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Notable events of 2006 in comics.

• January 1: Newsweek offers a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons.^[1]
• January 1: After 109 years of continuous publication the longest-running comic strip of all time, The Katzenjammer Kids (originally created by Harold H. Knerr) comes to an end.^[2]
• January 2: Gabrielle, AKA 'Gaby', Scaon-Possompes, director of the comics museum Musée de la BD in Angoulême, is honoured with the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.^[3]
• January 2: The Cincinnati Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman starts a blog to detail his creative process.^[4]
• January 3:
  • Todd Hignite interviews Brian Walker, co-curator of the Masters of American Comics exhibition currently on at the Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.^[5]
  • The London Metropolitan Police refuse to distribute Cops and Robbers, a comic book detailing first hand stories of criminals embracing the Christian faith. The police cite the book's failure to cover a multitude of faiths as reason.^[6]
• January 5: 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Anderson is to move from the Louisville Courier-Journal, where he thrived, to the Houston Chronicle.^[7]
• January 6:
  • Richard Branson is launching Virgin Comics alongside mystical self-help guru Deepak Chopra, a company to be based in and cater for India. Film director John Woo is reported to be developing a series for the company.^[8]
  • Christianity Today use Bill Watterson's position on licensing to contrast with the marketing of Aslan in the wake of the current film based upon The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.^[9]
  • Neil Gaiman is interviewed by 92nd Street Y.^[10]
• January 8:
  • Jeet Heer appraises Daydreams and Nightmares, a new collection of work by Winsor McCay, for The Boston Globe.^[11]
  • Tom Spurgeon interviews Matt Madden in the wake of the publication of his new work 99 Ways to Tell a Story.^[12]
• January 9:
  • The jury selects Etienne Davodeau's Les Mauvaises Gens to receive the Prix du Public at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.^[13]
  • Bob Greenberger is let go from his position as Collected Editions Editor by DC Comics.^[14]
  • United Kingdom television channel Five are to broadcast a series based on the comic strip Rupert the Bear. The series is being produced by Cosgrove Hall.^[15]
  • Jean-François Kieffer's Loupio series has been awarded Le prix de la BD chretienne Francophone, the prize awarded by a jury composed from representatives of Christian denominations.^[16]
  • Hasbro and Marvel Comics announce a deal which allows the former to produce toys based upon the latter's comic book characters.^[17]
• January 10:
  • Cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the band Gorillaz, is nominated for the Designer of the Year award.^[18]
  • A fund to support journalists, writers, cartoonists and artists is launched. The fund is intended to help those who become persecuted for their work in the Middle East or North Africa. The fund was developed at the International Conference on Freedom of Expression in the Arab World, held in Amman, Jordan, in December 2005.^[19]
  • Comic book writer J. Torres is to write a series of graphic novels based on the popular television drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation.^[20]
  • German manga Yonen Buzz's first volume is released in English by Tokyopop.
