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 1910s.

1910

* January 24: The final episode of

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 ''Gooseberry Sprig'' is published. * March 29 - June 29:

Herbert Crowley Herbert E. Crowley (1873–1937) was a British artist, set designer, and comic strip cartoonist. He is the author of ''The Wigglemuch'', a symbolic comic strip published by the ''New York Herald''. It ran for a total of 13 installments from Mar ...

draws ''The Wigglemuch''. * June 20:

's ''

The Dingbat Family ''The Dingbat Family'' (also ''The Family Upstairs'') is a comic strip by American cartoonist George Herriman that ran from June 20, 1910, to January 4, 1916. It introduced Herriman's most famous pair of characters: Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse, ...

'' makes its debut, syndicated by the precursors of

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, 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

a cat and a mouse who will later evolve into

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 ...

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 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 ''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 Bueno de Mesquita creates the prototypical comic book ''De Geschiedenis van Gulzigen Tobias''. * José Robledano draws ''El Suero Maravilloso'. *

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 ''Those Kids Next Door'' debuts, which will change its title to ''Nippy's Pop'' in 1911, until finally becoming ''S'Matter, Pop?''. It will continue until 1940.

1911

* January: The first issue of the Flemish children's comics magazine ''Kindervriend'' is published. It will run until 1940.Kousemaker, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 160. * January 1: Ed Payne's ''Professor O. Howe Wise and Professor I.B. Schmart'' comes to an end, after having run since 1902. * April 16: William Steinigans publishes the final episode of ''The Bad Dream That Made Bill A Better Boy'' and ''Pups''. * April 23: The first episode of William Steinigans' ''Splinters'' is published. It will run until 1912. * October 18: The first issue of the Flemish children's comics magazine ''Het Mannekensblad'' is published. It will appear until 1914. * October 31: The first episode of ''Officer Crust'' by Robert E. Brook is published. The series will run until Brook's death in 1918. * December 4: The final episode of George Frink's ''Circus Solly'' is published. * Antonio Rubino's ''

Quadratino ''Quadratino'' is an Italian comic strip series created by Antonio Rubino. Background ''Quadratino'' was published by the children magazine ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli'' from 1910 to 1911.Franco Fossati, "Quadratino", in ''Fumetto - characters ...

'' makes its debut. * The first issue of the Flemish children's comics magazine ''De Geïllustreerde Kinderwereld'' is published. * Dutch cartoonist Leendert Jordaan publishes the pantomime comic ''Het Leven in Karikatuur'' in the magazine ''Het Leven''. The series will appear until 1936. * Hungarian cartoonist Bit (aka Nándor Honti) creates the pantomime comics series ''Séta Álomországban''. One particular episode, ''A Francia Bonne Álma'' (''A French Nanny's Dream''), attracts the interest of psychologists

Sándor Ferenczi Sándor Ferenczi (7 July 1873 – 22 May 1933) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Sigmund Freud. Biography Born Sándor Fränkel to Baruch Fränkel and Rosa Eibenschütz, bo ...

and

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating psychopathology, pathologies explained as originatin ...

1912

* February 5: Sidney Smith's ''

Old Doc Yak ''Old Doc Yak'' is a comic strip by Sidney Smith that centers on a talking goat. The origin of the character was Buck Nix, a goat Smith drew in 1908 for the '' Chicago Evening Journal''. For three years, Nix romanced a she-goat called Nanny. In ...

'' makes its debut in the

Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

. It originated in his earlier strip ''Buck Nix'' for the Chicago Evening Journal. * May 31: John Hager's '' Doc's Dippy Duck'' makes its debut in the Seattle Daily Times, appearing on the front page. Not formally named until February 10, 1915. * September 1: The first episode of ''Mr. Hubby'' by William Steinigans is published. It will run until 1916. * October 27: The final episode of William Steinigans' ''Splinters'' is published. * November 7:

Ernest Riebe Ernest Riebe was a German-American cartoonist and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), who was known for the slapstick humor he used in his comic strips. He is best remembered for his comics series ''Mr. Block''. Biography Earl ...

's ''

Mr. Block Mr. Block is an American comics character, created by Ernest Riebe in 1912 and commemorated in a song written by Joe Hill. He is the protagonist of an eponymous satirical comics series which appeared in left-wing publications to sympathize with ...

