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Notable events of '''1950 in comics'''.

==Events and publications==
==Events and publications==


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* '''March 16''': [[Barry Appleby]]'s ''[[The Gambols]]'' makes its debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/appleby_b.htm|title=Barry Appleby|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
* '''March 16''': [[Barry Appleby]]'s ''[[The Gambols]]'' makes its debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/appleby_b.htm|title=Barry Appleby|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
*'''March 21''': [[Carl Barks]]' story ''Ancient Persia'' is published.
*'''March 21''': [[Carl Barks]]' story ''Ancient Persia'' is published.
*'''March 23''': In ''[[Tintin (magazine)|Tintin]]'' magazine the first chapter of ''[[The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus|The mystery of the great pyramid]]'', by [[Edgar P. Jacobs]] appears in pint.
*'''March 23''': In ''[[Tintin (magazine)|Tintin]]'' magazine the first chapter of ''[[The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus|The mystery of the great pyramid]]'', by [[Edgar P. Jacobs]] appears in pint.
* [[Syd Shores]] and [[Stan Lee]]'s ''[[Tex Taylor (comics)|Tex Taylor]]'' is cancelled by Atlas with issue #9.
* [[Syd Shores]] and [[Stan Lee]]'s ''[[Tex Taylor (comics)|Tex Taylor]]'' is cancelled by Atlas with issue #9.
* ''[[Black Rider (comics)|Black Rider]]'' debuts with issue #8, taking over the numbering of ''[[Western Winners]]'' — [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]
* ''[[Black Rider (comics)|Black Rider]]'' debuts with issue #8, taking over the numbering of ''[[Western Winners]]'' — [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]
*[[Cowboy Romances]] (1939 series) #3 – [[Timely Comics]] – Renamed to [[Young Men (Comics)|Young Men]]
*[[Cowboy Romances]] (1939 series) #3 – [[Timely Comics]] – Renamed to [[Young Men (Comics)|Young Men]]
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===September===
===September===
* '''September 4''': [[Mort Walker]]'s ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' makes its debut.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Walker | first1= Mort |authorlink1= Mort Walker |editor1-first=Alf |editor1-last= Thorsjö |title= Beetle Bailey 1950–1952 |year= 2008 |publisher= [[Egmont Kärnan AB]]/Checker Book Publishing Group|isbn= 978-1-933160-71-9 |oclc= 191244495 |page= 6 }}</ref> Though the original comic strip is set at college and will only be set at a military base in March 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/enwiki/w/walker.htm|title=Mort Walker|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
* '''September 4''': [[Mort Walker]]'s ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' makes its debut.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Walker | first1= Mort |authorlink1= Mort Walker |editor1-first=Alf |editor1-last= Thorsjö |title= Beetle Bailey 1950–1952 |year= 2008 |publisher= [[Egmont Kärnan AB]]/Checker Book Publishing Group|isbn= 978-1-933160-71-9 |oclc= 191244495 |page= 6 }}</ref> Though the original comic strip is set at college and will only be set at a military base in March 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/enwiki/w/walker.htm|title=Mort Walker|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
* '''September 5''': The ''[[The Adventures of Nero|Nero]]'' story ''Moea Papoea'' is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story the main cast member [[Petoetje]] makes his debut.
* '''September 5''': The ''[[The Adventures of Nero|Nero]]'' story ''Moea Papoea'' is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story the main cast member [[Petoetje]] makes his debut.
* '''September 7''': [[Hergé]] falls into a clinical [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and goes on a rest cure to Switzerland. For 18 months no new ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' episodes appear in [[Tintin (magazine)|the eponymous Tintin magazine]].<ref>* {{cite book |title=Tintin and the World of Hergé |last=Peeters |first=Benoît |authorlink=Benoît Peeters |year=1989 |publisher=Methuen Children's Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-416-14882-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P97GQgAACAAJ }}</ref>
* '''September 7''': [[Hergé]] falls into a clinical [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and goes on a rest cure to Switzerland. For 18 months no new ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' episodes appear in [[Tintin (magazine)|the eponymous Tintin magazine]].<ref>* {{cite book |title=Tintin and the World of Hergé |last=Peeters |first=Benoît |authorlink=Benoît Peeters |year=1989 |publisher=Methuen Children's Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-416-14882-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P97GQgAACAAJ }}</ref>
* '''September 14''': In the [[Donald Duck]] story ''[[A Financial Fable]]'' by [[Carl Barks]] [[Scrooge McDuck]] is seen swimming in his money for the first time.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YM0koT-ENLsC&q=%22money+bin%22+Scrooge&pg=PR9 |title = Carl Barks: Conversations|isbn = 9781578065011|last1 = Barks|first1 = Carl|year = 2003}}</ref>
* '''September 14''': In the [[Donald Duck]] story ''[[A Financial Fable]]'' by [[Carl Barks]] [[Scrooge McDuck]] is seen swimming in his money for the first time.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YM0koT-ENLsC&q=%22money+bin%22+Scrooge&pg=PR9 |title = Carl Barks: Conversations|isbn = 9781578065011|last1 = Barks|first1 = Carl|year = 2003}}</ref>
* '''September 15''': The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine ''Grabbelton'' is published, a supplement of ''De Katholieke Illustratie''. it will last until 4 September 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/grabbelton.htm|title=Grabbelton|website=www.lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
* '''September 15''': The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine ''Grabbelton'' is published, a supplement of ''De Katholieke Illustratie''. it will last until 4 September 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/grabbelton.htm|title=Grabbelton|website=www.lambiek.net|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
* '''September 24''': [[Kreigh Collins (cartoonist)|Kreigh Collins]]' ''[[Mitzi McCoy]]'' changes its title to ''[[Kevin the Bold]]''. It will continue under this title until 1968, whereupon it changes to another title, ''Up Anchor'', and continues until 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/collins_kreigh.htm|title=Kreigh Collins|website=lambiek.net|access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref>
* '''September 24''': [[Kreigh Collins (cartoonist)|Kreigh Collins]]' ''[[Mitzi McCoy]]'' changes its title to ''[[Kevin the Bold]]''. It will continue under this title until 1968, whereupon it changes to another title, ''Up Anchor'', and continues until 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/collins_kreigh.htm|title=Kreigh Collins|website=lambiek.net|access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Young Men (Comics)|Young Men]] (1939 series) #5 – [[Timely Comics]]
*[[Young Men (Comics)|Young Men]] (1939 series) #5 – [[Timely Comics]]


