Notable events of 1931 in comics.
Events and publications
Year overall
January
- January 7: Kho Wang Gie's comic strip Put On makes its debut and will continue for 30 years.[1]
- January 19: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story Mickey Mouse Vs. Kat Nipp by Floyd Gottfredson is published. Kat Nipp, already Mickey’s antagonist in some animated shorts, makes his comics debut in this story.
- January 21: After the death of C. W. Kahles, the comic strip Hairbreadth Harry is continued by F.O. Alexander.[2][3]
February
- February 26: The first episode of the Mickey Mouse story Boxing champion by Floyd Gottfredson is published, which marks the debut of Gideon Goat.
- February 28: The final gag of Harold C. Earnshaw's newspaper comic strip The Pater is published.[4]
March
- March 23: The first episode of Roland J. Scott's long-running newspaper comic Scott's Scrapbook is published, which will continue up until 1967.[5]
April
May
June
July
September
October
November
- November 27: The final issue of the Spanish comics magazine Pinocho is published.[9]
December
- December 26: The first episode of the biblical text comic Illustrated Sunday School Lesson is published. It will run until 26 February 1973.[10]
Specific date unknown
- Edwina Dumm's Alec the Great makes its debut and will run until 1969.[11]
- Suihō Tagawa's Norakuro makes its debut.
- The final episode of Doings of the Duffs is published. The last artist to draw it is Buford Tune.[12]
- Jean Bruller publishes his comic strip Le Mariage de Monsieur Lakonik.[13]
- Henri Bruneau publishes Zbib et Barnabé.[14]
- William Ferguson publishes This Curious World (1931-1952).[15]
- Louis Diamond publishes Mick.[16]
- Hergé publishes Fred & Mille in Mon Avenir, which will be continued by François Gianolla a year later.[17]
- Guglielmo Guastaveglia creates early Italian versions of Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat.[18]
- Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson's Screen Oddities, a daily comic about the lives of Hollywood stars, is first published.[19]
