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===February===
* '''February 4''': British TV host [[Jonathan Ross]] donates a rare ''[[Spider-Man]]'' comic book (''Amazing Fantasy nr. 15'') to the charity event [[Comic Relief]]. <ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4510480/Jonathan-Ross-donates-rare-40000-Spider-Man-comic-to-Comic-Relief.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207113859/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4510480/Jonathan-Ross-donates-rare-40000-Spider-Man-comic-to-Comic-Relief.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-02-07 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Jonathan Ross donates rare £40,000 Spider-Man comic to Comic Relief The BBC presenter Jonathan Ross will donate one of the world's rarest comics - a £40,000 Spider-Man cartoon strip - to Comic Relief. | first=Ben | last=Leach | date=2009-02-04 | access-date=2010-04-30}}</ref>
*The ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'' titles ''[[Ultimate X-Men]]'' and ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'' are both cancelled at milestones: ''Ultimate X-Men''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s series finale ends issue #100,<ref name="ultimatexmen#100">{{cite web|url=http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=11154 |title=Ultimate X-Men #100 |publisher=Marvel.com |access-date=2009-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323043310/http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=11154 |archive-date=2009-03-23 |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''Ultimate Fantastic Four''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ends at issue #60.<ref name="ultimatefantasticfour#60">{{cite web|url=http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=11099|title=Ultimate Fantastic Four #60|publisher=Marvel.com|access-date=2009-03-20}}</ref>
*To celebrate the inauguration of [[Barack Obama]], Amazing Spider-Man #583 presented an all-new story teaming up President Obama and Spider-Man in "[[Spidey Meets the President!]]" The title featured five variant covers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.6546.Spidey_Meets_the_President! |title=Spider-Man and Barack Obama team up &#124; Marvel.com News |publisher=Marvel.com |access-date=2010-09-07}}</ref>
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=== September ===
* '''September 11''': [[Yoshito Usui]], Japanese manga artist (''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]''), dies at age 51.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/usui_yoshito.htm|title=Yoshito Usui|website=lambiek.net|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
* '''September 14''': [[Roy Raymonde]], British editorial cartoonist and comic artist (''Lil'', ''Patsy & John'', ''Them'', ''Boffins at Bay'', ''Raymonde's Rancid Rhymes'', ''Raymonde's Blooming Wonders'', ''Mr. Meddle'', ''Doc Brief''), dies at age 79. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raymonde_roy.htm|title=Roy Raymonde|website=lambiek.net|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
* '''September 24''': Frits Godhelp, Dutch comic artist (''Bas en Van der Pluim'', worked for the [[Marten Toonder]] Studios, [[Disney comics]]), dies at age 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/godhelp_frits_paul.htm|title=Frits Godhelp|website=lambiek.net|access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
* '''September 25''': Jean Vermeire, aka Jiv, Belgian comics artist and illustrator (''Les Aventures de M. Ding'', ''Les Aventures de Bob''), dies at age 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vermeire_jean.htm|title=Jean Vermeire|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
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=== November ===
* '''November 3''': [[Shel Dorf]], American comics letterer (''[[Steve Canyon]]'') and founder of the [[San Diego Comic-Con International]], dies at age 76.<ref>"[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glBwbXu7D8-IxwlvxGDy2BgS0YyAD9BOTBVO0 Founder of San Diego Comic-Con dies at 76]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}", ''[[Associated Press]]'', 4 November 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009. [https://archive.today/20240524183232/https://www.webcitation.org/5l2mEzkKk?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glBwbXu7D8-IxwlvxGDy2BgS0YyAD9BOTBVO0 Archived] 4 November 2009.</ref><ref name="TCR">Spurgeon, Tom. "[http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/shel_dorf_1933_2009/ Shel Dorf, 1933-2009]", ''The Comics Reporter'' (self-published), 4 November 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091108223415/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/shel_dorf_1933_2009/ Archived] 4 November 2009.</ref><ref name="ME">[[Mark Evanier|Evanier, Mark]], "[http://www.newsfromme.com/2009/11/03/shel-dorf-r-i-p/]", ''POV Online'' (self published), November 3, 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091106070349/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_03.html Archived] 4 November 2009.</ref>
