1936 in comics


Notable events of 1936 in comics.

Events and publications

January

January 19: Hergé's The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko debuts in Cœurs Vaillants.Famous Funnies #18 - Eastern ColorMore Fun the Big Comic Magazine #7 - National Periodical PublicationsNew Comics #2 - National Periodical Publications

February

8 February: The first issue of Mickey Mouse Weekly is published.17 February: Lee Falk's The Phantom makes his debut.Famous Funnies #19 - Eastern ColorMore Fun the Big Comic Magazine #8 - National Periodical PublicationsNew Comics #3 - National Periodical PublicationsPopular Comics #1 - Dell Comics

March

March 8: Dudley D. Watkins' Oor Wullie and The Broons debut in The Sunday Post.March 16: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre Eugene the Jeep makes its debut.March 31: Frans Piët signs his first Sjors comic strip. Originally a blatant copy of Martin Branner's Winnie Winkle it now becomes completely its own thing.Big Book of Fun Comics #1 - National Periodical PublicationsFamous Funnies #20 - Eastern ColorMore Fun Comics #9 - National Periodical Publications, cover dated "Mar-April"New Comics #4 - National Periodical Publications, cover dated "Mar-April".Popular Comics #2 - Dell Comics

April

April 6: Lank Leonard's Mickey Finn debuts.Famous Funnies #21 - Eastern ColorKing Comics #1 - David McKay PublicationsPopular Comics #3 - Dell ComicsTip Top Comics #1 - United Features: first comic book appearance of Tarzan

May

May 2: In the first issue of the Turkish children's magazine Yavrutürk Çocuk Gazetesi Ercüment Kalmik's comics series Çetin Kaptan makes its debut.May 3: The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine Bravo ! is published. It will run until 17 April 1951. In its first issue, Frits Van den Berghe's gag comic Pikkel en Duim makes its debut. May 7: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Doe Mee is published. It will run until 15 December 1949.May 15: A longer narrative unfolds in the otherwise gag-a-day comic Krazy Kat by George Herriman, lasting nearly 10 months, until 17 March 1937. Fans will later name this storyline the Tiger Tea story. Famous Funnies #22 - Eastern ColorKing Comics #2 - David McKay PublicationsMore Fun Comics #10 - National Periodical PublicationsPopular Comics #4 - Dell ComicsThe Comics Magazine #1 — Centaur Publications

June

June 5: In the Flemish comic magazine Bravo!, Frits Van den Berghe starts illustrating the comic series Edmund Bell, scripted by John Flanders, A.K.A. Jean Ray. June 10: The final episode of the gag comic Van Boring, by future animation legend Frank Tashlin, is published. Famous Funnies #23 - Eastern ColorKing Comics #3 - David McKay PublicationsNew Comics #5 - National Periodical PublicationsPopular Comics #5 - Dell ComicsThe Comics Magazine #2 - Centaur PublicationsTip Top Comics #2 - United FeaturesPhantom comic #1

July

July 11: The final issue of the Dutch satirical magazine De Notenkraker is published.14 July: The Italian humor magazine Bertoldo brings out its first issue, continuing its run until 10 September 1943.Famous Funnies #24 - Eastern ColorKing Comics #4 - David McKay PublicationsMore Fun Comics #11 - National Periodical PublicationsNew Comics #6 - National Periodical PublicationsPopular Comics #6 - Dell ComicsThe Comics Magazine #3 — Centaur PublicationsTip Top Comics #3 - United Features

August

August 30: Al Taliaferro and Earl Duvall adapt Donald Duck into a weekly pantomime comic, as part of their Silly Symphony comic strip.August 31: William St. John Glenn creates Dorothea in The Daily Mail.

September

Famous Funnies #26 - Eastern ColorKing Comics #6 - David McKay PublicationsMore Fun Comics #13 - National Periodical PublicationsNew Comics #8 - National Periodical PublicationsPopular Comics #8 - Dell ComicsThe Comics Magazine #5 — Centaur PublicationsTip Top Comics #5 - United Features

October

October 25: The final episode of Rea Irvin's The Smythes is published in The New York Herald Tribune.

November

November 30: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story Island in the sky, by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne is published, which marks the debut of Doctor Einmug.November: Centaur Publications changes the name of The Comics Magazine to Funny Pages starting with issue #6.

December

December 14: The first episode of Harry S. Hall's News 'n' Nonsense is published in The Toronto Telegram. Detective Picture Stories #1 — Centaur PublicationsFamous Funnies #29 - Eastern ColorFlash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine #1. It folds after only one issue.The Funnies #3 - Dell ComicsFunny Pages #7 — Centaur PublicationsFunny Picture Stories #2 — Centaur PublicationsKing Comics #9 - David McKay PublicationsMore Fun Comics #16 - National Periodical PublicationsNew Comics #11 - National Periodical PublicationsPopular Comics #11 - Dell ComicsTip Top Comics #8 - United Features

Specific date unknown

Births

January

January 5: Birago Balzano, Italian cartoonist,.

August

August 11: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese comic artist,.

September

September 2: Vlastimil Zábranský, Czech painter, visual artist and comics artist,.

November

November 3: Takao Saito, Japanese comics/manga artist,.

Deaths

January

January 31: Grace Drayton, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 58.

March

March 19: Ottilia Adelborg, Swedish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.

April

April 2: Bert Cobb, American comics artist, dies at age 66 or 67.

May

May 5: James Francis Sullivan, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 83.May 9 : Stanislav Lolek, Czech illustrator and comics artist dies at age 62.

July

July 3: Charles Reese, American comics artist, dies at age 74.July 19: Apeles Mestres, Spanish musician, novelist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 81.

Specific date unknown

  • Ed Leffingwell, American comics artist, dies.
  • Charles Small, American comics artist, dies.
  • Pál Spanyár, Hungarian painter, cartoonist and drawing teacher, dies at age 61 or 62.

First issues by title

  • Big Book of Fun Comics
  • The Comics Magazine
  • The Funnies
  • Funny Picture Stories
  • King Comics
  • Popular Comics
  • '''Tip Top Comics'''

Initial appearances by character name

Comics debuts without a specific date

Barney Baxter by Frank Miller.Belinda by Steve Dowling.Ben Bowyang by Alex Gurney.Biffen och Bananen by Rit-OlaLaff-a-Day debuts.Rebo by Cesare Zavattini, Federico Pedrocchi and Giovanni Scolari Room and Board by Gene Ahern.