'' makes its debut in ''

The Industrial Worker The ''Industrial Worker'', "the voice of revolutionary industrial unionism", is the magazine of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It is currently released quarterly. The publication is printed and edited by union labor, and is frequently ...

''. * December 4:

Cliff Sterrett Clifford Sterrett (; December 12, 1883 – December 28, 1964) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Polly and Her Pals''. Biography Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Ste ...

's '' Polly and Her Pals'' makes its debut in the

New York Journal :''Includes coverage of New York Journal-American and its predecessors New York Journal, The Journal, New York American and New York Evening Journal'' The ''New York Journal-American'' was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 t ...

. * The ''

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: ...

'' resumed publication after earlier ban by

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

. * The first issue of the Italian comics magazine ''

Lo Scolaro ''Lo Scolaro'' ("The Schoolboy") was a weekly magazine dedicated to school children and published from 1912 to 1972. The magazine was headquartered in Genoa, Italy. History and profile The magazine was founded by G. B. Barletta and started its p ...

'' is published. It will run until 1972. * Dutch illustrator Ko Doncker creates the comics character ''Piet Pelle'' for bicycle factory Gazelle. * Knut Stangenberg creates ''Fridolf Celinder''.

1913

* January 12 - November 9: Raoul Barré's ''Noahzark Hotel'' (also known as ''À l'Hôtel du père Noé'') makes its debut. * January 12:

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 ...

' ''

Bringing Up Father ''Bringing Up Father'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000. The strip was later titled ''Jiggs and Maggie'' (or ''M ...

'' makes its debut. It will run uninterrupted until 28 May 2000. * January 26: The first episode of Orville Peter Williams' ''

Gasoline Gus ''Gasoline Gus'' is a 1921 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Prints of ''Gasoline Gus'' held at the Gosfilmofond archive in Russia and Cinematheque Belgique. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Gasoline Gu ...

'' is published. The series will run until 1915. * February 23: ** Gus Mager's '' Hawkshaw the Detective'' makes its debut. ** Katharine P. Rice's ''Flora Flirt'' debuts and will run for more than a year. ** Inez Townsend's ''Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins'' makes its debut and will run until 4 July 1915. * March 16:

Rudolph Dirks Rudolph Dirks (February 26, 1877 – April 20, 1968) was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists, well known for ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' (later known as ''The Captain and the Kids''). Dirks was born in Heide, Germany, to Joh ...

draws his final '' The Katzenjammer Kids'' gag and leaves his newspaper. They instantly hire a replacement artist,

Harold Knerr Harold Hering Knerr (September 4, 1882 – July 8, 1949) was an American comic strip creator, who signed his work H. H. Knerr. He was the writer-artist of the comic strip ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' for 35 years. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, H ...

, who continues the series in his place. * March 31: Arthur R. "Pop" Momand's '' Keeping Up with the Joneses'' makes its debut. It will run until 16 April 1938. * April 22: Chic Jackson's ''Roger Bean'' makes its debut. It will run until the artist's death in 1934. * July 6: The final episode of Red Shellcope's ''Jimmie the Messenger Boy'' is published. * July 19: Zif Dunstan's ''The Adventures of William Mug'' is published. It will run until 26 September 1914 as one of the earliest Australian comic strips. * August 10 - December 7: Charles Forbell's ''Naughty Pete'' is published. * October 28:

's ''

'' makes its debut. It will receive a Sunday page from 23 April 1916 on. * December 29: Walter Hoban's '' Jerry on the Job'' makes its debut. * ''

'' finally ceased publication.

1914

* February 2:

Harry Hershfield Harry Hershfield (October 13, 1885 – December 15, 1974) was an American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality. He was known as "the Jewish Will Rogers". Hershfield also was a columnist for the ''New York Daily Mirror''. His books ...

's '' Abie the Agent'' makes his debut. * June:

's ''Hans und Fritz'' (later renamed ''

The Captain and the Kids ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' is an American comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 and later drawn by Harold Knerr for 35 years (1914 to 1949).William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya ...

about the rights to '' The Katzenjammer Kids''. Hearst won the case but Dirks was allowed to use the characters in a different newspaper, ''

The New York World The ''New York World'' was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers. It was a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under pub ...

