May 2: In the first issue of the Turkish children's magazine Yavrutürk Çocuk Gazetesi Ercüment Kalmik's comics series Çetin Kaptan makes its debut.[6]
May 3: The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine Bravo ! is published. It will run until 17 April 1951.
May 7: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Doe Mee is published. It will run until 15 December 1949.[7]
May 15: A longer narrative unfolds in the otherwise gag-a-day comic Krazy Kat by George Herriman, lasting nearly 10 months, until 17 March 1937. Fans will later name this storyline the Tiger Tea story. [8]
January 31: Grace Drayton, American illustrator and comics artist (Dolly Dimples, The Pussycat Princess), dies at age 58.[22]
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March 19: Ottilia Adelborg, Swedish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 80.[23]
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April 2: Bert Cobb, American comics artist (Jocko the Educated Monk, Some Monkey Fun From Jungle Jinks, Stumble-Toe Joe, Ambitious Teddy, Meddlesome Millie), dies at age 66 or 67.[24]
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May 5: James Francis Sullivan, British illustrator and comics artist (The British Working Man, The Queer Side of Things), dies at age 83.[25]