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January

* January 19: Hergé's ''
The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko ''The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Hergé, the writer-artist best known for ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The heroes of the series are two young children, brother and sister Jo and Zette Legran ...
'' (1936-1957) debuts in ''Cœurs Vaillants''. * '' Famous Funnies'' #18 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* '' More Fun the Big Comic Magazine'' (previously ''
New Fun Comics ''More Fun Comics'', originally titled ''New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine'' a.k.a. ''New Fun Comics'',''N ...
'') (
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...
series) #7 - National Periodical Publications * ''
New Comics ''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), m ...
'' (
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...
series) #2 - National Periodical Publications * The ''
Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
'' comic strip adventure ''Mickey’s rival'' by Floyd Gottfredson runs in newspapers (Sunday tables). It marks the debut of
Mortimer Mouse The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and many other characters. The universe originated from the ''Mickey Mouse'' an ...
, five months in advance on his first apparition on the big screen.


February

* 8 February: The first issue of '' Mickey Mouse Weekly'' (1936-1957) is published. * 17 February:
Lee Falk Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips ''Mandrake the Magician'' and ''The Phantom''. At the ...
's '' The Phantom'' makes his debut. * ''Famous Funnies'' #19 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''More Fun the Big Comic Magazine'' (
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...
series) #8 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #3 - National Periodical Publications * '' Popular Comics'' #1 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...


March

* March 8:
Dudley D. Watkins Dudley Dexter Watkins (27 February 1907 – 20 August 1969) was an English cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for his characters ''Oor Wullie'' and ''The Broons''; comic strips featuring them have appeared in Scottish newspaper The Su ...
' ''
Oor Wullie ''Oor Wullie'' ( en, Our Willie) is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper ''The Sunday Post''. It features a character called Wullie; Wullie is the familiar Scots nickname for boys named William, equivalent to Willie. ...
'' and '' The Broons'' debut in ''
The Sunday Post ''The Sunday Post'' is a weekly newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland, by DC Thomson, and characterised by a mix of news, human interest stories and short features. The paper was founded in 1914 and has a wide circulation across Scotland, N ...
''. * March 16: In
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 ...
's ''
Thimble Theatre Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Eugene the Jeep makes its debut. * March 31:
Frans Piët Frans Piët ( Haarlem, 17 February 1905 - 5 January 1997) was a Dutch comics artist, most famous as the original creator of the longest-running Dutch comics series of all time: '' Sjors & Sjimmie''. Biography He was born in 1905 as the son of a ...
signs his first '' Sjors'' comic strip. Originally a blatant copy of Martin Branner's '' Winnie Winkle'' it now becomes completely its own thing. * '' Big Book of Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #1 - National Periodical Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #20 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* '' More Fun Comics'' (previously ''More Fun the Big Comic Magazine'') (1935 series) #9 - National Periodical Publications, cover dated "Mar-April" * ''New Comics (1935 series) #4'' - National Periodical Publications, cover dated "Mar-April". * ''Popular Comics'' #2 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...


April

* April 6:
Lank Leonard Frank E. Leonard (January 2, 1896 – August 1, 1970), better known as Lank Leonard, was an American cartoonist artist who created the long-running comic strip '' Mickey Finn'', which he drew for more than three decades. Biography Early life a ...
's '' Mickey Finn'' (1936-1976) debuts. * '' Famous Funnies'' #21 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''King Comics'' #1 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* '' Popular Comics'' #3 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''
Tip Top Comics Tip commonly refers to: * Tip (gambling) * Tip (gratuity) * Tip (law enforcement) * another term for Advice Tip or TIP may also refer to: Science and technology * Tank phone, a device allowing infantry to communicate with the occupants of an ...
'' #1 - United Features: first comic book appearance of
Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...


May

* May 2: In the first issue of the Turkish children's magazine Yavrutürk Çocuk Gazetesi Ercüment Kalmik's comics series ''Çetin Kaptan'' makes its debut. * May 3: The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine ''Bravo !'' is published. It will run until 17 April 1951. * May 7: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine ''Doe Mee'' is published. It will run until 15 December 1949. * May 15: A longer narrative unfolds in the otherwise gag-a-day 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 ...
'' by
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 ...
, lasting nearly 10 months, until 17 March 1937. Fans will later name this storyline the ''Tiger Tea'' story. * '' The Comics Magazine (Funny Pages)'' #1 — Centaur Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #22 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''King Comics'' #2 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #10 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #4 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...