• January 11:
  • Hal Foster fan Sid Weiskirch is to curate an exhibition of his work at the Noyes Cultural Center in Evanston, Illinois, where Foster was resident for 17 years.^[21]
  • Seth is interviewed by Daniel Robert Epstein for UnderGround Online.^[22]
  • AdHouse Books founder Chris Pitzer is interviewed at Newsarama. Pitzer discusses his opinion of the state of the industry at present and also the future.^[23]
• January 12:
  • Marvel Comics unveil a new costume for Spider-Man.^[24]
  • The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists place a report from the Business Journal of Phoenix, which comments on the future of editorial cartooning in the United States, upon their website.^[25][26]
  • The Springfield News-Sun offer up their top ten Stan Lee moments.^[27][28]
  • Tim Marchman reviews Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library for the New York Press.^[29][30]
  • Spike TV is to show a two-hour drama based on the comic book and media franchise character Blade.^[31]
  • Simon & Schuster, Inc. announce that as of January 2006 they are to handle distribution within the United States for VIZ Media's book division.^[32]
• January 15: The Guardian review Hergé's Adventures of Tintin the musical at the Young Vic based on Tintin in Tibet.^[33]
• January 16: ICv2 reports on 2005 sales figures for works distributed to comics stores, noting that sales of graphic novels were up by a third.^[34]
  • Paul Gravett reviews the Young Vic's production of Hergé's Adventures of Tintin.^[35]
• January 17:
  • Drawn & Quarterly announce plans to collect Tove Jansson's Moomin comic strips. It is planned to collect the works in five volumes.^[36]
  • DC Comics announce that Dan Jurgens has signed an exclusive contract with them.^[37]
  • The Harvey Awards announce that they have added a "Best Online Comics Work" category to this year's awards.^[38]
• January 18:
  • ICv2 report that Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore is to end with issue #90, scheduled for publication in March 2007.^[39]
• January 26: Lewis Trondheim is awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême International Comics Festival^[40]
• January 26: Dylan Horrocks is named University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow 2006.^[41]
• January 30:
  • The Children's Publishing division of Reader's Digest announce a licensing deal with Marvel Comics which will see them launch a line of interactive books based on popular Marvel characters.^[42]
• January 31:
  • Spike TV have greenlit a thirteen episode series based on the Blade comics and films.^[43]
  • Todd McFarlane Toys announce a deal with Warner Bros. allowing it to produce a line of action figures based on characters from the Hanna-Barbera library.^[44]

• February 1: A French newspaper, France-Soir, reprints the cartoons at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.^[45]
• February 2:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • The editor of French newspaper France-Soir, which reprinted the cartoons at the centre of the controversy, is fired.^[46]
  • Many newspapers in continental Europe re-publish the cartoons.^[47]
  • The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff issue a letter of protest against a The Washington Post cartoon by Tom Toles.^[48]
  • Wizard announce the cancellation of WizardWorld Boston.^[49]
  • CNet News examine the digitization of comics.^[50]
  • Lewis Trondheim gives an interview in which he offers his frank opinions on journalists covering the medium.^[51]
• February 3:
  • Muslims take to the streets in many countries to protest the publication of the cartoons lampooning Mohammed.^[52][53][54]
  • The Indian Express reports nostalgically on the comic strips The Phantom and Jiggs.^[55]
  • Michael Fry announces his weekly panel Committed is to end on February 19.^[56]
• February 4:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Syrian protestors set fire to Denmark's embassy in Damascus. They were demonstrating against the publication of cartoons defaming Mohammed in a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten.^[57]
• February 6:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • It is reported that at least four people around the world are dead as a result of violent protests against the cartoons published in late 2005 by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten^[58]
    • The Daily Telegraph seeks to uncover the source of the "extra" three cartoons which were distributed in The Middle East as being actual cartoons published by Jyllands-Posten, when they were in actuality not.^[59]
  • Lagardère, a French publishing giant, is to purchase Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner. The division handles the distribution of graphic novels published by DC Comics to bookstores.^[60]
  • Salon review Ghost of Hoppers Jaime Hernandez's latest graphic novel.^[61]
  • James Cromwell is cast in the role of Captain George Stacy for the upcoming Spider-Man 3 movie.^[49]
  • Stan Lee is interviewed by science fiction weekly.^[62]
• February 7:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Members of the State assembly in Kano, Nigeria, burn Danish flags in protest at the controversy.^[54]
    • Iranian newspaper Hamshahri announces "an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust".^[63]
  • Paul Levitz, publisher and president of DC Comics is to write six issues of the JSA comic book.^[64]
  • Law.com profile John N. Turitzin, executive vice president of and general counsel to Marvel Comics.^[65]
• February 8:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • President Bush issues a statement calling for calm: "I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence, to be respectful, to protect property, to protect the lives of innocent diplomats who are serving their countries overseas."^[66]
    • The Danish embassy in Tehran is stormed.
