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: