cho" title="Frank Cho">Frank Cho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kurtz" title="Scott Kurtz">Scott Kurtz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Gammill" title="Kerry Gammill">Kerry Gammill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cal_Slayton" title="Cal Slayton">Cal Slayton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lark" title="Michael Lark">Michael Lark</a>. A collectible program book produced with dual covers by artists <a href="/wiki/Dave_Dorman" title="Dave Dorman">Dave Dorman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hughes" title="Adam Hughes">Adam Hughes</a>.</li> <li>April 5: <a href="/wiki/Small_Press_and_Alternative_Comics_Expo" title="Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo">Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo</a> (S.P.A.C.E.) (Ohio Expo Center, Rhodes Center, Columbus, Ohio) — special guests: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Sim" title="Dave Sim">Dave Sim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_(cartoonist)" title="Gerhard (cartoonist)">Gerhard</a></li> <li>April 25–27: <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Comicon" title="Pittsburgh Comicon">Pittsburgh Comicon</a> (Pittsburgh Expomart, Monroeville, Pennsylvania) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Terry_Austin_(comics)" title="Terry Austin (comics)">Terry Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Moore_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry Moore (comics)">Terry Moore</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wayne_Wise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wayne Wise (page does not exist)">Wayne Wise</a>,<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hughes" title="Adam Hughes">Adam Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Morrison_(comics)" title="Bill Morrison (comics)">Bill Morrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erin_Gray" title="Erin Gray">Erin Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez" title="George Pérez">George Pérez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Linsner" title="Joseph Michael Linsner">Joseph Michael Linsner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Balent" title="Jim Balent">Jim Balent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Turner_(comics)" title="Michael Turner (comics)">Michael Turner</a><a href="#cite_note-CBR-81">[81]</a></li> <li>April 26–27: <a href="/wiki/WonderCon" title="WonderCon">WonderCon</a> (Moscone Center, San Francisco, California) — convention moves from Oakland</li> <li>April 27: <a href="/wiki/MicroCon" title="MicroCon">MicroCon</a> 2003 (Maplewood Community Center, Maplewood, Minnesota)</li> <li>May 2–3: <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Book_Art,_and_Toy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show">Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show</a> II (St. Paul's Church Auditorium, New York City) — guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Steranko" title="Jim Steranko">Jim Steranko</a>; other guests: <a href="/wiki/Russ_Heath" title="Russ Heath">Russ Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Tucci" title="Billy Tucci">Billy Tucci</a>, Graig Weich, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Isabella" title="Tony Isabella">Tony Isabella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Gilchrist" title="Guy Gilchrist">Guy Gilchrist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Krueger" title="Jim Krueger">Jim Krueger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Igle" title="Jamal Igle">Jamal Igle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robin_Riggs" title="Robin Riggs">Robin Riggs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Salicrup" title="Jim Salicrup">Jim Salicrup</a></li> <li>May 2–3: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hershey_Comicon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hershey Comicon (page does not exist)">Hershey Comicon</a> I (Cocoaplex Cinema, Hershey, Pennsylvania)</li> <li>May 16–18: <a href="/wiki/Motor_City_Comic_Con" title="Motor City Comic Con">Motor City Comic Con</a> I (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan) — guests include <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_Bordner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aaron Bordner (page does not exist)">Aaron Bordner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bode" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Bode">Mark Bode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Brereton" title="Dan Brereton">Dan Brereton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norm_Breyfogle" title="Norm Breyfogle">Norm Breyfogle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Davis_(comics)" title="Guy Davis (comics)">Guy Davis</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Fogel_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dan Fogel (comics) (page does not exist)">Dan Fogel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kelly_Freas" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Kelly Freas">Frank Kelly Freas</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Laura_Freas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laura Freas (page does not exist)">Laura Freas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hernandez" title="Gilbert Hernandez">Gilbert Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Hernandez" title="Jaime Hernandez">Jaime Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Locke" title="Vince Locke">Vince Locke</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Messner_Loebs" class="mw-redirect" title="William Messner Loebs">William Messner Loebs</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_O%27Barr" title="James O'Barr">James O'Barr</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Pitts_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Pitts (comics) (page does not exist)">Jim Pitts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan_(cartoonist)" title="Paul Ryan (cartoonist)">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Stout" title="William Stout">William