Overview of events in 1930 in comics
Notable events of 1930 in comics.
Events and publications
January
April
- April 1: First episode of Mickey Mouse In Death Valley, the first Mickey adventure written and drawn (in collaboration) by Floyd Gottfredson, though Win Smith is still the main artist.[6] The story sees the comics debut of various recurring characters (Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, the Minnie's uncle Mortimer and the two villains Sylvestre Shyster and Pete).
May
June
September
- September 8: Blondie by Chic Young makes its debut.[11]
- Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers, by Floyd Gottfredson starts off in the newspapers, the first story where Mickey Mouse plays as a detective. It also marks the debut of Patricia Pig, of the sympathetic criminal Butch and of the Minnie's father Marcus Mouse.
October
- October 5: Tobias Seicherl by Ladislaus Kmoch debuts in the Austrian newspaper Das Kleine Blatt.[12]
November
December
Specific date unknown