    • The editorial staff of the New York Press walk out after the publishers of the paper refuse to carry the cartoons at the centre of the controversy.^[67]
    • The editor of the Jyllands-Posten, Carsten Juste, rejects suggestions he should resign.^[68]
    • Pakistan's Daily Times reveals Danish law should have prevented the publication of the cartoons.^[69]
    • The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists issues a statement which expresses support for "the right of free expression by the world's cartoonists."^[70]
• February 9:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • The United States' Talk of the Nation examine the power the editorial cartoon has.^[71]
    • 2000 Muslims protest in Bangladesh and thousands of Shi'ite Muslims in Lebanon turn a religious ceremony into a pacific protest over the cartoons.^[72][73]
    • Condoleezza Rice blames Iran and Syria for stoking the controversy regarding the cartoons.^[74]
    • The BBC summarise the situation so far.^[75]
  • The San Francisco Bay Area minicomic scene is examined up by the local press.^[76]
  • Hill & Wang a non-fiction imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux are to launch a line of non-fiction graphic novels under the name Novel Graphics. The first work will be an adaptation of the 9/11 Commission Report.^[77]
  • DC Comics are to unveil their line of toys based on the movie Superman Returns at the 2006 American International Toy Fair.^[49]
• February 10:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Flemming Rose, editor of the Jyllands-Posten is told to take a vacation after he commented the paper "would run the cartoons" published by Hamshahri in its contest inviting cartoons satirising the holocaust.^[78]
    • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen agrees with comments made by Condoleezza Rice regarding Syria and Iran, noting they "have taken advantage of the situation because both countries are under international pressure".
    • It is reported at least thirteen people are dead due to protests against the cartoons.^[79]
• February 11:
  • Illinois newspaper The Daily Herald has launched an online cartoon page composed entirely of webcomics.^[80]
  • Peter David announces he has signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics.^[81]
• February 12:
  • Frank Miller has announced that his next Batman book, Holy Terror, Batman!, will pit the caped crusader against Osama bin Laden.^[82]
  • At Wondercon, Grant Morrison is announced as the next writer on Batman.^[83]
• February 13:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen responds to criticism of his country, declaring "Denmark is an open and tolerant society".^[47]
    • Anders Fogh Rasmussen has also had talks with a Muslim group called "Democratic Muslims".^[84]
    • It is reported that Muslim graves have been desecrated in Denmark.^[85]
    • Denmark withdraws official staff from embassies in Syria, Iran, and Indonesia.^[86]
    • Art Spiegelman is interviewed to garner his thoughts on the controversy.^[87]
    • Iran demands apologies after recent accusations from Condoleezza Rice that it had fermented the controversy.^[88]
  • Ted Rall is reportedly considering launching a law suit against Ann Coulter over comments she jokingly alleged that "Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and The New York Times have made submissions".^[89]
• February 14: zoomaphoto.com
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Two security guards are shot dead and police use tear gas on rioting students as protests continue in Pakistan.^[90]
    • Belgian Muslim groups have called on the European Union to "act determinedly to prepare a draft law that forbids every kind of blasphemy".^[91]
    • A number of Danish websites have reportedly been hacked by protestors.^[92]
• February 15:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Danish politicians have called for an investigation into a Muslim group's actions during a trip to the Middle East. It is alleged the group may have helped ferment the recent protests.^[93]
    • Flemming Rose, cultural editor of the Jyllands-Posten has stated that the cartoons were published to "go against this tendency to self-censorship".^[94]
    • Carsten Juste, editor of the Jyllands-Posten, states his belief that "Muslims are being given special treatment".^[95]
  • Justin Thomas is announced as the winner of a contest to choose the next cartoonist of the strip Unfit.^[96]
• February 16:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Twelve people are reported to have died in Afghanistan after a week of protesting.^[97]
