1934 in comics

Notable events of 1934 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events and publications

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 23: The first episode of Bud Counihan's Betty Boop newspaper comic is published. It will run until 1937. [6]
  • 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

September

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Walter Goetz launches his newspaper comics Colonel Up and Mr. Down and Dab and Flounder. [16]

Deaths

February

June

  • June 3: Chic Jackson, American comics artist (Roger Bean), dies at age 57 from a heart attack. [19]

July

November

  • November 23: Albert Funke Küpper, Dutch comics artist (Krelissie en Direkkie, continued Snuffelgraag en Knagelijntje), dies at age 40 in a car accident. [21]

December

  • December 10: Dan Smith, American illustrator and comics artist (The Jungle Folk, comics based on the Bible), dies at age 69. [22]

Specific date unknown

  • Lee Do-Yeong, Korean comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 49 or 50. [23]
  • August Roeseler, German cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (worked for Fliegende Blätter and Simplicissimus), dies at age 77 or 78. [24]

Awards

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First issues by title

References

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  2. "Hergé". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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  4. "Will Gould". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. "British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent". www.cartoons.ac.uk. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. "Bud Counihan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. "Al Capp". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  8. "Fred Harman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  9. "Le Journal de Mickey fête ses 70 ans" (in French). Le Nouvel Observateur. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  10. Grove, Laurence (2005). "8". Text/image mosaics in French culture. ABC_CLIO. p. 800. ISBN 978-1-85109-411-0. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  11. "Milton Caniff". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  12. "Billy DeBeck". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  13. "Sally the Sleuth". www.thrillingdetective.com. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  14. "Adolphe Barreaux". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  15. "E. O. Plauen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  16. "Walter Goetz". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  17. "Louis Forton". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  18. "John Terry". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  19. "Chic Jackson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  20. "Winsor McCay". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  21. "Albert Funke Küpper". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  22. "Dan Smith". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  23. "Lee Do-yeong". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  24. "August Roeseler". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.



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