1935 in comics

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

Events and publications

Year overall

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 #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 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 #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 #3 - National Allied Publications

May

• Famous Funnies #10 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics #4 - National Allied Publications

June

• June 17: Ralph Fuller's Oaky Doaks makes its debut.
• Famous Funnies #11 - Eastern Color

July

• Famous Funnies #12 - Eastern Color

August

• August 11: The first episode of Hector Brault's Casimir is published in Le Petit Journal. [2]
• Famous Funnies #13 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics #5 - National Allied Publications

September

• Famous Funnies #14 - Eastern Color

October

• Famous Funnies #15 - Eastern Color
• New Fun Comics (becomes More Fun the Big Comic Magazine) #6

November

• The first episode of Joe Easley's Along the Iron Pike is published. It will run until November 1971. [3]
• 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.[4]

Specific date unknown

• Sigurd Lybeck and Anders Bjørgaard' Jens von Bustenskjold makes its debut. [5]
• Haaken Christensen creates Brumle, which will run until 1956. [6]

Deaths

January

• January 4: Daniël Hoeksema, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (De Neef van Prikkebeen), dies at age 65. [7]

February

• February 1: Fernand Wicheler, Belgian playwright, actor, journalist and comics artist (Le Dernier Film), dies at age 59 or 60. [8]

April

• April 2: Henri Avelot, French illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (Philibert, continued Bécassine), dies at age 62. [9]

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. [10]
• October 20: Sidney Smith, American comics artist (The Gumps, Old Doc Yak, Ching Chow), dies at age 58 in a car accident.[11]
• October 21: Joseph Charlebois, Canadian comics artist (Père Ladébauche), passes away at age 63.[12]

November

• November 27: Fred Leipziger, Swedish-American comics artist (Doings of the Van Loons), dies at age 55. [13]

December

• December 25: Ed Mack, American comics artist (Sime the Simp, continued Mutt and Jeff), dies at age 64. [14]

Exhibitions and shows

Conventions

Awards

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First issues by title

• New Fun Comics cover dated February, published by National Allied Publications.
• New Comics cover dated December, published by 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.

References

1. "Stephen P. Dowling". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/brault_hector.htm
3. "Joe Easley". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
4. "Billy Cam". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
5. "Anders Bjørgaard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
6. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/christensen_haaken.htm
7. "Daniël Hoeksema". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
8. "Fernand Wicheler". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
9. "Henri Avelot". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
10. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kroesen_paul.htm
11. "Sidney Smith". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
12. "Joseph Charlebois". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
13. "Fred Leipziger". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
14. "Ed Mack". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.