June

* ''The Comics Magazine (Funny Pages)'' #2 — Centaur Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #23 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''King Comics'' #3 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #5 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #5 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Tip Top Comics'' #2 - United Features * ''Phantom comic'' #1


July

* July 11: The final 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. * 14 July: The Italian humor magazine ''
Bertoldo ''Bertoldo'' was a biweekly magazine of surreal humour that ran from 14 July 1936 to 10 September 1943 under Italian Fascism. The magazine was based in Milan. While the '' Becco Giallo'' magazine put out courageous political satire against the f ...
'' brings out its first issue, continuing its run until 10 September 1943. * ''The Comics Magazine (Funny Pages)'' #3 — Centaur Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #24 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''King Comics'' #4 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #11 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #6 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #6 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Tip Top Comics'' #3 - United Features


August

* August 30:
Al Taliaferro Charles Alfred "Al" Taliaferro ( ; August 29, 1905 – February 3, 1969), was an American Disney comics artist who produced Disney comics, Disney comic strips for King Features Syndicate. Taliaferro is best known for his work on the ''Donald Duc ...
and Earl Duvall adapt
Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...
into a weekly pantomime comic, as part of their '' Silly Symphony'' comic strip. * August 31:
William St. John Glenn William St. John Glenn (1904–1974) was an Irish-British illustrator, painter and comics artist. Early years He was born in Belfast and at sixteen he had his first drawing reproduced in ''Ireland's Saturday Night''. This early success prompte ...
creates ''Dorothea'' 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 ...
. *Max Plaisted's ''Zarnak'' makes its debut. It will run until October 1937. * ''The Comics Magazine (Funny Pages)'' #4 — Centaur Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #25 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''King Comics'' #5 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #12 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #7 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #7 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Tip Top Comics'' #4 - United Features


September

* ''The Comics Magazine (Funny Pages)'' #5 — Centaur Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #26 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''King Comics'' #6 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #13 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #8 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #8 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Tip Top Comics'' #5 - United Features


October

* October 25: The final episode of
Rea Irvin Rea Irvin (August 26, 1881 – May 28, 1972) was an American graphic artist. Although never formally credited as such, he served de facto as the first art editor of ''The New Yorker''. He created the Eustace Tilley cover portrait and the ''New Yo ...
's ''The Smythes'' is published in
The New York Herald Tribune The ''New York Herald Tribune'' was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966. It was created in 1924 when Ogden Mills Reid of the ''New-York Tribune'' acquired the ''New York Herald''. It was regarded as a "writer's newspaper" and competed ...
. * The first episode of ''Fuku-Chan'' by Ryuichi Yokoyama is published and will run until 1971. * ''Famous Funnies'' #27 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''
The Funnies ''The Funnies'' was the name of two American publications from Dell Publishing (Dell Comics), the first of these a seminal 1920s precursor of comic books, and the second a standard 1930s comic book. ''The Funnies'' (1929–1930) In 1929, George ...
'' #1 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''King Comics'' #7 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #14 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #9 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #9 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Tip Top Comics'' #6 - United Features


November

* November 30: The first episode of the ''
Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
'' story ''Island in the sky'', by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne is published, which marks the debut of
Doctor Einmug The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional universe, fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving The Walt Disney Company, Disney cartoon characters Mickey Mouse, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto (Disney), Pluto, Goofy, and ...
. *''Famous Funnies'' #28 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''The Funnies'' #2 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Funny Pages'' #6 — Centaur Publications * '' Funny Picture Stories'' #1 — Centaur Publications. This issue also marks the debut of The Clock by
George Brenner George E. Brenner (1913–1952) was an American cartoonist in the mid 20th-century. He created comics such as '' The Clock'', ''Bozo the Iron Man'', and ''711''. Brenner was first employed by the Comics Magazine Company before moving to Everett ...
. * ''King Comics'' #8 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #15 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics'' (1935 series) #10 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #10 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
*
Elmer Woggon Elmer Woggon (November 4, 1898 – April 1978), who signed his art Wog, was the creator of an early newspaper comic strip that eventually developed into the long-running '' Steve Roper and Mike Nomad''. Biography Born and raised in Toledo, ...
and
Allen Saunders Allen Saunders (April 24, 1899 – January 28, 1986) was an American writer, journalist and cartoonist who wrote the comic strips '' Steve Roper and Mike Nomad'', ''Mary Worth'' and '' Kerry Drake''. He is credited with being the originator of t ...
's ''
Steve Roper and Mike Nomad ''Steve Roper and Mike Nomad'' was an American adventure comic strip that ran (under various earlier titles) from November 23, 1936, to December 26, 2004. Originally ''Big Chief Wahoo'', the focus and title character of the strip changed over t ...
'' (1936-2004) debuts. * ''Tip Top Comics'' #7 - United Features *


