This is a timeline of significant events in

comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...

in the 1900s.

1900

* January 7: Carl E. Schultze's ''

Foxy Grandpa ''Foxy Grandpa'' was an American gag-a-day newspaper comic strip featuring an eponymous character, created by cartoonist Carl E. Schultze drawing under the name of "Bunny." The strip lasted from 1900 to circa 1918, and was at first hugely popul ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1939. * March 11:

Frederick Burr Opper Frederick Burr Opper (January 2, 1857 – August 28, 1937) is regarded as one of the pioneers of American newspaper comic strips, best known for his comic strip ''Happy Hooligan''. His comic characters were featured in magazine gag cartoons, cov ...

's '' Happy Hooligan'' makes its debut in the Hearst newspaper Sunday pages. * May 27: Frank Crane's ''Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith, the Boy Inventor'' makes its debut. * November 4: Gus Dirks' ''Latest News from Bugville'' makes its debut. It will run until 9 March 1902. * December:

Richard F. Outcault Richard Felton Outcault (; January 14, 1863 – September 25, 1928) was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series ''The Yellow Kid'' and ''Buster Brown'' and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip. Life and career ...

's ''Poor Li'l Mose'' is the first comic strip to star a black character. The series will run until August 1902. * Johannes Franciscus Nuijens (Korporaal Achilles), a Dutch Catholic teacher, publishes the political comic book ''Aanleiding tot den Engelsch-Transvaalschen Oorlog'' (''Reason for the English-Transvaal War''). * Arpad Schmidhammer draws the

text comic Text comics or a text comic is a form of comics where the stories are told in captions below the images and without the use of speech balloons. It is the oldest form of comics and was especially dominant in European comics from the 19th century u ...

''Totentanz der Politik'', a satire on war politics starring the Grim Reaper.

1901

* February 11: The regular weather cartoon feature ''

Weatherbird The Weatherbird is a cartoon character and a single-panel comic. It is printed on the front of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and has been in the paper continuously since 1901, making it the longest-running American newspaper cartoon and a masco ...

'' makes its debut in the

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-Dem ...

. The first artist to draw it is

Harry B. Martin Harry B. "Dickie" Martin (26 May 1873– 15 April 1959 ) was an American cartoonist and golf writer, one of the founding members of the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). Early life and cartooning Martin was born on May 26, 1 ...

. * May 25: The final issue of the British comics magazine ''

Funny Wonder ''Funny Wonder'' was the name of a pre-War humorous comic published in the United Kingdom by Amalgamated Press. It was part of a long string of related titles which stretched from 1892 to 1953, known by a variety of additional titles, including ' ...

'' is published. * September 22:

's ''

Alphonse and Gaston ''Alphonse and Gaston'' is an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness. It first appeared in William Randolph Hearst's newspaper, the ''New York Journal'' on September 22 ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1937. * October 2: Gene Carr's ''

Lady Bountiful ''The Beaux' Stratagem'' is a comedy by George Farquhar, first produced at the Theatre Royal, now the site of Her Majesty's Theatre, in the Haymarket, London, on March 8, 1707. In the play, Archer and Aimwell, two young gentlemen who have fall ...

'' makes its debut. It is the first balloon comic starring a female protagonist. * October 5: The first issue of the Dutch illustrated satirical weekly ''De Ware Jacob'' is published. It will run until April 1916. * November 11: William Wallace Denslow's ''

Billy Bounce Billy Bounce was a comic strip published erratically by noted illustrator W. W. Denslow (1901–1902) and later C. W. Kahles (1902–1905) between November 10, 1901, and December 3, 1905. The strip centers on the actions of the title character, a ...

'' makes its debut and will run until 1906. * December 1: Frank Crane's ''Muggsy'' makes its debut. * Norman E. Jennett's ''The Monkey Shines of Marseleen'' is first published. * James Francis Sullivan's long-running comic strip ''The British Working Man'' is discontinued.

1902

* March 9: The final episode of Gus Dirks' ''Latest News from Bugville'' is published. The artist will commit suicide three months later. * April 6: Ed Carey's ''Simple Simon'' makes its debut. It will run until 10 January 1909. * April 27: Ed Payne's ''Professor O. Howe Wise and Professor I.B. Schmart'' debuts, which will continue until 1911. * May 4:

's ''

Buster Brown Buster Brown is a comic-strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, along with Mary Jane, and with his dog Tige, became well known to the United States of America ...