    • Three people are reported to have died as protests continue in Pakistan.^[98]
  • The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has lost his claim for compensation. Erdoğan was suing over a number of cartoons which had depicted him as a series of animals.^[99]
• February 17:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Eleven people are reportedly killed after protesting in Libya.^[100]
    • Indiana newspaper The Indianapolis Star polls college newspaper editors within the state on their opinion on publishing the cartoons.^[101]
  • Ivan Brunetti is interviewed by Nashville City Paper.^[102]
• February 19:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • 45 people reportedly die after rioting in Nigeria in protest against the cartoons.^[103]
    • Security forces in Pakistan disperse a protest against the cartoons.^[104]
    • The United States embassy in Jakarta is attacked by protestors.^[105]
    • A small group of protesters gather outside the Danish embassy in Tehran.^[106]
  • Paul Pope discusses Batman: Year 100 with the Toronto Star.^[107]
• February 20:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • 'The New York Times previews Marvels new crossover event, Civil War.^[108]
    • Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen defends the handling of the controversy.^[109]
    • The Danish flag is burnt by protestors in Jakarta.^[110]
    • The Nation ask Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco for their thoughts on the current controversy.^[111]
    • Russian newspaper Our region+ closes after publishing the cartoons.^[112]
  • JM Thevenet is reportedly fired as the director of the Festival International de la Bande Dessinee.^{[113][114][115]}
  • Nominees for the 2006 Shuster Awards are announced.^[116]
  • icv2.com report on January's Direct Market sales figures.^[117]
  • The Guardian reports on the new cartoon museum in London.^[118]
• February 21:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • A number of Muslims protest against the cartoons in India.^[119]
    • Christopher Hitchens, writing for Slate, examines the issue.^[120]
    • The Danish Ambassador returns to Jakarta having left in the wake of protests over the cartoons.^[121]
    • A second Russian newspaper, the weekly Nash Region closes after having printed a montage of the cartoons.^[122]
  • JM Thevenet confirms he has been fired from his position with Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, although he claims he was employed as a consultant.^[123][124]
  • The Guardian sketches the history of the political cartoon as a prelude to the opening of The Cartoon Museum in London.^[125]
• February 22:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Corpses are burnt on the streets of Onitsha, Nigeria, as part of an ongoing confrontation between Christians and Muslims regarding the cartoons.^[126]
    • Protestors stage a demonstration outside the Danish embassy in Jakarta.^[54]
    • The Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, notes the controversy has become something greater than the initial furor over editorial cartoons, noting "It's about everything else and different agendas in the Muslim world."^[69]
    • Danish volunteers and non-government officials are withdrawing from the relief effort aiding those areas of Pakistan hit by the recent earthquake and leaving the country as a result of the Pakistani people's protest against the cartoons.^[69]
  • Naushad Waheed, a political cartoonist and artist sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Maldives for political unrest, has been freed.^[127]
  • iBooks, the publishing company founded by Byron Preiss, files for bankruptcy. Preiss died in June 2005.^[128]
• February 23:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    • Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, denounces the cartoons at the heart of the controversy.^[69]
    • Amitai Sandy and Eyal Zusman, organisers of an antisemitic cartoon contest, are profiled by World Press.^[129]
  • Marvel Comics announces a drop in profits.^[130]
  • The London cartoon museum is opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.^[118]
• February 24:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Doug Marlette comments on the controversy.^[131]
    • Protestors demonstrate in Pakistan, defying a ban which prohibits such gatherings.^[132]
  • Kyle Baker is to be the host for the 2006 Harvey Awards.^[133]
  • Warner Bros. are reported to have confirmed sequels to Batman Begins and Superman Returns.^[49]
  • The London cartoon museum opens to the public.^[118][134]
• February 26: The New York Comic Con has problems with the size of the crowd attending the convention, having to turn visitors away.^[135]