December

* '' Detective Picture Stories'' #1 — Centaur Publications * ''Famous Funnies'' #29 -
Eastern Color The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...
* ''
Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine ''Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine'' was a pulp magazine which was launched in December 1936. It was published by Harold Hersey, and was an attempt to cash in on the growing comics boom, and the popularity of the Flash Gordon comic strip ...
'' #1. It folds after only one issue. * ''The Funnies'' #3 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Funny Pages'' #7 — Centaur Publications * ''Funny Picture Stories'' #2 — Centaur Publications * ''King Comics'' #9 -
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
* ''More Fun Comics'' (1935 series) #16 - National Periodical Publications * ''New Comics (1935 series)'' #11 - National Periodical Publications * ''Popular Comics'' #11 -
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
* ''Tip Top Comics'' #8 - United Features


Specific date unknown

* Harry Paschall creates ''Bosco'' for Strength and Health magazine, where it will run until his death. *
Jerry Iger Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger (; August 22, 1903 – September 5, 1990) was an American cartoonist and art-studio entrepreneur. With business partner Will Eisner, he co-founded Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand ...
and
Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series ''The Spirit'' (1940–1952) was no ...
establish the comics studio '' Eisner & Iger''. * Roberto Sgrilli's ''Formichino'' debuts. * The final episode of Felix Hess' long-running comic series ''Uit Het Kladschrift van Jantje'' is published.


Births


January

* January 5:
Birago Balzano Birago Balzano (5 January 1936 – 25 March 2022) was a leading Italian cartoonist who was the designer and illustrator of the adult horror character Zora. Biography Born in Trinitapoli, in the southern region of Apulia, Italy, when Balzano wa ...
, Italian cartoonist ('' Zora''), (d.
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).


August

* August 11:
Mitsutoshi Furuya was a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1955 with kashi-hon manga. He started as an assistant of Osamu Tezuka in 1958, but was primarily known for starting out as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka five years later. He w ...
, Japanese comic artist (''
Dame Oyaji is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya. It was serialized by Shogakukan in '' Shōnen Sunday'' from September 23, 1970 (issue 43) to July 28, 1982 (issue 30). ''Dame Oyaji'' received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga ...
'', ''
Bar Lemon Heart , sometimes referred to as "Bar Lemon Heart," is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya and Family Kikaku and published by Futabasha from 1985 to 2021. A Japanese television drama series based on the manga premie ...
''), (d.
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).


September

* September 2:
Vlastimil Zábranský Vlastimil Zábranský (2 September 1936 – 4 February 2021) was a Czech visual artist. Biography Zábranský began studying at the Secondary school of Civil Engineering in Prague in 1953. He then studied at Masaryk University in Brno and the Hi ...
, Czech painter, visual artist and comics artist, (d.
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).


November

* November 3: Takao Saito, Japanese comics/manga artist (''
Golgo 13 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic'' since October 1968. The series follows the title character, a professional assassin for hire. ''Golgo ...
'', '' Kage Gari'', ''
Barom-1 is a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito. The original story was serialized for about a year from 1970 in Kodansha's . It was available online in English through JManga. In 1972, the manga was adapted into a TV tokusatsu series tit ...
''), (d.
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).


Deaths


January

* January 31: Grace Drayton, American illustrator and comics artist ('' Dolly Dimples'', ''The Pussycat Princess''), dies at age 58.


March

* March 19:
Ottilia Adelborg Eva Ottilia Adelborg (6 December 1855 – 19 March 1936) was a Swedish children's book illustrator, comics artist and author and the founder of a school for lace making. A literary award, the Ottilia Adelborg Prize, was established in her honor ...
, Swedish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.


April

* April 2: Bert Cobb, American comics artist (''Jocko the Educated Monk'', ''Some Monkey Fun From Jungle Jinks'', ''Stumble-Toe Joe'', ''Ambitious Teddy'', ''Meddlesome Millie''), dies at age 66 or 67.


