Notable events of 1930 in comics.

Events and publications edit

January edit

April edit

  • 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, the Minnie's uncle Mortimer and the two villains Sylvestre Shyster and Pete).

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September edit

  • 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, of the sympathetic criminal Butch and of the Minnie's father Marcus Mouse.

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December edit

Specific date unknown edit

Births edit

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April edit

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Deaths edit

January edit

  • January 3: Clare Briggs, American comics artist (A. Piker Clerk, Mr. and Mrs., When A Feller Needs A Friend), dies at age 54.[20]
  • 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.[21]

February edit

June edit

  • June 24: Alfaro Reijding, Dutch illustrator, lithographer and comics artist, dies at age 77.[23]

July edit

  • 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.[24]

August edit

  • August 26: Pieter van Looy, Dutch illustrator and comic artist (made several sequential illustrations), dies at age 77. [25]

October edit

  • October 19: Henry Gerbault, French illustrator, painter and cartoonist, dies at age 67.[26]

December edit

Specific date unknown edit

  • Johann Bahr, German painter, illustrator and comics artist (made early text comics for Fliegende Blätter), dies at age 70 or 71.[28]
  • 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.[29]
  • Rolf Kluge, Norwegian comics artist (Per en Else, Skibsreder Jobbenheim og Sølvmine, continued Skomakker Bekk of Tvillingene Hans), dies at age 48.

References edit

  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. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016.
  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. ^ "John Romita Sr., Legendary Marvel Comics Artist & Wolverine Co-Creator, Dead at 93". Comics. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  18. ^ ""Superman: The Movie" Director Richard Donner Dies at Age 91". supermansupersite.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  19. ^ "Frank Thorne". Lambiek.net. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  20. ^ "Clare Briggs". lambiek.net.
  21. ^ "Irving Knickerbocker".
  22. ^ "Sals Bostwick". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  23. ^ "Alfaro Reijding". lambiek.net.
  24. ^ "Marjorie Organ". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  25. ^ "Pieter van Looy". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  26. ^ "Henri Gerbault". lambiek.net.
  27. ^ "Kin Hubbard". lambiek.net.
  28. ^ "Johann Bahr". lambiek.net.
  29. ^ "Harry Cornell Greening".

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