* '''November 9''': [[Bill Jaaska]], American comics artist (continued ''[[New Titans]]'' and ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|The Incredible Hulk]]''), dies at age 48.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jaaska_bill.htm|title=Bill Jaaska|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* '''November 13''': François Bel, French comics artist (''Phil et Jori'', ''Miss Justine'', ''Sidonie Fleurdepois'', ''Zophyta''), dies at age 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bel-francois.htm|title=François Bel|website=lambiek.net|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
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== Exhibitions ==
* '''May 2–July 12''': ''"Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix, 1963-1990"'' ([[Chazen Museum of Art]], Madison, Wisconsin) — [[underground comix]] exhibition curated by [[James Danky]] and [[Denis Kitchen]]<ref>[{{cite press release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610104808/http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/PressRelease.asp?PID=141&date=May%202%20to%20July%2012,%202009&loc=Brittingham%20Galleries%20VI%20&%20VII ''|title=Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix, 1963-1990'', |publisher=Chazen Museum of Art (|location=Madison, Wisconsin)]|url=http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/PressRelease.asp?PID=141&date=May%202%20to%20July%2012,%202009&loc=Brittingham%20Galleries%20VI%20&%20VII|archive-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref>
* '''June 21–August 31''': ''"[[William Hogarth|Hogarth]] and Beyond: Global Cartoons from the [[International Museum of Cartoon Art]] Collection"'' ([[Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum|Cartoon Library and Museum]] reading room and gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio)<ref name=OSU2009>{{cite press release|date=Jun 21, 2009|title=Original cartoons – from funny to political – on display at Ohio State|publisher=Ohio State University|work=Ohio State News|url=https://news.osu.edu/original-cartoons---from-funny-to-political---on-display-at-ohio-state/}}</ref>
* '''June 28–August 7''': "From [[Yellow Kid]] to [[Conan (comics)|Conan]]: American Cartoons from the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection" (Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, Cartoon Library and Museum, [[Ohio State University]], Columbus, Ohio)<ref name=OSU2009 />
 
==Conventions==
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* '''February 27–March 1''': [[WonderCon]] (Moscone Center, San Francisco, California)
* '''March 7''': [[STAPLE!]] (Monarch Event Center, Austin, Texas)
* '''March 2728''': [[UK Web & Mini Comix Thing]] ([[Queen Mary University of London]], Mile End, London)<ref name=DTT09>[[{{cite news|author-link=John Freeman (editor)|last=Freeman, |first=John]]. [|url=https://downthetubes.net/matters-of-convention-uk-web-n-mini-comix-thing/ "|title=Matters of Convention: UK Web ‘n’'n' Mini Comix Thing,"] |work=DownTheTubes.net (|date=Oct. 16, 2009).}}</ref> — guests include [[Diesel Sweeties|Richard Stevens]], [[Octopus Pie|Meredith Gran]], [[Sarah McIntyre]], [[Woodrow Phoenix]], and [[James Turner (illustrator)|James Turner]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes, |first=Alex. [|url=https://procartoonists.org/uk-web-and-mini-comix-thing-2009/ "|title=UK Web and Mini Comix Thing 2009,"] |work=Professional Cartoonists Organization (|date=March 31, 2009).}}</ref>
* '''April 4''': [[FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival]] (Tasty World, [[Athens, Georgia]])