'' makes its debut. * June 2: In

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

the

Newspaper Enterprise Association The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) is an editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States and established in 1902. The oldest syndicate still in operation, the NEA was originally a secondary news ...

is founded, which will become the oldest and longest-running comic strip syndicate in the world. * August: The final episode of

's ''Poor Li'l Mose'' is published. * September: Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner's ''

Hugo Hercules ''Hugo Hercules'' is an American weekly comic strip published in the ''Chicago Tribune'', written and drawn by Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner. It ran for five months, from September 7, 1902 to January 11, 1903, totaling seventeen strips. Despite ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until January 1903, but goes down in history as the first prototypical

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comic. * December 20: Raoul Barré publishes ''Pour un Dîner de Noël'', the first Quebecois comic strip. *

Oskar Andersson Oskar Emil "O.A." Andersson (11 January 1877 – 28 November 1906) was a Swedish cartoonist and one of Sweden's first true comic creators. He greatly influenced Swedish cartooning culture. Biography Early life Andersson began working in his ...

's ''Mannen Som Gör Vad Som Faller Honom In'' (''The Man Who Does Whatever Comes To His Mind'') makes its debut. It will run until 1906. *

F. M. Howarth Franklin Morris Howarth (1864–1908) was an American cartoonist and pioneering comic strip artist. Howarth was born in Philadelphia on September 27, 1864. He was the oldest of four children of William and Sarah (Iseminger) Howarth. His father was ...

's ''Lulu and Leander'' makes its debut. It will run until 1908. *

Julius Stafford Baker Julius Stafford Baker (1869–1961) was an English cartoonist and creator of the series '' Tiger Tim''. His name is sometimes given as Julius Baker, Jr or II. Biography Born in Whitechapel, East London, Baker was the son of Julius Baker, a one- ...

's ''Casey Court'' makes its debut in ''

Illustrated Chips ''Illustrated Chips'' was a British comic magazine published between 26 July 1890 and 12 September 1953. Its publisher was the Amalgamated Press, run by Alfred Harmsworth. Priced at a half-penny, ''Illustrated Chips'' was among a number of Harm ...

''. It will run continued by other artists until 1953. *

Kitazawa Rakuten , better known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist and ''nihonga'' artist. He drew many editorial cartoons and comic strips during the years from the late Meiji era through the early Shōwa era. He is considered by many historians to b ...

creates ''Tagosaku to Mokubē no Tōkyō-Kenbutsu (田吾作と杢兵衛の東京見物,, "Tagosaku and Mokube's Sightseeing in Tokyo")'' and ''Haikara Kidorō no Sippai (灰殻木戸郎の失敗,, "The Failures of Kidoro Haikara"'' for the magazine Jiji Manga. * Oliver E. Veal creates ''Aunt Tozer''.

1903

January

* January: The final episode of Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner's ''

'' is published.

February

* February 1: Ed Carey's ''Professor Hypnotiser'' makes its debut and will run until 23 July 1905.

March

* March 22: Grace Drayton's comic strip character Toodles (later known as Dolly Dimples) makes her debut. She will appear in various incarnations until 1933.

April

* April 5: Joseph A. Lemon's ''Willy Cute'' makes its debut. It will run until 1906.

May

* May 3: Red Shellcope's ''Jimmie the Messenger Boy'' makes its debut.

October

* October 4:

Gustave Verbeek Gustave Verbeek (August 29, 1867 – December 5, 1937) was a Dutch-American illustrator and cartoonist, best known for his newspaper cartoons in the early 1900s featuring an inventive use of word play and visual storytelling tricks. Biography V ...

's ''The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo'' makes its debut. It will run until 15 January 1905.

November

* November 1: Jimmy Swinnerton's ''

Mr. Jack ''Mr. Jack'' is an American comic strip by Jimmy Swinnerton which ran in William Randolph Hearst newspapers from August 30, 1903 until 1935. Mr. Jack, a philandering playboy tiger, may be the first developed cartoon animal character, a type ...

'' receives its own Sunday page, after making his debut as a character in 1898.

