February 10. In Italy, after the outbreak of the war with USA, Tuffolino, by
Federico Petrocchi and
Pier Lorenzo De Vita, replaces Topolino (
Mickey Mouse), until then the only American comic tolerated by the Fascist censure. The new comic, a shameless plagiarism of the Disney original, with human characters instead of animals, lasts until December 1943.[2]
May 15: In the
U.S. internment camp for Japanese-Americans, Santa Anita, California at the Assembly Center, Chris Ishii creates the comic strip Li'l Neebo for the prisoners.[7] The series is later continued by, respectively, Tom Okamoto [8] and Jack Ito until 1944.[9]
May 16: The British comics magazine Funny Wonder merges with another magazine Wonder.
In
Al Capp's Li'l Abner the comic-within-a-comic Fearless Fosdick makes its debut, though only as a reference. For his first adventure within the series itself readers have to wait until 19 June 1944.[13]
^Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 40.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. DC scored a coup by luring to their ranks the popular artist and writer team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, who [in 1942] introduced the Newsboy Legion, the Guardian, and the Boy Commandos.
February 10. In Italy, after the outbreak of the war with USA, Tuffolino, by
Federico Petrocchi and
Pier Lorenzo De Vita, replaces Topolino (
Mickey Mouse), until then the only American comic tolerated by the Fascist censure. The new comic, a shameless plagiarism of the Disney original, with human characters instead of animals, lasts until December 1943.[2]
May 15: In the
U.S. internment camp for Japanese-Americans, Santa Anita, California at the Assembly Center, Chris Ishii creates the comic strip Li'l Neebo for the prisoners.[7] The series is later continued by, respectively, Tom Okamoto [8] and Jack Ito until 1944.[9]
May 16: The British comics magazine Funny Wonder merges with another magazine Wonder.
In
Al Capp's Li'l Abner the comic-within-a-comic Fearless Fosdick makes its debut, though only as a reference. For his first adventure within the series itself readers have to wait until 19 June 1944.[13]
^Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 40.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. DC scored a coup by luring to their ranks the popular artist and writer team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, who [in 1942] introduced the Newsboy Legion, the Guardian, and the Boy Commandos.