1930 in comics

none Notable events of 1930 in comics. Events and publications October 2021 January January 10: Quick & Flupke by Hergé debuts in Le Petit Vingtième. Peeters 2012 44 January 13: The first Mickey Mouse comic strip, written by Walt Disney, drawn by Ub Iwerks, is published. After a month Iwerks hands the series over to Win Smith, who will continue to draw it until May.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/smith_win.htm Win Smith lambiek.nethttps://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/iwerks_ub.htm Ub Iwerks lambiek.net May 21, 2020 The first Mickey Mouse adventure (Lost on a Desert Island) marks the comics debut of Minnie Mouse too. Five months later, Floyd Gottfredson takes over.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gottfredson_floyd.htm Floyd Gottfredson lambiek.net January 27: The first episode of Tack Knight's Little Folks is published. It will run until 1933.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/knight_tack.htm Tack Knight lambiek.net May 21, 2020 April April 1: First episode of Mickey Mouse In Death Valley, the first Mickey adventure written and drawn (in collaboration) by Floyd Gottfredson, though Win Smith is still the main artist.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gottfredson_floyd.htm Floyd Gottfredson lambiek.net May 21, 2020 The story sees the comics debut of various recurring characters (Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, the Minnie's uncle Mortimer and the two villains Sylvestre Shyster and Pete). April 21: Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher debuts.Ham Fisher Scores Success With Comic Wilkes-Barre Times Leader March 28, 1930 16 none; Harvey R.C. Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li'l Abner Kayo'd Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief The Comics Journal December 18, 2018 December 14, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/hubris-and-chutzpah-part-ii-ham-and-joe/ none; Kashatus Bill The Big Palooka Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice November 29, 2014 December 14, 2025 https://www.citizensvoice.com/2014/11/29/the-big-palooka/ May Floyd Gottfredson now becomes the main artist behind the Mickey Mouse comic strip for 45 years. May 8: As the first The Adventures of Tintin story, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, reaches its conclusion in Le Petit Vingtième and has Tintin return from the USSR to Brussels the magazine's editors stage Tintin's return in real life with an actor and a dog. To their amazement the railway station's square is crowded with readers, making everybody realize that Tintin has become a success. Hergé is quickly encouraged to start a new Tintin story.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm Hergé lambiek.net June June 1: The final episode of Norman McMurray's Googles is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mcmurray_norman.htm Norman McMurray lambiek.net November 1, 2020 June 5: in Le petit Vingtième, first episode of Tintin in the Congo, by Hergè. June 7: The Little King by Otto Soglow debuts in The New Yorker. June 7: Cancellation of the Chinese comics magazine Shanghai Manhua.http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/pubs/laing.htm Shanghai Manhua, the Neo-Sensationist School of Literature, and Scenes of Urban Life Laing, Ellen Johnston Ohio State University October 2010 13 November 2013 June (: Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi by Giovanni Manca debuts in Il Corriere dei Piccoli. June 15: Rea Irvin's The Smythes makes its debut in The New York Herald Tribune and will run until 25 October 1936.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/irvin_r.htm Rea Irvin lambiek.net September September 8: Blondie by Chic Young makes its debut.http://www.toonopedia.com/blondie.htm Markstein, Don. "Blondie" Toonopedia.com 2011-07-26 Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers, by Floyd Gottfredson starts off in the newspapers, the first story where Mickey Mouse plays as a detective. It also marks the debut of Patricia Pig, of the sympathetic criminal Butch and of the Minnie's father Marcus Mouse. October October 5: Tobias Seicherl by Ladislaus Kmoch debuts in the Austrian newspaper Das Kleine Blatt.