April 1, 2020: |
* René van Densen got awarded with five of the most prestigeous awards in the Comic Book industry on one and the same day... and then woke up (2020)
* Goats debuts online (1997)
* First online April Fool's Comic Swap (1999)
* Troy Titane's comics RexRex and Jeffrey simultaneously premiere on Probeersel.com (2004)
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April 2, 2020: |
* Winnie Winkle's adopted brother, Perry Winkle, appears for the first time (1922)
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April 3, 2020: |
* Harold Conway Fisher (Mutt & Jeff) is born (1885)
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April 4, 2020: |
* Four Warner brothers start a little movie company (1923)
* Woodstock makes his first appearance in Charles Schultz' Peanuts (1967)
* Chasing Amy (by Kevin Smith) premiers (1997)
* René van Densen commences work on Probeersel book 3 (2000)
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April 5, 2020: |
* Cartoonists unite to petition for a comic strip stamp (1993)
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April 6, 2020: |
* Peter Breedveld (well-respected comics journalist) is born (1968)
* Darkwing Duck is introduced to the world (1991)
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April 7, 2020: |
* The first public display of a long distance television transmission was viewed in New York from Washington, D.C. The program was a speech by the then Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. If they'd only shown a cartoon instead, television might have caught on faster (1927)
* Zookie is born (1972)
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April 8, 2020: |
* Art Spiegelman receives a Pulitzer Prize for his Maus chronicles (1992)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 3 is finished drawing (2001)
* The 13th 'Goobs' strip appears online (the earliest known date the strip appeared) (2002)
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April 9, 2020: |
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 3 is published online (2001)
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April 10, 2020: |
* The concept of Copyright is introduced with the Statute of Anne (the first copyright act) (1710)
* Will Lloyd (It's All Been Done) is born (1982)
* René Leisink, Rob Derks, Michiel van de Vijver, Jan Dirk Barreveld and Koert Stavenuiter founded Studio Noodweer in Nijmegen (2001)
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April 11, 2020: |
* Robert van der Kroft (Sjors & Sjimmie, Claire, started Zone 5300 with Tonio van Vugt in 1994) is born (1952)
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April 12, 2020: |
* Euro Disneyland opens in France (1992)
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April 13, 2020: |
* Jan van Oort (aka Jean Dulieu; Paulus de Boskabouter) is born (1921)
* Peter van Heirseele (aka Herr Seele) is born (1959)
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April 14, 2020: |
* The Jim Henson Hour premiers on NBC (1989)
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April 15, 2020: |
* Billy DeBeck (Barney Google) is born (1890)
* Wiley Miller (Non Sequitur) is born (1951)
* Hans Bjordahl's Where the Buffalo Roam is the first comic online (on USENET, not http), premiering today on a specially created USENET forum (1992)
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April 16, 2020: |
* Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered one of those popular comic artist's tools: LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide-25 (1943)
* Argibald is born (1981)
* The first Dilbert strip is published (1989)
* Strips.blogo.nl stops (with a penis cartoon special) (2007)
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April 17, 2020: |
* In Family Circle magazine, an article by H. Dyson Carter entitled 'Are the Comics Bad for Children?' was published, which answered a wholeheartedly 'No' to the title's question, which was rare for those days of Dr.Wertham and the rest of the world ganging up against comic books. The magazine also has an early cover appearance of Batman and Robin ! (1942)
* Jeroen Mirck (Comicbase.nl) breaks up his co-operation with StripSter.nl, because they don't want to publish his critical reviews (2003)
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April 18, 2020: |
* Harper's Weekly features a cartoon by unknown artist about the latest shoe fashion fad: Alligator leather. It shows such a shoe before being worn out and after, the latter resembling an alligator's open mouth (1885)
* Andries Brandt (writer for: Holle Pinkel; Horre, Harm en Hella; Aafje Anders; Pelle Svanslos; Roel Dijkstra; co-founder of de Vrije Balloen) dies (1985)
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April 19, 2020: |
* Reading Is Fun Week begins
* Anton Pieck (illustrator, Efteling creator) is born (1895)
* Comicbase.nl launches its totally restyled website, designed by comic artist Nozzman (2004)
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April 20, 2020: |
* Stressed Eric premiers (1998)
* Comic strip history is made when the Easter installment of "Family Circus" is neither smarmy nor religiously pushy (2003)
* Patrick G. Smith (Fatal Saga) joins Probeersel.com (2004)
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April 21, 2020: |
* Spirou Magazine (aka Robbedoes), the first European comic magazine, is published (1938)
* Marc Andressen announces through e-mail (03:55:49 -0500) the NCSA release of Mosaic 1.0, the 'first browser'. Unlike Tim Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb, it shows images embedded in the hypertexts (1993)
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April 22, 2020: |
* Dr. Washington Sheffield, a dentist of New London, Conn., USA, invented the collapsible metal toothpaste tube. The way toothpaste shoots out has since been a much recycled joke in comics - not the most used joke by far, but special nonetheless (1892)
* Comics-related calendar Beedeefiel.com appears online for the first time (2003)
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April 23, 2020: |
* The (first) pilot to Dexter's Laboratory, 'Changes', premiers (1995)
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April 24, 2020: |
* Francis Bertrand (aka Francis; Marc Lebut) is born (1937)
* This site can now be found at http://www.probeersel.com (2002)
* A worldwide 24 Hour Comics event is organised, to celebrate the first decennium of Scott McCloud's concept. Worldwide, loads of comic artists are busy creating complete 24 page comics within 24 hours. A special book is released shortly before, with nine of the best 24 Hour Comics from the past ten years, and to celebrate this day as well, another book will be released later this year in June, with several of the best 24 Hour Comics as created on this special 24HC Day ! (2004)
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April 25, 2020: |
* Albert Uderzo (Asterix) is born (1927)
* Scott Hepting (Goobs) is born (1979)
* The National cartoonists Society (USA) awards Scott Adams (Dilbert) the Reuben and Dale Messick (Brenda Starr) the Milton Caniff award (1998)
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April 26, 2020: |
* Victor Hubinon (Buck Danny) is born (1924)
* Dragonball Z premiers on japanese television (1989)
* Jim Henson's Dinosaurs premiers (1991)
* Raymond Reding (Ronnie Hansen, and various other sports comics) dies (1999)
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April 27, 2020: |
* Walter Lantz (creator of Woody Woodpecker) is born (1900)
* Robert Velter (aka Rob-Vel; creator of Spirou) dies (1991)
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April 28, 2020: |
* Joop Geesink (creator of Loeki) is born (1913)
* Fritz the Cat premiers and it's the first X-rated animated feature in Hollywood history (1972)
* Melonpool begins, although The Melonpool Website had been up since 1994 with about 50 strips before going daily. One of the first -- if not the first -- comics sites to offer free e-mail subscriptions. (1996)
* The 100th strip of In Other News appears online (2003)
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April 29, 2020: |
* William Randolph Hearst (publisher of American Weekly) is born (1926)
* Roman Dirge (Lenore) is born (1972)
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April 30, 2020: |
* Bugs Bunny appears for the first time, hunted by Porky Pig (1938)
* Martin Lodewijk (Agent 327) is born (1939)
* Gerard Leever (Oktoknopie) is born (1960)
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