Stout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Tucci" title="Billy Tucci">Billy Tucci</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neil_Vokes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neil Vokes (page does not exist)">Neil Vokes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Welz" title="Larry Welz">Larry Welz</a></li> <li>May 17: <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Black_Age_of_Comics_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention">East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention</a> (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — 50 attendees; guests include <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Foster_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William H. Foster III (page does not exist)">William H. Foster III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Craft" title="Jerry Craft">Jerry Craft</a>, and Anthony Jappa<a href="#cite_note-Broussard-82">[82]</a></li> <li>May 23–24: <a href="/wiki/Comic_Festival" title="Comic Festival">Comics 2003</a> (Bristol, Avon, England, U.K.) — presentation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Comics_Awards" title="National Comics Awards">National Comics Awards</a>; guests include <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lee" title="Jim Lee">Jim Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Smith_(cartoonist)" title="Jeff Smith (cartoonist)">Jeff Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dez_Skinn" title="Dez Skinn">Dez Skinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conroy_(writer)" title="Mike Conroy (writer)">Mike Conroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Fegredo" title="Duncan Fegredo">Duncan Fegredo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Yeowell" title="Steve Yeowell">Steve Yeowell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Spencer_Millidge" title="Gary Spencer Millidge">Gary Spencer Millidge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Winslade" title="Phil Winslade">Phil Winslade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Phillips" title="Sean Phillips">Sean Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(writer)" title="Mike Carey (writer)">Mike Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weston" title="Chris Weston">Chris Weston</a>, Chris Francis, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hall_(UK_writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Hall (UK writer)">Phil Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Talbot" title="Bryan Talbot">Bryan Talbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_McCrea_(comics)" title="John McCrea (comics)">John McCrea</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cassaday" title="John Cassaday">John Cassaday</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%27Israeli_(cartoonist)" title="D'Israeli (cartoonist)">D'Israeli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staz_Johnson" title="Staz Johnson">Staz Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Erskine" title="Gary Erskine">Gary Erskine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rich_Johnston" title="Rich Johnston">Rich Johnston</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nick_Locking&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nick Locking (page does not exist)">Nick Locking</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Hitchcock_(comics)" title="David Hitchcock (comics)">David Hitchcock</a><a href="#cite_note-tart-83">[83]</a></li> <li>May 30–June 1: <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World">Wizard World East</a> (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)</li> <li>May 31–June 1: <a href="/wiki/Adventure_Con" title="Adventure Con">Adventure Con</a> 2 (Knoxville Expo Center, Knoxville, Tennessee)</li> <li>June 13–15: <a href="/wiki/Heroes_Convention" title="Heroes Convention">Heroes Convention</a> (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Bob_Almond" title="Bob Almond">Bob Almond</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Amash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Amash (page does not exist)">Jim Amash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Broderick" title="Pat Broderick">Pat Broderick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Brunner" title="Frank Brunner">Frank Brunner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sal_Buscema" title="Sal Buscema">Sal Buscema</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Cardy" title="Nick Cardy">Nick Cardy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Case" title="Richard Case">Richard Case</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Conley_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steve Conley (comics) (page does not exist)">Steve Conley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shane_Davis" title="Shane Davis">Shane Davis</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_DeMulder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim DeMulder (page does not exist)">Kim DeMulder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Dezago" title="Todd Dezago">Todd Dezago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lee_Edwards" title="Tommy Lee Edwards">Tommy Lee Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eury" title="Michael Eury">Michael Eury</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Feister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Feister (page does not exist)">Tom Feister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Ferrigno" title="Lou Ferrigno">Lou Ferrigno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Giordano" title="Dick Giordano">Dick Giordano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cully_Hamner" title="Cully Hamner">Cully Hamner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hampton" title="Scott Hampton">Scott Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Harris_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Harris (comics)">Tony Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irwin_Hasen" title="Irwin Hasen">Irwin Hasen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hughes" title="Adam