December

* December 6: J.B. Lowitz' ''Swifty and his Wonderful Dream'' makes its debut. * December:

Clare Briggs Clare A. Briggs (August 5, 1875 – January 3, 1930) was an early American comic strip artist who rose to fame in 1904 with his strip '' A. Piker Clerk''. Briggs was best known for his later comic strips ''When a Feller Needs a Friend'', ''Ain't ...

's ''

A. Piker Clerk ''A. Piker Clerk'' was a short-lived yet influential newspaper American comic strip created in 1903 by the cartoonist Clare Briggs. It was syndicated in William Randolph Hearst's ''Chicago American'' until June 7, 1904. Characters and story A h ...

'' makes his debut. The series wil run until June 1904. *

Paul Bransom Paul Bransom (July 1885 – July 19, 1979) was an American painter, cartoonist, and illustrator of animals. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., as a child Bransom started sketching animals he saw in his backyard and at the National Zoo. He bega ...

's ''The Latest News From Bugville'' makes its debut. It will run until 1912. *

's ''Mr. E.Z. Mark'' makes its debut. It will run until 1908. *

James Montgomery Flagg James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist, comics artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1 ...

creates ''Nervy Nat'', which will run until 1907. *

C. M. Payne Charles M. Payne (1873–1964) was an American cartoonist best known for his popular long-running comic strip ''S'Matter, Pop?''. He signed his work C. M. Payne and also adopted the nickname Popsy. In 1896, Payne was employed at the ''Pittsburgh ...

's ''Coon Hollow Folks'' debuts and will run until 1908.

Specific date unknown

* Karóly Mühlbeck starts his long-running series ''Mühlbeck headlines''. in the weekly Új Idők.

1904

January

* January 2:

George Herriman George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Krazy Kat'' (1913–1944). More influential than popular, ''Krazy Kat'' had an appreciative audience ...

's ''Major Ozone's Fresh Air Crusade'' makes its debut, syndicated by World Color Printing Co. * January 3: The first issue of the Spanish illustrated children's magazine ''

En Patufet ''En Patufet'' was an illustrated children's magazine, written in Catalan, published in Barcelona (Spain), between 1904 and 1938. Later, between 1968 and 1973, it was resumed under the name ''Patufet''. It had a great popularity, to the point tha ...

'' is published. It will run until December 1938. Between 6 December 1968 and 29 June 1973 it will be revived. * January 11: George Frink's ''Circus Solly'' makes its debut. It will run until 4 December 1911. * January 30:

Albéric Bourgeois Albéric Bourgeois (November 29, 1876 – November 17, 1962) was a Canadian cartoonist, credited with creating the first continuing comic strip to use word balloons in Canada. Personal history and career Albéric Bourgeois was born November 29, ...

's ''Les Aventures de Timothée'' makes its debut. The first serialized Canadian comic strip in the French language.

February

* February 14: ''

Little Jimmy ''Little Jimmy'', originally titled ''Jimmy'', is a newspaper comic strip created by Jimmy Swinnerton. With a publication history from February 14, 1904, to April 27, 1958, it was one of the first continuing features and one of the longest running ...

'' by Jimmy Swinnerton's ''

'' makes his debut in the ''

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''.

March

* March 5: Joseph Charlebois adapts

Hector Berthelot Hector Berthelot (March 4, 1842 – September 15, 1895) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, columnist, satirist, caricaturist, photographer and publisher who was born in Trois-Rivières. He was not married and died in Montreal. He is most well ...

's literary character ''Père Ladébauche'' into a comic strip for La Presse.

April

* April 16:

creates the comic strip ''Mrs. Hippo's Kindergarten'' for ''

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'', which features

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who will become a popular spin-off comic in The Monthly Playbox from November 1904 on. * April 20:

George McManus George McManus (January 23, 1884 – October 22, 1954) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Irish immigrant Jiggs and his wife Maggie, the main characters of his syndicated comic strip, ''Bringing Up Father''. Biography ...

's ''The Newlyweds'' makes its debut. It will run under various titles until 1956. * April 22: Gus Mager starts his ''... the Monk'' comics series, which will run until 1913. * April 23: René-Charles Béliveau's ''La Famille Citrouillard'' makes its debut in '' La Patrie''. The comic will continue until February 1905, after which he leaves it to T. Bisson.

June

* June: The final episode of

's ''

'' is published.

