February 1, 2020: |
* Fred Flintstone's birthday (2 million B.C.)
* Bud Grace's strip Ernie premiers (now called The Piranha Club) (1988)
* Béné van Gansbeke (Het Plezante Potlood) joins Probeersel.com (2004)
|
February 2, 2020: |
* Today is the first TV appearance of Loeki (1972)
* Maurice Tillieux (Guus Slim) dies (1978)
* René van Densen finishes working on the short story 'Rock' from the series 'The Artificial Real' (2003)
|
February 3, 2020: |
* Johannes Gutenberg (inventor of the book press) dies (1468)
* Marten Toonder's movie Als Je Begrijpt Wat Ik Bedoel premiers (1983)
* Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp (Jip&Janneke, Puk v/d Pettenflet) dies (2004)
|
February 4, 2020: |
* Disney releases 'Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree', their first Winnie the Pooh cartoon (1966)
|
February 5, 2020: |
* For the first time, movie audiences sing along with a cartoon, 'The Sidewalks of New York' (1929)
* Wouter Goudswaard is born (1991)
|
February 6, 2020: |
* Jack Kirby (creator of dozens of different superheros) dies (1994)
|
February 7, 2020: |
* Walt Disney Productions releases Pinocchio, their second animated feature (1940)
* Peter Delgado Jr. (RPG Blues, Willy) is born (1972)
* Jean-Paul Arends (Scribbly) is born (1977)
|
February 8, 2020: |
* Erik McCurdy (the guy who does the plotting, writing, breakdowns, and lettering for webcomic "It's all been done") is born (1971)
* Count Duckula's first episode airs (1982)
|
February 9, 2020: |
* In Truth magazine, there occurred a crossover that might have been toondom's first (1895)
* Robert Velter (aka Rob-Vel; creator of Spirou) is born (1909)
|
February 10, 2020: |
* The first Tom & Jerry cartoon is released (1940)
* Welcome.to/probeersel got its current revamping (2002)
|
February 11, 2020: |
* René Descartes (philosopher, 'I think, therefore I am'), who guided modern thought out of the Dark Ages, dies (1650)
* William Henry Fox Talbot (inventor of the negative-positive photographic process, so to whom we owe photo-comics, sci-fi tv shows and movies) is born (1800)
|
February 12, 2020: |
* Luc Dupanloup (aka Dupa; Cubitus, Dommel) is born (1945)
* Wilbert Plijnaar (writer of Claire, (co-)storyboard designer for, amongst others, Osmosis Jones and Ice Age) is born (1954)
* Mars Gremmen (Dutch comic artist / illustrator) is born (1969)
* Sionnain Comeaux (The Whole Truth) is born (1985)
* Charles Schultz (Peanuts) dies (2000)
|
February 13, 2020: |
* Russell Keaton (Skyroads, Flyin' Jenny) dies (1945)
* The final sunday Peanuts strip (by Charles Schultz) appears (2000)
|
February 14, 2020: |
* It's Valentine's Day again, and no doubt loads of comics pay attention to it - again (2020)
* Carl Thomas Anderson (Henry comic strip) is born (1865)
|
February 15, 2020: |
* Willy Vandersteen (Suske & Wiske) is born (1913)
* Art Spiegelman (Maus) is born (1948)
* Matt Groening (The Simpsons, Futurama) is born (1954)
* Mark Horemans (aka Ray Man) is born (1971)
|
February 16, 2020: |
* Henk Backer's comic "Nieuwe Oosterse sprookjes" debuts in 'het Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad' (1922)
* Toon van Driel (Knudde) is born (1945)
* Count Duckula's final episode airs (1993)
|
February 17, 2020: |
* Frans Piët (creator of Sjors & Sjimmie) is born (1905)
* The Phantom is the first comstumed hero comic book to be published (1936)
|
February 18, 2020: |
* Johnny Hart (B.C., The Wizard Of Id) is born (1931)
* Clerks the Comic Book is published (1998)
* Will (Baard en Kale) dies (2000)
* Troy Titane joins Probeersel.com (2004)
* Benjamin Kikkert joins Probeersel.com (2005)
* Marz joins Probeersel.com (2005)
|
February 19, 2020: |
* Bil Keane's Family Circus appears for the first time (1960)
|
February 20, 2020: |
* Edgar Pierre Jacobs (Blake en Mortimer) dies (1978)
|
February 21, 2020: |
* The Asp appears in Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie for the first time (1937)
|
February 22, 2020: |
* Chuck Jones dies (2002)
* Benjamin Kikkert's cartoons series, Real Life, premiers on Probeersel.com (2005)
|
February 23, 2020: |
* Raymond Reding (Ronnie Hansen, and various other sports comics) is born (1920)
|
February 24, 2020: |
* Jim Borgman (Zits) is born (1954)
* Philippe Vandevelde (aka Tome, from the Spirou et Fantasio (ed. Dupuis) comics) is born (1957)
|
February 25, 2020: |
* Darrell McClure (Annie Rooney) is born (1903)
|
February 26, 2020: |
* Fredrick Bean 'Tex' Avery is born (1908)
* The first cartoon is shown in a movie theatre (1909)
* Marz' comic, Paco & Manolo premiers on Probeersel.com (2005)
|
February 27, 2020: |
* Jeff Smith (Bone) is born (1960)
* Benjamin Kikkert leaves Probeersel.com (2007)
|
February 28, 2020: |
* Milton Caniff ('The Rembrandt Of Comics') is born (1907)
* Franquin introduces Gaston Lagaffe (in Dutch, Guust Flater) for the first time in Spirou Magazine (1957)
|
February 29, 2020: |
* Leap Day - Only once every four years, comics appear in newspapers and online on this day (2020)
* Probeersel.com organises its first ever 24 Hour Comic event: Three out of the seven Probeersel.com artists have 24 hours to complete an entire 24-page comic book ! (2004)
|