* '''April 4–5''': [[Emerald City ComiCon]] (Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, Washington, US) — 13,000 attendees; guests: [[Humberto Ramos]], [[Barry Kitson]], [[Darwyn Cooke]], [[Mark Brooks (comics)|Mark Brooks]], [[Joe Casey]], [[Christos Gage]], [[Jimmy Palmiotti]], [[Amanda Conner]], [[Frank Cho]], [[Stuart Immonen]], [[Adam Hughes]], [[Steve Niles]], [[Joseph Michael Linsner]], [[Adi Granov]], [[Mark Waid]], [[Matt Fraction]], [[Stan Sakai]], [[Tony Harris (comics)|Tony Harris]], [[Brian Michael Bendis]], [[Becky Cloonan]], [[Vasilis Losos]], [[James Kochalka]], [[David Peterson]], [[Paul Smith (comics)|Paul Smith]], [[Patrick Gleason (artist)|Patrick Gleason]], [[Mark Texeira]], [[Brian Denham]], [[Joe Jusko]], [[Stephen Silver]], [[Rick Remender]], [[Gene Ha]], [[Mike Huddleson]], and [[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]]
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* '''June 19–21''': [[Heroes Convention]] (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, US) — guests include [[Mark Bagley]], Liz Baillie, [[John Beatty (illustrator)|John Beatty]], [[Brian Michael Bendis]], [[Ivan Brandon]], [[Ed Brubaker]], [[Cliff Chiang]], [[Jeremy Dale (comics)|Jeremy Dale]], [[Guy Davis (comics)|Guy Davis]], [[Vito Delsante]], [[Colleen Doran]], [[Nathan Edmondson]], [[Matt Fraction]], [[Bryan J. L. Glass]], [[Michael Golden (comics)|Michael Golden]], [[Adam Hughes]], [[Jamal Igle]], [[Bob McLeod (comics)|Bob McLeod]], [[Carla Speed McNeil]], [[Steve McNiven]], [[Chris Moreno]], [[Jim Ottaviani]], [[George Pérez]], [[David Petersen (comics)|David Petersen]], [[Don Rosa]], [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]], [[Ben Templesmith]], [[Loston Wallace]], and [[Daniel Way]]
* '''July 18–19''': [[London Film and Comic Con]] (Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England, UK)
* '''July 23–26''': [[San Diego Comic-Con International]] (San Diego, California, US) — 126,000 attendees; guests include [[Forrest J. Ackerman]], [[Sergio Aragonés]], [[Kyle Baker]], [[Ralph Bakshi]], [[Mike W. Barr]], [[Lynda Barry]], [[Frank Beddor]], [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Steve Breen]], [[Max Brooks]], [[Ed Brubaker]], [[Matt Busch]], [[Jim Butcher]], [[Eddie Campbell]], [[Howard Chaykin]], [[Kim Deitch]], [[Mark Evanier]], [[Al Feldstein]], [[Keith Giffen]], [[Neil Googe]], [[Victor Gorelick]], [[Mike Grell]], [[Paul Gulacy]], [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]], [[Bryan Hitch]], [[John Howe (illustrator)|John Howe]], [[Al Jaffee]], [[Geoff Johns]], [[J. G. Jones]], [[Todd Klein]], [[Dean Koontz]], [[Tite Kubo]], [[Verne Langdon]], [[Jim Lee]], [[Rutu Modan]], [[Noel Neill]], [[Floyd Norman]], [[Jim Ottaviani]], [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)|Mike Peters]], [[Wendy Pini]], [[Steve Purcell]], [[Robert J. Sawyer]], [[James Shoop]], [[Jim Starlin]], [[Joe Staton]], [[J. Michael Straczynski]], [[Adrian Tomine]], [[Ethan Van Sciver]], [[James Warren (publisher)|James Warren]], [[Jeff Watts]], [[Signe Wilkinson]], [[Bill Willingham]], [[Connie Willis]], [[Jim Woodring]], [[Bernie Wrightson]], [[Dean Yeagle]], [[Neil Patrick Harris]], and more
* '''August 6–9''': [[Wizard World Chicago]] (Rosemont, Illinois, US)
* '''August 15–16''': "[[CAPTION]] is Away with the Fairies" (East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford, England, UK)
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* '''September 11–13''': [[Pittsburgh Comicon]] (Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, US) — 9,000 attendees;<ref name=Eberson2>"Comicon: From Marvel Legends to Online Upstarts," ''Pittsburgh Post - Gazette'' (14 Apr 2011), p. W.13.</ref> guest of honor: [[Stan Lee]]; other guests include [[Beau Smith]], [[Billy Tucci]], [[Khoi Pham]], [[Robyn Moore (comics)|Robyn Moore]], [[Bethany Barbis]], Scott James, [[Sean McKeever]], [[Joe Jusko]], [[Pat Olliffe]], [[Ron Frenz]], [[Brian Pulido]], Dawn Best, and [[Dan Fraga]]
* '''September 19–20''': [[Montreal Comiccon]] (Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec) — 4,000 attendees; guests include [[Lou Ferrigno]], [[Jeremy Bulloch]] and [[The Honky Tonk Man]], with [[Brad Swaile]]
* '''September 26–27''': [[Small Press Expo]] (Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, MarylandNorth Bethesda, USMaryland)
* '''October 3–4''': [[Mid-Ohio Con]] (Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio)
* '''October 9–10''': [[Komikazen]] (Ravenna, Italy) — guests include [[Dave McKean]] (guest of honor), [[Peter Kuper]], [[Carlos Trillo]], [[Gianluca Costantini]], [[Davide Toffolo]], [[Gianfranco Bettin]], and [[Paul Gravett]]
* '''October 10–11''': [[Baltimore Comic-Con]] (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, US)