July

* July 24:

Winsor McCay Zenas Winsor McCay ( – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip ''Little Nemo'' (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' (1914). For contractual reasons, he worke ...

's ''

Little Sammy Sneeze ''Little Sammy Sneeze'' was a comic strip by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. In each episode the titular Sammy sneezed himself into an awkward or disastrous predicament. The strip ran from July 24, 1904 until December 9, 1906 in the ''New Yo ...

'' makes its debut in the ''

New York Herald The ''New York Herald'' was a large-distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between 1835 and 1924. At that point it was acquired by its smaller rival the ''New-York Tribune'' to form the '' New York Herald Tribune''. His ...

''. * July 24:

's ''

And Her Name Was Maud ''And Her Name Was Maud'' is a comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper. It first appeared in the Hearst newspapers on July 24, 1904.Walt McDougall's '' Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz'' makes its debut, with

L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...

as scriptwriter. It will run until 26 February 1905.

September

* September 10:

's '' Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend'' makes its debut under the pseudonym Silas, in ''Evening Telegram''.

October

* October 9:

's ''Bear Creek Folks'' debuts, which will run until 1912.

December

* December 17:

Kin Hubbard Frank McKinney Hubbard (September 1, 1868 – December 26, 1930), better known as Kin Hubbard, was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist. His most famous work was for " Abe Martin". Introduced in ''The Indianapolis News'' in December 1 ...

's ''

Abe Martin of Brown County ''Abe Martin'' was an American newspaper gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Kin Hubbard and published from 1904 until 1937 in ''The Indianapolis News'' and other newspapers. Character Abe Martin was an anti-hero character, making wisecracker joke ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1930. * December 31: The final issue of the French satirical comics and cartoons magazine '' La Caricature'' is published. * The Dutch illustrator Jan Feith draws a silhouette comic telling the history of the Netherlands, for the satirical weekly De Ware Jacob.

1905

January

* January 8:

's ''The Story of Hungry Henrietta'' makes its debut. * January 15: The final episode of

's '' The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo'' is published.

February

* February 2: The first issue of the French girls' comics magazine '' La Semaine de Suzette'' is published. It will run until 25 August 1960. In its first issue

Joseph Pinchon Émile-Joseph Porphyre Pinchon (Amiens, 17 April 1871 - Paris, 20 June 1953) was a French painter, illustrator, designer and comic book creator, best known for his series ''Bécassine''. Biography Joseph Pinchon, born in Amiens in 1871, first s ...

's text comic ''

Bécassine ''Bécassine'' is a French comic strip and the name of its heroine, appearing for the first time in the first issue of ''La Semaine de Suzette'' on February 2, 1905. She is considered one of the first female protagonists in the history of French ...

'' makes its debut. * February 26: The final episode of

and Walt McDougall's '' Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz'' is published.

May

* May 28:

's ''The Terror of the Tiny Tads'' makes its debut. It will run until 28 October 1914.

June

* June 26:

's ''A Pilgrim’s Progress'' makes its debut.

July

* July 22:

A.D. Condo Armundo Dreisbach "A.D." Condo (September 19, 1872 in Freeport, Illinois – 24 August 1956 in Albany, California) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip '' The Outbursts of Everett True''. History Condo first ...

's ''

The Outbursts of Everett True ''The Outbursts of Everett True'' (originally titled ''A Chapter from the Career of Everett True'') was an American two-panel newspaper comic strip created by A.D. Condo and J. W. Raper that ran from July 22, 1905 to January 13, 1927, when Condo ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1927. * July 23: The final episode of Ed Carey's ''Professor Hypnotiser'' is published.

August

* August 13: The first episode of Gene Carr's ''The Bad Dream That Made Bill A Better Boy'' is published. But he passes it on to William Steinigans, who will continue the series until 1911.

October

* October 11: The first issue of the Brazilian comics magazine ''

O Tico-Tico ''O Tico-Tico'' was a weekly Brazilian children's magazine, published between 1905 and 1977. It was the first magazine to publish comics in Brazil. It also featured stories and educational activities. Among its famous readers were Erico Verissimo, ...

'' is published. It will run until 1977. * October 15:

's '' Little Nemo in Slumberland'' makes its debut in the ''New York Herald''. It will run until 26 December 1926

November

* November 26:

launches ''Scary William'', a comic strip continued by many different artists until 2 June 1918.