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* '''October 2:''' [[Charles M. Schulz]]' ''[[Peanuts]]'' appears for the first time in seven US newspapers. In the first episode [[Charlie Brown]] makes his debut (although he originated in Schulz' previous series ''[[Li'l Folks]]'').<ref name="Charles M. Schulz"/>
* '''October 2:''' [[Charles M. Schulz]]' ''[[Peanuts]]'' appears for the first time in seven US newspapers. In the first episode [[Charlie Brown]] makes his debut (although he originated in Schulz' previous series ''[[Li'l Folks]]'').<ref name="Charles M. Schulz"/>
* '''October 4''': In [[Charles M. Schulz]]' ''[[Peanuts]]'' the character [[Snoopy]] makes its debut.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnuQBQAAQBAJ&q=marmaduke+october+1954&pg=PA153 |title = Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|isbn = 9780313397516|last1 = Keith Booker|first1 = M.|date = 2014-10-28}}</ref>
* '''October 4''': In [[Charles M. Schulz]]' ''[[Peanuts]]'' the character [[Snoopy]] makes its debut.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnuQBQAAQBAJ&q=marmaduke+october+1954&pg=PA153 |title = Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|isbn = 9780313397516|last1 = Keith Booker|first1 = M.|date = 2014-10-28}}</ref>
* '''October 14''': The first issue of the Belgian [[Disney comics]] magazine ''Mickey Magazine'' is published. It will run until September 1959.
* '''October 14''': The first issue of the Belgian [[Disney comics]] magazine ''Mickey Magazine'' is published. It will run until September 1959.
* '''October 19''': The [[Spirou et Fantasio]] story ''[[Il y a un sorcier à Champignac]]'' by [[André Franquin]] with [[Henri Gillain|Jean Darc]] is prepublished in ''[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]]'' and marks the debut of the Count of [[Champignac]].<ref name="Franquin-Une vie-1951">{{cite web | last =franquin.com | title =Une vie – 1951 | url =http://www.franquin.com/bio/1951.php|language=French}}</ref>
* '''October 19''': The [[Spirou et Fantasio]] story ''[[Il y a un sorcier à Champignac]]'' by [[André Franquin]] with [[Henri Gillain|Jean Darc]] is prepublished in ''[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]]'' and marks the debut of the Count of [[Champignac]].<ref name="Franquin-Une vie-1951">{{cite web | last =franquin.com | title =Une vie – 1951 | url =http://www.franquin.com/bio/1951.php|language=French}}</ref>


