1930 in comics

Notable events of 1930 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events and publications

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January

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.[6] The story sees the comics debut of various recurring characters (Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar and the two villains Sylvestre Shyster and Pete).

May

June

September

  • September 8: Blondie by Chic Young makes its debut.[11]
  • 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.

October

  • October 5: Tobias Seicherl by Ladislaus Kmoch debuts in the Austrian newspaper Das Kleine Blatt.[12]

November

December

Specific date unknown

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.[17]
  • 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.[18]

February

June

  • June 24: Alfaro Reijding, Dutch illustrator, lithographer and comics artist, dies at age 77.[20]

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.[21]

October

  • October 19: Henry Gerbault, French illustrator, painter and cartoonist passes away at age 67.[22]

December

Specific date unknown

  • Johann Bahr, German painter, illustrator and comics artist (made early text comics for Fliegende Blätter), dies at age 70 or 71.[24]
  • 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.[25]
  • Rolf Kluge, Norwegian comics artist (Per en Else, Skibsreder Jobbenheim og Sølvmine, continued Skomakker Bekk of Tvillingene Hans), dies at age 48.

References

  1. Peeters 2012, p. 44.
  2. "Win Smith". lambiek.net.
  3. "Ub Iwerks". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. "Floyd Gottfredson". lambiek.net.
  5. "Tack Knight". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. "Floyd Gottfredson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. "Hergé". lambiek.net.
  8. "Norman McMurray". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  9. Laing, Ellen Johnston (October 2010). "Shanghai Manhua, the Neo-Sensationist School of Literature, and Scenes of Urban Life". Ohio State University. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  10. "Rea Irvin". lambiek.net.
  11. "Markstein, Don. "Blondie"". Toonopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  12. "Ludwig Kmoch". lambiek.net.
  13. O'Hara, Steve. "Nero And Zero from Buzz Comic". www.topper-universe.co.uk.
  14. "Mel Cummin". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  15. "Alek Stonkus". lambiek.net.
  16. Heikki Jokinen & Kalervo Pulkkinen (toim.): Suomalaisen sarjakuvan ensyklopedia, s. 102. Kemin sarjakuvakeskus, Kemi 1996.
  17. "Clare Briggs". lambiek.net.
  18. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/knickerbocker_irving.htm
  19. "Sals Bostwick". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  20. "Alfaro Reijding". lambiek.net.
  21. "Marjorie Organ". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  22. "Henri Gerbault". lambiek.net.
  23. "Kin Hubbard". lambiek.net.
  24. "Johann Bahr". lambiek.net.
  25. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/greening_hcornell.htm
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