Hughes">Adam Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hughes_(writer)" title="Matt Hughes (writer)">Matt Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Hyland" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Hyland">Greg Hyland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Igle" title="Jamal Igle">Jamal Igle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Jolley" title="Dan Jolley">Dan Jolley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Jones_(comics)" title="Bruce Jones (comics)">Bruce Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_Jones" title="Nat Jones">Nat Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Latour" title="Jason Latour">Jason Latour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Layton" title="Bob Layton">Bob Layton</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jon_Lewis_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jon Lewis (comics) (page does not exist)">Jon Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_W._Mack" title="David W. Mack">David W. Mack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pop_Mhan" title="Pop Mhan">Pop Mhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Noto" title="Phil Noto">Phil Noto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Parker_(comics)" title="Jeff Parker (comics)">Jeff Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Pratt_(artist)" title="George Pratt (artist)">George Pratt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budd_Root" title="Budd Root">Budd Root</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Rousseau" title="Craig Rousseau">Craig Rousseau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Schwartz" class="mw-redirect" title="Julie Schwartz">Julie Schwartz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sienkiewicz" title="Bill Sienkiewicz">Bill Sienkiewicz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roxanne_Starr" title="Roxanne Starr">Roxanne Starr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Stelfreeze" title="Brian Stelfreeze">Brian Stelfreeze</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Story" title="Karl Story">Karl Story</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Thomas" title="Roy Thomas">Roy Thomas</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rich_Tommaso&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rich Tommaso (page does not exist)">Rich Tommaso</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Townsend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Townsend (page does not exist)">Tim Townsend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koi_Turnbull" title="Koi Turnbull">Koi Turnbull</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Tuska" title="George Tuska">George Tuska</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neil_Vokes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neil Vokes (page does not exist)">Neil Vokes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loston_Wallace" title="Loston Wallace">Loston Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Way" title="Daniel Way">Daniel Way</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wieringo" title="Mike Wieringo">Mike Wieringo</a></li> <li>June 13–14: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington_Sci-Fi_Comic_Con&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lexington Sci-Fi Comic Con (page does not exist)">Lexington Sci-Fi Comic Con</a> (Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, Kentucky)</li> <li>June 20–21: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hershey_Comicon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hershey Comicon (page does not exist)">Hershey Comicon</a> II (Cocoaplex Cinema, Hershey, Pennsylvania)</li> <li>June 22: <a href="/wiki/MoCCA_Festival" title="MoCCA Festival">MoCCA Festival</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puck_Building" title="Puck Building">Puck Building</a>, New York City) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Abel" title="Jessica Abel">Jessica Abel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Signe_Baumane" title="Signe Baumane">Signe Baumane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Conner" title="Amanda Conner">Amanda Conner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cruse" title="Howard Cruse">Howard Cruse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evan_Dorkin" title="Evan Dorkin">Evan Dorkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Gloeckner" title="Phoebe Gloeckner">Phoebe Gloeckner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klaus_Janson" title="Klaus Janson">Klaus Janson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denis_Kitchen" title="Denis Kitchen">Denis Kitchen</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Kochalka" title="James Kochalka">James Kochalka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kuper" title="Peter Kuper">Peter Kuper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Little_(cartoonist)" title="Jason Little (cartoonist)">Jason Little</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell" title="Patrick McDonnell">Patrick McDonnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mignola" title="Mike Mignola">Mike Mignola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Plympton" title="Bill Plympton">Bill Plympton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Rall" title="Ted Rall">Ted Rall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Smith_(cartoonist)" title="Jeff Smith (cartoonist)">Jeff Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art_Spiegelman" title="Art Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Thompson" title="Craig Thompson">Craig Thompson</a></li> <li>June 27–July 6: <a href="/wiki/Comica" title="Comica">Comica</a> — London International Comics Festival (<a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts" title="Institute of Contemporary Arts">Institute of Contemporary Arts</a>, London, UK) — first iteration of this event, organized by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gravett" title="Paul Gravett">Paul Gravett</a>; guests include <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ware" title="Chris Ware">Chris