Specific date unknown

* The first issue of the Chinese manhua magazine ''

Journal of Current Pictorial The ''Journal of Current Pictorial'' (時事畫報) was a manhua magazine published in 1905. It was authored and drawn by members of the Tongmenghui. The magazine was banned by the Qing dynasty in 1909.Wong, Wendy Siuyi. 002(2001) Hong Kong Comics: ...

'' is published and will run until 1913.

1906

* January 14: After

has been bought away to another newspaper his comics series ''

'' is continued in the old publication by Worden Wood. * April 19: The first episode of Lyonel Feininger's ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'' is published. It will run until 17 February 1907. * April 29: The first episode of Lyonel Feininger's ''

The Kin-der-Kids ''The Kin-der-Kids'' and ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'' were early newspaper comics by painter Lyonel Feininger and published by the ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'' during 1906–07. Similar in form to ''Little Nemo'' and the later Sunday editions of ...

'' is published. It will run until 18 November. * June 17: The final episode of Joseph A. Lemon's ''Willy Cute'' is published. * August 26: Frank Crane's ''Val the Ventriloquist'' makes its debut. * September 14: The first issue of the French satirical illustrated magazine ''

La Calotte ''La Calotte'' is a French illustrated satire, satirical anticlerical weekly publication, which appeared in France from 1906 to 1912. Afterwards the title was resumed from 1930 to the present day, with a change of name under the German occupation ...

'' is published. * October 21: C.W. Kahles's ''Hairbreadth Harry'' makes its debut. It will run until 1940. * The Bulgarian cartoonist Slavov creates a comic strip named ''Gordelivata Maca'' (''The Proud Pussycat''), based on the eponymous poem.

1907

* January 5: The first issue of the Dutch satirical magazine ''

De Notenkraker ''De Notenkraker'' (Dutch: "The Nutcracker") was a Dutch political and satirical weekly magazine published between 1907 and 1936. In 1902 ''Het Zondagsblad'' appeared for the first time, a Sunday supplement to the newspaper '' Het Volk'' of th ...

'' is published. * February 17: The final episode of Lyonel Feininger's ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'' is published. * May 13: Richard Thain's comic series ''Lord Longbow'' appears in print for the first time. It will run until 1915. * September 29:

Rube Goldberg Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadge ...

's ''

Mike and Ike (They Look Alike) ''Mike and Ike (They Look Alike)'' was a comic strip by Rube Goldberg, who introduced the identical twin characters in the ''San Francisco Bulletin'' on September 29, 1907. The strip was syndicated by the McClure Syndicate from March 9, 1913, to ...

'' makes its debut. * October:

's ''

Mr. Skygack, from Mars ''Mr. Skygack, from Mars'' was a comic strip by the American cartoonist A.D. Condo. It appeared in the '' Chicago Day Book'', a Chicago working-class newspaper, from October 2, 1907, to April 1911 in about 400 comic strips and single panels. L ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1917. * November 15: Bud Fisher's '' Mutt and Jeff'' makes its debut. It will run until 26 June 1983. * November 26:

Nell Brinkley Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886 – October 21, 1944) was an American illustrator and comic artist who was sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Comics" during her nearly four-decade career working with New York newspapers and magazines. Sh ...

makes her debut as a cartoonist. She will become well known for her ''Brinkley Girl'' illustrations. * Leon Searl's ''Mrs. Timekiller'' makes its debut. It will run until 1915. *

Joseph Jacinto Mora Joseph Jacinto Mora (October 22, 1876 – October 10, 1947) was a Uruguayan-born American cowboy, photographer, artist, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, muralist, sculptor, and historian who lived with the Hopi and wrote about his experiences in ...

creates ''Animaldom''. * Kate J. Fricero draws ''Les Distractions de Mll Nini'' in '' La Semaine de Suzette''.

1908

* May 3 to August 9: Harry Grant Dart's newspaper comic strip ''The Explorigator'' is first published. * June 4:

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's ''

Les Pieds Nickelés ''Les Pieds Nickelés'' (French language, French for "The nickel plated feet") is a French comic series, originally created by Louis Forton. The comic premiered on June 4, 1908 in the newspaper L'Épatant, published by Société Parisienne d'Éd ...

