1935 in comics explained

See also: List of years in comics. Notable events of 1935 in comics.

Events and publications

January

• Famous Funnies #6 - Eastern Color

February

• February 17: Stephen Slesinger's King of the Royal Mounted makes its debut.
• February 23: First issue of the Italian comics magazine Intrepido is published. It will run until January 1998.
• February 23: Marjorie Henderson Buell's Little Lulu makes its debut.
• Famous Funnies #7 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (1935 series) #1 - National Allied Publications - The first comic book with all original material rather than comic-strip reprints as well as the first comic book published by the company that would become DC.

March

• March 10: Bill Holman's Smokey Stover makes its debut. It will run until 1973.
• March 17: Clara Cluck debuts in comics in a Sunday table by Al Taliaferro.
• March 11: Stephen Dowling and Frank Dowling's Ruggles makes its debut. It will run until 3 August 1957.^[1]
• Famous Funnies #8 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (1935 series) #2 - National Allied Publications

April

• April 7 - June 23: Dr. Seuss' Hejji is published as a newspaper comic.
• Famous Funnies #9 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (1935 series) #3 - National Allied Publications

May

• Famous Funnies #10 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (1935 series) #4 - National Allied Publications

June

• June 17: Ralph Fuller's Oaky Doaks makes its debut.
• June 28: Mary Tourtel retires from drawing Rupert Bear. The comics series is continued by Alfred Bestall until 1965.^{[2] [3]}
• Famous Funnies #11 - Eastern Color

July

• July 7: The final episode of Les Mystères Surrealistes de New York, a comic by Spanish surreal painter Salvador Dalí, is printed in The American Weekly.^[4]
• Famous Funnies #12 - Eastern Color

August

• August 4: The first episode of Mal Eaton's Peter Piltdown appears in print. The series will run until the artist's death in 1974.^[5]
• August 11: The first episode of Hector Brault's Casimir is published in Le Petit Journal.^[6]
• Famous Funnies #13 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (1935 series) #5 - National Allied Publications

September

• September 30: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story The Pirate Submarine is published in newspapers. The story is created by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne and features the debut of Dr. Vulter.
• Famous Funnies #14 - Eastern Color

October

• Famous Funnies #15 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (1935 series) #6 - National Allied Publications

November

• The first episode of Joe Easley's Along the Iron Pike is published. It will run until November 1971.^[7]
• Famous Funnies #16 - Eastern Color

December

• Famous Funnies #17 - Eastern Color
• New Comics (1935 series) #1 - National Allied Newspaper Syndicate - The second comic book title published by the future DC; later renamed New Adventure Comics, and then simply Adventure Comics.
• American comics artist Billy Cam first publishes his popular newspaper comic strip CAMouFLAGES in Indonesian papers.^[8]

Specific date unknown

• Sigurd Lybeck and Anders Bjørgaard' Jens von Bustenskjold makes its debut.^[9]
• Haaken Christensen creates Brumle, which will run until 1956.^[10]
• In Thailand, Wittamin creates the comics series LingGee, which plagiarizes both Mickey Mouse and Popeye.^[11]

Births

February

• February 1: Keith Watson, British comics artist (Dan Dare, Roel Dijkstra), (d. 1994).^[12]

July

• July 5: Ploeg, Belgian cartoonist and comic artist (Prosper), (d. 2021).^[13]
• July 13: Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist (Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy), (d. 2021).^{[14] [15]}

December

• December 2: Dick Guindon, American cartoonist, (d. 2022).^[16]

Deaths

January

• January 4: Daniël Hoeksema, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (De Neef van Prikkebeen), dies at age 65.^[17]

February

• February 1: Fernand Wicheler, Belgian playwright, actor, journalist and comics artist (Le Dernier Film), dies at age 60.^[18]

March

• March 26: Eugene Zimmerman, Swiss-American illustrator, comics artist and cartoonist, dies at age 72.^[19]

April

• April 2: Henri Avelot, French illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (Philibert, continued Bécassine), dies at age 62.^[20]

June

• June 15: Gaar Williams, American political cartoonist and comic artist (Zipper, A Strain on the Family Tie, Mort Green and Wife), dies at age 54.^[21]

October

• October 15:
  • Paul Kroesen, American illustrator and comics artist (The Romance of America, The Life of Christ), dies at age 34 from bronchial pneumonia.^[22]
  • Georges Tiret-Bognet, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.^[23]
• October 20: Sidney Smith, American comics artist (The Gumps, Old Doc Yak, Ching Chow), dies at age 58 in a car accident.^[24]
• October 21: Joseph Charlebois, Canadian comics artist (Père Ladébauche), dies at age 63.^[25]

November

• November 27: Fred Leipziger, Swedish-American comics artist (Doings of the Van Loons), dies at age 55.^[26]

December

• December 25: Ed Mack, American comics artist (Sime the Simp, continued Mutt and Jeff), dies at age 64.^[27]

First issues by title

• New Fun Comics (February, National Allied Publications)
• New Comics (December, National Allied Newspaper Syndicate)

Initial appearances by character name

• Doctor Occult New Fun #6 - October, published by National Allied Newspaper Syndicate.
• Rose Psychic New Fun #6 - October, published by National Allied Newspaper Syndicate.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephen P. Dowling. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
2. Web site: Mary Tourtel. lambiek.net.
3. Web site: Alfred Bestall. Lambiek.net.
4. Web site: Salvador Dali. lambiek.net. July 22, 2022.
5. Web site: Mal Eaton. lambiek.net. January 16, 2022.
6. Web site: Hector Brault. Lambiek.net. 13 November 2021.
7. Web site: Joe Easley. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
8. Web site: Billy Cam. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
9. Web site: Anders Bjørgaard. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
10. Web site: Haaken Christensen. Lambiek.net. 13 November 2021.
11. Web site: Wittamin. Lambiek.net. May 5, 2021.
12. Web site: Keith Watson. lambiek.net.
13. Web site: Ploeg. Lambiek.net. May 27, 2021.
14. News: Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist behind Muhammad caricature, dies at 86 . July 23, 2021 . Deutsche Welle . July 19, 2021.
15. News: Davison . Phil . Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist whose Muhammad caricature stirred debate and violence, dies at 86 . July 23, 2021 . The Washington Post . July 20, 2021.
16. https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/02/28/richard-guindon-free-press-cartoonist-dies-obituary/6974465001/ Richard Guindon, quirky and satirical former Free Press cartoonist, dies at 86
17. Web site: Daniël Hoeksema. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
18. Web site: Fernand Wicheler. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
19. Web site: Eugene Zimmerman. Lambiek.net. April 3, 2021.
20. Web site: Henri Avelot. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
21. Web site: Gaar Williams. Lambiek.net. September 24, 2022.
22. Web site: Paul Kroesen. Lambiek.net. April 12, 2021.
23. Web site: Georges Tiret-Bognet. Lambiek.net. April 12, 2021.
24. Web site: Sidney Smith. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
25. Web site: Joseph Charlebois. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
26. Web site: Fred Leipziger. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.
27. Web site: Ed Mack. Lambiek.net. May 21, 2020.