'' albeit under a different name. * April 12: The final episode of Katharine P. Rice's ''Flora Flirt'' is published. * June 14:

William Donahey ''The Teenie Weenies'' is a comic strip created and illustrated by William Donahey that first appeared in 1914 in the ''Chicago Tribune'' and ran for over 50 years. It consisted of normal-size objects intermingled with tiny protagonists. The c ...

's '' The Teenie Weenies'' makes its debut. * July 28: As the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

leads to Belgium being occupied by German forces the Flemish comics magazine ''Het Mannekensblad'' is disestablished. * September 26: The final episode of Zif Dunstan's ''The Adventures of William Mug'' is published. * October 28: The final episode of

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 Terrors of the Tiny Tads'' is published. * November 29: The final episode of Frank Crane's ''Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith, the Boy Inventor'' is published. * December 26: The first 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. It's a different version compared with the 1892-1901 version. * Bruce Bairnsfather's '' Old Bill'' makes its debut. * The first issue of the Flemish children's comics magazine ''De Geïllustreerde Kinderwereld'' is published. *

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 ''When A Feller Needs A Friend'' is first published. *

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 ...

starts drawing the first of many

Rube Goldberg machines A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction-type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and (impractically) overly complicated way. Usually, these machi ...

. * Newspaper publisher

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya ...

and his manager

Moses Koenigsberg Moses Koenigsberg (; April 16, 1879 – September 21, 1945) was an executive for William Randolph Hearst, and ran King Features Syndicate. Comic strips, features, and news supervised by Koenigsberg appeared in newspapers having a mass circulation ...

establish

, which brings all comics published by Hearst's papers under one syndication enterprise. * The final episode of

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'' is published. * Bertie Brown creates ''The Brownie Boys'' in ''Rainbow'', which is soon taken over by Freddie Crompton.

1915

* 24 February: W.L. Wells creates the comic strip ''Old Nicodemus Nimble''. * March: Stuart Carothers's '' Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers'' is first published. He will die on 4 October of that same year, causing the strip to be taken over by

E.C. Segar Elzie Crisler Segar (; December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip ''Thimble ...

. * April 5:

Charles Folkard 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 " ...

's ''

Teddy Tail Teddy Tail was a British newspaper comic strip about a cartoon mouse featured in ''The Daily Mail'' from 5 April 1915. It was the first ''daily'' cartoon strip in a British newspaper (being also the first to use speech balloon rather than captions) ...

'' makes its debut in ''

The Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper and news websitePeter Wilb"Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain", ''New Statesman'', 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) publish ...

''. * May 23: Antonio Rubino's ''

Italino ''Italino'' was an Italian comic strip series created by Antonio Rubino. ''Italino'' was published by the children magazine ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli'' from 1915, on the eve of the entry of Italy in World War, to 1919. It depicts the patriotic a ...

'' makes its debut. * July 4: ** The final episode of Frank Crane's ''Muggsy'' is published. ** The final episode of Inez Townsend's ''Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins'' is published. * The final episode of Orville Peter Williams' ''

'' is published. * August 16:

Merrill Blosser Merrill Blosser (May 28, 1892 – January 9, 1983) was an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip ''Freckles and His Friends'', which had a long run (1915–1971). Although his strip was set in the small town of Shadyside, it was ob ...

's ' ''

Freckles and His Friends ''Freckles and his Friends'' is an American comic strip set in the peaceful small town of Shadyside where young Freckles McGoosey and his friends lived. Although the long-running strip, created by Merrill Blosser, is remembered for its continuing ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 28 August 1971. * August 23: The final episode of Richard Thain's comic series ''Lord Longbow'' is published, at this point drawn by Hugh Rankin. *

's ''

Boob McNutt ''Boob McNutt'' was a comic strip by Rube Goldberg which ran from June 9, 1918 to September 23, 1934. It was syndicated by the McNaught Syndicate from 1922 until the end of its run. Publication history Comics historian Don Markstein traced the ...

'' makes its debut. * The final episode of Leon Searl's ''Mrs. Timekiller'' is published. *

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 ''Teino Nukesaku (丁野抜作,, "Nukesaku Teino")''.

