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1930 In Comics
Events and publications January * January 10: '' Quick & Flupke'' by Hergé debuts in ''Le Petit Vingtième''. * January 13: The first ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip, written by Walt Disney, drawn by Ub Iwerks, is published. After a month Iwerks hands the series over to Win Smith, who will continue to draw it until May. The first Mickey Mouse adventure (''Lost on a Desert Island'') marks the comics debut of Minnie Mouse too. Five months later, Floyd Gottfredson takes over. * January 27: The first episode of Tack Knight's ''Little Folks'' is published. It will run until 1933. April * April 1: First episode of ''Mickey Mouse In Death Valley,'' the first Mickey adventure written and drawn (in collaboration) by Floyd Gottfredson, though Win Smith is still the main artist. The story sees the comics debut of various recurring characters ( Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, the Minnie's uncle Mortimer and the two villains Sylvestre Shyster and Pete). May * Floyd Gottfreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick & Flupke
''The exploits of Quick and Flupke'' (french: link=no, Quick et Flupke, gamins de Bruxelles, ) was a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Serialised weekly from January 1930 to 1940 in , the children's supplement of conservative Belgian newspaper ("''The Twentieth Century''"), the series ran alongside Hergé's better known ''The Adventures of Tintin''. It continued for one extra year in ''Le Soir Jeunesse'' until 1941. It revolves around the lives of two misbehaving boys, Quick and Flupke, who live in Brussels, and the conflict that they get into with a local policeman. In 1983, the series provided the basis for an animated television adaptation. History Background Abbé Norbert Wallez appointed Hergé editor of a children's supplement for the Thursday issues of , titled ("''The Little Twentieth''"). Carrying strong Catholic and fascist messages, many of its passages were explicitly anti-semitic. For this new venture, Hergé illustrated ''L'Extraordinaire Aventure d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |