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November 2020
November 1, 2020: |
* Hugh Hefner publishes the first issue of Playboy - hey, it had cartoons in it (1953)
* This month, Ladies’ Home Journal publishes a preview of Dr. Wertham 's book 'Seduction Of The Innocent' (which rages against comic books and concludes they should not be sold to anyone under age 15) in an article titled 'What Parents Don’t Know' (1953)
* Today, Eppo Doeve's 10 guilder bill with Hugo de Groot on it, starts circulation in Holland (1954)
* Bart Simpson's Guide To Life gets published (1991)
* Little cat Damien meets René van Densen's cat Satan for the first time (2002)
| November 2, 2020: |
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 3 got its title (2000)
| November 3, 2020: |
* The movie "The Wizard Of Oz" was first seen on television (1956)
| November 4, 2020: |
* Bob Kane, creator of Batman, dies (1998)
* Argibald joins Probeersel.com (2004)
| November 5, 2020: |
* René Goscinny (Asterix, Lucky Luke) dies (1977)
| November 6, 2020: |
* Johann Nepomuk Franz Alois Senefelder (inventor of lithography, the biggest revolution in the printing industry since Gutenburg's movable type) is born (1771)
| November 7, 2020: |
* Luc Dupanloup (aka Dupa; Cubitus, Dommel) dies (1996)
* The Non Biblia Sacra project is initiated with the first message posted on the site (2001)
| November 8, 2020: |
* Hermann Rorschach (who devised the inkblot test that bears his name) is born (1884)
* Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X-rays during an experiment. The number of jokes involving X-rayed people, animals and objects, since drawn, is enormous (1895)
* Hallie Lama joins Probeersel.com (2006)
| November 9, 2020: |
* Stanley Drake (Juliet Jones) is born (1921)
| November 10, 2020: |
* Pokemon: The First Movie premiers (1999)
| November 11, 2020: |
* Billy DeBeck (Barney Google) dies (1942)
* Jim Henson starts doing a show called Sesame Street (1969)
* Gregory Cathalina's comic God.inc makes a return on Probeersel.com, fueled by the re-election of George Bush (2004)
| November 12, 2020: |
* Maxwell Fleischer (Betty Boop) dies (1972)
* Michiel van de Vijver (Max) is born in Beverwijk (1976)
* Floor de Goede (Flo) is born (1980)
| November 13, 2020: |
* The Al Capp comic strip, Li'l Abner, appears in newspapers for the last time (1977)
* Baronet Books, New York, publishes Wil Eisner's A Contract With God (considered to be the first graphic novel) (1978)
| November 14, 2020: |
* The Herman Melville classic, Moby Dick, (important in Jeff Smith's "Bone") is first published (1851)
* The 1000th episode of WulffMorgenthaler appears online (2004)
| November 15, 2020: |
* Martin Nodell (Hawkman, Green Lantern) is born (1915)
| November 16, 2020: |
* Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound) is born (1916)
| November 17, 2020: |
* Don Lawrence (Storm, Trigië) is born (1928)
* DC shipped between 2.5 million and 3 million copies of Superman #75, featuring the death of Superman. They vanished from stores, as the issue brought more new customers into comics stores than ever before. In Detroit alone, more than 175,000 copies sold in one day (1992)
* The first User Friendly cartoon appears online (1997)
* Sheep In The Big City premiers on TOON (2000)
| November 18, 2020: |
* Mickey Mouse's birthday (1928)
* The first Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published (1958)
* Erik Kriek (Gutsman) is born (1966)
* Penny Arcade debuts online (1998)
| November 19, 2020: |
* Toy Story 2 premiers (1999)
| November 20, 2020: |
* Chester Gould (Dick Tracy) is born (1900)
* Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizzards premiers on FOX (1992)
| November 21, 2020: |
* Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) is born (1944)
| November 22, 2020: |
* Terry Gilliam (Monty Python's Flying Circus, animator) is born (1940)
* Toy Story premiers (1995)
* Unbreakable premiers (2000)
| November 23, 2020: |
* Today is the annual day that René van Densen doesn't do anything productive (2020)
| November 24, 2020: |
* Marq van Broekhoven (Fritz Pitz, Peer de Plintkabouter) is born (1960)
* Anton Pieck (illustrator, Efteling creator) dies (1987)
| November 25, 2020: |
* Rex Maxon (Turok - Son Of Stone) dies (1973)
| November 26, 2020: |
* Frank Fletcher (Bringing Up Father) is born (1919)
* Charles Schultz (Peanuts) is born (1922)
* Standaard Uitgeverij releases the first album of 'Klein Suske & Wiske', written by Marc Legendre (Ikke) and Urbanus and drawn by Jeff Broeckx (2002)
| November 27, 2020: |
* Despite buzz, hype and crash, the Internet apparently is still here today (2020)
* Afred Nobel has his will drawn up in Paris, then deposited in a bank in Stockholm. In it, he provided for most of his fortune to be put in trust to establish the Nobel Prizes. He left out the category 'Comic Books' (1895)
| November 28, 2020: |
* Milton Gross (That's My Pop) dies (1953)
| November 29, 2020: |
* Dr. Frederic Wertham ('Seduction Of The Innocent') dies (1981)
* Tome & Janry publish issue 46 of the series Spirou et Fantasio (ed. Dupuis) and change the 60 year old traditions of the series drastically (1998)
| November 30, 2020: |
* Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels) is born (1667)
* Oh no ! The last episode of The Tick (the animated series) airs ! (1996)
* Roy Disney, the last Disney heir in the board of directors of Disney, leaves the company (2003)
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