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CELEBRATE CARTOONISTS DAY!


 

THE CARTOONISTS' CALENDAR

Key dates in the history of cartooning.
Please send comments, corrections, and contributions to
bob@cartoonacy.net.
Please cite sources.

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February

1

1960 Birthday of Ron Frenz (Thor, Spider-Man)

2

1914 First appearance of Abie the Agent (Harry Hershfield)

3

1935 First appearance of Punjab in Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray)

4

1957 First appearance of Miss Peach (Mell Lazarus)
1973 First appearance of Hagar the Horrible (Dik Browne)

5

1920 Birthday of George Evans (Secret Agent Corrigan, Terry and the Pirates)
1929 First appearance of They'll Do It Every Time (Jimmy Hatlo)

6

1932 First Charles Addams spot cartoon published in the New Yorker

7

1926 Birthday of Bill Hoest (Lockhorns, Agatha Crumm)

8

1914 Birthday of Bill Finger (Batman)

9

1928 Birthday of Frank Frazetta (Shining Knight)
10 1957 First appearance of (Mary Perkins) On Stage (Leonard Starr)
11 2000 Disney releases first full-length Winnie the Pooh feature film
12 1917 First appearance of The Gumps (Joseph M. Patterson & Sidney Smith)
1934 First appearance of Secret Agent X-9 (Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond)
1940 First episode of Superman radio show
13 1918 Birthday of Bud Blake (Tiger)
1937 First appearance of Prince Valiant (Hal Foster)
14 1904 First appearance of Little Jimmy (James Swinnerton)
1921 First appearance of Skeezix in Gasoline Alley (Frank King)
15 1910 Birthday of Bob Naylor (Barney Baxter, Jerry on the Job)
1954 Birthday of Matt Groening (Simpsons, Life in Hell, Futurama)
16 1896 First appearance of The Yellow Kid (formerly Down Hogan's Alley) (R.F. Outcault)
17

1920 Birthday of Curt Swan (Superman)
1929 First appearance of Count Screwloose of Tooloose (Milt Gross)
1933 Wedding of Blondie Boopadoop & Dagwood Bumstead (Chic Young)
1936 First appearance of The Phantom (Lee Falk & Ray Moore)
1958 First appearance of B.C. (Johnny Hart)
1992 First appearance of Non Sequitur (Wiley Miller)

18 1924 First appearance of Boots and Her Buddies (Edgar Martin)
1931 Birthday of Johnny Hart (B.C., Wizard of Id)
19 1960 First appearance of Family Circus (Bil Keane)

20

1950 First appearance of Big Ben Bolt (Elliot Carlin & John Cullen Murphy)

21

1937 First appearance of The Asp in Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray)

22

1903 Birthday of Bill Holman (Smokey Stover)
1914 Debut of Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay)
1917 Birthday of Reed Crandall (Blackhawk, Doll Man)

23

1935 First appearance of Little Lulu in Saturday Evening Post (Marge Buell)
1973 End of Terry and the Pirates (George Wunder)

24

1954 Birthday of Jim Borgman (Zits)
1954 Birthday of Greg LaRocque

25

1903 Birthday of Darrell McClure (Little Annie Rooney)
1973 End of Terry and the Pirates

26

1877 Birthday of Rudolph Dirks (Katzenjammer Kids, Captain and the Kids)
1907 Birthday of Tex Avery (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny)
1928 Birthday of Ric Estrada (Kung-Fu Fighter)

27

1960 Birthday of Norm Breyfogle (Batman)
1962 Birthday of Andy Kubert (X-Men)

28

1907 Birthday of Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon)
1935 First appearance of Judy in Gasoline Alley (Frank King)

29

Birthday of Little Orphan Annie, Superman, and Captain Marvel

(c) 2003 Robert A. Buethe

  © 2003 Robert A. Buethe