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1920s In Comics
This is a timeline of significant events in comics in the 1920s. 1920 * January 4: The first issue of the Flemish Catholic children's magazine ''Zonneland'' and its Walloon sister publication ''Petits Belges'' are published. Both will feature a lot of children's comics. ''Petits Belges'' changes its name into ''Bonjour'' in 1957 and ''Tremplin'' in 1960. * January 14: In E.C. Segar's ''Thimble Theatre'' Castor Oyl makes his debut. * January 17: The first issue of the British comics magazine '' Film Fun'' is published. It will run until 15 September 1962. * August: ** In Portugal Rocha Vieira creates ''Fitas de Juca e Zeca''. ** Stan Cross' ''The Potts'' makes its debut, but as ''You & Me'' (it receives it's more familiar title, ''The Potts'' only in 1951). He will draw it personally until 1939, after which Jim Russell will take it over until his death in 2001, which also means the comic strip's conclusion. * April 4: Charles A. Voight's ''Betty'' makes its debut. It will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s In Comics
This is a timeline of significant events in comics in the 1910s. 1910 * January 24: The final episode of George Herriman's ''Gooseberry Sprig'' is published. * March 29 - June 29: Herbert Crowley draws ''The Wigglemuch''. * June 20: George Herriman's ''The Dingbat Family'' makes its debut, syndicated by the precursors of King Features Syndicate, appearing in Hearst newspapers. * July 17: The final episode of Grif's ''It's Only Ethelinda'' is published. * July 26: In the panel edge of ''The Dingbat Family'' by George Herriman a cat and a mouse who will later evolve into Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse make their debut. * September: George Frink's '' Slim Jim and the Force'' makes its debut. It will run until 1937 by other artists. * October: The final episode of Walt Kuhn's ''Whisk'' is published. * Tad Dorgan's '' Judge Rummy'' makes its debut. * The first issue of the Belgian satirical cartoons and comics magazine ''Pourquoi pas?'' is published. * Dutch illustrator David Bue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Jacobsson
Oscar Jacobsson (Göteborg, 1889 – Solberga, December 25, 1945) was a Swedish comic creator and cartoonist who started his career in 1918, when his first newspaper illustration was published. Jacobsson's first illustrations were published in Naggen. In 1920, he created the comic strip '' Adamson'' for the publication ''Söndags-Nisse''. Adamson himself was a (usually) silent little cigar-smoking man with a big hat and frequent misadventures. The strip soon became very popular and became published in hundreds of newspapers all over the world. In the United States, it became known as "Silent Sam". Jacobsson also worked for other publications. His illustrations frequently appeared in magazines and papers like Exlex, Dagens Nyheter and Lutfisken. Near the end of his stellar career, Jacobsson created another comic character: Abu Fakir. This was published in Vi. Keeping Adamson Alive 'Adamson' outlived his creator; the Danish artist Viggo Ludvigsen continued the comic strip for n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Westover
Russell Channing Westover (March 8, 1886 – May 3, 1966) was a cartoonist best known for his long-run comic strip ''Tillie the Toiler''. Early life Westover was born in Los Angeles, California. He recalled, "When the time came... to make a living, father put me in one of the stores he owned. I used to wrap parcels, and I'd draw pictures on them. The customers liked it, but my father didn't. We talked it over and came to an agreement. I went into the railroad business." After a job as a clerk with the Southern Pacific Railroad, Westover headed for San Francisco, where he studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (now the San Francisco Art Institute). After four months, he dropped out after an instructor said, "Young man, the drawing of Caesar is good, but that caricature you made of me on the border is terrible". Career Westover was 18 years old when he landed a job as a sports cartoonist with the ''San Francisco Bulletin''. He also contributed to the ''San Francisco Chron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