Ware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Burns_(cartoonist)" title="Charles Burns (cartoonist)">Charles Burns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sacco" title="Joe Sacco">Joe Sacco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Ellis" title="Warren Ellis">Warren Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(writer)" title="Mike Carey (writer)">Mike Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posy_Simmonds" title="Posy Simmonds">Posy Simmonds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Boilet" title="Frédéric Boilet">Frédéric Boilet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Crumb" title="Sophie Crumb">Sophie Crumb</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(comics)" title="David Lloyd (comics)">David Lloyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melinda_Gebbie" title="Melinda Gebbie">Melinda Gebbie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hogan" title="Peter Hogan">Peter Hogan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garry_Leach" title="Garry Leach">Garry Leach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Spencer_Millidge" title="Gary Spencer Millidge">Gary Spencer Millidge</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li>July 12–13: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Big-D_Collectible_Show&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Big-D Collectible Show (page does not exist)">Big-D Collectible Show</a> (Hampton Inn Military Pkwy & Hwy 635 Mesquite, Dallas, Texas) — 1500 attendees</li> <li>July 17–20: <a href="/wiki/Comic-Con_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic-Con International">Comic-Con International</a> (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California) — 70,000 attendees; official guests: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Azzarello" title="Brian Azzarello">Brian Azzarello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Berberian" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Berberian">Charles Berberian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sal_Buscema" title="Sal Buscema">Sal Buscema</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Dupuy" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippe Dupuy">Philippe Dupuy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Guice" title="Jackson Guice">Jackson "Butch" Guice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nalo_Hopkinson" title="Nalo Hopkinson">Nalo Hopkinson</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steven_Jackson_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven Jackson (comics) (page does not exist)">Steve Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Johns" title="Geoff Johns">Geoff Johns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Lieber" title="Larry Lieber">Larry Lieber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carla_Speed_McNeil" title="Carla Speed McNeil">Carla Speed McNeil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Neill_(comics)" title="Kevin O'Neill (comics)">Kevin O'Neill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Post" title="Howard Post">Howard Post</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R.A._Salvatore" class="mw-redirect" title="R.A. Salvatore">R.A. Salvatore</a></li> <li>July 18–20: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawaii_All-Collectors_Show&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawaii All-Collectors Show (page does not exist)">Hawaii All-Collectors Show</a> (Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii)</li> <li>August: "Cyber <a href="/wiki/CAPTION" class="mw-redirect" title="CAPTION">CAPTION</a>"<a href="#cite_note-tart-83">[83]</a> (Oxford Union Society, Oxford, England) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Carla_Speed_McNeil" title="Carla Speed McNeil">Carla Speed McNeil</a></li> <li>August 3: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlanta_Comic_Convention&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atlanta Comic Convention (page does not exist)">Atlanta Comic Convention</a> (Atlanta Marriott Century Center, Atlanta, Georgia)</li> <li>August 8–10: <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Wizard World Chicago</a> (Rosemont Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois)</li> <li>August 22–24: <a href="/wiki/Fan_Expo_Canada" title="Fan Expo Canada">Fan Expo Canada</a> (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — 20,655 attendees; guests include <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy" title="Leonard Nimoy">Leonard Nimoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Park" title="Ray Park">Ray Park</a>, Adrian Rayment & Neil Rayment <a href="/wiki/Twins_(The_Matrix)" title="Twins (The Matrix)">Twins (The Matrix)</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._August_Richards" title="J. August Richards">J. August Richards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connor_Trinneer" title="Connor Trinneer">Connor Trinneer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denise_Crosby" title="Denise Crosby">Denise Crosby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Michael_Bendis" title="Brian Michael Bendis">Brian Michael Bendis</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Francisco_Herrera_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francisco Herrera (comics) (page does not exist)">Francisco Herrera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_McGuinness" title="Ed McGuinness">Ed McGuinness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Steacy" title="Ken Steacy">Ken Steacy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darwyn_Cooke" title="Darwyn Cooke">Darwyn Cooke</a>, Josh Blaylock, and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Gallagher_(cartoonist)" title="Fred Gallagher (cartoonist)">Fred Gallagher</a></li> <li>August 29–September 1: <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Con" title="Dragon Con">Dragon Con</a> (Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia) — 20,000+ attendees</li> <li>September 4–6: <a href="/wiki/International_Comics_and_Animation_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="International