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January 2023
January 1, 2023: |
* Eduard Aidans (Tounga) is born (1931)
* The last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip (by Bill Waterson) is published (1996)
| January 2, 2023: |
* The musical Annie, based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, ends it Broadway run after 2.377 performances (THANK GOD !) (1983)
| January 3, 2023: |
* André Franquin (Gaston/Guust Flater, Spirou/Robbedoes, Marsupilami) is born (1924)
* Wil Eisner (considered the Father of graphic novels) dies (2005)
| January 4, 2023: |
* Sterling Holloway (actor, voice of Winnie the Pooh) is born (1905)
* R.D.E. ('Ootje') Oxenaar's design for the Dutch 10 guilder bill (a personal favourite) starts circulation (1971)
* Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of Sesame Street, airs for the first time (1976)
| January 5, 2023: |
* Monkei (Monkey Business) is born (date unknown)
* The Yellow Kid (by Richard Felton Outcault), credited the world's first comic strip, is published (1896)
* André Franquin (Gaston/Guust Flater, Spirou/Robbedoes, Marsupilami) dies - a very sad day in the European comics world (1997)
| January 6, 2023: |
* The first sunday appearance of Charles Schultz' Peanuts (1952)
* Peter de Smet (De Generaal, Viva Zapata) dies (2003)
| January 7, 2023: |
* Charles Addams (creator of The Addams Family) is born (1912)
| January 8, 2023: |
* Victor Hubinon (Buck Danny) dies (1979)
| January 9, 2023: |
* Murat Young (Blondie) is born (1901)
| January 10, 2023: |
* A young Belgian reporter named Kuifje (aka Tintin) gets on the train to the Sovjet Union, thus starting off his legendary adventures as drawn by Hergé (1929)
* Fraggle Rock appears on television for the first time (1983)
* René van Densen and his roommate adopt a cat called Satan, who soon gets his own comic strip on Probeersel.com (2002)
| January 11, 2023: |
* Sam Kieth (The Maxx) is born (1963)
| January 12, 2023: |
* Aliens landed and conquered Earth ! Um, no wait, that never happened.
| January 13, 2023: |
* Joseph Gillain (aka Jijé; Jan Kordaat) is born (1914)
* Michael Bond (Paddington Bear) is born (1926)
| January 14, 2023: |
* Richard Felton Outcault (father of comics, creator of The Yellow Kid) is born (1863)
* Robby van der Meulen (Iwan, Paul Flekx) is born (1983)
* Matt Groening's The Simpsons premiers (1990)
* Jaap Vegter (Dutch cartoonist veteran) dies (2003)
| January 15, 2023: |
* Cartoonist Thomas Nast originates the donky as a symbol to identify the Democratic party in a political cartoon appearing in Harper's Weekly (1870)
* Fred Julsing (Wellington Wish, Witte's Dagboek, Ukkie,Tuimel en Ich) dies (2005)
| January 16, 2023: |
* Marcel Remacle (aka Ted Smedley; Hultrasson, Ouwe Niek) is born (1926)
* Superman appears in newspapers for the first time (1939)
| January 17, 2023: |
* Popeye the Sailor appears in the strip Thimble Theatre for the first time (1929)
* François Walthéry (Natasha) is born (1946)
* The first strip of Tatsuya Ishida's Sinfest appears online (2000)
* The first strip of One Year In Satan's Purrrgatory is made (2002)
* Troy Titane's strip The S[w]ingin' Titties premiers on Probeersel.com (2005)
| January 18, 2023: |
* A.A.Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh, is born (1882)
| January 19, 2023: |
* John Stuart Reid (one of the creators of Fokke & Sukke) is born (1968)
* Dutch current events program NOVA premiers the TV-version of newspaper political cartoons tonight - an idea stolen from a 'Sigmund' animation pilot Peter de Wit and ComicHouse initially developed for them (2004)
| January 20, 2023: |
* James Burks (Martin's Misdirection) is born (date unknown)
* Pieter Kuhn (Kapitein Rob) dies (1966)
* The final Bommel (by Marten Toonder) episode (of 154 stories !) is published (1986)
* Claude Auclair (Simon of the River) dies (1990)
* Al Hirschfeld (caricaturist veteran, his work made his name synonymous with American theatre) dies (2003)
| January 21, 2023: |
* Jan Wesseling (Athi) is born (1925)
* Oni Double Feature #1 is released (1998)
| January 22, 2023: |
* Gene Ahem's Major Hoople appears in Our Boarding House for the first time (1922)
* Bill Mauldin (one of the 20th century's preeminent editorial cartoonists, won two Pulitzer Prizes) dies (2003)
| January 23, 2023: |
* George McManus (Bringing Up Father) is born (1884)
| January 24, 2023: |
* The live-action version of The Tick ends after three months with today's final episode (THANK GOD) (2002)
| January 25, 2023: |
* Kees Kousemaker (one of Holland's most renowned comics experts, founder of historic Amsterdam comic store Lambiek, knighted for his contributions to the Dutch comic world, and much, much more) is born (1942)
* Patty Klein (writer of many European comics, including Noortje) is born (1946)
* The Honolulu Herald printed an obituary for Mel Blanc. But they were wrong: the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble, etc. etc. etc. hadn't gone silent yet (1961)
* Inge Heremans (aka Ilah aka Cordelia; Belgian comic artist) is born (1971)
* Steve Jobs introduced the world to the Macintosh and changed the course of computer and animation history. The Mac brought us the first computer "for the rest of us" and started the boom of computer use by the masses. And two years later, with money earned at Apple Computer, Jobs would buy the computer graphics division of Lucasfilms, and rename it Pixar. (1984)
* Flip Fermin (Robur en Pennekamp) dies (1994)
* Dilbert, the TV Series, premiers on UPN (1999)
* Animated series Mr. Bean premiers (2002)
| January 26, 2023: |
* Charles Schultz is given posthumous Lifetime Archievement Award by National Cartoonists Society (2000)
| January 27, 2023: |
* Peter Laird (co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born (1954)
* Piet Kroon (Osmosis Jones) is born (1960)
| January 28, 2023: |
* Ernie's (Bert & Ernie) birthday (date unknown)
* Daniel Henrotin (aka Dany; Olivier Rameau/Roze Bottel) is born (1943)
* Jon Hancock (Earth Harvest) is born (1974)
| January 29, 2023: |
* Rube Goldberg's Doc Wright appears for the first time (1933)
| January 30, 2023: |
* Guy Gilchrist (drew the syndicated comic strip of The Muppets) is born (1957)
* The 100th episode of Gregory Cathalina's God.inc appears online (2003)
| January 31, 2023: |
* André Franquin publishes the first comic featuring the Marsupilami (1952)
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February 2023
February 1, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Disney releases 'Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree', their first Winnie the Pooh cartoon (1966)
| February 5, 2023: |
* For the first time, movie audiences sing along with a cartoon, 'The Sidewalks of New York' (1929)
* Wouter Goudswaard is born (1991)
| February 6, 2023: |
* Jack Kirby (creator of dozens of different superheros) dies (1994)
| February 7, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* The first Tom & Jerry cartoon is released (1940)
* Welcome.to/probeersel got its current revamping (2002)
| February 11, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Russell Keaton (Skyroads, Flyin' Jenny) dies (1945)
* The final sunday Peanuts strip (by Charles Schultz) appears (2000)
| February 14, 2023: |
* It's Valentine's Day again, and no doubt loads of comics pay attention to it - again (2023)
* Carl Thomas Anderson (Henry comic strip) is born (1865)
| February 15, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Frans Piët (creator of Sjors & Sjimmie) is born (1905)
* The Phantom is the first comstumed hero comic book to be published (1936)
| February 18, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Bil Keane's Family Circus appears for the first time (1960)
| February 20, 2023: |
* Edgar Pierre Jacobs (Blake en Mortimer) dies (1978)
| February 21, 2023: |
* The Asp appears in Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie for the first time (1937)
| February 22, 2023: |
* Chuck Jones dies (2002)
* Benjamin Kikkert's cartoons series, Real Life, premiers on Probeersel.com (2005)
| February 23, 2023: |
* Raymond Reding (Ronnie Hansen, and various other sports comics) is born (1920)
| February 24, 2023: |
* Jim Borgman (Zits) is born (1954)
* Philippe Vandevelde (aka Tome, from the Spirou et Fantasio (ed. Dupuis) comics) is born (1957)
| February 25, 2023: |
* Darrell McClure (Annie Rooney) is born (1903)
| February 26, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Jeff Smith (Bone) is born (1960)
* Benjamin Kikkert leaves Probeersel.com (2007)
| February 28, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Leap Day - Only once every four years, comics appear in newspapers and online on this day (2023)
* 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)
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March 2023
March 1, 2023: |
* Tim Burton's Beetlejuice premiers (1988)
* This month, Keenspot was founded (2000)
| March 2, 2023: |
* Dr.Seuss was born (1904)
* Modern Tales' flagship site, moderntales.com, was launched today, and soon grew out to be the leading online subscribtion comics site, with many media following its developments closely since (2002)
| March 3, 2023: |
* Jelena 'Saiso' Stellaard (Saiso Secret Service) is born (1982)
* Remi Georges (aka Hergé; Tintin, Quick en Flupcke) dies (1983)
* The 500th and final strip of Gregory Cathalina's daily comic strip "God .inc", appears online (2004)
| March 4, 2023: |
* Charles Biro (old Daredevil comics) dies (1972)
| March 5, 2023: |
* Duckman premiers (1994)
* The Gorillaz release their first single 'Clint Eastwood' (2001)
* Drew Weing's online "Journal Comic" debuts (2002)
| March 6, 2023: |
* Will Eisner (considered the Father of graphic novels) is born (1917)
* Elizabeth Neerenberg is born (1981)
| March 7, 2023: |
* Bastiaan Geleijnse (one of the creators of Fokke & Sukke) is born (1967)
* Mike Judge's Beavis & Butthead premiers on MTV (1993)
| March 8, 2023: |
* God, The Devil And Bob premiers on NBC (2000)
* The 300th and final issue of Dave Sim's record-breaking series Cerebus hits the stands (2004)
* Elizabeth Neerenberg joins Probeersel.com (2005)
| March 9, 2023: |
* James Edward Murphy (Toots, Caspar) dies (1965)
| March 10, 2023: |
* Peter de Wit (Familie Fortuin, Sigmund) is born (1958)
| March 11, 2023: |
* Hanco Kolk (Gilles de Geus, Cor Daad) is born (1957)
* The "Internet Bubble" officially pops (2000)
| March 12, 2023: |
* Seymour Barry (The Phantom) is born (1928)
* Fred Julsing (Wellington Wish, Witte's Dagboek, Ukkie,Tuimel en Ich) is born (1942)
* Hans G. Kresse (Erik de Noorman, Vidocq) dies (1992)
| March 13, 2023: |
* Allan Jaffee (artist for Mad) is born (1921)
| March 14, 2023: |
* Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) is born (1920)
* Herman van Veen (Alfred Jodocus Kwak) is born (1945)
| March 15, 2023: |
* Peter van Straaten (Vader en Zoon) is born (1935)
* Francisco Ibáñez (Mortadelo y Filemon / Paling & Ko) is born (1936)
* Jean-Pol (Sammy, Kabouter Plop) is born (1943)
| March 16, 2023: |
* Todd McFarlane (Spawn) is born (1961)
* Matt Frankenfield (Reasons Why We Rule) is born (1983)
* Herman van Veen's 'Alfred Jodokus Kwak' show ends (1991)
| March 17, 2023: |
* Frank Hem Beck (Bo comic strip) is born (1894)
* René van Densen's cat Satan is, in both his comic and real life, allowed outside for the first time today (2002)
| March 18, 2023: |
* Jerry Marcus' Trudy appears for the first time (1963)
| March 19, 2023: |
* Mr. Jesse van Muylwijck (De Rechter) is born (1961)
* Mort Walker launches a contest at the three-day FOSE 2002 in Washington to pick a name and rank for a new character - a computer technician - which was to appear in his Beetle Baily comic strip soon (2002)
| March 20, 2023: |
* dr.Frederic Wertham (author of anti-comics book Seduction Of The Innocent) is born (1895)
* Eddy Ryssack (Brammetje Bram, Opa) is born (1928)
* Joe 'Joe Cartoon' Shields is born (1961)
* Lem (Bunny) is born (1984)
| March 21, 2023: |
* Frank Hem Beck (Bo comic strip) dies (1962)
* Mort Walker's contest at FOSE 2002 is over: from 84,324 suggestions, the name Chip Gizmo is picked for a new character - a computer techician - in his Beetle Baily comic strip. Earl Hemminger and three other State Department workers came up with the name (2002)
| March 22, 2023: |
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 premiers (1991)
| March 23, 2023: |
* Bud Sagendorf (Popeye) is born (1915)
| March 24, 2023: |
* Carmine Infantino (The Flash) is born (1925)
| March 25, 2023: |
* Theo van den Boogaard (Sjef van Oekel) is born (1948)
| March 26, 2023: |
* Brian Bolland (Judge Dredd, Camelot 3000, The Killing Joke) is born (1950)
| March 27, 2023: |
* Carl Barks (Donald Duck) is born (1901)
| March 28, 2023: |
* Matt Groening's Futurama premiers (1999)
| March 29, 2023: |
* After yesterday's (the fourth) episode, nobody airs any further episodes of God, The Devil And Bob, leaving nine more episodes unaired (2000)
| March 30, 2023: |
* Raymond Macherot (Chlorophyl) is born (1924)
* Fraggle Rock Episode 96, the last episode, airs (1987)
| March 31, 2023: |
* René Descartes (philosopher, 'I think, therefore I am') is born and guides modern thought out of the Dark Ages (hey, it's my list) (1596)
* Tank Girl (the movie) premiers (1995)
* The first episode of Reasons Why We Rule appears online (2002)
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April 2023
April 1, 2023: |
* 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 (2023)
* 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)
| April 2, 2023: |
* Winnie Winkle's adopted brother, Perry Winkle, appears for the first time (1922)
| April 3, 2023: |
* Harold Conway Fisher (Mutt & Jeff) is born (1885)
| April 4, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 5, 2023: |
* Cartoonists unite to petition for a comic strip stamp (1993)
| April 6, 2023: |
* Peter Breedveld (well-respected comics journalist) is born (1968)
* Darkwing Duck is introduced to the world (1991)
| April 7, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 8, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 9, 2023: |
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 3 is published online (2001)
| April 10, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 11, 2023: |
* Robert van der Kroft (Sjors & Sjimmie, Claire, started Zone 5300 with Tonio van Vugt in 1994) is born (1952)
| April 12, 2023: |
* Euro Disneyland opens in France (1992)
| April 13, 2023: |
* Jan van Oort (aka Jean Dulieu; Paulus de Boskabouter) is born (1921)
* Peter van Heirseele (aka Herr Seele) is born (1959)
| April 14, 2023: |
* The Jim Henson Hour premiers on NBC (1989)
| April 15, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 16, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 17, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 18, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 19, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 20, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 21, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 22, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 23, 2023: |
* The (first) pilot to Dexter's Laboratory, 'Changes', premiers (1995)
| April 24, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 25, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 26, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 27, 2023: |
* Walter Lantz (creator of Woody Woodpecker) is born (1900)
* Robert Velter (aka Rob-Vel; creator of Spirou) dies (1991)
| April 28, 2023: |
* 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)
| April 29, 2023: |
* William Randolph Hearst (publisher of American Weekly) is born (1926)
* Roman Dirge (Lenore) is born (1972)
| April 30, 2023: |
* 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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May 2023
May 1, 2023: |
* The final Bielzenblues (by Maarten Pathuis) strip appears in the Dutch edition of Metro (2002)
| May 2, 2023: |
* Marten Toonder (Tom Poes) is born (1912)
| May 3, 2023: |
* Arthur Berekmans (aka Berck; Sammy) is born (1929)
* Milton Caniff (Terry & The Pirates, 'The Rembrandt Of Comics') dies (1988)
* The SpiderMan movie premiers (2002)
| May 4, 2023: |
* Nestor Redondo (Swamp Thing) is born (1928)
* PVP debuts online (1998)
* Free Comic Book Day premiers: a free copy of the most popular titles from Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics and others will be available to all people who enter comic book specialty shops today, throughout the United States & Canada (2002)
| May 5, 2023: |
* It's National Cartoonists Day !
