1900s in comics

This is a timeline of significant events in comics in the 1900s.

1900

March 11: first publication of Happy Hooligan by Frederick Burr Opper in the Hearst newspaper Sunday pages.

January 2: first appearance of Major Ozone's Fresh Air Crusade by George Herriman, syndicated by World Color Printing Co.

February 14: first appearance of Little Jimmy by Jimmy Swinnerton in the New York Journal.

July 24: first appearance of Little Sammy Sneeze by Winsor McCay in New York Herald.

September 10: first appearance of Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend by McCay under the pseudonym Silas, in Evening Telegram.

Unknown date: Journal of Current Pictorial

February 2: first appearance of Bécassine drawn by Joseph Pinchon, in La Semaine de Suzette.

January 8: first appearance of The Story of Hungry Henrietta by Winsor McCay.

June 26: first appearance of A Pilgrim’s Progress by McCay.

October 15: first publication of Little Nemo in Slumberland by McCay in New York Herald.

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