1931 in comics

none Notable events of 1931 in comics. Events and publications October 2021 Year overall January January 7: Kho Wang Gie's comic strip Put On makes its debut and will continue for 30 years.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kho-wang-gie.htm Kho Wang Gie lambiek.net January 19: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story Mickey Mouse Vs. Kat Nipp by Floyd Gottfredson is published. Kat Nipp, already Mickey’s antagonist in some animated shorts, makes his comics debut in this story. January 21: After the death of C. W. Kahles, the comic strip Hairbreadth Harry is continued by F.O. Alexander.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kahles_cw.htm C. W. Kahles lambiek.nethttps://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/alexander_fo.htm F. O. Alexander lambiek.net February February 26: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story Boxing champion by Floyd Gottfredson is published, which marks the debut of Gideon Goat. February 28: The final gag of Harold C. Earnshaw's newspaper comic strip The Pater is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/earnshaw_harold.htm Harold C. Earnshaw lambiek.net March March 23: The first episode of Roland J. Scott's long-running newspaper comic Scott's Scrapbook is published, which will continue up until 1967.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/scott_roland_j.htm Roland J. Scott lambiek.net 16 May 2021 April April 17: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre Popeye first quotes his classic line: "I yam what I yam an' tha's all I yam."https://books.google.com/books?id=w5-GR-qtgXsC&pg=PA677 The Yale Book of Quotations Associate Librarian and Lecturer in Legal Research Fred R. Shapiro Fred R. Shapiro 12 August 2018 Yale University Press 978-0300107982 Google Books May May 3: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre a prototypical version of J. Wellington Wimpy makes his debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/segar.htm Elzie Crisler Segar lambiek.net May 21, 2020 June June 26: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre spinach is introduced as the source of Popeye's power. July July 8: In a Mickey Mouse comic by Floyd Gottfredson’s, a stray dog eats Mickey Mouse’s ice-cream. This is the first time Pluto makes his debut. September September 2: In Le petit Vingtième, first chapter of Tintin in America, by Hergè. October October 4: Chester Gould's Dick Tracy makes his debut. It naturally marks the debut of the protagonist, Dick Tracy.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gould.htm Chester Gould lambiek.net October 11: In Dick Tracy the villain Big Boy makes his debut. October 12: In Dick Tracy his girlfriend Tess Trueheart makes her debut. October 16: In the first narrative of Dick Tracy the father of Tess Trueheart is murdered, which is the first instance of a cold-blooded murder appearing uncensored in a comic strip. November November 27: The final issue of the Spanish comics magazine Pinocho is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bartolozzi_salvador.htm Salvador Bartolozzi lambiek.net May 21, 2020 December December 26: The first episode of the biblical text comic Illustrated Sunday School Lesson is published. It will run until 26 February 1973.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/buescher_alfred-j.htm Alfred J. Buescher lambiek.net Specific date unknown Edwina Dumm's Alec the Great makes its debut and will run until 1969."Edwina Dumm's biography,", Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (Ohio State University). Accessed Dec. 4, 2017. Suihō Tagawa's Norakuro makes its debut. The final episode of Doings of the Duffs is published. The last artist to draw it is Buford Tune.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tune_buford.htm Buford Tune lambiek.net Jean Bruller publishes his comic strip Le Mariage de Monsieur Lakonik.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bruller_jean.htm Jean Bruller lambiek.net Henri Bruneau publishes Zbib et Barnabé.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bruneau_henri.htm Henri Bruneau lambiek.net William Ferguson publishes This Curious World (1931-1952).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/ferguson_william.htm William Ferguson lambiek.net Louis Diamond publishes Mick.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/diamond_louis.htm Louis Diamond lambiek.net Hergé publishes Fred & Mille in Mon Avenir, which will be continued by François Gianolla a year later.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gianolla_f.htm François Gianolla lambiek.net Guglielmo Guastaveglia creates early Italian versions of Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/guastaveglia_g.htm Guglielmo Guastaveglia lambiek.net Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson's Screen Oddities, a daily comic about the lives of Hollywood stars, is first published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thompson_bruno.htm Bud Thompson lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Births April April 10: Gérald Forton, Belgian-American comic artist (Kim Devil, continued Bob Morane, He-Man, Masters of the Universe newspaper comic), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/asmussen_don.htm Don Asmussen Lambiek.net December 18, 2021 August August 12: Luis Bermejo, Spanish comics artist and illustrator (Apache, continued Heros the Spartan and Johnny Future), (d. 2015).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bermejo_luis.htm Luis Bermejo lambiek.net April 7, 2018 September September 17: Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist, actor, screenwriter and comics writer (wrote comics for Bernard Yslaire and Pierre Étaix https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-19814-BD-Carriere-Jean-Claude.html Carrière, Jean-Claude - Bibliographie, BD, photo, biographie Philippe MAGNERON bedetheque.com), (d. 2021). https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jean-claude-carriere-dead-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1234903570/ Jean-Claude Carriere, 'Unbearable Lightness of Being' Screenwriter, Dies at 89 Saperstein Pat Variety February 8, 2021 February 8, 2021"Jean-Claude Carrière, scénariste et écrivain, est mort à l'âge de 89 ans", Le Monde, February 9, 2021. September 22: E. Nelson Bridwell, American comic book writer (DC Comics, Mad), (d. 1987). October October 2: Enzo Facciolo, Italian animator and comics artist (Clint Due Colpi, worked on Diabolik), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/facciolo_enzo.htm Enzo Facciolo Lambiek.net August 18, 2021 Specific date unknown Zoe Skiadaresi, Greek comics artist (Bampoudas), (d. 2014).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/skiadaresi_zoe.htm Zoe Skiadaresi lambiek.net 12 August 2020 Deaths January January 21: C. W. Kahles, German-American comics artist (Hairbreadth Harry), dies at age 63 from a heart attack. May May 7: Louis De Leeuw, Dutch illustrator, painter, cartoonist, lithographer and comic artist, dies at age 55.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leeuw_louis_de.htm Louis de Leeuw Lambiek.net November 30, 2022 May 19: Ralph Barton, American caricaturist, cartoonist and comics artist (worked for The New Yorker), commits suicide at age 39.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barton_ralph.htm Ralph Barton lambiek.net May 28: Guydo, French comics artist, illustrator and novelist, dies at age 62.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/guydo.htm Guydo lambiek.net June June 6: Herbert Bird Tourtel, British journalist, poet and comics writer (Rupert Bear), husband of Mary Tourtel, dies at age 57.https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/articles/article/herbert-bird-tourtel Herbert Bird Tourtel July July 11: Jean-Louis Forain, Louis-Henri Forain, French illustrator, painter and comics artist, dies at age 78.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/forain_jean_louis.htm Jean-Louis Forain lambiek.net February 7, 2021 August August 25: Marcel Arnac, French novelist, illustrator, comics writer and artist (Les Désopilantes Aventures de Trouillet Détective and other one-shot comics), dies at age 44 in an accident.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arnac_marcel.htm Marcel Arnac lambiek.net September September 15: Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville, a.k.a. Job, French illustrator, caricaturist and painter, dies at age 72.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/job.htm Job lambiek.net May 21, 2020 References