* Michel Regnier (aka Greg; Olivier Blunder/Walter Melon) is born (1931)
* Luc Zeebroek (aka Kamagurka) is born (1956)
* Jesse Reklaw publishes René van Densen's 'Zygote Dream' (2001)
| May 6, 2023: |
* Chris Browne (Hagar the Horrible) is born (1952)
| May 7, 2023: |
* René van Densen commenced work on short story Chalk (2001)
| May 8, 2023: |
* Eduardo 'Dino' Attanasio (Signor Spaghetti) is born (1925)
* Satan (Macadamia) is born (1963)
* Gregory Cathalina (God .inc) is born (1986)
* Disney starts to worry about their copyright on Mickey Mouse expiring in 2004 (1998)
| May 9, 2023: |
* The first political cartoon appears in the Pennsylvania Gazette (1754)
| May 10, 2023: |
* Chester Gould (Dick Tracy) dies (1985)
* Jeff Smith is one of the Rueben Award winners (1996)
* Shel Silverstein (composer, artist, cartoonist, author) dies (1999)
* The 200th episode of Gregory Cathalina's God.inc appears online (2003)
| May 11, 2023: |
* The actual historical Baron Munchhausen is born (1720)
| May 12, 2023: |
* Goofy makes his debut in a Disney cartoon (1932)
| May 13, 2023: |
* The Crow premiers (1994)
| May 14, 2023: |
* Willy Lambillote (aka Lambil; De Blauwbloezen / Les Tuniques Bleues) is born (1936)
* Bandirah (De Kreup Vallende Histie) joins Probeersel.com (2004)
| May 15, 2023: |
* Bill Peet, one of Walt Disney's 'Nine Old Men', involved in productions like Fantasia, Cinderella, Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, and famous for his quote that he drew the evil Captain Hook to resemble Disney, dies (2002)
* The 14th and last monthly online issue of e-zine The Small Press Magazine announces a "that's all folks", due to various reasons. (2003)
* Bandirah's tridaily comic De Kreup Vallende Histie premiers on Probeersel.com (2004)
| May 16, 2023: |
* Mark Retera (DirkJan) is born (1964)
* Jim Henson dies (1990)
* The first episode to Todd MacFarlane's Spawn (animated series) airs (1997)
| May 17, 2023: |
* Piet Wijn (Douwe Dabbert) is born (1929)
| May 18, 2023: |
* William Everett (Sub-mariner artist) is born (1917)
| May 19, 2023: |
* Gerrit Stapel (Huon de Neveling) is born (1921)
* The first-ever comic book escapades of Jay & Silent Bob's alter-ego's, Bluntman and Chronic, arrives in comic shops today (1999)
| May 20, 2023: |
* Cristopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain. If nobody turned that into a comic strip or cartoon yet, someone should (1506)
| May 21, 2023: |
* Jean-Claude Fournier (Les Crannibales, Spirou & Fantasio) is born (1943)
* The Dutch comics magazine MYX first appears in stores (well, actually, issue 0 - as a freeby for Stripboekenweek if you buy 15 Euros or more worth of comics) (2003)
| May 22, 2023: |
* Remi Georges (aka Hergé; Tintin, Quick en Flupcke) is born (1907)
* Pieter Kuhn (Kapitein Rob) is born (1910)
| May 23, 2023: |
* Jan Steeman (Noortje, Roel Dijkstra) is born (1933)
| May 24, 2023: |
* Charles Schulz gets his own Charles Schultz Day in California (1967)
| May 25, 2023: |
* Frank Oz (Muppet animator, voice of Kermit) is born (1944)
| May 26, 2023: |
* Ruben Libgott (Erro, Geert & Beert) is born (1985)
* Casper (The Friendly Ghost - the movie) premiers (1995)
* The Symantec AntiVirus Research Center 'discover' JoeCartoon's blender.exe and fish.exe as 'known files' (1999)
| May 27, 2023: |
* Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident (1995)
* The final episode of It's All Been Done, #46 'Back to Reality', featuring guest artist Tauhid Bondia, ends the series with a surprising explanation what the strange series was really about. (2003)
| May 28, 2023: |
* The first Batman comic book is introduced (1939)
* Dr.Katz: Professional Therapist premiers on Comedy Central (1995)
| May 29, 2023: |
* Another one of E.J. McCoy's numerous lubricating devices was patented. They were so effective and reliable that customers searched stores specifically for 'The Real McCoy'. This has nothing to do with comics and animation, really, but I thought it was funny (1888)
* The heirs of Alfred Nobel sign a 'reconcilliation agreement' so that lawyers and accountants can execute his will, which included the creation of the Nobel Prizes. Today, there still isn't one for comic books (1898)
| May 30, 2023: |
* Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is born (1908)
| May 31, 2023: |
* Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve, Summer Blonde) is born (1974)
* ABC airs the first episode of Clerks (the animated series) and pulls the plug on it after two episodes, leaving four more unaired (2000)
* ACTOR, a non-profit organization that helps veteran comic book writers and artists in need, raised over $8000 tonight by letting people hang with writer/director/actor Kevin Smith for an evening and listen to him talk comics and movies in Beverly Hills (2002)
|
June 2023
June 1, 2023: |
* The first DC Action Comic is published, featuring Superman, a creation of Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. They made $130 for the entire issue PLUS the intellectual rights to the character... and ended up having to settle a trial against DC Comics in 1946, after which for a long time barely anyone knew they created the Man Of Steel (1938)
* The first episode of René van Densen's "The Grim DotCom" appears online (2003)
| June 2, 2023: |
* Harper's Weekly features a cartoon in which artist Thomas Nast defends Kate Claxton, a popular actress, from the rumor spread by irresponsible journalists (depicted in there as asses) that her presence in a building was bad luck (1877)
* Jan Dirk Barreveld (Eugène) is born (1974)
| June 3, 2023: |
* John Presper Eckert, Jr. (coinventor of the first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC) dies (1995)
| June 4, 2023: |
* Fontaine Fox (Toonerville Folks) is born (1884)
