1932 in comics


Notable events of 1932 in comics.

Events and publications

Year overall

January

January 10: First publication of the Silly Symphony comic strip by Earl Duvall and Al Taliaferro, which also marks the debut of the character Bucky Bug.

March

March 6: The first episode of Roland Davies' Come On, Steve is published and will run until 1949. March 19: Carl Anderson's Henry makes its debut.March 20: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre J. Wellington Wimpy first quotes his classic line: "I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."March: George Lichty's Grin and Bear It makes its debut. It will run until May 3, 2015.

May

May 16: The first episode of Mickey Mouse sails for Treasure Island by Floyd Gottrfedson', is published.'''''

June

June 6: Clifford McBride's Napoleon and Uncle Elby makes its debut.

August

August 14: Frederick Burr Opper's Happy Hooligan comes to an end after 32 years of syndication.

September

September 8: In Dick Tracy, his future adoptive son Junior Tracy makes his debut.

October

October 14: Frederick Burr Opper's comic strip And Her Name Was Maud comes to an end, after being in syndication since 1904.October 29: Walter Quermann's comic strip Toy Talkies makes its debut and will later change its title to Hickory Hollow Folks. It will run until 1955.

November

December

December 5: V.T. Hamlin's Alley Oop makes its debut.December 5: Norman Pett's Jane makes its debut and will run until 10 October 1959.December 8: Hergé's Tintin story The Cigars of the Pharaoh starts in prepublication in Le Petit Vingtième. Halfway the story Tintin's nemesis Roberto Rastapopoulos and the bumbling police inspectors Thompson and Thomson make their debut.December 17: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine Jumbo is published. It will run until 13 November 1938. It's the first in Italy to use the balloons, instead of the traditional rhymed captions.December 31: The first issue of the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino is published. It will run until 9 April 1949.

Births

September

September 3: Stelio Fenzo, Italian cartoonist,.September 22: Ian Kennedy, British comics artist,.

Deaths

April

April 2: Loron A. Taylor, American comics artist, commits suicide at age 32.

May

May 21: Raoul Barré, Canadian animator and comics artist, dies at age 58 from cancer.

June

June 14: Dok Hager, American comics artist, dies at age 63.

August

August 17: S. Carlisle Martin, American cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 54.

November

November 17: George Frink, American comics artist, dies at age 68.Specific date in November unknown: Dart, A.K.A. Martin, British comic artist, dies in a car accident at an unknown age.

December

December 28: Oscar Chopin, American comics artist, dies at age 59.