• The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the recent phenomenon of non-comics writers being approached to write for the medium by the larger comics publishers.^[136]
• February 27:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • European Union officials issue a fresh statement on the controversy.^[137]
    • It is reported that Denmark are to hold a conference examining the controversy and the publication of the cartoons on March 10.^[138]
    • Finnish magazine Kaltio has fired its editor after he published a cartoon commentating on the controversy by Ville Ranta on the magazine's website. The sacking came in the wake of pressure from advertisers. Ranta has also lost work on the strength of the cartoon.^[139]
  • Speakeasy Comics announces it is to cease publishing.^[49]
• February 28:
  • Jeff Danziger is announced as the winner of the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, to be awarded on April 18.^[140]
  • Aaron McGruder is to take a six-month break from Boondocks.^[141]
  • It is reported that at the recent New York Comic Con Dark Horse Comics announced that they are to double their output of manga titles this year.^[142]
  • Marvel Comics and Top Cow announce a tie-up which will see artists employed by Top Cow illustrating up to 36 Marvel titles this year.^[143]
  • DC Comics are to publish Megatokyo through their imprint CMX. The title had previously been published by Dark Horse Comics.^[144]
  • The Oregon Daily Emerald reports on Art Spiegelman's speaking tour date at the University of Oregon.^[145]
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Nigerian governors condemn the recent riots that have taken place in the country.^[146]

• March 1:
  • Renae Geerlings becomes editor in chief of Top Cow Productions^[147]
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Salman Rushdie is amongst the twelve writers who are signatories to a statement denouncing Islamism as "a new global totalitarian threat"^[148][149]
• March 2:
  • R. Kikuo Johnson's Night Fisher graphic novel has been named on the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age list for 2006^[150]
  • Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly have contracted with Puffin Books to produce two projects. The first, Big Fat Little Lit, is a collection of stories from the couple's three volume Little Lit series, whilst the second, Toon Into Reading, is described by Mouly as "a revolutionary new concept to draw kids into the pleasures of reading."^[151]
  • Penny Arcade Vol. 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots is to receive a second printing^[152]
• March 3:
  • Neil Gaiman writes a piece for The Guardian detailing his thoughts on the adapting of comics stories to film^[153]
  • Stacy Curtis, editorial cartoonist for The Times of Northwest Indiana is let go. There are now reportedly approximately 80 full-time editorial cartoonists employed in the United States^[154]
  • The National Press Club of Canada launch their 6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition, with a theme of "Cartooning in a dangerous environment".^[155]
  • Virgin Comics announces its initial line of comics, with three books, Devi, Ramayan Reborn, and The Sadhu published under the company's Shakti imprint, and a fourth, as yet unnamed project to be printed under the Director's Cut imprint^[156]
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Pakistan blocks access to blogs and websites which encourage people to cartoon the prophet Mohammed^[157]
• March 5:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Over 50 000 people reportedly protest against the cartoons in Pakistan, whilst around 20 000 are reported to have demonstrated in Turkey^[158]
• March 6:
  • The BBC profile E. H. Shepherd, whose work for Punch will feature in an exhibition at the Political Cartoon Gallery.^[159]
  • Dan Piraro, cartoonist on the Bizarro panel, is to be awarded The Humane Society of the United States' Ongoing Commitment Award on March 18.^[160]
• March 7:
  • Comic strip collection publishing company Andrews McMeel Publishing announce a tie up with Simon & Schuster UK which will allow the company access to the markets of the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[161]
  • ICv2.com report on First Second Books' fall list. Included on the publication list is Kampung Boy, a memoir by Lat.^[162]
• March 8:
  • Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary are developing a movie script based on Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole.^[163]