* W.G. van der Hulst jr. (son of W.G. van der Hulst sr., who wrote the "In de Soete Suikerbol" comics Junior drew in 1934 in newspaper Dagblad De Standaard and which were re-run in various christian-oriented newspapers in later decennia) is born (1917)
* Asterix & Obelix Contre Cesar premiers (1999)
| June 5, 2023: |
* Henk Backer ('The Godfather of Dutch comics') dies (1976)
* Patrice van der Linden (De Eerlijkheid) is born (1977)
| June 6, 2023: |
* Hans G. Kresse's strip Eric de Noorman debuts in Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws (1946)
* Tim Burton's Batman Returns premiers (1992)
* Kate Worley (Omaha The Cat Dancer) dies (2004)
| June 7, 2023: |
* Graham Ingels (EC Comics artist) is born (1915)
* Rens Benerink (co-founder of the Dutch Cartoonschool and co-creator of animated series Starstreet) is born (1950)
* Hallie Lama is born (1976)
| June 8, 2023: |
* Wim Meulendijk (Sneeuwflok, Ketelbinkie; author of Pipo de Clown adventures in books, on TV and in the 2004 movie) is born (1924)
* Jan Kruis (Jan, Jans & De Kinderen) is born (1933)
* Tim Berners-Lee (the 'Father Of The Web', who created HTML) is born (1955)
* Scott Adams (Dilbert) is born (1957)
| June 9, 2023: |
* Donald Duck makes his first aminated appearance (1934)
* Evert Geradts (De Diertjes, Moe Koe, Jan Zeiloor, Henk Hond, Alsjemaar Bekend Band, Henk Hond, Kos & Mo;founder of Dutch underground comics magazine "Tante Leny presenteerd") is born (1943)
| June 10, 2023: |
* Mitacq (aka Michel Tacq; De Beverpatroelje) is born (1927)
* Dutch magazine for girls Tina (with comics) appears for the first time and would eventually grow out to be one of the major comic magz in the Netherlands (1976)
| June 11, 2023: |
* Eppo Doeve (Dutch graphic artist, cartoonist (Mannetje Bagatel), painter, one of the designers of Dutch currency) dies (1981)
| June 12, 2023: |
* David Berg (Mad magazine) is born (1920)
* Willem Ritstier (Dirkje, Co & Wattje, Alvin, Stanley, Rick Rolluik; Co-creator of Zodiak) is born (1959)
| June 13, 2023: |
* Walter Hunt of New York City patented an invention so he can pay a $15 debt. It only took him 3 hours to make a sketch of his idea, the safety pin, to which he sold the rights for $400 dollars. If nobody ever made a comic about that, someone should (1825)
* The first telecast in the U.S. of objects in motion was invented by Charles Jenkins. He called it 'visions by radio'. The first mechanical TV system broadcast used 48 scanning lines and showed a model of Dutch windmill with its blades turning (1925)
* Arne Zuidhoek (de Viege Nazels) is born (1941)
* Henk 't Jong (Willem Peper) is born (1948)
| June 14, 2023: |
* In both comic books and newspaper strips, Peter 'Spiderman' Parker marries Mary Jane Watson (1987)
| June 15, 2023: |
* Richard Klokkers (inker at the Toonderstudios) is born (1924)
* Maarten Pathuis (Bielzenblues) is born (1964)
* The 100th strip of Goobs appears online (2003)
| June 16, 2023: |
* Carl Hollander (illustrator of Pipi Langkous) is born (1934)
* Aart Clerkx (Jan en Wim nieuws, Doodverf, Jan Klaassen) is born (1945)
* Ruud Straatman (Toer Turner, Simon Spitsmuis, Polderkolder, Pien en Peer, Henk Hond (with Evert Geradts), Johnny Goodbye (with Martin Lodewijk), Vidocq (with H.G. Kresse), Royaal Modaal (with Ben Verstoten), Sir Harold Sillybum) is born (1948)
* Walt Kelly's Pogo appears (syndicated) for the first time (1949)
| June 17, 2023: |
* Wallace Wood (EC Comics artist) is born (1927)
| June 18, 2023: |
* Bill Everett (Sub-Mariner) is born (1917)
* The first issue of Shell's advertising-comics magazine Olidin appears - the magazine would feature artists like Jan Kruis, Piet Wijn, Hans G. Kresse and Dick Vlottes (1957)
| June 19, 2023: |
* Helen Hokinson (American cartoonist) is born (1893)
* Carol Voges (Dutch comic artist for Pa Pinkelman, Sjors, Dinkie) is born (1925)
* Jim Davis creates Garfield (1978)
| June 20, 2023: |
* Michiel van de Pol (Mol, Medicijnman, CartoonDiarree) is born (1965)
* Gillian Joseph (aka Jijé; Jan Kordaat, Roodbaard) dies (1980)
| June 21, 2023: |
* Al Hirschfeld (caricaturist veteran, his work made his name synonymous with American theatre) is born (1903)
* Andries Brandt (writer for: Holle Pinkel; Horre, Harm en Hella; Aafje Anders; Pelle Svanslos; Roel Dijkstra; co-founder of de Vrije Balloen) is born (1918)
* The Rocketeer premiers (1991)
* Scribbly appears in the Dutch free newspaper Metro, for the first time (1999)
* Chicken Run premiers (2000)
| June 22, 2023: |
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit premiers (1988)
| June 23, 2023: |
* Tim Burton's Batman premiers (1989)
* Piet van Elk ("De avonturen van Drie Musketiers", "De avonturen van Ridder Rudolf", "De avonturen van Bim") dies (1994)
* Dutch radio channel (Radio 538) DJ's Edwin Evers and Jeroen van Inkel star in the first episode of their very own weekly comic, created by Maarten Pathuis, in the online 538 Magazine. (2003)
| June 24, 2023: |
* Frank King (Gasoline Alley) dies (1969)
* Joep van Abeelen (Retirement) is born (1976)
| June 25, 2023: |
* Peyo (The Smurfs) is born (1928)
| June 26, 2023: |
* Augustus Daniels Carter (Just Kids) dies (1957)
* Gary The Rat, starring Kelsey Grammer's voice, premiers on TNN (2003)
* Stripperella, starring Pamela Anderson's voice, premiers on TNN (2003)
| June 27, 2023: |
* Joseph Patrick McEvoy (Dixie Dugan) is born (1895)
| June 28, 2023: |
* Jean Roba (Billie en Bollie) is born (1930)
* Benoît Sokal (Canardo) is born (1954)
* Béné van Gansbeke (Het Plezante Potlood) is born (1965)
* Charles Schultz (Peanuts) gets a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame (1996)
| June 29, 2023: |
* As you read these lines, there's a silent murderous ninja squad sneaking up behind you to kill you. LOOK OUT ! Ha ha ha. I was just kidding.