1916

* January 5:

's ''

Baron Bean ''Baron Bean'' is a newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist George Herriman. ''Baron Bean'' was distributed by King Features Syndicate. Ron Goulart. ''The Funnies:100 years of American comic strips''. Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Pub., 1995. ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1919. * April: The final issue of the Dutch illustrated satirical weekly ''De Ware Jacob'' is published. * June 24: Felix Hess creates the comic strip ''Uit het Kladschrift van Jantje'', which will run until 1936. * September 9: The final issue of the British comics magazine ''

Ally Sloper's Half Holiday ''Ally Sloper's Half Holiday'' was a British comics magazine, first published on 3 May 1884. It is regarded to be the first comic strip magazine to feature a recurring character. Star Ally Sloper, a blustery, lazy schemer often found "sloping" th ...

'' is published. Between 1922 and 1923, 1948 and 1949 and 1976 and 1977 it will be briefly revived. * December 17: The final episode of ''Mr. Hubby'' by William Steinigans is published. * Rebecca McCann's ''The Cheerful Cherub'' makes its debut.

1917

* February 12: Sidney Smith's ''

The Gumps ''The Gumps'' is a comic strip about a middle-class family. It was created by Sidney Smith in 1917, launching a 42-year run in newspapers from February 12, 1917, until October 17, 1959. According to a 1937 issue of ''Life'', ''The Gumps'' was i ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 17 October 1959. * March 11: The first issue of the Spanish comics magazine '' TBO'' is published. * October 28:

Sergio Tofano Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgil ...

's ''

Signor Bonaventura ''Signor Bonaventura'' is an Italian comic strip created in 1917 by actor and playwright Sergio Tofano. It is considered among the most famous and successful comic strips ever created in Italy. The character made his first appearance on October 2 ...

'' makes its debut in Il '' Corriere dei Piccoli''. * Robert Moore Brinkerhoff's ''

Little Mary Mixup ''Little Mary Mixup'' was an American comic strip drawn by Robert Moore Brinkerhoff, which ran from January 2, 1918, to February 2, 1957. History ''Little Mary Mixup'' debuted as a gag-a-day strip featuring a mischievous nine-year-old girl. Howev ...

'' makes its debut. *

Gene Byrnes Eugene Francis Byrnes (March 18, 1889 – July 26, 1974) created the long-running comic strip ''Reg'lar Fellers'', which he signed Gene Byrnes. His humorous look at suburban children (who nevertheless spoke like New York street kids) was syndica ...

' ''

Reg'lar Fellers ''Reg'lar Fellers'' is a long-running newspaper comic strip adapted into a feature film, a radio series on the NBC Red Network, and two animated cartoons. Created by Gene Byrnes (1889–1974), the comic strip offered a humorous look at a gang ...

'' makes its debut. * Jan Lunde publishes the comic strip ''Pappa og Pjokken'', one of the first Norwegian comic strips.

1918

* June 2: The final episode of

's ''Scary William'' is published. * August 21: Edwina Dumm's ''

Cap Stubbs and Tippie ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' is a syndicated newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist Edwina Dumm that ran for 48 years, from August 21, 1918, to September 3, 1966.Goulart, Ron. ''The Funnies:100 years of American comic strips''. Holbrook, Mas ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 3 September 1966. * November 24: Frank King's '' Gasoline Alley'' makes its debut. It will become one of the longest-running comics series of all time. Walt Wallet makes his debut on 15 December. * December 16:

A. E. Hayward Alfred Earl Hayward (1884 – 1939), was a 20th century American comic strip artist. He was known professionally as A. E. Hayward for his comics work although he used his full name for his fine arts work. He is best known for his seminal 1918-19 ...

's '' Somebody's Stenog'' makes its debut. * December 19:

Robert L. Ripley LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, ...

's ''

Ripley's Believe It or Not ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' fea ...

'' makes its debut. * December: Jimmy Murphy's ''

Toots and Casper ''Toots and Casper'' is a family comic strip by Jimmy Murphy, distributed to newspapers for 37 years by King Features Syndicate, from December 17, 1918 to December 30, 1956. The strip spawned many merchandising tie-ins, including books, dolls, p ...

'' makes its debut. *

Harry J. Tuthill Harry J. Tuthill (May 10, 1885–January 25, 1957) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip ''The Bungle Family''. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, he grew up in the tenements and worked as a newsboy, quitting when a tough ...

's ''

The Bungle Family ''The Bungle Family'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip, created by Harry J. Tuthill, that first appeared in 1918. Originally titled ''Home, Sweet Home'', it first appeared as part of a series of rotating strips in the ''New York Evening Mai ...

