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DC Comics artist Jim Lee holding a copy of The New 52 2012 Free Comic Book Day issue.

In September 2011, DC Comics relaunched their entire line of publications, dubbing the new publishing initiative as The New 52. The relaunch saw DC introduce same-day release of physical comics with digital platforms, as well as characters from the former WildStorm and Vertigo imprints being absorbed into a rebooted DC Universe. The intent was to publish 52 ongoing titles each month across the DC Universe. However, DC has also counted one-shots, miniseries and maxiseries in that number. In subsequent Septembers following the launch, DC has featured unique publishing initiatives to commemorate the relaunch. DC released a total of 93 ongoing titles across multiple "wave" releases, until June 2015, when it discontinued the "New 52" branding. To expand The New 52 universe, DC also released 22 one-shots, 17 miniseries and three maxiseries.

• 1887: birth of H. M. Bateman, British humorous artist and cartoonist noted for his "The Man Who..." series of cartoons
• 1907: birth of Nina Albright, American comic book artist who worked during the Golden Age of Comic Books
• 1913: birth of Willy Vandersteen, major Belgian comics artist and author best known for Spike and Suzy
• 1939: birth of William Van Horn, Canadian comics author best known for Disney comics like Donald Duck
• 1948: birth of Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning American comics author and artist, best known for his graphic novel Maus
• 1954: birth of Matt Groening, American comics creator, known for Life in Hell, better known as creator of the animation series The Simpsons
• 1963: birth of Marc Hansen, American cartoonist and creator of Ralph Snart, Weird Melvin and Doctor Gorpon
• 1965: debut of Wee Pals, ongoing American comic strip created by Morrie Turner
• 1987: end of Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, American comic strip which started in the 1950s
• 1997: death of Jack Sparling, Canadian comics artist, best known for his work at DC Comics
• 2002: death of Vincenzo Monti, Italian comics artist, known for his work on Bonelli's Tex Willer
• 2002: end of Parallel, Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi
• 2005: death of Dudu Geva, Israeli comics artist best known for The Knight Zick
• 2017: death of Fabrizio Busticchi, Italian comics artist, known for his work at Bonelli publishing house

• ... that comic book creator Brandon Dayton chose medieval Russia as the setting for his minicomic Green Monk after watching Andrei Tarkovsky's film Andrei Rublev?
• ... that although Blizzard's franchise Overwatch is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels?
• ... that Hikaru Natsumi contributed to adult comic magazines while still in high school?
• ... that according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
• ... that Piecemeal, who appeared in The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga, was considered one of the strangest characters to appear in a Marvel video game?
• ... that the Franco-Belgian comic book Hans had its title changed in Poland due to lingering ill-feeling toward Germany?
• ... that M. Night Shyamalan's Old is based on a Swiss graphic novel that the filmmaker received as a Father's Day gift?
• ... that the original release of Jason Shiga's comic Demon included a four-page issue, a sixty-page issue, and an issue in which all the panels were black?

San Diego Comic-Con International, also known as Comic-Con International: San Diego (as given on its website), and commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con or "SDCC", was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans, which included Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger and Mike Towry. It is traditionally a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday — though a three-hour preview night on Wednesday is open to professionals, exhibitors, and some guests pre-registered for all four days) held during the summer in San Diego, California, United States, at the San Diego Convention Center.

• ...that the fictional goat Koziołek Matołek has been a popular Polish children's literature character since first appearing in 1933?

• ...that Michigan State University Libraries has the largest catalogued collection of comic books in the world, with over 150,000 items?

• ...that as part of the DC Universe reboot, Justice League Dark has been launched featuring some of DC Comics' more bizarre and supernatural characters?