  • Pantheon Books is to publish a new work by Marjane Satrapi, Chicken With Plums, in October, along with The Long Chalkboard by Jules Feiffer and wife Jenny Allen.^[164]
  • SouthFlorida.com profile Jeannie Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles.^[165]
  • Adrian Tomine is interviewed by Comic Book Resources.^[166]
• March 9:
  • Newsarama interview James McTeigue, director of the adaptation of V for Vendetta.^[49]
  • The Center for Cartoon Studies is auctioning a breakfast with three cartoonists as a means of raising funds. The cartoonists in question are Chris Ware, Seth and Ivan Brunetti.^[167]
  • Jodi Picoult is to incorporate the comics form into her new novel, The Tenth Circle.^[168]
  • Oor Wullie and its creators were allegedly placed on a Nazi hit list during World War II due to the strips lampooning of Hitler.^[169]
  • In a Canadian student magazine an episode of the comic strip Capitalist Piglet is published, by Marq and Yiph, which features a gag where Jesus Christ gives fellatio to a capitalist pig. In the course of months the offensive cartoon will become a national scandal.^[170]
• March 10:
  • CBGExtra are reporting that comic book distributor FM International has ceased trading.^[171]
  • Michael Ramirez editorial cartoonist of the Los Angeles Times, wins The Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in editorial cartooning.^[172]
• March 11:
  • Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wins the National Headliners Award for editorial cartooning.^[173]
  • John Sherffius receives the 2006 Wilbur Award for editorial cartooning on religious issues and themes.^[173]
  • Bill Whitehead of the Kansas City Business Journal, receives first place from the Kansas Press Association for best editorial cartoons of 2005 in weekly publications.^[173]
  • HamptonRoads.com and Associated Press discuss cancer-inspired graphic novels, including Brian Fies' Mom's Cancer, Harvey Pekar's Our Cancer Year and Miriam Engelberg's Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person, due out in May from HarperCollins.^[174]
  • Scarcecomics.co.uk, an online auction site for rare British comics, is discussed in Liverpool's Daily Post.^[175]
  • Alan Moore is discussed in The Telegraph.^[176]
• March 12:
  • The New York Times report on Alan Moore's career and his attitude to the recent Hollywood adaptations of his works and to DC Comics.^[177]
• March 13:
  • Superman Returns director Bryan Singer and screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris are to collaborate on a series of comic books which will bridge the gap between the Superman II movie and the new sequel.^[49]
• March 14:
  • E-Man, the character created by Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton, is to return in a series from Digital Webbing Press.^[49]
  • Ed Stein wins the 2006 John Fischetti Award for editorial cartooning.^[178]
• March 15:
  • Booklist's new issue includes several features related to comics:^[179]
    • A Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth compiled for the magazine.^[180]
    • A Top 10 Graphic Novels: 2006 compiled by Ray Olsen.^[181]
    • Kate Kan writes an article titled Great Graphic Novels for Younger Readers.^[182]
    • An interview with Mark Siegel, editorial director of First Second the new graphic novel imprint launched by Roaring Brook.^[183]
    • An article from Jeff Smith regarding his career as a graphic novelist.^[184]
    • Michael Cart contributes an article discussing his love of comics.^[185]
    • Archaia Studios Press officially releases color hardcover edition of The Lone and Level Sands.
• March 16:
  • The Alex strip in The Telegraph will be coloured and feature an advertisement for Xerox for six weeks.^[186]
  • The Boston Herald report on the graphic novel phenomenon.^[187]
  • Teshkeel Comics publish their first comic in the Middle East under a licensing deal with Marvel Comics. Translated into Arabic, Spectacular Spider-Man is the first magazine to feature the character in the region.^[188]
  • The BBC's Collective magazine interview participants in Fantagraphics quarterly MOME anthology.^[189]
  • Iranian cartoonist Kianoosh Ramezani discusses the problems which face both cartoonists and their publishing editors in the Ledger-Enquirer.^[190]
• March 17:
  • Marvel announce plans to publish a graphic novel formatted anthology based on the computer game series Halo, featuring work by Simon Bisley and Moebius amongst others.^[191]
  • J. Scott Campbell signs an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics.^[192]
  • Dallas names May 6 as Comic Book Appreciation Day. May 6 is also Free Comic Book Day.^[49]