* '''October 15–17''': [[International Comic Arts Forum]] ([[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]], Chicago, Illinois) — guests include [[Guy Davis (comics)|Guy Davis]], [[Max (Spanish cartoonist)|Max]], [[Pere Joan]], [[John Miers (comics)|John Miers]], and [[Sara Varon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 ICAF Conference Schedule|url=http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/2009-icaf.html|work=The International Comics Art Forum|access-date=Mar 22, 2024}}</ref>
* '''October 16–18''': [[Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con]] (Pier 94, New York City, US) — first iteration of the show under [[Wizard Entertainment]]
* '''October 17–18''' [[Alternative Press Expo]] (San Francisco, California, US)
* '''October 24–25''': [[Adventure Con]] 2009 — Fall (Pigeon Forge Convention Center, Grand Hotel, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, US)
* '''October 31-November 1''': [[Central Canada Comic Con|Manitoba Comic Con]] (Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) — guests include [[Adam West]], [[Julie Newmar]], [[Marv Wolfman]], Tommy Castillo, Nigel Sade, Echo Chernik, and Lucie Brouillard
* '''November 5–26''': [[Comica]] — London International Comics Festival ([[Institute of Contemporary Arts]], London, England, UK) — organized by [[Paul Gravett]];<ref name=BleedingCool>{{cite news|last=Johnston, |first=Rich|author-link=Rich. [Johnston|url= https://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/11/08/comica-dark-we-were-and-golden-eyed-panel-report/ "|title=ComICA – ‘Dark'Dark We Were And Golden Eyed’Eyed' Panel Report,"] ''|work=[[Bleeding Cool'' (]]|date=November 8, 2009).}}</ref> at various times guests include [[Apostolos Doxiadis]], [[Marcus du Sautoy|Marcus de Sautoy]], [[Ben Templesmith]], [[Philip Ridley]], [[Sarah McIntyre]], [[Cameron Stewart]], [[Gerry Finley-Day]], [[Brian Bolland]], [[Dave Gibbons]], [[Phil Clarke (comics)|Phil Clarke]], [[Dark They Were and Golden Eyed (bookshop)|Derek "Bram" Stokes]], [[Eddie Campbell]], [[James Jean]], [[Tara McPherson]], [[Reinhard Kleist]], [[Charles Shaar Murray]], [[Willy Linthout]], and [[Michael Rosen]]. Partnering with [[Ctrl.Alt.Shift]], the festival produced ''Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption'', a [[comics anthology]] edited by Gravett, featuring short stories looking at examples of corruption in the real world. It included contributions by comics creators like [[Pat Mills]], [[Bryan Talbot]], [[Dave McKean]], [[Woodrow Phoenix]], [[Peter Kuper]], [[Dylan Horrocks]], and [[Dan Goldman (writer)|Dan Goldman]]. An exhibition was held at the Lazarides Gallery in London to mark the launch; the exhibition included examples of misguided previous attempts to produce worthy comic books.<ref>Badham, Matt. "Comica Festival 2009: London Is Bubbling Over With Comics!," Forbidden Planet International Blog (October 30, 2009). [http://paulgravett.com/articles/article/comica_festival_2009 Archived at PaulGravett.com]. Retrieved July 25, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Brown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/02/comic-book-corruption |title=Pow! Comic-strip heroes fight against corruption |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 3, 2009 |accessdate=November 3, 2009 }}</ref>
* '''November 8''': [[Comica Comiket]] ([[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]] Theatre, London, England) — co-sponsored by Alternative Press, We Are Words+Pictures, and [[Nobrow Press]]<ref name=DTT2009>{{cite news|title=Matters of Convention: ComICA|first=John |last=Freeman|date=Oct 30, 2009|work=DownTheTubes.net|url=https://downthetubes.net/matters-of-convention-comica/#google_vignette|author-link=John Freeman (editor)}}</ref>
* '''November 28''': [[Genghis Con]] (Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio) — first edition of this show, organized by local retailer Scott Rudge and comics creator John G.;<ref>{{cite news|last=Chakerian, |first=Peter. [|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/11/genghis_con_cleveland_thanksgi.html "|title=Genghis Con Cleveland: Thanksgiving for fans of regional indie comics, small-press and 'zine,"] zines|work=Cleveland.com (|date=November 25, 2013).}}</ref> guests include [[Derf Backderf]], [[Mike Gustovich]], [[Gary Dumm]], and [[Greg Budgett]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Sangiacomo, |first=Michael. [|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/11/genghis_con_comic_conventino_s.html "|title=Genghis Con comic convention set for Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom,"] ''|work=The Plain Dealer'' (|date=November 24, 2009).}}</ref>
 
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