'' makes its debut. * Vic Forsythe's ''Joe Jinks'' makes its debut. It will run until 1971. * Frans Masereel publishes the pantomime

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

'' 25 Images de la Passion d'un Homme ("25 Images of a Man's Passion")''. * Dutch illustrator David Bueno de Mesquita creates ''Billie Ritchie en Zijn Ezel'', the first Dutch celebrity comic, in this case about film comedian

Billie Ritchie William Hill, known professionally as Billie Ritchie (5 September 1874 – 6 July 1921), was a Scottish comedian who first gained transatlantic fame as a performer for British music hall producer Fred Karno — thus, a full decade before Stan ...

. * In Russia the news agency

ROSTA Rosta may refer to: *Rosta, Iran, a historical district in Isfahan area in Iran *Rosta, Piedmont, a ''comune'' in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy **Rosta railway station *Rosta, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Russia * Rosta, Öreb ...

is established, which will produce various propaganda pamphlets, among them posters and comics.

1919

* January 22: The final episode of

's ''

'' is published. * May 4: Carl Ed's ''

Harold Teen ''Harold Teen'' is a discontinued, long-running American comic strip written and drawn by Carl Ed (pronounced "eed"). Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson may have suggested and certainly approved the strip's concept, loosely based on Booth Tarkingt ...

'' makes its debut. * June 17:

Billy DeBeck William Morgan DeBeck (April 15, 1890 – November 11, 1942), better known as Billy DeBeck, was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip ''Barney Google'', later retitled ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'' ...

's '' Barney Google'' makes its debut. It will become one of the longest-running comics series of all time. * June 22: The final episode of Sidney Smith's ''

'' is published. * December 19: Debut of

's ''

Thimble Theatre Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Olive Oyl Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip ''Thimble Theatre''. The strip was later renamed ''Popeye'' after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a ...

. * Dora McLaren's ''

Bobby Bear {{No footnotes, date=September 2010 Bobby Bear was a British comics character in the '' Daily Herald'' newspaper starting in 1919. He was a young male bear character based on the Steiff teddy bear that was popular at the time. His friends were Ruby ...

'' makes his debut in the ''

Daily Herald Daily or The Daily may refer to: Journalism * Daily newspaper, newspaper issued on five to seven day of most weeks * ''The Daily'' (podcast), a podcast by ''The New York Times'' * ''The Daily'' (News Corporation), a defunct US-based iPad new ...

''. * Frans Masereel publishes the pantomime

'' Mon Livre d'Heures ("Passionate Journey")''. *

Wilford Fawcett Wilford Hamilton Fawcett (; April 29, 1885 – February 7, 1940), also known as Captain Billy, was an American magazine publisher and sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Biography At the age of 16, F ...

founds the American comics company '' Fawcett Publications''. *

Bertram Lamb ''Pip, Squeak and Wilfred'' was a British strip cartoon published in the ''Daily Mirror'' from 1919 to 1956 (with a break c. 1940–1950), as well as the ''Sunday Pictorial'' in the early years. It was conceived by Bertram Lamb, who took the role ...

and Austin Bowen Payne's '' Pip, Squeak and Wilfred'' makes its debut. * J.F. Horrabin's ''

Japhet and Happy Japhet and Happy was a British newspaper cartoon strip originally appeared as 'The Adventures of the Noah Family' initially in '' The Daily News'' during 1919 and transferred in 1930 to the ''News Chronicle''. It was originated and drawn by J. F. H ...

'' makes its debut under the title ''The Adventures of the Noah Family''. *

Kristoffer Aamot Kristoffer Aamot (26 March 1889 – 22 March 1955) was a Norwegian journalist, magazine editor, politician and cinema administrator. Personal life Born in Kristiania (now Oslo) on 26 March 1889, Aamot was a son of Anton Christiansen Aamot an ...

and Jan Lunde start the comic strip ''Skomakker Bekk of Tvillingene Hans''.

Births

1910

1911

December

* December 8: Kin Platt, American caricaturist, radio writer, TV writer, animation writer, comics artist (''Mr. and Mrs.'', ''Supermouse''), (d.

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1912

February

* February 2:

Creig Flessel Creig Valentine Flessel (February 2, 1912 – July 17, 2008)Creig Valentine Flessel
at the Un ...

