1934 in comics

none August 2012 Notable events of 1934 in comics. Events and publications October 2021 January January 7: Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim make their debut. Flash Gordon will run until 2003, while Jungle Jim lasts until 1954.http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1934?p=2/ Dates in History by Year HistoryOrb.com 2012-08-27https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raymond.htm Alex Raymond lambiek.net August 5, 2021 January 16: The first episode of the gag comic Van Boring, by future animation legend Frank Tashlin, is published. It will run until 1936.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tashlin_frank.htm Frank Tashlin lambiek.net January 2, 2025 January 22: Alex Raymond's Secret Agent X-9 makes its debut and will run until 1996. The original stories are written by famous detective writer Dashiel Hammett. February February - August: Hergé's Popol Out West is serialized in Le Petit Vingtième.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm Hergé lambiek.net May 21, 2020 March March 4: The final episode of Bucky Bug as part of the Silly Symphony feature is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/taliaferro.htm Al Taliaferro lambiek.net May 21, 2020 March 5: Frank Victor Martinek's Don Winslow of the Navy makes its debut. It will run until 30 July 1955. March 19: Will Gould's Red Barry makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gould_w.htm Will Gould lambiek.net May 21, 2020 April April: David Low's Colonel Blimp makes his debut.https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/ British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent www.cartoons.ac.uk May 21, 2020 May Zeke Wolf and the three little pigs debut in comics, in a Tom Wood's table for the magazine Good Housekkeping. June June 11: Lee Falk and Fred Fredericks's Mandrake the Magician makes its debut. June 30: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story Bobo the Elephant appears in print, by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne. This marks the debut of the villain Eli Squinch. July July 23: The first episode of Bud Counihan's Betty Boop newspaper comic is published. It will run until 1937.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/counihan_bud.htm Bud Counihan lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Famous Funnies #1 (Eastern Color Printing) - The first full-color comic book sold to the public. It set the standard of 68 pages, including covers, and sold for 10 cents. Early issues of this series, starting with #1, advertised the contents as "100 Comics and Games - Puzzles - Magic." August August 9: in Le petit Vingtième, first episode of The blue lotus, by Hergè. August 13: Al Capp's Li'l Abner makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/capp_a.htm Al Capp lambiek.net May 21, 2020 September September 16: Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro's Silly Symphony comic strip adapts the cartoon The Wise Little Hen, which marks the official debut of Donald Duck (who debuted in that animated short) as a comics character. September 23: Rube Goldberg's Boob McNutt comes to a close. Famous Funnies #2 (Eastern Color Printing) - With this issue, Famous Funnies would become the first monthly newsstand comic publication. October October 1: Fred Neher's Life's Like That makes its debut. October 7: Fred Harman's Bronc Peeler makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/harman_fred.htm Fred Harman lambiek.net May 21, 2020 October 14: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine L'Avventuroso is published. It will run until 16 May 1943. October 21: First publication of the French Disney comics magazine Le Journal de Mickey.Le Journal de Mickey fête ses 70 ans http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20041013.OBS8910/ Le Nouvel Observateur 18 October 2004 19 March 2009 fr A test issue was already published on June 1, 1934.Grove Laurence Text/image mosaics in French culture https://books.google.com/books?id=zQWmlJPHyeoC&dq=%22Journal+de+Mickey%22&pg=PA76 19 March 2009 2005 ABC_CLIO 978-1-85109-411-0 800 8 October 22: Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/caniff.htm Milton Caniff lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Famous Funnies #3 (Eastern Color Printing) November November 17: In Billy DeBeck's Barney Google Snuffy Smith makes its debut, leading to an eventual title change as Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/debeck_b.htm Billy DeBeck lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Famous Funnies #4 (Eastern Color Printing) Adolphe Barreaux' Sally the Sleuth debuts in Spicy Detective.http://www.thrillingdetective.com/more_eyes/sally_the_sleuth.html