1951 in comics


Notable events of 1951 in comics.

Events

January

January 21 - La banda dei Dalton, by Aurelio Galeppini and Gia Luigi Bonelli; Tiger Jack, the Tex Willer's Indian pard, makes his debut.January 27: The Nero story De Zwarte Voeten is first published in the newspapers. Halfway in the story, the main cast member Meneer Pheip makes his debut.

February

February 1: Jean-Michel Charlier and Octave Joly's educational comics series L'Oncle Paul is first published in Spirou.

March

March 4: The final episode of Jules Feiffer's gag comic Clifford is published.March 5: Malang is sued by the Filipino police for defamation over a cartoon ridiculing them.March 12:

April

April 16: Pom's Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber makes its debut in Het Zondagsblad.April 17: The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Bravo! is published.April 25: The first issue of the Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum is published. It will run until 11 January 1967.

May

May: Manuel Vázquez Gallego's La familia Cebolleta makes its debut in the first issue of El DDT.May 22: L'ombra della paura, by Aurelio Galeppini and Gian Luigi Bonelli; Kit, Tex Willer's son, appears for the first time. In the same adventure, set in Canada, two other recurring characters of the series make their debut.May 30: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Schroeder makes his debut, though he will not be depicted playing piano until 24 September.

June

June 30: The final issue of the Dutch comics magazine Tom Poes Weekblad, based on Maarten Toonder's Tom Poes, is published.

July

July 1: EsseGesse's Captain Miki makes its debut.July 19: Bob De Moor's Cori, de Scheepsjongen makes its debut in Tintin.July 26: in Spirou, first strip of Spirou et les Héritiers; Zantafio makes his debut.

August

August 16: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Lucy van Pelt calls Charlie Brown "a blockhead" for the first time. This will become a running gag in the series.August 29: The first issue of the German Disney comics magazine Micky Maus is published.

September

September 20: In the 701th issue of Spirou Morris publishes the Lucky Luke story Hors La Loi in which the Daltons make their debut.September 24: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Schroeder is first seen behind his piano.September 26: Willy Vandersteen's comics series Tijl Uilenspiegel debuts in Tintin.

October

November

November 2: The first issue of the British comics magazine Girl is published. It will run until 3 October 1964.November 17: Vilhelm Hansen and Carla Hansen's comic strip Rasmus Klump is first published.November: In the Donald Duck story Terror of the Beagle Boys by Carl Barks the Beagle Boys make their debut. The same story also introduces Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin.

December

December 5: The first issue of the Finnish Disney comics magazine Aku Ankka is published.December 28: André Breton, Benjamin Péret and Paul Braig's La Vie Imaginée de Pablo Picasso is launched in the magazine Arts. It's a comic strip about Pablo Picasso and run until 8 February 1952.

Specific date unknown

Births

September

September 27: Jim Shooter, American comic book writer,.

December

December 22: Tony Isabella, American comic book writer, artist, and critic.

Deaths

January

January 7: Nelly Bodenheim, Dutch painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 76.

April

April 5: Harry Hemsley, British comedian, radio presenter, comics artist, voice actor and illustrator, dies at age 73.April 7: Gustave-Henri Jossot, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 84.April 24: Henry Yoshikata Kiyama, Japanese manga artist, dies at age 75.

May

May 21: Clifford McBride, American comics artist, dies at age 50.May 26: George Stampa, British illustrator, editorial cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 75.

June

June 10: Dudley Fisher, American comics artist, dies at age 60 or 61.

July

July 8: Walter Trier, Czech-German illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 61.

August

August 14: William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper comics publisher, co-founder of King Features and major force behind the comics industry, dies at age 88.

September

September 18: Gelett Burgess, American poet, novelist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 85.

October

October 7: Hank Porter, American comic artist, dies at age 50.

November

November 8: Antoni Muntañola, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 67 or 68.November 10: William Meade Prince, American illustrator, theatrical actor and comics artist, commits suicide at age 58.

December

December 2: J.P. Arnot, American comics artist, dies at age 64.

Specific date unknown

  • Bernard Graddon, British comics artist, dies at age 80 or 81.
  • George Frederick Kaber, American illustrator, dies at age 90 or 91.

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