, American comics artist ('' Sandman'', ''

Shining Knight Shining Knight ( cy, Marchog Disglair) is the name of multiple fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #66 (Sep ...

''), (d.

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

). * February 14:

Ollie Harrington Oliver Wendell Harrington (February 14, 1912 – November 2, 1995) was an American cartoonist and an outspoken advocate against racism and for civil rights in the United States. Of multi-ethnic descent, Langston Hughes called him "America's great ...

, American comics artist (''Dark Laughter''), (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 ...

) in Berlin, Germany.

1913

Specific date unknown

* Allan Borgström, Swedish comics artist (''Phili Philin''), (d.

1914

1915

1916

1917

May

* May 16:

Hal Seeger Harold Seeger (May 16, 1917 – March 13, 2005) was an American animated cartoon producer and director who owned his own studio the Hal Seeger Studio (Hal Seeger Productions). He is most famous as the creator of the 1960s animated series '' Batfi ...

, American animator, comics writer and comics artist (''

Batfink ''Batfink'' is an American animated television series, consisting of five-minute shorts, that first aired in April 1966.David Mackay published a filmography of Batfink in the Sept. 1993 issues oFarmes per Second magazine, and also provided a comp ...

'', ''

Milton the Monster ''Milton the Monster,'' also called ''The Milton the Monster Show,'' is an American Saturday morning animated cartoon TV series that ran on ABC from October 9, 1965, to September 8, 1968. It was produced and directed by Hal Seeger. Overview The s ...

'', assisted on the ''

Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She originally appeared in the ''Talkartoon'' and ''Betty Boop'' film series, which were produced by Fleischer ...

'' and ''

Leave It to Binky ''Leave It to Binky'' is a teen-humor comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 82 issues, first appearing in 1948 and wrapping up in 1977. Publication history The adventures of teenager Binky Biggs started in DC Comics' ''Leave It to ...

'' comic strips), (d.

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

1918

October

* October 16:

Henri Vernes Charles-Henri-Jean Dewisme (16 October 1918 – 25 July 2021), better known by his pen name Henri Vernes (), was an author of action and science fiction novels. He published over 200 titles in the action and science-fiction genre. He was most ...

, Belgian novelist and comics writer (wrote the scripts to comic book adaptations of his own novel series ''

Bob Morane ''Bob Morane'' is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist, created by French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme. More than 200 novels have been written since his int ...

''), (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

1919

September

* September 4:

Pál Pusztai Pál Pusztai ( ; September 4, 1919 - September 11, 1970) was a Hungarian graphic artist and cartoonist. Pusztai is remembered for his comic strip "Jucika" (1957-1970), which gained a strong internet following in the late 2010s. Life Pusztai fi ...

, Hungarian graphic artist and illustrator (''Jucika'', ''Iván és Joe''), (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 ...

Deaths

1910

* January 23:

Angelo Agostini Angelo Agostini (April 8, 1843 – January 23, 1910) was an Italian-born Brazilian illustrator, journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered the first Brazilian cartoonist. Biography Agostini was b ...

, Brazilian journalist, illustrator and comics artist (''As Aventuras de Nhô Quim''), dies at the age of 66. * March 16: Tom Browne, British comics artist and illustrator (''Weary Willy and Tired Tim''), dies at age 49. * March 23:

Félix Nadar Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person t ...

, French photographer, cartoonist, comics artist and caricaturist (''Les Aventures Illustrées du Prince pour rire'', ''Vie politique et littéraire de Viperin, journaliste et industriel'', ''Vie publique et privée de Mossieu Réac''), dies at age 89.

1911

* September 30:

Franciszek Kostrzewski Franciszek Kostrzewski (19 April 1826, Warsaw – 30 September 1911, Warsaw) was a Polish illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American newspaper publisher, launcher of the Sunday comics and major force behind the rise of the comics industry, dies at age 64. * Specific date unknown: Walter H. Gallaway, American illustrator and comics artist (''Citizen Fixit'', ''Absent-Minded Augie''), passes away at age 40 or 41.

1912

* May 2: Homer Calvin Davenport, American cartoonist and comics artist (''A Venetian Episode - How The Doves Did Davenport''), passes away at age 45.

1913

* March 18: Henry Stull, Canadian-American comics artist, passes away at age 61. * July 19: Walther Caspari, German illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist, passes away at age 43.