* The 250th episode of Gregory Cathalina's God.inc appears online (2003)
| June 30, 2023: |
* Piet van Elk ("De avonturen van Drie Musketiers", "De avonturen van Ridder Rudolf", "De avonturen van Bim") is born (1919)
* South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut premiers (1999)
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July 2023
July 1, 2023: |
* This month, the first Bone comic book is published (1991)
* Jay & Silent Bob #1 is published (1998)
* Reinder Dijkhuis' now legendary webcomic Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan premiers online (2000)
* René van Densen's Chalk was finished and published online (2001)
| July 2, 2023: |
* Eppo Doeve (Dutch graphic artist, cartoonist (Mannetje Bagatel), painter, one of the designers of Dutch currency) is born (1907)
* Gerard Wiegel (Kimo en Kaja) is born (1922)
| July 3, 2023: |
* Joey Manley (founder of ModernTales.com) is born (1965)
* René van Densen starts working on a comic he calls 'Probeersel' (1997)
* Willem Mooy van Wieringen (Simpelman, Joris) dies (1999)
| July 4, 2023: |
* Rube Goldberg, first president of the National Cartoonists' Society, and the man the Rueben Award is named after, is born (1883)
* Peter de Smet (De Generaal, Viva Zapata) is born (1944)
| July 5, 2023: |
* Bill Waterson (Calvin and Hobbes) is born (1958)
| July 6, 2023: |
* Jean-Marc van Tol (one of the creators of Fokke & Sukke) is born (1967)
| July 7, 2023: |
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author of the Sherlock Holmes stories) dies (1859)
* Dick Bruynesteyn (Appie Happie) is born (1927)
* Will Eisner teams up with Gary Chaloner to bring the audience new adventures of John Law (a retired character since 1948), this time on the web, at ModernTales.com (2002)
| July 8, 2023: |
* Irwin Hasen (DC Comics, Dondi) is born (1918)
| July 9, 2023: |
* Morton Leav (the Heap) is born (1916)
* Ward Kimball (one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men) dies (2002)
| July 10, 2023: |
* Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) dies (1989)
* Cool World premiers (1992)
| July 11, 2023: |
* Daniel Barry (Flash Gordon) is born (1923)
* Gideon Brugman (Commando Moustache, De lotgevallen van de Stroemf, Alfie & KO, Zonk en Stronk, griezoloog Professor Ambrosius, de avonturen van Patty) is born (1942)
| July 12, 2023: |
* The Etch-A-Sketch children's toy is sold for the first time (1960)
* Popular newspaper comic strip Kappie, by Piet Wijn (art) and Eiso (son of) Toonder (text) stopped appearing in newspapers after 27 years (1972)
* René van Densen's cat Satan brings home a dead mouse for the first time (2002)
| July 13, 2023: |
* Mike Ploog (Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Werewolf By Night) is born (1940)
| July 14, 2023: |
* William Hanna (Hanna-Barbera Productions) is born (1910)
| July 15, 2023: |
* Cow & Chicken premiers with 'No Smoking' and as a co-show, I.M. Weasel premiers with 'I R On Sun' (1997)
| July 16, 2023: |
* Maurice de Bevere, aka Morris (Lucky Luke) dies (2001)
* Queen Elizabeth II has dubbed Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (the 'Father Of The Web', who created HTML) a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) during an Investiture at Buckingham Palace in London (2004)
| July 17, 2023: |
* Walt Disney opens his Disneyland theme park to the public (1955)
* Cliff Edwards (voice of Jiminy Cricket in Disney's Pinoccio) dies (1971)
| July 18, 2023: |
* Jan van der Voo (Ketelbinkie, Pipo de Clown, Piraatje) is born (1938)
* Berni Wrightson (Swamp Thing) is born (1948)
| July 19, 2023: |
* Bert Bus (Olaf Noord, Skokan, Theban, De brug van het Oerwoud, De Gouden Kraag en De Slavenkoopman van Pompei, Cliff Rendall, Huckleberry Finn, Stef Ardoba, Archie de Man van Staal, Nancy Drew, Jola, Woep en Wap, Mallorix) is born (1932)
* Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot) is born (1952)
* Minck Oosterveer (Jack Pott, Zodiak, Rick Rolluik, Nicky Saxx) is born (1961)
* Kathleen Verhetsel (Kleintje) is born (1985)
| July 20, 2023: |
* Dick Giordano (DC Comics artist) is born (1932)
* Alfred Mazure's comic "Dick Bos" debuts in Weekrevue De Prins
(1940)
* Benjamin Kikkert (former Probeersel.com member) is born (1976)
| July 21, 2023: |
* Jaap Vegter (Dutch cartoonist veteran) is born (1934)
* Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) is born (1948)
* Drew Weing's online "Journal Comic" ends (2003)
| July 22, 2023: |
* Rube Goldberg's political cartoon in the New York Sun, about the world on the brink of nuclear destruction, published today, won him a Pulitzer Prize the next year (1947)
| July 23, 2023: |
* Metin Seven (Belgian comic artist/illustrator/3D designer) is born (1971)
* Inspector Gadget (the live action movie) premiers (1999)
| July 24, 2023: |
* Popeye eats spinach to increase his strength, for the first time (1931)
| July 25, 2023: |
* Ray Billingsley (Curtis) is born (1957)
* Sionnain Comeaux joins Probeersel.com (2003)
| July 26, 2023: |
* Gene Byrnes (Reg'ler Fellers) dies (1974)
* Famous Turkish cartoonist Oguz Aral ("Girgir" and "Avni" humor magazines, Avanak Avni) dies (2004)
| July 27, 2023: |
* Fan Bernie Bubnis put together a Monday-afternoon event in New York City that is usually acknowledged as the first comics convention (1964)
* Marten Toonder (Tom Poes) dies (2005)
| July 28, 2023: |
* Beatrix Potter is born (1866)
* Jim Davis (Garfield) is born (1945)
* Cecile 'Saiso' Bol (Saiso Secret Service) is born (1982)
| July 29, 2023: |
* The Mask premiers (1994)
| July 30, 2023: |
* Roy Crane's Captain Easy appears for the first time (1933)
* Comicbase.nl is founded (2001)
| July 31, 2023: |
* The movie Spawn premiers (1997)
|
August 2023
August 1, 2023: |
* This site had to be relocated from its old NBCI.com location because NBCI sucks (2001)
* To celebrate this site's first year as an independent site, it launches a contest to win 100 limited edition T-shirts, starting today (2002)
* Satan (Macadamia) joins Probeersel.com (2003)
| August 2, 2023: |
* Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, etc.) is born (1970)
| August 3, 2023: |
* Jay North (actor, Dennis the Menace) is born (1952)
| August 4, 2023: |
* Sir Osbert Lancaster (English cartoonist, stage designer and writer) is born (1908)
* The Tjong King (Koning Hollewijn, Student Tijloos, Arman en Ilva; famed illustrator) is born (1933)
* Matt Baay joins Probeersel.com (2005)
| August 5, 2023: |
* The 'New York World' published 'On the Road to Moscow' by Rollin Kirby, the first cartoon to ever receive the Pulitzer Prize (1921)
* Harold Gray debuts his comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, in the New York Daily News (it would later be turned into musical Annie) (1924)
* René van Densen (Probeersel, The Artificial Real, Satan's Purrrgatory, The Grim DotCom) is born (1978)
* Patrick G. Smith (Fatal Saga) is born (1983)
* Joep van Abeelen gets married (2005)
* Siroj joins Probeersel.com (2006)
| August 6, 2023: |
* Jon Bruce Postel (one of the developers of ARPANET, a forerunner of the Internet, and a creator of the Internet's address system) is born (1943)
| August 7, 2023: |
* Maurice Tillieux (Guus Slim) is born (1922)
* Steven Dupre (Sarah & Robin, Coma) is born (1967)
* Jean-Paul Arends (Scribbly) gets to sign a pair of women's breasts for the first time (2004)
| August 8, 2023: |
* Harper's Weekly features a cartoon by William Allen Rogers which emphatically demands a halt to mob violence against black Americans (1903)
| August 9, 2023: |
* Harold Fredericks (Mandrake artist) is born (1929)
* Jeroen de Leijer (Eefje Wentelteefje; one of the founders of De Bedenkelijk Kijkende Grondeekhoorn) gets married (2002)
| August 10, 2023: |
* Osmosis Jones premiers (2001)
| August 11, 2023: |
* Dick Browne (Hagar The Horrible) is born (1917)
* Ren & Stimpy premiers (1991)
* Roman (Lenore) and Lisa Dirge eloped and were married in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada during what Roman affectionately refers to as a "Stealth Wedding". He assures the world that Lisa is not the evil girl from 'The Monsters in My Tummy'. (2000)
| August 12, 2023: |
* IBM introduced the PC personal computer (1981)
| August 13, 2023: |
* Walt Disney released Bambi (1942)
* South Park premiers (with 'Cartman Gets An Anal Probe') (1997)
| August 14, 2023: |
* René Goscinny (Asterix, Lucky Luke) is born (1926)
* Marz is born (1969)
| August 15, 2023: |
* The Brothers Grunt premiers on MTV (1994)
| August 16, 2023: |
* Harold Foster (Prince Valiant, Tarzan) is born (1892)
| August 17, 2023: |
* Ton Beek (Kappie, Birre Beer, Panda) is born (1926)
* John Romita, Jr. (Spiderman-artist) is born (1956)
* Today was the grand opening of the 27,300-square foot Charles M. Schulz museum in Santa Rosa, California (2002)
| August 18, 2023: |
* Pluto appears for the first time in a Disney cartoon (1930)
* Claude de Ribeaupierre (aka Derib; Smurfs artist; Yakari, Buddy Longway) is born (1944)
* The 300th episode of Gregory Cathalina's God.inc appears online (2003)
| August 19, 2023: |
* Gene Roddenberry (creator of Star Trek) is born (1921)
* Johnn Bakker (Blook, Dan Teal) is born (1947)
* Jon Hancock (Earth Harvest) joins Probeersel.com (2004)
| August 20, 2023: |
* Sergio Tafano (aka STO; signor Bonavontura) is born (1886)
* Joep van Abeelen (Retirement) joins Probeersel.com (2002)
| August 21, 2023: |
* Isadore 'Friz' Freleng is born (1906)
| August 22, 2023: |
* Carry Bruggman (de Partners) is born (1947)
* The Tom & Jerry Show premiers on CBS (1965)
* Jeff Crowther's comic Sketchbook first appears online (2001)
| August 23, 2023: |
* Alfredo Alcala (Marvel's Conan) is born (1925)
* Dick Bruna (Miffy / Nijntje) is born (1927)
| August 24, 2023: |
* Johannes Gutenberg completes the first printed Bible, and the use of the printing press becomes popular (1456)
* Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back premiers (2001)
* Ted Ashley, former excecutive of Warner Bros (and co-responsible for such hits as The Exorcist, Dirty Harry and Superman) dies at age 80 (2002)
| August 25, 2023: |
* Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas) is born (1958)
* Sluggy Freelance debuts online (1997)
* Carl Barks (one of the most influential Disney artists) dies (2000)
| August 26, 2023: |
* Fredrick Bean 'Tex' Avery dies (1980)
* Bob de Moor (Tijl Uilenspiegel, Barelli) dies (1992)
| August 27, 2023: |
* Dennis Kitchen (Kitchen Sink) is born (1946)
* Dudley Do-Right (live action movie) premiers (1999)
* René van Densen starts working on the short story 'Rock' and decides to team it up with 'Chalk' into a series called 'The Artificial Real' (2002)
| August 28, 2023: |
* George van Raemsdonk (Bulletje en Boonestak) is born (1888)
* Jack Kirby (creator dozens of different superheros) is born (1917)
* Willy Vandersteen (Suske & Wiske) dies (1990)
| August 29, 2023: |
* Speedy Gonzales appears for the first time (1953)
| August 30, 2023: |
* Raymond Bär van Hemmersweil (Wipperoen) is born (1929)
* Robert Crumb (underground comic artist legend) is born (1943)
| August 31, 2023: |
* Edgar Everett Martin (Boots And Her Buddies) dies (1960)
* The 300th episode of Reasons Why We Rule appears online (2004)
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September 2023
September 1, 2023: |
* Kevin & Kell debuts online (1995)
* The first Zits book gets published (1998)
| September 2, 2023: |
* Marge Champion (dancer/actress/model for Disney's Snow White) is born (1923)
* Gerrit de Jager (Roel en zijn Beestenboel, Familie Doorzon, Zusje and dozens of other comics) is born (1954)
| September 3, 2023: |
* Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois) is born (1923)
| September 4, 2023: |
* Paul Smith (X-Men, The Golden Age) is born (1954)
| September 5, 2023: |
* Comics & Comix was founded in Berkeley (1972)
* FOX airs the last episode of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992)
* Canvas (Belgian network channel) begins airing the full series of God, The Devil And Bob (2002)
* Wouter Goudswaard joins Probeersel.com (2005)
| September 6, 2023: |
* The Pink Panther cartoon premiers on NBC (1969)
* Bandirah's comic De Kreup Vallende Histie switches its update tempo from tridaily to bidaily (2004)
| September 7, 2023: |
* The Non Bibla Sacra project site is built by Web Solution Partner (2001)
* Ivo van Leeuwen (Arthur Riemslag; one of the four founders of De Bedenkelijk Kijkende Grondeekhoorn) gets married (2002)
| September 8, 2023: |
* Austin Briggs (Flash Gordon assistant) is born (1908)
* Alfred Mazure (aka Maz; Dick Bosch, Romeo Brown, Sam Stone, Lindy Leigh) is born (1914)
* Frits Godthelp (Bas en van der Pluim, Hiawatha) is born (1927)
| September 9, 2023: |
* The first computer bug is found: in relay 70, panel F of a Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator - and it's a moth (1945)
* Pinky And The Brain premiers (1995)
* Earthworm Jim premiers (1995)
* Damien, René van Densen's cat Satan's new friend, is born (2002)
| September 10, 2023: |
* The animated version of Ben Edlund's The Tick debuts on television (1994)
| September 11, 2023: |
* Eek! the Cat premiers on FOX (1992)
| September 12, 2023: |
* The Smurfs premiers on NBC (1981)
| September 13, 2023: |
* Hanna-Barbara's show Scooby-Doo, Where Are You ? premiers (1969)
* Jim Henson kicks off The Muppet Show (1976)
* Dragonball Z appears on American television for the first time (1996)
| September 14, 2023: |
* Reinder Dijkhuis (Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan) is born (1971)
* Tiny Toon Adventures premiers on FOX (1990)
* Eric Schreurs (Joop Klepzeiker) receives the prestigeous Dutch comics award Stripschapprijs for 2002, for his entire oevre, today on the comics convention De Stripdagen in Den Bosch (2002)
* 3rd annual comics con in Mechelen (2003)
| September 15, 2023: |
* Richard Felton Outcault (father of comics, creator of The Yellow Kid) dies (1928)
* The Snorks premier on NBC (1984)
* In the Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp, Belgium, the first Tintin (aka Kuifje) musical premiers (2001)
| September 16, 2023: |
* The Road Runner and Coyote appear for the first time (1949)