'' makes its debut. * August 12: The first episode of William Steinigans's ''Pups'' is published. It will run until 1911. * August 23: Grif's ''It's Only Ethelinda'' makes its debut. * August 30: The final episode of Frank Crane's ''Val the Ventriloquist'' is published. * December 27: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine '' Corriere dei Piccoli'' is published. In its first issue

Attilio Mussino Saint Attilio, one of the legendary martyrs of the Theban Legion, is venerated as a saint in the area of Trino Vercellese, in Piedmont, north-west Italy and commemorated on 28 June. However his cult is no longer officially recognized by the Rom ...

's ''

Bilbolbul ''Bilbolbul'' is an Italian comic strip series created by Attilio Mussino. Background The comic feature ''Bilbolbul'' was published in the children's magazine ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli'' from 1908 to 1933. It is commonly considered Italy's fir ...

'' makes its debut. The series will run until 1933. The magazine itself will run until 15 August 1995. * Harold R. Heaton joins the Inter-Ocean newspaper as an editorial cartoonist. * Fontaine Fox's '' Toonerville Folks'' is published. * Bertie Brown publishes ''Homeless Hector'' in ''

'', where it will run until the magazine's final issue in 1953. * Henri Avelot creates ''Philibert''. * In France, the comic strip ''Sam et Sap'' by Émile Tap, is the first known French comic to use speech balloons.

1909

* January 10: The final episode of Ed Carey's ''Simple Simon'' is published. * February:

Walt Kuhn Walter Francis Kuhn (October 27, 1877 – July 13, 1949) was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. Biography Kuhn was born in New York ...

's comic ''Whisk'' makes its debut and will run until October 1910. * October 21: André Vallet and Jo Valle's ''L'Espiègle Lili'' makes its debut. It will run until 1998. * November 1: John Hager's '' The Umbrella Man'' makes its debut in the Seattle Daily Times, appearing on the front page as a supplement for the weather. Not titled as the ''Umbrella Man'', but called that May 3, 1913, under a section called "Features of Today's Paper". * November 27:

's ''Mr. Hush'' (later retitled ''Honeybunch's Hubby'') debuts. It will continue until 1911 but be briefly revived between 1931 and 1934. * December 23: The first episode of

's ''Gooseberry Sprig'' is published. Although it barely lasts a few weeks, it does introduce the characters Gooseberry Sprig, Joe Stork and the setting

Coconino County Coconino County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Its population was 145,101 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Flagstaff. The county takes its name from ''Cohonino'', a name applied to the Havasupai p ...

, which will later reappear in his more famous comic ''

Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ...

''. * December:

Rose O'Neill Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published fema ...

's '' Kewpies'' comic strip is first published in ''Ladies' Home Journal''. The characters will become very popular as toy articles in the following decades. * Daan Hoeksema publishes ''De Neef van Prikkebeen'', a follow-up to Rodolphe Töpffer's ''De Neef van Prikkebeen''.

Births

1900

1901

December

* December 5:

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

, American animator, film producer, voice actor and businessman (''Mr. George's Wife'', '' Walt Disney's Comics & Stories''), (d.

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1902

1903

1904

1905

February

* February 8: Cyril Gwyn Price, Welsh comics artist (''PC Penny'', ''Martha'', ''Tricky Dicky''), (d.

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

December

* December 18:

Ferd Johnson Ferdinand Johnson (December 18, 1905 – October 14, 1996), usually cited as Ferd Johnson, was an American cartoonist, best known for his 68-year stint on the ''Moon Mullins'' comic strip. Biography Johnson was born December 18, 1905, in ...

, American comics artist (''Texas Slim'', ''Lovey-Dovey'', continued ''

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''), (d.

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

1906

August

* August 21:

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

, American animator and cartoonist (''

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'', '' Tweety and

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'', '' Yosemite Sam'', '' The Pink Panther''), (d.

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1907

March

* March 31:

Ye Qianyu Ye Qianyu (or Yeh Ch'ien-yü; 31 March 1907 – 5 May 1995) was a Chinese painter and pioneering manhua artist. In 1928, he cofounded '' Shanghai Manhua'', one of the earliest and most influential manhua magazines, and created '' Mr. Wang'', one ...

, Chinese comics artist (''Mr. Wang''), (d.

1908

1909

June

* June 18: Dave Gerard, American comics artist (''Citizen Smith'', ''Will-Yum''), (d.

