YEAR |
MONTH |
EVENT |
1734 |
N.A. |
William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress A Rake's Progress and
Marriage a la Mode published. A seminal influence on the creation of the visual
narrative in print. |
1841 |
N.A. |
First issue of Punch magazine published in London |
1865 |
N.A. |
A.N. Kellogg News Company established. First newspaper
syndicate in the U.S. |
1865 |
N.A. |
Wilhelm Busch's Max und Moritz introduced in German papers.
This strip had a direct influence on Rudolph Dirks who would plagiarize the
strip for the Katzenjammer Kids. |
1877 |
N.A. |
Puck magazine begins publication in America. |
1881 |
N.A. |
Judge magazine begins publication. |
1883 |
N.A. |
Life magazine begins publication |
1893 |
N.A. |
The Little Bears by James Swinnerton begins in the San
Francisco Examiner under William Randolph Hearst. |
1893 |
N.A. |
The first color newspaper page is published in the New York
Recorder. One week later the New York World under Joseph Pulitzer publishes
it's first color page. |
1895 |
N.A. |
Richard Felton Outcault's Yellow Kid makes his first
appearance in Pulitzer's the World. |
1896 |
N.A. |
The Yellow Kid begins publication as a weekly feature. |
1897 |
N.A. |
Hearst's Journal American establishes it's Sunday comic
supplement called the American Humorist it features Outcault's Yellow Kid and
Dirk's Katzenjammer Kids make their first appear |
1897 |
N.A. |
R.F.Outcault moves from Pulitzer's The World to Hearst's
Examiner. |
1900 |
N.A. |
Foxy Grandpa by Carl Schultze makes first appearance in the
New York Herald. |
1900 |
N.A. |
Frederic Burr Opper's Happy Hooligan first appearance. |
1902 |
N.A. |
R.F.Outcault's Buster Brown makes first appearance in the
New York Herald. |
1903 |
N.A. |
Clare Briggs's A.Piker Clerk makes first appearance the
Chicago American. |
1903 |
N.A. |
Gustave Verbeck's The Upside Downs begins in the New York
Herald. |
1904 |
N.A. |
First appearance of The Newlyweds by George McManus. |
1904 |
N.A. |
James Swinnerton's Little Jimmy makes his first
appearance. |
1904 |
N.A. |
Winsor McCay's Dream of the Rarebit Fiend makes first
appearance in the Evening Telegram. |
1905 |
N.A. |
Gustave Verbeck's The Terrors of the Tiny Tads makes first
appearance. |
1905 |
N.A. |
Winsor McCay's epic Little Nemo in Slumberland makes first
appearance in the New York Herald. |
1906 |
N.A. |
C.W.Kahles Hairbreadth Harry makes first appearance. |
1906 |
N.A. |
Lyonel Feininger's The Kin-der-Kids & Wee Willie
Winkie's World begin in the Chicago Tribune |
1907 |
N.A. |
Bud Fisher's Mutt & Jeff makes it's first appearance as
Mr. A.Mutt in the San Francisco Chronicle. Accredited as the first successful
daily comic strip. |
1910 |
N.A. |
George Herriman's Dingbat Family makes it's first
appearance. On July 26 Krazy Kat makes first transformed appearance |
1910 |
N.A. |
Harry Hershfield's Desperate Desmond first appearance. |
1911 |
N.A. |
Sidney Smith's Old Doc Yak makes first appearance. |
1912 |
N.A. |
Cliff Sterrett's Positive Polly makes first appearance.
Later renamed Polly & Her Pals. |
1912 |
N.A. |
Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes published in All
Story Magazine |
1912 |
N.A. |
Edgar Rice Burrough's Under the Moons of Mars published in
All Story. |
1912 |
N.A. |
Rudolph Dirks quits Hearst's Journal American and goes to
Pulitzer's the World. Move results in lawsuit against Dirks that he may not
take the Katzenjammer Kids with him. A landmark decisi |
1912 |
N.A. |
William randolph Hearst creates International Feature
Service later renamed King Features. |
1913 |
N.A. |
George Herriman's Krazy Kat appears as it's own strip with
title on October 28 |
1913 |
N.A. |
George McManus' Bringing Up Father makes first appearance
in the Journal American. |
1914 |
N.A. |
Dirk's Hans and Fritz makes first appearance. Later renamed
the Captain and the Kids after America enters World War I. |
1914 |
N.A. |
Harold H.Knerr's first Katzenjammer Kids appears. |
1914 |
N.A. |
Harry Hershfield's Abie the Agent makes first
appearance. |
1915 |
N.A. |
Fontaine Fox's Toonerville Folks makes first appearance as
a regular feature. |
1915 |
N.A. |
Merrill Blosser's Freckles and His Friends makes first
appearance. |
1915 |
N.A. |
Moses Koenigsberg consolidates all of Hearst's syndication
companies under one banner and calls it King Features Syndicate. |
1915 |
N.A. |
Rube Goldgerg's Boob McNutt makes first appearance. |
1917 |
N.A. |
Felix the Cat appears in animated cartoons. |
1917 |
N.A. |
Sidney Smith's the Gumps makes first appearance in the
Chicago Tribune. |
1918 |
N.A. |
Frank King's Gasoline Alley makes first appearance in the
Chicago Tribune |
1919 |
N.A. |
Billy DeBeck's Barney Google makes first appearance in the
Journal American. |
1919 |
N.A. |
Carl Ed's Harold Teen makes first appearance in the Chicago
Tribune. |
1919 |
N.A. |
Elzie Crisler Segar creates Thimble Theater in the Journal
American. |
1920 |
N.A. |
Martin Branners Winnie Winkle makes first appearance. |