October 1, 2026: |
* The Walt Disney World resort opens in Orlando, FL (1971)
* This month, Zone 5300 appears for the first time, initiated by Robert van der Kroft and Tonio van Vugt (1994)
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October 2, 2026: |
* The first cartoon strip appears in a newspaper (1896)
* Marc Sleen's comic Het geheim van Matsuoka starts in De Nieuwe Gids, a detective adventure with private eye Van Zwam, which is also the first comic to feature Sleen's character Nero (1947)
* Charles Schultz' comic strip Peanuts was published for the first time (1950)
* Jean-Richard Geurts (aka Janry, from the Spirou et Fantasio (ed. Dupuis) comics) is born (1957)
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October 3, 2026: |
* Harvey Kurtzman (creator of MAD) is born (1924)
* Woody Woodpecker premiers on ABC (1957)
* Johan de Rooij (comic writer / journalist) is born (1981)
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October 4, 2026: |
* Holland celebrates national Animal Day. René van Densen's cats Satan and Damien (stars of One Year In Satan's Purrrgatory) will receive some special attention today (2026)
* Hein de Kort (Pardon Lul, Jean-Pierre) is born (1956)
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October 5, 2026: |
* Jan Rotgans (Dutch comic artist) is born (1910)
* Monty Python's Flying Circus premiers on BBC (1969)
* Inspector Gadget premiers on Nickelodeon (1983)
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October 6, 2026: |
* Rutger Ockhorst (rutgerockhorst.com) is born (1982)
* Rodrigo Pin's Alex and Ilia premiers on Keenspace (2004)
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October 7, 2026: |
* Hey Arnold! premiers on Nickelodeon (1996)
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October 8, 2026: |
* This day's cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell. The illustrator chose to picture himself trying to come up with a cover concept and to complete the assignment before the magazine's deadline (1938)
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October 9, 2026: |
* Everett Peck (Duckman) is born (1950)
* Viktor Smits (co-star of One Year In Satan's Purrrgatory) is born (1978)
* Probeersel.zzn.com email addresses available for the first time (2000)
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October 10, 2026: |
* Austin Briggs (Flash Gordon assistant) dies (1973)
* Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) dies (2004)
* Strips.blogo.nl founded (2005)
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October 11, 2026: |
* Joseph Simon (Captain America) is born (1915)
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October 12, 2026: |
* The last episode of Earthworm Jim airs (1996)
* The final episode of Worst Case Scenario appears online (2004)
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October 13, 2026: |
* Herbert Block (Herblock) is born (1909)
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October 14, 2026: |
* A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh appears in print for the first time (1926)
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October 15, 2026: |
* Maaike Hartjes (Maaike's Grote Dagboekje) is born (1972)
* Texas is the first state to be invaded by Killer Bees. No comic artist would have come up with a story so incredible - and the worst part is, it's true (1990)
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October 16, 2026: |
* Franquin starts the Spirou & Fantasio-adventure Radar The Robot, where Spirou acts like more of an adventurer for the first time (1947)
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October 17, 2026: |
* Mike Judge (Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill) is born (1962)
* The 100th strip of In Other News appears online (2002)
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October 18, 2026: |
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 4 was finished drawing (2001)
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October 19, 2026: |
* Kevin Smith's Clerks premiers, starting off the Askewniverse (1994)
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October 20, 2026: |
* Aimée de Jongh (Aimee TV) is born (1988)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 4 was published online (2001)
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October 21, 2026: |
* Jay and Silent Bob #2 is published (1998)
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October 22, 2026: |
* George McManus (Bringing Up Father) dies (1954)
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October 23, 2026: |
* Peyo's The Smurfs are published in Spirou Magazine for the first time (1958)
* The first strip of Gregory Cathalina's daily comic strip "God .inc", appears online (2002)
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October 24, 2026: |
* Merho (aka Robert Merhottein) is born (1948)
* Gene Roddenberry (creator of Star Trek) dies (1991)
* United Feature Syndicate, Inc. files a complaint that one John Zuccarini owns the domain name www.dilbert.com, arguing the mark Dilbert is registered in their name and the domain owner is abusing it. They win the case a few months later and now own the URL (2000)
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October 25, 2026: |
* Pablo Ruiz Picasso, the Spanish-born painter and sculptor, considered the most influential artist of the 20th century, is born (1881)
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October 26, 2026: |
* Ralph Bakshi (animator, Fritz the Cat) is born (1938)
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October 27, 2026: |
* Walt Disney premieres his first series, Disneyland, on ABC, while his theme park is still under construction (1945)
* Siroj is born (1978)
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October 28, 2026: |
* Gulliver's Travels is published (1726)
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October 29, 2026: |
* Tibet (Ric Hochet) is born (1931)
* Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas premiers (1993)
* Michel Regnier (aka Greg; Olivier Blunder) dies (1999)
* Gregory Cathalina (God .inc) joins Probeersel.com (2002)
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October 30, 2026: |
* The first issue of BlindSight is published, co-founded by René van Densen and hosting several of his comic strips (1997)
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October 31, 2026: |
* First online Fright Night (1999)
* René van Densen commenced work on Probeersel book 5 (2001)
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