* Gregory Gallant (aka Seth; It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken) is born (1962)
* The first Dilbert cartoon commenting the Y2K-bug is published (1996)
| September 17, 2023: |
* The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show premiers on CBS (1983)
* The second Dilbert cartoon commenting the Y2K-bug is published (1996)
| September 18, 2023: |
* Adam West (television's Batman) is born (1928)
* The Addams Family premiers on ABC (1964)
* The third Dilbert cartoon commenting the Y2K-bug is published (1996)
| September 19, 2023: |
* Disney's first animation, Steamboat Willie, premiers (1928)
* Scott Fahlman, an IBM researcher, typed :-) in an online message on an online bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University, unwittingly supplying the often ungrammatical and occasionally illiterate Internet culture with its most potent icon: The smiley face (1982)
| September 20, 2023: |
* Gus Edson (the Gumps, Dondi) is born (1901)
| September 21, 2023: |
* Chuck Jones is born (1912)
* Craig Thompson (Goodbye Chunky Rice, Blankets) is born (1975)
| September 22, 2023: |
* Marvel and DC announced their entire universes would cross over for the first time in a joint publishing project (1995)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 4 got its title (2001)
| September 23, 2023: |
* Peter David (Hulk, Aquaman, Supergirl, Atlantis Chronicles) is born (1956)
* Ivo van Leeuwen (Arthur Riemslag; one of the four founders of De Bedenkelijk Kijkende Grondeekhoorn) is born (1969)
| September 24, 2023: |
* Jim Henson is born (1936)
* David Farley (Dr.Fun) is born (1963)
* Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) dies (1991)
* The NCSA lists Dr.Fun as the first web cartoon (1993)
* The University of Coperihagen, Denmark, is organizing a conference on the subject of comics and culture - it takes three days (1998)
| September 25, 2023: |
* Shel Silverstein (composer, artist, cartoonist, author) is born (1930)
* Christopher Reeve (actor, Superman) is born (1952)
| September 26, 2023: |
* Winsor McCay (Little Nemo) is born (1869)
* Raoul Cauvin (Sammy, De Blauwbloezen) is born (1938)
| September 27, 2023: |
* Stef Kamil Carlens (singer of Zita Swoon) is born. So what ? Well, he always wanted to be a comic artist (1970)
* Matt Baay is born (1978)
| September 28, 2023: |
* Al Capp (Li'l Abner) is born (1909)
| September 29, 2023: |
* Russel Heath (DC Comics artist) is born (1926)
| September 30, 2023: |
* The Flintstones premiers (1960)
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October 2023
October 1, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 2, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 3, 2023: |
* Harvey Kurtzman (creator of MAD) is born (1924)
* Woody Woodpecker premiers on ABC (1957)
* Johan de Rooij (comic writer / journalist) is born (1981)
| October 4, 2023: |
* 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 (2023)
* Hein de Kort (Pardon Lul, Jean-Pierre) is born (1956)
| October 5, 2023: |
* Jan Rotgans (Dutch comic artist) is born (1910)
* Monty Python's Flying Circus premiers on BBC (1969)
* Inspector Gadget premiers on Nickelodeon (1983)
| October 6, 2023: |
* Rutger Ockhorst (rutgerockhorst.com) is born (1982)
* Rodrigo Pin's Alex and Ilia premiers on Keenspace (2004)
| October 7, 2023: |
* Hey Arnold! premiers on Nickelodeon (1996)
| October 8, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 9, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 10, 2023: |
* Austin Briggs (Flash Gordon assistant) dies (1973)
* Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) dies (2004)
* Strips.blogo.nl founded (2005)
| October 11, 2023: |
* Joseph Simon (Captain America) is born (1915)
| October 12, 2023: |
* The last episode of Earthworm Jim airs (1996)
* The final episode of Worst Case Scenario appears online (2004)
| October 13, 2023: |
* Herbert Block (Herblock) is born (1909)
| October 14, 2023: |
* A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh appears in print for the first time (1926)
| October 15, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 16, 2023: |
* Franquin starts the Spirou & Fantasio-adventure Radar The Robot, where Spirou acts like more of an adventurer for the first time (1947)
| October 17, 2023: |
* Mike Judge (Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill) is born (1962)
* The 100th strip of In Other News appears online (2002)
| October 18, 2023: |
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 4 was finished drawing (2001)
| October 19, 2023: |
* Kevin Smith's Clerks premiers, starting off the Askewniverse (1994)
| October 20, 2023: |
* Aimée de Jongh (Aimee TV) is born (1988)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 4 was published online (2001)
| October 21, 2023: |
* Jay and Silent Bob #2 is published (1998)
| October 22, 2023: |
* George McManus (Bringing Up Father) dies (1954)
| October 23, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 24, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 25, 2023: |
* Pablo Ruiz Picasso, the Spanish-born painter and sculptor, considered the most influential artist of the 20th century, is born (1881)
| October 26, 2023: |
* Ralph Bakshi (animator, Fritz the Cat) is born (1938)
| October 27, 2023: |
* Walt Disney premieres his first series, Disneyland, on ABC, while his theme park is still under construction (1945)
* Siroj is born (1978)
| October 28, 2023: |
* Gulliver's Travels is published (1726)
| October 29, 2023: |
* 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)
| October 30, 2023: |
* The first issue of BlindSight is published, co-founded by René van Densen and hosting several of his comic strips (1997)
| October 31, 2023: |
* First online Fright Night (1999)
* René van Densen commenced work on Probeersel book 5 (2001)
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November 2023
November 1, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 3 got its title (2000)
| November 3, 2023: |
* The movie "The Wizard Of Oz" was first seen on television (1956)
| November 4, 2023: |
* Bob Kane, creator of Batman, dies (1998)
* Argibald joins Probeersel.com (2004)
| November 5, 2023: |
* René Goscinny (Asterix, Lucky Luke) dies (1977)
| November 6, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Stanley Drake (Juliet Jones) is born (1921)
| November 10, 2023: |
* Pokemon: The First Movie premiers (1999)
| November 11, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Martin Nodell (Hawkman, Green Lantern) is born (1915)
| November 16, 2023: |
* Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound) is born (1916)
| November 17, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Toy Story 2 premiers (1999)
| November 20, 2023: |
* Chester Gould (Dick Tracy) is born (1900)
* Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizzards premiers on FOX (1992)
| November 21, 2023: |
* Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) is born (1944)
| November 22, 2023: |
* Terry Gilliam (Monty Python's Flying Circus, animator) is born (1940)
* Toy Story premiers (1995)
* Unbreakable premiers (2000)
| November 23, 2023: |
* Today is the annual day that René van Densen doesn't do anything productive (2023)
| November 24, 2023: |
* Marq van Broekhoven (Fritz Pitz, Peer de Plintkabouter) is born (1960)
* Anton Pieck (illustrator, Efteling creator) dies (1987)
| November 25, 2023: |
* Rex Maxon (Turok - Son Of Stone) dies (1973)
| November 26, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* Despite buzz, hype and crash, the Internet apparently is still here today (2023)
* 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, 2023: |
* Milton Gross (That's My Pop) dies (1953)
| November 29, 2023: |
* 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, 2023: |
* 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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December 2023
December 1, 2023: |
* Maurice de Bevere (aka Morris; Lucky Luke) is born (1923)
* The New York Times prints the obituary of Dr. Fredric Wertham ('Seduction Of The Innocent') (1981)
* Little Shop Of Horrors premiers (1986)
| December 2, 2023: |
* Willem Mooy van Wieringen (Simpelman, Joris) is born (1915)
* Harvey Kurtzman (creator of MAD) dies (1993)
* Kevin Smith gives Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck a custom-made game, "Jen saves Ben", as thanks for their acting performance in "Jersey Girl" (2002)
| December 3, 2023: |
* Hans G. Kresse (Erik de Noorman, Vidocq) is born (1921)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 5 was finished drawing (2001)
* Art student Nathan Banks takes poetry to a new height: He painted words on the flanks of about 60 cows and let them wander around to see what they would compose. One animal (with "away" written on her side) broke loose from the herd - tell me there isn't a comic in that ! (2002)
| December 4, 2023: |
* A monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US - and nobody's written a comic about the US 'monkeying around' yet (1959)
* Béné van Gansbeke (Het Plezante Potlood) decides to leave Probeersel.com and pursue his promising career on his own (2004)
| December 5, 2023: |
* Some guy called Walt Disney is born (1901)
* The last original episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC TV (1974)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 2 was finished drawing (1999)
| December 6, 2023: |
* Nick Park (Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run) is born (1958)
* Chris Ware's 'Jimmy Corrigan' is the first graphic novel to win a big British literary award (2001)
| December 7, 2023: |
* JD 'Illiad' Frazer (User Friendly) is born (date unknown)
* Louise Post is born - What does this have to do with comics and animation ? NOTHING. She's just hot ! (1966)
* Rube Goldberg, first president of the National Cartoonists' Society, and the man the Rueben Award is named after, dies (1970)
| December 8, 2023: |
* Elzie Segar (Popeye) is born (1894)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 5 was published online (2001)
| December 9, 2023: |
* 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' debuts (1965)
* Jeroen Mirck (journalist and founder of Comicbase.nl) is born (1971)
| December 10, 2023: |
* Henk Kuijpers (Franka) is born (1946)
* Canadian Government passes the Fulton Bill, which makes posession (as well as making or distribution) of ('crime') comic books a crime (1949)
| December 11, 2023: |
* S.Lloyd Trumpstein (one of the founders of De Bedenkelijk Kijkende Grondeekhoorn) is born (1969)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles becomes one of the top money-making movies (1990)
| December 12, 2023: |
* Rudolph Dirks' comic strip, The Katzenjammer Kids, is published in a newspaper for the first time (1897)
| December 13, 2023: |
* Troy Titane (RexRex, Jeffrey) is born (1967)
* Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! premiers (1996)
| December 14, 2023: |
* Charles Schultz (Peanuts) announces his retirement (1999)
| December 15, 2023: |
* Henk Backer ('The Godfather of Dutch comics') is born (1898)
* Jan Bosschaert (Icarus, Omni 20.000 Millirem Onder Zee, Sam) is born (1957)
* Walt Disney dies (1966)
* Philippe Chappuis (aka Zep; Titeuf) is born (1967)
| December 16, 2023: |
* Marcel Remacle (aka Ted Smedley; Hultrasson, Ouwe Niek) dies (1999)
| December 17, 2023: |
* Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp (Jip&Janneke, Puk v/d Pettenflet) is born (1917)
* The Simpsons Christmas Special (first episode before the show itself premiers) airs (1989)
| December 18, 2023: |
* Ferd Johnson (Moon Mullins) is born (1905)
| December 19, 2023: |
* The first Suske & Wiske adventure is announced in a newspaper (1945)
* Franquin starts the first real longer story of Spirou & Fantasio (1946)
* Bandirah (De Kreup Vallende Histie) is born (1978)
| December 20, 2023: |
* Bob de Moor (Tijl Uilenspiegel, Barelli) is born (1925)
* Time Magazine publishes pictures of Binghamton, New York residents having a mass public comic book burning (1948)
* Jon Sukarangsan (artist for webcomic "It's all been done") is born (1980)
* Beavis & Butthead Do America premiers (1996)
| December 21, 2023: |
* Jean de Maesmaeker (aka Jidéhem; Ginger, Sophie) is born (1935)
* Walt Disney Productions releases its first big animated feature, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
| December 22, 2023: |
* Children's author-illustrator Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit) dies (1943)
| December 23, 2023: |
* Otto Soglow (Little King) is born (1900)
* Clerks the Holiday Special is published (1998)
| December 24, 2023: |
* Bob Kane (Batman) is born (1916)
* Joost Swarte (internationally one of the most famous Dutch comic artists; Jopo de Pojo) is born (1947)
* Herman van Veen's 'Alfred Jodokus Kwak' show premiers (1989)
* Peyo (The Smurfs) dies (1992)
* Fokke & Sukke gets published for the first time (1993)
| December 25, 2023: |
* Walt Disney makes his TV debut with a one hour special airing on NBC (1950)
| December 26, 2023: |
* Warner Bros. releases a parody of Disney's Snow White, Coal Black an' de Sebben Dwarfs (1942)
| December 27, 2023: |
* Marvel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (1996)
| December 28, 2023: |
* Stan Lee is born (1922)
| December 29, 2023: |
* Your horoscope for today says: You will read your horoscope for today. Odds are you're chewing on something while doing so. But perhaps not. (2023)
* Olav Beemer (Dutch comics journalist, founder of WeeklyDose.com) is born (date unknown)
* Don Lawrence (Storm, Trigië) dies (2003)
| December 30, 2023: |
* Rudyard Kipling (author of The Jungle Book) is born (1865)
* Marc Neels (aka Marc Sleen; Nero) is born (1922)
* NBC cancels The Wonderful World of Disney (THANK GOD !) - Disney nowadays owns rival TV network ABC (1980)
| December 31, 2023: |
* Marc Neels (aka Marc Sleen; Nero) always claims to be born on this day, but in fact, it was yesterday (1922)
* FutureWave gets bought by MacroMedia and Jonathan Gay's product CelAnimator/FutureSplash soon after becomes Flash 1.0 (1996)
* René van Densen's Probeersel book 1 was finished drawing (1998)
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