Comics and Animation Festival">International Comics and Animation Festival</a> (ICAF) (<a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>) — guests include <a href="/w/index.php?title=Francesca_Ghermandi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francesca Ghermandi (page does not exist)">Francesca Ghermandi</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stefano_Ricci_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stefano Ricci (comics) (page does not exist)">Stefano Ricci</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lalo_Alcaraz" title="Lalo Alcaraz">Lalo Alcaraz</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li>September 5–6: <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Book_Art,_and_Toy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show">Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show</a> III (St. Paul's Church Auditorium, New York City)</li> <li>September 5–7: <a href="/wiki/Small_Press_Expo" title="Small Press Expo">Small Press Expo</a> (Holiday Inn Select, Bethesda, Maryland)</li> <li>September 12–14: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raptus_(convention)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raptus (convention) (page does not exist)">Raptus</a> 2003 (Bergen Konferanse Senter, Skandic Hotel Bergen, Bergen, Norway) — 4,500 attendees</li> <li>September 20–21: <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Comic-Con" title="Baltimore Comic-Con">Baltimore Comic-Con</a> (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)</li> <li>September 20–21: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Royalfest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royalfest (page does not exist)">Royalfest</a> 2003 (Gateway Center, Collinsville, Illinois) — 3,000–4,000 attendees</li> <li>October 3–5: <a href="/wiki/Adventure_Con" title="Adventure Con">Adventure Con</a> 2.5 (Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tennessee)</li> <li>October 4–5: <a href="/wiki/FallCon" title="FallCon">FallCon</a> (Education Building at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minnesota)</li> <li>October 17–November 2: <a href="/wiki/FIBDA" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBDA">FIBDA</a> XIV (Amadora, Portugal)<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li>October 18–19: <a href="/wiki/Motor_City_Comic_Con" title="Motor City Comic Con">Motor City Comic Con</a> II (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Busiek" title="Kurt Busiek">Kurt Busiek</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andy_Lee_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andy Lee (comics) (page does not exist)">Andy Lee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_W._Mack" title="David W. Mack">David W. Mack</a></li> <li>October 19: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_Comic_Book_and_Science_Fiction_Convention&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention (page does not exist)">Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention</a> (Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, Los Angeles, California)</li> <li>October 19: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine_Comic_Book_Spectacular&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maine Comic Book Spectacular (page does not exist)">Maine Comic Book Spectacular</a> (Verrillo's Convention Center, Portland, Maine)</li> <li>October 25–26: <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Comic_Con" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Comic Con">Dallas Comic Con</a> ("DCC3") (Plano Centre, Plano, Texas) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Tim_Bradstreet" title="Tim Bradstreet">Tim Bradstreet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Noto" title="Phil Noto">Phil Noto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hughes" title="Adam Hughes">Adam Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kurtz" title="Scott Kurtz">Scott Kurtz</a>, John Lucas, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Dunn" title="Ben Dunn">Ben Dunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Mendoza" title="Jaime Mendoza">Jaime Mendoza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cal_Slayton" title="Cal Slayton">Cal Slayton</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Erik_Reeves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erik Reeves (page does not exist)">Erik Reeves</a></li> <li>October 31–November 3: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Las_Vegas_Comic-Con&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Las Vegas Comic-Con (page does not exist)">Las Vegas Comic-Con</a> (Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada) — first annual event</li> <li>October 31–November 2: <a href="/wiki/Lucca_Comics_and_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucca Comics and Games">Lucca Comics and Games</a> (Fair Point, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy) — 50,000 attendees</li> <li>November 1: <a href="/wiki/Comic_Festival" title="Comic Festival">Comic Festival Winter Special</a> (Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury, London, England, U.K.) — guests include <a href="/wiki/Steven_Appleby" title="Steven Appleby">Steven Appleby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Buckingham_(comic_book_artist)" title="Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)">Mark Buckingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_M._Burns" title="John M. Burns">John M. Burns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Campbell" title="Laurence Campbell">Laurence Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Davison" title="Al Davison">Al Davison</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Collier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alex Collier (page does not exist)">Alex Collier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conroy_(writer)" title="Mike Conroy (writer)">Mike Conroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Diggle" title="Andy Diggle">Andy Diggle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Donald" title="Simon Donald">Simon