April 1: First episode ofMickey Mouse In Death Valley, the first Mickey adventure written and drawn (in collaboration) by Floyd Gottfredson, though Win Smith is still the main artist.[6] The story sees the comics debut of various recurring characters (Clarabelle Cow,Horace Horsecollar, the Minnie's uncle Mortimer and the two villainsSylvestre Shyster andPete).
May 8: As the firstThe Adventures of Tintin story,Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, reaches its conclusion inLe Petit Vingtième and hasTintin return from the USSR to Brussels the magazine's editors stage Tintin's return in real life with an actor and a dog. To their amazement the railway station's square is crowded with readers, making everybody realize thatTintin has become a success.Hergé is quickly encouraged to start a newTintin story.[7]
Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers, by Floyd Gottfredson starts off in the newspapers, the first story where Mickey Mouse plays as a detective. It also marks the debut of Patricia Pig, of the sympathetic criminal Butch and of theMinnie's fatherMarcus Mouse.
January 3:Clare Briggs, American comics artist (A. Piker Clerk,Mr. and Mrs.,When A Feller Needs A Friend), dies at age 54.[20]
January 26: Irving Knickerbocker, aka Knick, American comics artist (Dizzy Dugan,Mac, continuedLittle Joe Says andThe Tinymites), dies at age 32 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.[21]
July 5:Marjorie Organ, American comics artist (Reggie and the Heavenly Twins,Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes,The Wrangle Sisters), dies at age 43.[24]
Johann Bahr, German painter, illustrator and comics artist (made earlytext comics forFliegende Blätter), dies at age 70 or 71.[28]
Harry Cornell Greening, American comics artist (Si Swapper,Uncle George Washington Bings,The Woo Woo Bird,Percy - Brains He Has Nix,Prince Errant), dies at age 43 or 44.[29]
Rolf Kluge, Norwegian comics artist (Per en Else,Skibsreder Jobbenheim og Sølvmine, continuedSkomakker Bekk of Tvillingene Hans), dies at age 48.
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