looks at the comic book adaptation of the official inquiry into the 9/11 attacks. DC Comics promote Karen Berger to Senior Vice President—Executive Editor, Vertigo. July 19, 2006: Two members of Marvel Comics' licensing team have left the company, according to an ICv2.com report. The Kansas City Infozine review "Enduring Outrage: Editorial Cartoons by Herblock", an exhibition of selected works by the cartoonist at the United States Library of Congress. August August 8: The Chemistry Set launches. August 9: Launch of "Connections", in 2000 AD #1500, the introduction to the major Judge Dredd storyline "Origins" (by John Wagner and Kev Walker). August 31: Hill & Wang release The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón. The project is done under the blessing of 9/11 Commission co-chairs Thomas Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, who write a foreword to the book. September September 4: Argentina celebrates the first "Día de la Historieta" (National Comics Day). September 13: The Judge Dredd main "Origins" storyline starts (by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra). September 30: During the Stripdagen in Houten, the Netherlands, Gerard Leever receives the Stripschapprijs. Gerrit de Jager and Jean-Marc van Tol win the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs for Strips in Stereo. Willy Lohmann, Jan van Haasteren, Raymond Bär van Hemmersweil and Jan van Reek win the Bulletje en Boonestaakschaal. October October 11: The Best American series releases the inaugural The Best American Comics publication. The collection is edited by Harvey Pekar and Anne Elizabeth Moore. October 18: The Authority #1 released (by Grant Morrison and Gene Ha). 1001 Nights of Snowfall hardcover edition released under the Vertigo imprint (by Bill Willingham). Wildcats #1 released (by Grant Morrison and Jim Lee). The Flemish comics magazine/fanzine Stripgids is relaunched and receives a new chief editor: Toon Horsten. November November 1: Midnighter #1 released (by Garth Ennis and Chris Sprouse). December December 13: Prog 2007 of 2000 AD released, a yearly extra length special that saw the start of two new series: Stickleback (by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli) and Kingdom (by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson). December 13: Neeraj Gupta's cartoon exhibition "Sansad Par Hamla" (translates to Attack on Parliament) opens on the fifth anniversary of the attack. December 20: The Spirit #1, written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke is released. Deaths January January 4: Stan Hunt, American cartoonist and columnist, dies at age 76. January 6: Yoshirou Kato, Japanese manga artist