May

* May 5: James Francis Sullivan, British illustrator and comics artist (''The British Working Man'', ''The Queer Side of Things''), dies at age 83. * May 9 : Stanislav Lolek, Czech illustrator and comics artist ('' The Cunning Little Vixen'' or ''Vixen Sharp Ears'') dies at age 62.


July

* July 3: Charles Reese, American comics artist (made various short-lived newspaper comics), dies at age 74. * July 19: Apeles Mestres, Spanish musician, novelist, illustrator and comics artist (made some sequential illustrations), dies at age 81.


Specific date unknown

*
Ed Leffingwell ''Little Joe'' was a 1933-1972 Western comic strip created by Ed Leffingwell and later continued by his brother Robert Leffingwell. Distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, this Sunday strip had a long run spanning four decades. It was never ...
, American comics artist ('' Little Joe''), dies. * Charles Small, American comics artist (continued ''Salesman Sam''), dies. * Pál Spanyár, Hungarian painter, cartoonist and drawing teacher (''13th District Secondary School''), dies at age 61 or 62.


Exhibitions and shows


Conventions


First issues by title

* Big Book of Fun Comics (March, National Periodical Publications) * The Comics Magazine ( Funny Pages) (May, Centaur Publications) *
The Funnies ''The Funnies'' was the name of two American publications from Dell Publishing (Dell Comics), the first of these a seminal 1920s precursor of comic books, and the second a standard 1930s comic book. ''The Funnies'' (1929–1930) In 1929, George ...
(October,
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
) *
King Comics King Comics, a short-lived comic book imprint of King Features Syndicate, was an attempt by King Features to publish comics of its own characters, rather than through other publishers. A few King Comics titles were picked up from Gold Key Comic ...
(April,
David McKay Publications David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
) * Popular Comics (February,
Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...
) *
Tip Top Comics Tip commonly refers to: * Tip (gambling) * Tip (gratuity) * Tip (law enforcement) * another term for Advice Tip or TIP may also refer to: Science and technology * Tank phone, a device allowing infantry to communicate with the occupants of an ...
(April, United Features)


Initial appearances by character name

*
Clock A clock or a timepiece is a device used to measure and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month and the ...
, by
George Brenner George E. Brenner (1913–1952) was an American cartoonist in the mid 20th-century. He created comics such as '' The Clock'', ''Bozo the Iron Man'', and ''711''. Brenner was first employed by the Comics Magazine Company before moving to Everett ...
, in
Funny Pages A comic strip is a Comics, sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often Serial (literature), serialized, with text in Speech balloon, balloons and Glossary of comics ter ...
#6 and Funny Picture Stories #1 (November) - Centaur Publications


Comics debuts without a specific date

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Barney Baxter ''Barney Baxter in the Air'' is an American comic strip by Frank Miller. It started its run on September 30, 1935, for the Denver's ''Rocky Mountain News''. Starting on December 7, 1936, it was syndicated by King Features. ''Barney Baxter'' was an ...
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Belinda Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linde ...
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Steve Dowling ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...
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Ben Bowyang ''Ben Bowyang'' was an Australian newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist Alex Gurney. It debuted in 1936. Following the misadventures of two larrikin soldiers, the strip was based on the "Gunn's Gully" newspaper humor columns written du ...
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Alex Gurney Alexander Gurney (born September 4, 1974) is an American racing driver who competes in the Rolex Sports Car Series for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing. He won the 2007 and 2009 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype drivers' championshi ...
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Biffen och Bananen ''Biffen och Bananen'' (''the Beef and the Banana'') was a comic strip by Rit-Ola (Jan-Erik Garland), originally published in '' Folket i Bild'' in 1936, where it ran until 1978. Rit-Ola * ''
Laff-a-Day ''Laff-a-Day'' is a daily gag cartoon panel distributed to newspapers by King Features Syndicate from 1936 to 1998. The cartoonists included Frank Beaven, Henry Boltinoff, Dave Breger, Bo Brown, Orlando Busino, George Gately, Martin Giuffre, Al ...
'' debuts. * '' Rebo'' by Cesare Zavattini (plot),
Federico Pedrocchi Federico Pedrocchi (1 May 1907 – 20 January 1945) was an Italian comic book artist and writer. He sometimes used the pen name Costanzo Federici. He founded the magazine ''Paperino e altre avventure'' (''Donald Duck and Other Adventures'') in 1937 ...
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Room and Board Room and board is a phrase describing a situation in which, in exchange for money, Manual labour, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis. It commonly occurs as a fee at h ...
'' by Gene Ahern.


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