Sally the Sleuth www.thrillingdetective.com May 21, 2020https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barreaux_a.htm Adolphe Barreaux lambiek.net May 21, 2020 December December 13: E.O. Plauen's Vater und Sohn (Father and Son) makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/plauen_eo.htm E. O. Plauen lambiek.net May 21, 2020 December 16: The U.S. magazine The American Weekly prints the first episode of Les Mystères Surrealistes de New York, a comic strip drawn by famous painter Salvador Dalí. It will run until 7 July 1935 https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dali_salvador.htm Salvador Dali lambiek.net July 22, 2022 Famous Funnies #5 (Eastern Color Printing) Specific date unknown Walter Goetz launches his newspaper comics Colonel Up and Mr. Down and Dab and Flounder.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goetz_w.htm Walter Goetz lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Shaka Bontaro draws an illegal Japanese-language Mickey Mouse story: Mikkii no Katsuyaku.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bontaro_shaka.htm Shaka Bontaro lambiek.net September 30, 2024 Births January January 11: Antonio Seguí, Argentine cartoonist, (d. 2022).Murió Antonio Seguí, el gran embajador del arte argentino es February February 18: Cor Blok, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (The Iron Parachute), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blok_cor.htm Cor Blok Lambiek.net May 5, 2021 March March 10: Fujiko A. Fujio, Japanese manga artist (Ninja Hattori-kun, The Monster Kid, The Laughing Salesman), (d. 2022).Popular Japanese cartoonist Fujiko A. Fujio dies at 88 June June 28: Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist and comics writer (Charlie Hebdo), (d. 2015)Ynetnews 2015-01-07 Jewish cartoonist among victims of Paris terror attack en Ynetnews https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4612722,00.html 2023-11-24 December December 28: Herb Gardner, American playwright, screenwriter and comics artist (The Nebbishes), (d. 2003) from lung disease. Deaths February February 15: Louis Forton, French comics writer and artist (Les Pieds Nickelés, Bibi Fricotin, Ploum), dies at age 54.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/forton_louis.htm Louis Forton lambiek.net May 21, 2020 February 27: John Terry, American comics artist and animator (Scorchy Smith, continued Have You Seen Alonzo?), dies at age 53 or 54.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/terry_john.htm John Terry lambiek.net May 21, 2020 June June 3: Chic Jackson, American comics artist (Roger Bean), dies at age 57 from a heart attack.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jackson_chic.htm Chic Jackson lambiek.net May 21, 2020 June 4: August Roeseler, German illustrator (made picture stories for Fliegende Blätter and Simplicissimus), dies at age 68.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/roeseler_august.htm August Roeseler lambiek.net September 28, 2024 July July 26: Winsor McCay, American comics artist and animator (Little Nemo in Slumberland, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, Little Sammy Sneeze, Gertie the Dinosaur) dies at age 64 from a cerebral embolism.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccay.htm Winsor McCay lambiek.net May 21, 2020 November November 23: Albert Funke Küpper, Dutch comics artist (Krelissie en Direkkie, continued Snuffelgraag en Knagelijntje), dies at age 40 in a car accident.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/funke_kupper_a.htm Albert Funke Küpper lambiek.net May 21, 2020 December December 10: Dan Smith, American illustrator and comics artist (The Jungle Folk, comics based on the Bible), dies at age 69.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/smith_dan.htm Dan Smith lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Specific date unknown Pierre Dmitrow, Russian-French illustrator (drew picture stories for children's magazines), dies at age 50 or 51.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dmitrow_pierre.htm Pierre Dmitrow lambiek.net 28 February 2025 Lee Do-Yeong, Korean comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 49 or 50.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lee_do-yeong.htm Lee Do-yeong lambiek.net May 21, 2020 August Roeseler, German cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (worked for Fliegende Blätter and Simplicissimus), dies at age 77 or 78.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/roeseler_august.htm August Roeseler lambiek.net May 21, 2020 First issues by title Famous Funnies on newsstands in May, cover dated July, published by Eastern Color Printing Company. 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