1914

* February 25: John Tenniel, British illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (''Mr. Spoonbill'', ''Peter Piper'', ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'', '' Alice Through the Looking Glass''), passes away at age 93. * March 4: Oswald Heidbrinck, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 53. * May 3: Carsten Ravn, Danish illustrator, actor and comics artist, dies at age 53. * July 21: René-Charles Béliveau, Canadian illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (''La Famille Citrouillard'', ''Le Père Nicodème''), passes away at age 42 from TBC. * October 21: R.W. Taylor, American comics artist (''Yens Yensen''), dies at age 36. * December 9: Timoléon Lobricon, French painter and comics artist (''Histoire de Mr. Tuberculus'', ''Histoire de Mr. Grenouillet''), dies at age 83. * Specific date unknown: **

Faustin Betbeder Faustin Betbeder was a French illustrator, caricaturist and prototypical comics artist. Life and career He was born in Soissons, France in 1847 and lived until sometime around 1914. He became an artist, noted for his unflattering caricatures o ...

, French caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 76 or 77. ** Nollat, aka Louis Tallon, Jacques Talon, French caricaturist and comics artist (worked for '' Le Rire''), dies at age 28 or 29.

1915

* March 29: William Wallace Denslow, American illustrator and comics artist (''

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 ...

''), dies at age 58. * June 15: Léonce Burret, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 49. * June 22: Raymond Crawford Ewer, American comics artist (continued ''Slim Jim and the Force''), dies at age 26 from TBC. * October 4: Stuart Carothers, American comics artist ('' Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers''), dies at age 22 from

defenestration Defenestration (from Modern Latin ) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War. Th ...

. * November 27:

Fernand Fau Fernand Fau (13 July 1858 - 27 November 1915) was a French illustrator and cartoonist whose work was widely published in popular journals around the turn of the 19th century. Biography Fau was born in Poitiers in 1858. He produced copious illus ...

, French comics artist, caricaturist and illustrator, dies at age 57. * November 28: Georges Jordic-Pignon, French illustrator, painter and comics artist, dies in battle at age 39. * December 28:

Kobayashi Kiyochika was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his colour woodblock prints and newspaper illustrations. His work documents the rapid modernization and Westernization Japan underwent during the Meiji period (1868–1912) and employs a sense of ...

, Japanese caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (made sequential illustrations), dies at age 68.

1916

* August 21: Auguste Vimar, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 64. * December 7: Art Bowen, American painter and comics artist (''The Spotty Twins'', ''Spotlight Steve in Vaudeville''), commits suicide at age 35.

1917

* April 7: Ko Doncker, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (''Piet Pelle''), dies at age 43. * October 26: Frank Crane, American comics artist (''Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith the Boy Inventor'', ''Muggsy'', ''Val the Ventriloquist'', continued ''Professor Bughouse''), passes away at age 60. * Specific date unknown: ** Paul Balluriau, French comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 56 or 56. ** Oliver E. Veal, British comics artist (''Aunt Tozer''), dies at age 56 or 57.

1918

* January 25: William Steinigans, American comics artist (''Pups'', ''Splinters'', ''Mr. Hubby'', continued ''The Bad Dream That Made Bill A Better Boy''), passes away at age 39. * January 27: José María Cao, Spanish-Argentine illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 55. * February 12: Alphonse Lévy, French illustrator, painter and comics artist, dies at age 75. * February 28: Robert Carter, American comics artist (''Just Little Ones'', ''Coffee and Sinkers''), dies at age 44. * August 3:

Albert Hahn Albert Pieter Hahn (17 March 1877 – 3 August 1918) was a Dutch political cartoonist, caricaturist, poster artist and book cover designer; well known for his socialist and Antimilitarism, antimilitaristic viewpoints. Some of his drawings, espec ...

Sr., Dutch illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 41. * September 10: Robert Brook, American comics artist (''Officer Crust''), dies at age 33. * October 17: Hermann Vogel, German-French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 62. * December 23: Hans Horina, German comics artist (''The Rhinoceros Boys''), dies at age 63.

1919

* January 22: Carl Larsson, Swedish illustrator, painter and cartoonist, dies at age 65. * January 28: Leon Searl, American comics artist and animator (''Mrs. Timekiller''), dies at age 38. * December 9: Eugen von Baumgarten, German caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 54.

References

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