* October 26 – Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury debuts in approximately two dozen newspapers in the United States.

Trudeau's Darkest Hour: War Measures in Time of Peace | October 1970, Baraka Books, Montréal, 2010, 212 p. ISBN 978-1-926824-04-8.

" ( Trudeau's use of the word " men " referred to Laporte and James Cross, a British diplomat who was kidnapped on October 5 and eventually released on December 3.

Schreyer sometimes favoured policies distinct from those of the federal New Democratic Party ; in 1970, he supported Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's direction of the Governor General to invoke the War Measures Act in response to the October Crisis in Quebec, despite the opposition of federal NDP leader Tommy Douglas.

It was on October 5, 1973 announced from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada that Queen Elizabeth II had, by commission under the royal sign-manual and Great Seal of Canada, approved Pierre Trudeau's choice of Léger to succeed Roland Michener as the Queen's representative.

* October 30-Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a minority

Another occurred in issue 2674, dated 16 October 1993, when the whole comic was now printed in full colour, along with some new strips such as The Numskulls, which had been moved from The Beezer.

The Silver Age of comic books is generally considered to date from the first successful revival of the dormant superhero form — the debut of Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino's Flash in Showcase No. 4 ( September / October 1956 ).

This 64-page story was adapted by Donald Duck comic strip writer Bob Karp from an unproduced feature, and published in October 1942 in Four Color Comics # 9.

The Flash's reimagining in Showcase # 4 ( October 1956 ) proved sufficiently popular that it soon led to a similar revamping of the Green Lantern character, the introduction of the modern all-star team Justice League of America ( JLA ), and many more superheroes, heralding what historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie were created by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro, and first appeared in a newspaper comic strip on October 17, 1937.

* Classics Illustrated No. 112, The Adventures of Kit Carson ( October 1953 ), is based on John C. Abbott's 1873 book ; the comic book went through nine printings between 1953 and 1969.

Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905 – July 23, 1911 and September 3, 1911 – July 26, 1914 ; respectively.

Debuting in August 1952 ( cover date October – November ), Mad began as a comic book published by EC, then located in lower Manhattan at 225 Lafayette Street.

It was the subject of the October 9, 2011 Over the Hedge comic strip.

* October 4 – Dick Tracy, the comic strip detective character created by cartoonist Chester Gould, makes his debut appearance in the Detroit Mirror newspaper.

* October 11 – Joe Simon, American comic book artist and writer ( d. 2011 )

Buffy's debut into literature came in the comic Dark Horse Presents 1998 Annual on August 26, 1998, while her first prose appearance was in Halloween Rain by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder on October 5, 1998.

Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton ( October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966 ) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer.

The Perry Mason character has appeared in comic books and a short-lived ( October 16, 1950 – June 21, 1952 ) comic strip.

Bacque had just completed a comic drama for the stage entitled Conrad, about a media mogul in prison, which was scheduled for production on October 2, 2009 at the George Ignatieff Theatre in Toronto.

In October 1981 Marvel UK began publishing Blake's 7 – A Marvel Monthly, which included a comic strip by Ian Kennedy as well as text stories, features and photographs.

In 1937 Western, as the request of Kay Kamen ( who oversaw licensing and marketing at Disney ), assumed production of the newsstand version of Mickey Mouse Magazine, which in October 1940 was succeeded by the comic book Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

Giorgio Cavazzano ( born October 19, 1947, Venice ) is an Italian comic strip artist.

The theatre opened on 10 October 1881 and was built by Richard D ' Oyly Carte on the site of the old Savoy Palace as a showcase for the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, which became known as the Savoy Operas as a result.

Space Moose was a Canadian underground comic strip that appeared in the University of Alberta's student newspaper, The Gateway, between October 3, 1989 and 1999.

The first Space Moose comic premiered in the October 3, 1989 edition of The Gateway.

Enki Bilal ( born October 7, 1951 ) is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.

A commercially successful film, named after and based upon the comic, was released on October 19, 2007, followed by a straight-to-video sequel on July 23, 2010.

In October 1989, Holbrook began his second strip, Safe Havens, and his third strip, Kevin and Kell was launched in September 1995.

# Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons — April 16, 1989 ( first strip ) to October 21, 1989

An employee of seven years, David Steward then posted on an office bulletin board the October 26, 2007, Dilbert strip that compared management decisions to those of " drunken lemurs ".

As Doonesbury, the strip debuted as a daily strip in about two dozen newspapers on October 26, 1970 – the first strip from Universal Press Syndicate.

The strip underwent a significant change after Trudeau returned to it from a 22-month hiatus ( from January 1983 to October 1984 ).

Right panel of October 27, 1989 strip.

Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror.

Kilian was paid less than half of what Collins was making per strip, but continued until his death on October 27, 2005.

On 15 October 2005, he performed an impromptu strip tease on Italy's most watched evening news program, removing his shirt and draping it over the newscaster's shoulders.

The strip ran from 23 May to 1 October 1960 and was written by Peter O ' Donnell and illustrated by John McLusky.

The strip was launched by King Features on October 14, 1945, more than a year before the film was released.

As early as October, 1945, a newspaper strip named Walt Disney Presents " Uncle Remus " and His Tales of Brer Rabbit appeared in the United States, and this production continued until 1972.

Gottfredson continued illustrating the daily strip until he retired on October 1, 1975.

After the debut, variations of the package began to be implemented during other major league events shown on FSN affiliates, beginning with NHL telecasts on October 11, 2008, NBA telecasts on October 28 ( initially using a smaller box for scores in the bottom-right for the 2008-09 season, but switching to a horizontal " strip " design for the 2009-2010 season ), and MLB games on both FSN and the Fox network upon the beginning of the new season in April 2009