|
1950 In Comics
Events and publications January * January 22: The final episode of Charles M. Schulz' ''Li'l Folks'' is published. *January 30: The first episode of ''Mickey Mouse, Eega Beeva and the Mook Treasure'' by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson is published. The story, published at the height of the Cold War, is overly anti-communist and portrays the villain Peg-Leg Pete as a Soviet officer. * In ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' Carl Barks creates the ''Donald Duck'' story ''Rip Van Donald'', a parody of ''Rip Van Winkle''. February * February 9: Marc Sleen's version of ''De Lustige Kapoentjes'' makes its debut in '''t Kapoentje''. * February 9: in '' Spirou'', first strip of '' Les chapeaux noirs'', by Andrè Franquin. * February 20: Elliot Caplin and John Cullen Murphy's '' Big Ben Bolt'' debuts. *'' Captain America's Weird Tales'' (1941 series) #75 – Timely Comics – (After issue 75, the series will be cancel for 4 years and will be rename back to Captain America Comics) *Venu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles M
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Ben Bolt
''Big Ben Bolt'' is a comic strip that was syndicated from February 20, 1950 to April 15, 1978. It was drawn by John Cullen Murphy, written by Elliot Caplin, and distributed by King Features Syndicate. The strip followed the adventures of boxer and journalist Ben Bolt. Publication history In 1950, writer Elliot Caplin (brother of ''Li'l Abner'' cartoonist Al Capp) suggested that Murphy illustrate a boxing comic strip he had in mind. Comics historian Don Markstein wrote: Murphy was the artist of ''Big Ben Bolt'' from 1950 to 1977. He occasionally used assistants, including Al Williamson (''Flash Gordon''), Alex Kotzky (''Apartment 3-G''), Neal Adams (''Deadman''), John Celardo (''Tarzan'') and Stan Drake (''The Heart of Juliet Jones''). In 1971, Murphy took over ''Prince Valiant'', and Carlos Garzon became a regular inker. Eventually Murphy left the strip, and Joe Kubert stepped in to draw ''Big Ben Bolt'', followed by Gray Morrow who eventually signed the strip startin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rider (comics)
The Black Rider is a fictional Western character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in '' All-Western Winners'' #2 (Winter 1948), from the company's 1940s forerunner, Timely Comics. Publication history After appearing in subsequent issues of the '' All-Western Winners'' omnibus, by issue #8 the book changed its title to ''Black Rider'', with the character becoming the lead feature. Other company characters, like Kid Colt and Arrowhead also made appearances. After slightly changing its name again, to ''Western Tales of Black Rider'', by issue #32 the book reverted to an anthology format and was renamed ''Gunsmoke Western'' (which took over the numbering of the Black Rider title) through the 1950s. Most of the Black Rider's adventures were drawn by Syd Shores. When the character's adventures were reprinted in the 1970s in ''Western Gunfighters'', the character was renamed the Black Mask. A one-shot revival, ''Strange Westerns Starring th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Taylor (comics)
''Tex Taylor'' was the title of a Western comic book published by Marvel Comics from 1948 to 1950. The eponymous star was a vigilante who hunted criminals all over the American West. As a young man, Tex lived with his father, the best cattleman in this state, on their ranch in Whisperin' Valley, near Wishbone, Texas. One day the head of the "Cattlemen's Protection League" attempted to extort protection money from Tex's father. His father refused and the head of the League rode off, threatening him. Soon after, Tex joined the Army during the Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies .... While away, Tex received a letter saying that his father had been killed and that he had sold the ranch to the League before his demise. Tex returned to find that the head of the Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which would later become Marvel Comics. He was the primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries. In collaboration with others at Marvel—particularly co-writers/artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko—he co-created iconic characters, including superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. These and other characters' introductions in the 1960s pioneered a more naturalistic approach in superhero comics, and in the 1970s Lee challenged the restrictions of the Comics Code Authority, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Shores
Sydney Shores (1916 – June 3, 1973) was an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America both during the 1940s, in what fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books, and during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Biography Early life and career Syd Shores began drawing in childhood, fascinated by the comic-strip art of Alex Raymond's ''Flash Gordon'' and Hal Foster's ''Prince Valiant''. He went to graduate from Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, where he had met his wife-to-be, Selma. After working seven years at his uncle's whiskey bottling plant until it closed in 1940, he became an assistant at the studio of Selma's cousin, the comic book packager Harry "A" Chesler, working under comics artists Mac Raboy and Phil Sturm. "For months I was just a joe-boy, watching and learning and helping wherever I could. I studied Mac Raboy for hours on end — he was slow and meticulous about everything, doing maybe only a single panel of artwork a day, but it was truly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar P
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin (magazine)
''Tintin'' (french: Le Journal de Tintin; nl, Kuifje) was a weekly Franco-Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century. Subtitled ''"The Magazine for the Youth from 7 to 77"'', it was one of the major publications of the Franco-Belgian comics scene and published such notable series as ''Blake and Mortimer'', ''Alix'', and the principal title ''The Adventures of Tintin''. Originally published by Le Lombard, the first issue was released in 1946, and it ceased publication in 1993. ''Tintin'' magazine was part of an elaborate publishing scheme. The magazine's primary content focused on a new page or two from several forthcoming comic albums that had yet to be published as a whole, thus drawing weekly readers who could not bear to wait for entire albums. There were several ongoing stories at any given time, giving wide exposure to lesser-known artists. ''Tintin'' was also available bound as a hardcover or softcover collection. The content always included filler ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambols
''The Gambols'' is a British comic strip created by Barry Appleby which debuted 16 March 1950 in the '' Daily Express'' where it ran for almost 50 years: as of 1999 ''The Gambols'' has appeared in ''The Mail on Sunday''. From ''The Gambols inception Appleby received input into creating the strips from his journalist wife Doris "Dobs" Appleby - she suggested "Gambol" as the surname of the married couple who are the strip's focus - and from the 1960s Dobs Appleby received official credit for co-writing ''The Gambols''. Social historian David Kynaston David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (; born 30 July 1951 in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England. Early life and education Kynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, ... has opined that "the Gambols nhabita frozen-in-time world closely mirroring the Applebys' own in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey in the early 1950s". The two central characters are Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Appleby
Barry Appleby (30 August 1909 – 11 March 1996) was a British cartoonist famous for creating ''The Gambols'' for the ''Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet i ...''. The strip premiered on 16 March 1950. The script was written by his wife Dobs, and was based on their own lives. Appleby's father, E J. Appleby, was in the 1940s the editor of Autocar, a leading British motor magazine, and one to which Appleby himself contributed his first illustration in 1931. Later Appleby also wrote for the magazine edited by his father, using the alias "Helix". References *Strickler, Dave. ''Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index.'' Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. . External linksA little biographical information and some cartoons Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus (comic Book)
''Venus'' is an American romance comic book published by Timely Comics in the United States. Running for 19 issues from 1948 until 1952 it transformed over its run from its romance led stories to finish as a science fiction and horror anthology. It is noted for introducing the Marvel character Venus and an early incarnation of Loki who would later become the nemesis of Marvel character Thor. The final three issues were published through Atlas Comics. Publication history ''Venus'' was first published by Marvel Comics in August 1948. Issue one starred the title character Venus, and was made up of three stories, two written by Stan Lee and penciled by George Klein and Ken Bald and a third was a one-page Hey Look! filler written and drawn by Harvey Kurtzman. Issue six saw the first Marvel Comics appearance of the god Loki, here acting as a villainous foil to Venus. From issue 10 the title took on a science fiction slant, and included stories by Russ Heath and Joe Maneely. By issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