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===Specific date unknown===
===Specific date unknown===
The [[American comic book|U.S. comics]] industry comes to a turning point. The [[Golden Age of Comic Books]] is ending, and the rise of [[crime comics]], [[romance comics]], [[Western comics]], [[horror comics]], and [[science fiction comics]] signals the start of the new decade.
The [[American comic book|U.S. comics]] industry comes to a turning point. The [[Golden Age of Comic Books]] is ending, and the rise of [[crime comics]], [[romance comics]], [[Western comics]], [[horror comics]], and [[science fiction comics]] signals the start of the new decade.
* In films, ''[[Destination Moon (film)|Destination Moon]]'' is the first color [[science fiction]] [[film]], and the first big budget science fiction film since ''[[Things to Come]]'' in 1936. [[DC Comics]] is quick to pick up on the renewed interest of the public in science fiction, and a still from ''Destination Moon'' is cover of the new science fiction comic book ''[[Strange Adventures]]'', soon joined by a companion book ''[[Mystery in Space]]''.
* In films, ''[[Destination Moon (film)|Destination Moon]]'' is the first color [[science fiction]] [[film]], and the first big budget science fiction film since ''[[Things to Come]]'' in 1936. [[DC Comics]] is quick to pick up on the renewed interest of the public in science fiction, and a still from ''Destination Moon'' is cover of the new science fiction comic book ''[[Strange Adventures]]'', soon joined by a companion book ''[[Mystery in Space]]''.
* [[EC Comics]] is at the height of their brief trajectory, with science fiction comics ''[[Weird Science (comic)|Weird Science]]'' and ''[[Weird Fantasy]]''.
* [[EC Comics]] is at the height of their brief trajectory, with science fiction comics ''[[Weird Science (comic)|Weird Science]]'' and ''[[Weird Fantasy]]''.
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*'''''[[Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio]]''''' by [[André Franquin]], Dupuis <ref name="Franquin-Une vie-1950">{{cite web | last =franquin.com | title =Une vie – 1950 | url =http://www.franquin.com/bio/1950.php|language=French}}</ref>
*'''''[[Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio]]''''' by [[André Franquin]], Dupuis <ref name="Franquin-Une vie-1950">{{cite web | last =franquin.com | title =Une vie – 1950 | url =http://www.franquin.com/bio/1950.php|language=French}}</ref>
* '''''[[Strange Adventures]]''''' cover dated August–September, published by [[DC Comics]].
* '''''[[Strange Adventures]]''''' cover dated August–September, published by [[DC Comics]].
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Revision as of 22:09, 20 November 2023

Years in comics
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1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also: List of years in comics

Notable events of 1950 in comics.

Events and publications

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

The U.S. comics industry comes to a turning point. The Golden Age of Comic Books is ending, and the rise of crime comics, romance comics, Western comics, horror comics, and science fiction comics signals the start of the new decade.

Births

March

July

November

Deaths

May

  • May 18: Jenö Jeney, Hungarian illustrator, editorial cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 75.[20]
  • Specific date unknown: Mario Silva Ossa, aka Coré, Chilean illustrator and comics artist (Quentin el Aventurero), dies at age 37.[21]

June

  • June 7: W.O. Wilson, South African-American comic artist (The Richleigh Family, The Wish Twins, Madge the Magician's Daughter), dies at age 84.[22]

July

  • July 9: Salvador Bartolozzi, Spanish illustrator, theatrical set designer, comics artist (Pipo y Pipa, Pinocho contra Chapete) and publisher (founder of the children's magazine Pinocho), dies at age 68.[23]
  • July 26: Eduard Thöny, Austrian-German cartoonist, dies at age 84.[24]

August

  • August 1: Raoul Thomen, Belgian-French comics artist (Marius, comics based on Charlie Chaplin), dies at age 83.[25]

October

  • October 2: J. Carlos, Brazilian comics artist (Lamparina, Juquinha, Almofadinha & Melindrosa), dies of a brain stroke at age 66.[26]

Specific date unknown

  • Fred Nankivel, American illustrator and comics artist (Sing Sing Sid, Uncle Mun), dies at age 63 or 64.[27]
  • Charles W. Saalberg, American illustrator and comics artist (The Ting-Lings), dies at age 84 or 85.[28]

First issues by title

Initial appearances by character name

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Marc Sleen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Barry Appleby". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Smet, Jan en Auwera, Fernand, "Marc Sleen", Standaard Uitgeverij, 1985.
  5. ^ a b Stone, Tucker. "The Comics Journal". Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Tintin année 1950". bdoubliees.com. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Walker, Mort (2008). Thorsjö, Alf (ed.). Beetle Bailey 1950–1952. Egmont Kärnan AB/Checker Book Publishing Group. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-933160-71-9. OCLC 191244495.
  8. ^ "Mort Walker". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  9. ^ * Peeters, Benoît (1989). Tintin and the World of Hergé. London: Methuen Children's Books. ISBN 978-0-416-14882-4.
  10. ^ Barks, Carl (2003). Carl Barks: Conversations. ISBN 9781578065011.
  11. ^ "Grabbelton". www.lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  12. ^ "Kreigh Collins". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  13. ^ Keith Booker, M. (2014-10-28). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. ISBN 9780313397516.
  14. ^ franquin.com. "Une vie – 1951" (in French).
  15. ^ "Dick Brooks". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "Themos Andreopoulos".
  17. ^ "Dudu Geva". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  18. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  19. ^ "Zyx". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  20. ^ "Jenö Jeney". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  21. ^ "Coré". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  22. ^ "W.O. Wilson". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  23. ^ "Salvador Bartolozzi". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  24. ^ "Eduard Thöny". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  25. ^ "Raoul Thomen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  26. ^ "J. Carlos". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  27. ^ "Fred Nankivel". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  28. ^ "Charles W. Saalburg". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  29. ^ franquin.com. "Une vie – 1950" (in French).
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