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

October

* October 13:

Herbert Block Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October13, 1909October7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy. During the course of a career stretchi ...

, American political cartoonist, (d.

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

). * October 26:

Dante Quinterno Dante Quinterno (Buenos Aires City, October 26, 1909Buenos Aires City, May 14, 2003) was an Argentine comics artist, agricultural producer, and prolific editorial businessman, famous for being the creator of the Patoruzú, Isidoro Cañones and ...

, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist, (''

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'', '' Isidoro Cañones''), (d.

Deaths

1901

* May 27:

Fritz von Dardel Fritz Ludvig von Dardel (24 March 1817 – 27 May 1901) was a Swedish diarist, illustrator and early comics artist. He was a courtier, and is known for his diary and illustrations depicting the life of the Swedish court in the mid-19th century. ...

, Swiss comics artist (''Ett Frieri'', ''Herrar Black & Smith på väg till Skandinavien'', ''Familjen Tutings Lustresa till Bomarsund''), dies at age 84. * June 15: José Luis Pellicer, Spanish painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 59.

1902

* June 10: Gus Dirks, American comics artist (''Latest News From Bugville'', assistant on '' The Katzenjammer Kids''), commits suicide at age 23. * August 7: Eugène Cottin, French painter, illustrator, engraver and comics artist, passes away at age 60. * December 7: Thomas Nast, American cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 62 of

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1904

* March 8: Celso Hermínio, Portuguese caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 33 from pneumonia. * December 1: A.L. Jansson, American comics artist (made text comics based on characters from

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s), dies at age 48.

1905

* January 23: Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Portuguese illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (''

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''), dies at age 58. * September 28: Thomas Frank Beard, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 63.

1906

* April 19: Jan Linse, Dutch painter, caricaturist and comics artist (made comics for the satirical magazines ''Humoristisch Album'' and ''Abraham's Prikkie's Op- en Aanmerkingen''), dies at age 62. * June 26: Victor Géruzez, aka

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, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 66. * November 28:

, aka ''O.A.'', Swedish comics artist (''Mannen Som Gör Vad Som Faller Honom In'' (''The Man Who Does Whatever Comes To His Mind''), ''Urhunden''), commits suicide at the age of 29.

1907

* August 25:

Josef Benedikt Engl Josef Benedikt Engl (1867 – 1907), also known as J.B. Engl, was a German caricaturist and illustrator. He was known for his work for the journal ''Simplicissimus'', to which he contributed to all issues until his death. Engl's Work Image:Simp ...

, German caricaturist, lithographer and illustrator (made occasional text comics), dies at age 40.

1908

* January 9: Wilhelm Busch, German illustrator, poet, painter, graphic artist and comics artist (''

Max und Moritz ''Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks'' (original: ''Max und Moritz – Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen'') is a German language illustrated story in verse. This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhym ...

''), dies at age 75. * January 19:

Georgi Danchov Georgi Danchov ( bg, Георги Данчов) (1846–1908) was a Bulgarian Renaissance artist, photographer, illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, caricaturist and a revolutionary. He was one of the closest associates of Vasil Levski and th ...

, Bulgarian illustrator, caricaturist, painter and comics artist (''The Six Feelings''), passes away at age 61. * September 4: Théophile Hyacinthe Busnel, French illustrator and comics artist (''Farces du Petit Cousin Charlot'', continued ''Les Aventures de Timothée''), dies from TBC at age 25 or 26. * September 17:

Henri Julien Henri Julien, baptised Octave-Henri Julien (14 May 1852 – 17 September 1908), was a Québécois artist and cartoonist noted for his work for the ''Canadian Illustrated News'' and for his political cartoons in the ''Montreal Daily Sta ...

, Canadian painter, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, passes away at age 56. * September 22:

, American comics artist (''The Love of Lulu and Leander'', ''Mr. E.Z. Mark'', ''Ole Opey Dildock''), dies at age 43 of pneumonia.

1909

* February 25: Caran d'Ache, French caricaturist, cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 50. * May 11: Ferdinand von Řezníček, Austrian painter, illustrator and caricaturist (made some pantomime comics), dies at age 40. * September 20: Achille Lemot, aka ''Uzès'' and ''Lilio'', French illustrator (made occasional text comics), dies at age 62.

References

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