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kmoch_ludwig.htm Ludwig Kmoch lambiek.net November November 1: Nero and Zero by Allan Morley debuts in The Wizard.http://www.topper-universe.co.uk/buzz/neroandzero.php https://web.archive.org/web/20160915220023/http://topper-universe.co.uk/buzz/neroandzero.php dead September 15, 2016 Nero And Zero from Buzz Comic Steve O'Hara www.topper-universe.co.uk December December 6: The final episode of Mel Cummin's Good Time Guy is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cummin_mel.htm Mel Cummin lambiek.net May 21, 2020 Specific date unknown Animal Crackers by Lane. He Done Her Wrong by Milt Gross. Pitche by Alek Stonkus debuts in Le Bon Pint Amusant.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stonkus_alek.htm Alek Stonkus lambiek.net Rymy-Eetu (1930–1973) by Erkki Tanttu.Heikki Jokinen & Kalervo Pulkkinen (toim.): Suomalaisen sarjakuvan ensyklopedia, s. 102. Kemin sarjakuvakeskus, Kemi 1996. Scorchy Smith (1930–1961) by John Terry. Births January January 24: John Romita Sr., American comic book artist (Marvel Comics), (d. 2023).John Romita Sr., Legendary Marvel Comics Artist & Wolverine Co-Creator, Dead at 93 https://comicbook.com/comics/news/john-romita-sr-marvel-comics-artist-wolverine-co-creator-dead-93-obituary/ 2023-06-14 Comics en April April 24: Richard Donner, American film director and comics writer (co-wrote Superman stories with Geoff Johns and Adam Kubert), (d. 2021)."Superman: The Movie" Director Richard Donner Dies at Age 91 https://www.supermansupersite.com/Superman_The_Movie_Director_Richard_Donner_Dies_at_Age_91.html July 7, 2021 supermansupersite.com June June 16: Frank Thorne, American comics artist (Red Sonja, Dr. Guy Bennett/ Dr. Duncan, Moonshine McJugs), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thorne.htm Frank Thorne Lambiek.net March 8, 2021 Deaths January January 3: Clare Briggs, American comics artist (A. Piker Clerk, Mr. and Mrs., When A Feller Needs A Friend), dies at age 54.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/briggs_c.htm Clare Briggs lambiek.net January 26: Irving Knickerbocker, aka Knick, American comics artist (Dizzy Dugan, Mac, continued Little Joe Says and The Tinymites), dies at age 32 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/knickerbocker_irving.htm Irving Knickerbocker February February 6: Sals Bostwick, American comics artist (Heroes of the Week, Room and Board, assisted on Gasoline Alley), dies at age 27 after an operation for appendicitis.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bostwick_sals.htm Sals Bostwick lambiek.net May 21, 2020 June June 24: Alfaro Reijding, Dutch illustrator, lithographer and comics artist, dies at age 77.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/reijding_alfaro.htm Alfaro Reijding lambiek.net July July 5: Marjorie Organ, American comics artist (Reggie and the Heavenly Twins, Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes, The Wrangle Sisters), dies at age 43.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/organ_marjorie.htm Marjorie Organ lambiek.net May 21, 2020 August August 26: Pieter van Looy, Dutch illustrator and comic artist (made several sequential illustrations), dies at age 77.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/looy_pieter_van.htm Pieter van Looy lambiek.net August 1, 2022 October October 19: Henry Gerbault, French illustrator, painter and cartoonist, dies at age 67.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gerbault_henri.htm Henri Gerbault lambiek.net December December 26: Kin Hubbard, American comics artist (Abe Martin of Brown County), dies at age 62.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hubbard_kin.htm Kin Hubbard lambiek.net Specific date unknown Johann Bahr, German painter, illustrator and comics artist (made early text comics for Fliegende Blätter), dies at age 70 or 71.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bahr_johann.htm Johann Bahr lambiek.net Harry Cornell Greening, American comics artist (Si Swapper, Uncle George Washington Bings, The Woo Woo Bird, Percy - Brains He Has Nix, Prince Errant), dies at age 43 or 44.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/greening_hcornell.htm Harry Cornell Greening Rolf Kluge, Norwegian comics artist (Per en Else, Skibsreder Jobbenheim og Sølvmine, continued Skomakker Bekk of Tvillingene Hans), dies at age 48. References Sources Peeters Benoît Benoît Peeters Tina A. Kover (translator) Hergé: Son of Tintin 2012 2002 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore, Maryland 978-1-4214-0454-7