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1935 In Comics
Notable events of 1935 in comics. Events and publications Year overall January * '' Famous Funnies'' #6 - Eastern Color February * February 17: Stephen Slesinger's '' King of the Royal Mounted'' makes its debut. * February 23: First issue of the Italian comics magazine ''Intrepido'' is published. It will run until January 1998. * February 23: Marjorie Henderson Buell's '' Little Lulu'' makes its debut. * ''Famous Funnies'' #7 - Eastern Color * ''New Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #1 - National Allied Publications - The first comic book with all original material rather than comic-strip reprints as well as the first comic book published by the company that would become DC. March * March 10: Bill Holman's ''Smokey Stover'' makes its debut. It will run until 1973. *March 17: Clara Cluck debuts in comics in a Sunday table by Al Taliaferro. * March 11: Stephen Dowling and Frank Dowling's ''Ruggles'' makes its debut. It will run until 3 August 1957. * ''Famous Funnies'' #8 - Eastern Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famous Funnies
''Famous Funnies'' is an American comic strip anthology series published from 1934 to 1955. Published by Eastern Color Printing, ''Famous Funnies'' is considered by popular culture historians as the first true American comic book, following seminal precursors. Publication history Precursors ''The Funnies'' and ''Funnies on Parade'' The creation of the modern American comic book came in stages. Dell Publishing in 1929 published a 16-page, newsprint periodical of comic strip-styled material titled ''The Funnies'' and described by the Library of Congress as "a short-lived newspaper tabloid insert". This is not to be confused with Dell's later same-name comic book, which began publication in 1936. Historian Ron Goulart describes the four-color, newsstand periodical as "more a Sunday comic section without the rest of the newspaper than a true comic book". It was followed in 1933 by Eastern Color Printing's '' Funnies on Parade'', a similarly newsprint tabloid but only eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaky Doaks
''Oaky Doaks'' was an American newspaper comic strip, which ran between June 17, 1935, and December 30, 1961. It was distributed by AP Newsfeatures for more than 25 years, illustrated by veteran magazine cartoonist Ralph Fuller and scripted by AP Newsfeatures comics editor William McCleery. Characters and story Launched two years before ''Prince Valiant'', the strip was set in medieval times. Neither a prince nor a knight, Oaky Doaks was merely a muscle-headed farm boy who constructed his suit of armor from the tin roof of a shed. Setting out on his father's plow horse, Nellie, Oaky Doaks rode into a series of misadventures. ''Scoop'' described the strip's hero: By the 1950s, the principal characters were Oaky Doaks, King Corny, and Princess Pomona. One got the impression that there was a hopeless romantic relationship between Oaky and Pomona, though it was not certain who was in love with whom. Creators McCleery was a prolific writer, and a list of his numerous credits off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |