October 29: Walter Quermann's comic strip Toy Talkies makes its debut and will later change its title to Hickory Hollow Folks. It will run until 1955. [10]
December 17: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine Jumbo is published. It will run until 13 November 1938. It's the first in Italy to use the balloons, instead of the traditional rhymed captions.[13]
December 31: The first issue of the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino is published. It will run until 9 April 1949.[14]
April 2: Loron A. Taylor, American comics artist (Mom 'n' Pop, worked on The Romance of America), commits suicide at age 32.[17]
May
May 21: Raoul Barré, Canadian animator and comics artist (Pour Un Dîner de Noël, En Roulant Ma Boule, Histoire de Sauvage, Les Contes du Père Rheault, Noahzark Hotel), dies at age 58 from cancer.[18]
June
June 14: Dok Hager, American comics artist (Dok's Dippy Duck, later retitled The Adventures of Waddles), dies at age 63.[19]
