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Notable events of 2005 in comics. Events January January 14: French cartoonist Piem is named Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. January 20: Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen wins his first Inktspotprijs (edition 2004) for Best Political Cartoon. During the same ceremony Joep Bertrams receives his first Inktspotprijs too January 31: John R. Norton begins the George comic strip. April April 13: DC Comics announces the discontinuation of its Humanoids and 2000 AD titles. Powerade and DC Comics show the first of four new online comics starring LeBron James as superhero "King James". Written by Ron Perazza with art by Rick Leonardi (Batgirl). April 20: DC Comics launches the new DC Direct website. April 26: Artist Ed Benes (Superman) extends his exclusive agreement with DC Comics for an additional three years. April 28: Marvel Enterprises and Paramount Pictures announce an agreement under which Paramount will distribute up to ten films over an eight-year period to be produced by Marvel. Marvel Enterprises announces settlement of all pending litigation with Stan Lee over claims for participation in profits from various sources. Marvel Comics announces the creation of a custom comic book written by Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, The New Avengers) and featuring superheroes such as Spider-Man, Captain America and the Fantastic Four in a military-themed storyline. More than one million copies of the "Salute Our Troops" comic book were to be distributed to the troops and their families in May. May May 1: At Clickburg, The Netherlands, the first Clickies are awarded, awards for webcomics. The awards will continue up until 2010. May 5: Artist George Pérez (The New Teen Titans, Wonder Woman, Justice League of America) signs a 5-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics. May 19: Artist J. G. Jones (Villains United, Wonder Woman) signs a 2-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. May 31: Artist Bart Sears (Captain America and the Falcon) signs a 2-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics. June June 6: Artists Adam Kubert (Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-Men) and Andy Kubert (Marvel 1602, Origin, Ultimate Iron Man, Ultimate X-Men) sign 3-year exclusive agreements with DC Comics. June 11: Harvey Awards winners announced. June 21: Belgian comic artist Marc Sleen is declared a honorary citizen of Brussels. June 22: The first comic to carry the Boom! Studios logo, Zombie Tales #1, is published June 28: Artist Justiniano (Day of Vengeance, The Human Race) signs a 2-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. July July 12: Writer Bill Willingham (Fables) renews his exclusive contract with DC Comics for an additional two years. July 13: DC Online launches a new website for kids featuring Johnny DC. DC Comics' DC Direct announces the new Looney Tunes Golden Collection action figure series. The sculptures would be officially unveiled later in the week at San Diego's Comic-Con. July 15: Eisner Awards ceremony is held at the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego. July 19: Joe Quesada extends his contract agreement with Marvel Comics, and in addition to his current role as Editor-in-Chief, he will take on the added role as the Chief Creative Officer, Publishing. July 26: Writer Mark Waid (Legion of Super-Heroes, Empire) signs a 2-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics. Turkish cartoonist Oğuz Aral receives a statue in Istanbul. August August 2: Artist Tony Daniel (Teen Titans, Spawn, X-Force) signs a 2-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics. August 8: In the Danish magazine Jumbobo, The legacy, by Andreas Phil and Mårdøn Smet; debut of the gentleman thief Fantomius.The character, already often mentioned in the Paperinik stories but never appeared until then, has later had a more fortunate version by the Italian Author Marco Gervasio. August 30: A square in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, is named after Mafalda. August 30: The webcomic Crying Macho Man by Jose Cabrera goes live. September September 6: The New York Times is to carry a comic strip by Chris Ware within its pages. Marvel has changed its corporate name to Marvel Entertainment, Inc and is to produce its own movies based upon comics characters such as Captain America, Nick Fury and the Avengers September 8: Contributors have been announced for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's annual SPX anthology. Scott Morse and Jordan Crane are amongst the forty creators September 12: Doonesbury is dropped and then promptly reinstated by The Guardian September 13: The Ignatz Awards nominees are announced, with Gilbert Hernandez receiving three nominations Dynamic Forces acquire license to print comics based on the Highlander films and television series September 19: Joe Ferrara is elected to the Board of Directors of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund September 20: Marvel Comics announce Neil Gaiman's next project as being related to The Eternals September 21: Art Spiegelman's next project, Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*!, is to be serialised in the Virginia Quarterly Review, commencing in the Fall 2005 issue September 22: Bill Watterson answers fifteen selected questions from fans around the world to publicise the upcoming release of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes September 23: The two-day Small Press Expo opens with Harvey Pekar as special guest. September 25: The 2005 Ignatz Awards are announced at the Small Press Expo. Amongst the winners were David B, voted the Outstanding Artist and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, voted Outstanding Graphic Novel October October 1: Lea Hernandez steps down as editor of Girlamatic.com, to be replaced by Lisa Jonté October 3: Jay Stephens launches his own blog Cute Creeps From Pop Culture October 4: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is released October 5: Matt Madden is interviewed by Bookslut October 8: Art Spiegelman is one of 196 inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences October 10: Dark Horse licenses the rights to reprint a number of manga titles, including Juon Peter Schjeldahl of The New Yorker analyses graphic novels October 11: Marvel 1602 wins the inaugural graphic novel Quill Award October 13: The tenth annual International Comic Arts Festival begins in Washington, D.C. October 14: Lynd Ward is profiled by In These Times The Oberlin Review profiles Marjane Satrapi Maus and Beyond, an exhibition looking at comic book and graphic novel portrayals of the Shoah, opens at the Centennial College, Toronto. It runs until November 30 October 16: Bob Andelman, biographer of Will Eisner, picks 10 graphic novels for a beginner to start with October 17: Charles Burns is interviewed by The Book Standard The Melvin Gelman Library of George Washington University is to add 300 graphic novels to its collection The New York Times profile Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays!, a collection of Little Nemo strips publishing them as originally printed Hunt Emerson has adapted John Ruskin's Unto This Last into comics format, retitling the work How To Be Rich. Two-thirds of t.... Discover the Joshua Williamson Pop Mhan Christian Duc popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Joshua Williamson Pop Mhan Christian Duc books.