79. December 9: Wayne Howard, American comics artist (Charlton Comics), dies at age 58. December 14: Dave Gantz, American cartoonist, novelist and sculptor (Little Lizzie, Moxy, Dudley D., Don Q., assisted on Peanuts, worked for Timely Comics), dies at age 85. December 23: Raphaël Carlo Marcello, also known as Ralph Marc, Italian comics artist (Docteur Justice, continued Le Cavalier Inconnu), dies at age 78. December 25: Gualtiero Schiaffino, aka Skiaffino, Italian comics artist (I Santicielo, La Bancarella, I Diavoli), dies at age 54. December 27: Wim Meuldijk, Dutch TV writer and comics artist (Ketelbinkie, Sneeuwvlok de Eskimo), passes away at age 85. Specific date unknown Herbert Geldhof, aka Herbert, Belgian comics artist (Docteur Gladstone, worked on L'oncle Paul), dies at age 77 or 78. Hui Guan-man, Chinese comics artist (Uncle Choi), dies at age 70. Exhibitions and shows March 4 – June 11: Museum of Modern Art (New York City) — "Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making," an exhibition of fine artists who use the language of comics as the jumping-off point for their work April 5 – July 1: The Cartoon Museum (London, England) — "Alice in Sunderland: The Exhibition," featuring work from Bryan Talbot's graphic novel, as well as its various influences April 21–August 19: Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, Arizona) — "UnInked: Paintings, Sculpture and Graphic Work by Five Cartoonists," featuring Kim Deitch, Jerry Moriarty, Gary Panter, Ron Regé Jr. and Seth; guest-curated by Chris Ware May–June: Jackson State University (Jackson, Mississippi) — "Other Heroes: African-American Comics, Creators, Characters, and Archetypes," curated by John Jennings and Damien Duffy September 14, 2007–January 24, 2008: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (New York City) — "Infinite Canvas: The Art of Webcomics", featuring the work of Dean Haspiel, Dan Goldman, Josh Neufeld, Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik, John Allison, Batton Lash and others December 6–January 1, 2008: Floating World Comics (Portland, Oregon) — "Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo", a fundraiser exhibition of Rom the Spaceknight illustrations, by such creators as Jeffrey Brown, Sal Buscema, Guy Davis, Renée French, Brandon Graham, Corey Lewis, Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom, Jeff Parker, Ron Regé Jr., and Danijel Žeželj. Conventions January 19–20: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show I (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, USA) — guests include Seth Tobocman, James Romberger, Alex Maleev, Alex Saviuk, Arnold Drake, Mac McGill, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Slott, Danny Fingeroth, Dennis Calero, Dick Ayers, Fred Harper, Guy Dorian,