Donald</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Dunn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian Dunn (page does not exist)">Christian Dunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Edginton" title="Ian Edginton">Ian Edginton</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Flint&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carl Flint (page does not exist)">Carl Flint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gambaccini" title="Paul Gambaccini">Paul Gambaccini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Gascoigne" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Gascoigne">Phil Gascoigne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gibson_(comics)" title="Ian Gibson (comics)">Ian Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Haward" title="Jon Haward">Jon Haward</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Morris_Heggie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morris Heggie (page does not exist)">Morris Heggie</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._J._Holden" title="P. J. Holden">P. J. Holden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jock_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jock (artist)">Jock</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Davey_Jones_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Davey Jones (comics) (page does not exist)">Davey Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euan_Kerr" class="mw-redirect" title="Euan Kerr">Euan Kerr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Langridge" title="Roger Langridge">Roger Langridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metaphrog" title="Metaphrog">Metaphrog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Spencer_Millidge" title="Gary Spencer Millidge">Gary Spencer Millidge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Morrison" title="Robbie Morrison">Robbie Morrison</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Palmer_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Palmer (comics) (page does not exist)">Paul Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siku_(comics)" title="Siku (comics)">Siku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dez_Skinn" title="Dez Skinn">Dez Skinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kev_F._Sutherland" title="Kev F. Sutherland">Kev F. Sutherland</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Townsend_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Townsend (comics) (page does not exist)">Lee Townsend</a></li> <li>November 6–9: <a href="/wiki/Coco_Bulles" title="Coco Bulles">Coco Bulles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Culture_Palace_of_Abidjan" title="Culture Palace of Abidjan">Culture Palace of Abidjan</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Côte d'Ivoire">Côte d'Ivoire</a>)</li> <li>November 7–9: <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Comic_Con" title="Toronto Comic Con">Toronto Comic Con</a> II (National Trade Centre, Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — guests of honor: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Starlin" title="Jim Starlin">Jim Starlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_William_Kaluta" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael William Kaluta">Michael William Kaluta</a></li> <li>November 15–16: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_ComiCon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kansas City ComiCon (page does not exist)">Kansas City ComiCon</a> (Shawnee Civic Center, Shawnee, Kansas)</li> <li>November 21–23: <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World">Wizard World Texas</a> (Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, Texas)</li> <li>November 28–30: <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Book_Art,_and_Toy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show">Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show</a> IV (Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City)</li> <li>November 29–30: <a href="/wiki/Mid-Ohio_Con" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Ohio Con">Mid-Ohio Con</a> (Hilton Columbus Hotel at Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio)</li> <li>December 7: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_Comic_Book_Spectacular&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boston Comic Book Spectacular (page does not exist)">Boston Comic Book Spectacular</a> (Boston Radisson Hotel, Amesbury, Massachusetts) — 1,000 attendees</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_issues_by_title">First issues by title</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_comics&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: First issues by title">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Confidential_Assassination_Troop" class="mw-redirect" title="Confidential Assassination Troop">Confidential Assassination Troop</a></dt> <dd>Release: by <a href="/wiki/Tong_Li_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Tong Li Comics">Tong Li Comics</a>. Writer & Artist: <a href="/wiki/Fung_Chin_Pang" title="Fung Chin Pang">Fung Chin Pang</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Fluffy_(comics)" title="Fluffy (comics)">Fluffy</a></dt> <dd>Release: by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Cape" title="Jonathan Cape">Jonathan Cape</a>. Writer & Artist: <a href="/wiki/Simone_Lia" title="Simone Lia">Simone Lia</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Opus_(comic_strip)" title="Opus (comic strip)">Opus</a></dt> <dd>Release: November 23 by <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The Washington Post Company">The Washington Post Company</a>. Writer: <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Breathed" title="Berkeley Breathed">Berkeley Breathed</a> Artist: <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Breathed" title="Berkeley Breathed">Berkeley Breathed</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/XxxHolic" title="XxxHolic">xxxHolic</a></dt> <dd>Release: February 24 by <a href="/wiki/Kodansha" title="Kodansha">Kodansha</a>. 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