Notable events of 1933 in comics.

Events and publications

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January

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February

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April

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  • April 17: Orhan Halil Tolon publishes Zıpzıp Ali'nin Serüvenleri (The Adventures of Ali the Hopper).[2]
  • Printer Eastern Color Printing makes its first foray into comic book publishing with Gulf Comic Weekly #1. The comic is 10 ½" x 15", and is advertised on national radio. All four pages contained one-page, full color comic strips. The tabloids are grabbed up as fast as Gulf Oil service stations can offer them. Gulf Comic Weekly is soon changed to Gulf Funny Weekly, and distribution shoots up to 3 million copies a week. The series runs as a tabloid until 1939 and runs for 422 issues until May 23, 1941. Around the same time, Eastern also prints another four-page tabloid for Standard Oil, titled Standard Oil Comics.
  • Eastern Color Printing makes its second foray into comic book publishing with Funnies on Parade.
  • May 11: First issue of the Italian comics magazine Il Monello. It will run until 12 October 1990.

July

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August

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  • August 9: Wiley Padan's newspaper cartoon panel It's True, with trivia about Hollywood films and actors, is first published and will run until his death in 1947.[8]
  • August 21: Clarence Gray and William Ritt's comics series Brick Bradford makes its debut.

September

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October

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December

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Specific date unknown

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  • Francisco Darnis' Nick, Pecho de Hiero debuts.[11]

Births

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January

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  • January 13: Ron Goulart, American comics writer (wrote scripts for Marvel Comics, Star Hawks and TekWar), author and historian (The Adventurous Decade: Comic Strips in the Thirties, Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History, The Great Comic Book Artists, Focus on Jack Cole, Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books, The Encyclopedia of American Comics, The Comic Book Reader's Companion, Masked Marvels and Jungle Queens: Great Comic Book Covers of the '40s, The Funnies: 100 Years of American Comic Strips, Comic Book Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to Characters, Graphic Novels, Writers and Artists in the Comic Book Universe, Alex Raymond: An Artistic Journey, Adventure, Intrigue and Romance), (d. 2022).[12]

July

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  • July 3: Carmen Barbará, Spanish comics artist and illustrator (Mary Noticias),[13]
  • July 31: Nico Visscher, Dutch cartoonist and comics artist (De Wolken, Korrel), (d. 2021).[14]

September

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December

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Deaths

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February

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April

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  • April 1: Joaquín Xaudaró, Spanish cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and animator, dies at age 60.[19]
  • May 13: William James Sinnott, American comics artist (Vivian and Viola, Dicky Dippy's Diary), dies at age 57.[20]

August

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  • August 10: Henry Maigrot, aka Henriot, French caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge), dies at age 76.[21]

September

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  • September 19: E. W. Kemble, American illustrator and comics artist (Mammy's Li'l Lamb), dies at age 72.[22]

October

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  • October 29: George Luks, American painter, illustrator and comics artist (continued Hogan's Alley), dies in a bar brawl at age 66.[23]

November

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  • November 12: Petter Lindroth, aka Per Lindroth, Swedish illustrator and comics artist (Jocke, Nicke, Majken, Pelle och Kickan), dies at age 44.[24]

Specific date unknown

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  • Albert-Samuel Brodeur, Canadian illustrator and comics artist (Francine et Graindesel), dies at age 70 or 71.[25]
  • Alfred Leete, British illustrator, poster designer and comics artist (Schmidt the Spy, Bosch), dies at age 50 or 51.[26]

Sources

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  1. ^ "Ernie Bushmiller". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Orhan Halil Tolon". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Max Fleischer". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Tack Knight". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Stanley J. Link". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Elzie Crisler Segar". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Milton Caniff". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Wiley Padan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Al Posen". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Feg Murray". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "Francisco Darnis". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  12. ^ Degg, D. D. (January 14, 2022). "RON GOULART – RIP".
  13. ^ Carmen Barbará
  14. ^ "Nico Visscher". Lambiek.net. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  15. ^ "Tony Tallarico". Lambiek.net. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  16. ^ José Delbo, Classic Wonder Woman and Transformers Artist, Passes Away at 90
  17. ^ "Marcel Uderzo". Lambiek.net. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  18. ^ "Pat Sullivan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  19. ^ "Joaquin Xaudaró". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  20. ^ "William James Sinnott".
  21. ^ "Henriot".
  22. ^ "E. W. Kemble". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  23. ^ "George Luks". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  24. ^ "Petter Lindroth". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  25. ^ "Albert-Samuel Brodeur". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  26. ^ "Alfred Leete". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.