  • Nominations for the 2005 National Newspaper Awards are announced. The awards include an Editorial Cartooning category in which Serge Chapleau of La Presse, Montreal; Brian Gable of The Globe and Mail, and Bruce MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald are nominated.^[193]
  • Dr. Jon Suter donates his collection of over 2000 strips to the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection.^[194]
  • Teshkeel Media Group sign a deal to translate and distribute Archie Comics in the Middle East.^[166]
• March 18:
  • Tom Spurgeon announces his top fifty comics of 2005.^[195]
• March 19:
  • OK/Cancel discuss making money from webcomics.^[196]
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on comics' literary status.^[197]
  • Contra Costa Times reports on comics' literary status.^[198]
  • The Age report on the success of manga in Australia.^[199]
• March 20:
  • Marvel Comics are to release Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters, a series based on characters Jack Kirby created, with Kirby's daughter Lisa and former collaborator Mike Thibodeaux helping to expand on the concepts.^[191]
  • Art Spiegelman has joined the jury to judge an antisemitic cartoon contest sponsored by Israeli comics collective Dimona Comics.^[200]
  • ICv2 report that sales of comics to comic book stores were up in February.^[201]
  • Casting Producer Austen James discusses the Sci-Fi Channel's new programme "Who Wants To Be a Superhero?", due to be aired in the United States this spring, with Comic Book Resources.^[166]
  • Gerald Scarfe wins a British Press Award for Cartoonist of the Year.^[202][203]
  • F Minus, a strip which appears on Comics.com, is to be syndicated by United Media from April 17.^[204]
• March 21:
  • Tom Spurgeon reports that Dark Horse Comics are to release Off the Beaten Path, a collection of photographs of cartoonists in their studios by Greg Preston.^[205]
  • The New York Review of Books review The R. Crumb Handbook.^[206]
  • The Village Voice review Jessica Abel's La Perdida.^[207]
• March 22:
  • Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:
    • Laila Freivalds, Swedish Foreign Minister, resigns after being accused of lying to the media regarding the shutting down of sites which may have had plans to carry the cartoons.^[208]
• March 26:
  • Superman/Batman #26 is announced as a tribute book to Sam Loeb, son of Jeph Loeb, who died in 2005. Sam Loeb was due to write the book himself, and 26 collaborators have been assembled to complete the work.^[209]
  • The Los Angeles Times editorialises on the trademarked nature of the term Super Heroes.^[210]
  • The North Bergen Reporter profile Otto Messmer, creator of Felix the Cat.^[211]
• March 27:
  • 113 creators pledge their support for the editors at Dupuis as they attempt to gain greater independence for the imprint from owners Media-Participations.^[212]
• March 28:
  • Editor & Publisher report that Garry Trudeau is to receive a lifetime achievement award from Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy on April 4.^[213]
  • HarperCollins and TokyPop announce a publishing and distribution deal which will see manga works by HarperCollins authors co-published by the two companies.^[214]
  • Ralph Steadman is to receive the Milton Caniff Award for Lifetime Achievement.^[215]
  • The nominees for the 2006 Reuben Awards, to be awarded on May 27, are announced.^[215]
• March 29:
  • Panini Comics extends its licensing deal with Marvel Comics into more territories and also announces an X-Men graphic novel aimed at the European market with script by Chris Claremont and art by Milo Manara.^[216]
  • The Manila Times run an editorial supporting editorial cartoons.^[217]
  • An exhibition at the California Science Center explores the powers and abilities of Marvel superheroes and the real world science that may ultimately replicate them.^[218]
• March 30:
  • ICv2.com report that V for Vendetta is number one in Nielsen BookScan's list, ranked by sales, of graphic novels sold through book stores.^[219]
• March 31:
  • The five people accused of murdering Indian cartoonist Irfan Hussain are acquitted by Judge Talwant Singh.^[220]
  • AllAfrica.com report that Godfrey Mwampembwa, a cartoonist for the Nairobi paper The Daily Nation, has been threatened with legal action by Martha Karua, a politician whom the cartoonist has satirised.^[221]
  • The Johns Hopkins News-Letter reviews Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library issue 16.^[222]

• April 1:
  • The London Free Press report on representations of the Iraq War in superhero comics.^[223]
• April 3: Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2006_in_comics
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