Timeline/novel

"We've not seen one like this before."
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A timeline that lists official, chronologically-ordered dates taken from the universe of the Bendy novel series.

1870s

1874

• MacArthur Steel Co. is established.

1900s

1900

• Bertrum Piedmont begins his career in designing amusement parks.

1901

• Joey Drew is born in Paterson, New Jersey.

1902

• Kyle is born.

1910s

1911

• Joey Drew witnesses a man fall from a building and nearly die while looking out a window.

1912

• Joey goes to his first vaudeville.
• On December 20, Cort Theater is opened to the public.

1913

• Joey visits Coney Island for the first time.

1914

• On July 28, the Great War/World War I has begun.

1917

• On April 6, the United States declares war on Germany.
• Joey lies about his age and signs up to join the Signal Corps.
• Joey becomes friends with Donaldson and Eckhart during training.
• Joey is introduced to Lottie at the dance hall on base.

1918

• Joey is assigned to the Signal Corps Radio Laboratories, where he meets Nathan Arch.
• Donaldson and Eckhart are shipped overseas.
• In the fall, Walter Benjamin Richmond returns from overseas and shows off his photographs, including one of the dying Ivan Newsome.
• Casualty lists reveal Donaldson and Eckhart died together.
• Lottie is shipped off to London.
• Nathan is shipped overseas.
• On November 11, World War I ends.

1920s

1920

• On January 17, Prohibition begins.
• In April, Joey Drew is approached by Detective Adam Sinclair to investigate the murder of Walter Richmond.
  • Joey asks to join Detective Sinclair in his investigation, which the detective allows.
  • Two days later, Detective Sinclair and Joey go to Isabel Newsome's art gallery to question Mrs. Pepper, Miss Newsome, Mr. Wadsworth, and Everett.
  • A firecracker is set off in the art gallery, causing a massive panic, and Arthur Fallow is reminded of his time in the war, causing him to break down on the floor.
  • Detective Sinclair learns from Arthur that there was a surprise attack on his unit during the war, and Walter left him and Ivan Newsome to die.
  • Three weeks later, Detective Sinclair invites Joey to a dinner in Newport at Adelaide Richmond's house, where Mrs. Richmond, Mr. Wadsworth, Everett, Mrs. Pepper, and Isabel Newsome are waiting.
  • Detective Sinclair concludes that Isabel was the murderer, wanting revenge for her brother being left to die, but with no proof or a confession nothing is done and the detective leaves.
  • Joey becomes friends with Mrs. Richmond.
• Two weeks after going to Miss Newsome's art gallery, Joey gets a job at Mr. Kirkpatrick's bookstore.

1922

• Joey meets Abby Lambert while working at the bookstore, and the two become friends.
• Abby takes Joey to his first true art gallery experience.
• Abby introduces Joey to Henry Stein sometime before 1925, and he gets a job at the bookstore with Joey.
• Joey discovers his love of film and constantly visits the Grand Cinema, where a teenage Sammy Lawrence played the piano.

1925

• Abby takes Joey to his first salon and Joey decides to write a short play to prove he can do better than those who performed that night.
• A month after his first salon, Joey and Abby perform in his play, which the audience loves.

1927

• On March 5, the []Sardi's]] restaurant is founded and opened by Melchiorre Pio Vincenzo "Vincent" Sardi Sr. and his wife Eugenia "Jenny" Pallera.
• Sometime in the fall, Kyle takes Joey to a party in the Meatpacking District and Joey reunites with Nathan Arch.
• Dot is born.

1928

• At an art gallery being hosted by Abby in the summer, she shows off some of Henry's work to Joey and it inspires him to create animated cartoons.
• Joey comes up with the idea for a devilish character and tells Abby in hopes she could draw cartoons, but at the time her drawings are too realistic.
• Over the next few days, Joey works out the financial side of his business plan.
  • Joey sits down with Nathan to discuss the essential details.
  • Joey meets with Mrs. Richmond for investments, and she gets ahold of the best animators and cartoonists at the time.
  • Joey comes up with the name Joey Drew Studios.
• One Saturday night, Abby brings Henry over to Joey's apartment with a sketch of a cartoon character.
  • Although not what Joey was looking for the sketch makes Joey think, and with input from Joey and Henry's own creative input, Bendy is created.
  • Henry offers to become partners with Joey, and Joey accepts the offer.
  • Joey asks Abby to join, but she turns it down, having a year left in her art program and needing more time to practice drawing cartoons.

1929

• Joey Drew Studios is established in the spring by Joey Drew and Henry Stein in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
• The first Bendy cartoon, Little Devil Darlin', where Bendy premieres, is produced.
• Two weeks into the studio Henry records his frustration on how his partnership with Joey is going compared to his initial expectations, his decrease in time with Linda, and his excitement towards a new character.
• The Sheep Songs! cartoon, where Boris the Wolf premieres, is produced.
• The United States Stock Market crashes, resulting in the Great Depression.
• On November 7, the Museum of Modern Art is opened to the public.
• Daniel "Buddy" Lewek is born.

Unknown Year

• Joey moves to a new apartment closer to Midtown.

1930s

1930

• Planning begins on a female character for the cartoons.
• On October 14, Joey Drew attends the opening night party for Ira Gershwin's Girl Crazy, and there he meets Sammy Lawrence and Jack Fain.
  • The two will join the studio two weeks later.
• Henry Stein leaves Joey Drew Studios and moves to Pasadena, California, leaving a note for Joey so they can discuss it pending such time as Joey is available to do so.
• The concept for Bendyland is created, based upon inspiration from employees of Joey Drew Studios, culminating in the planning stages for the amusement park itself.

1931

• Abby Lambert joins the studio.
• On November 3, the first known Bendy comic strip, Barnyard Opry is published.
• On December 4, the Sole for Supper comic strip is published.
• On December 18, the Pie and Pop comic strip, where Ruby Goldberg premieres, is published.

1932

• 'On January 13, the Up in Flames comic strip, where Boswell Lotsabucks premieres, is published.
• On March 2, the What Crumbs Around, Goes Around comic strip is published.
• On March 17, the The Artist comic strip is published.
• On May 4, the Cats and Dogs comic strip is published.
• On September 22, the Two for One comic strip is published.
• On October 2, the Rain, Rain, Go Away comic strip is published.
• On October 3, the Bright Idea comic strip is published.
• On November 10, the Counting Sheep comic strip, where the Woolly Triplets premiere, is published.
• On November 16, the Hands Off comic strip is published.

1933

• Joey purchases the remaining floors of the building, massively expanding the studio.
• On January 3, the F for Effort comic strip is published.
• On January 10, the comic strips How Not to and On Cloud 9 are published.
• On February 10, the Rocks Cream comic strip is published.
• On February 14, the Mice Try comic strip is published.
• On April 5, the Pig Sty comic strip is published.
• On April 12, the Batter's Eye comic strip is published.
• On May 6, the Opening Act comic strip is published.
• On June 7, the Stink or Swim comic strip is published.
• On June 10, the Bon Appe-Sneak comic strip is published.
• On July 10, the Ode to Reuben comic strip is published.
• On July 23, the True Love comic strip is published.
• On September 12, the Sent From Above cartoon, where Alice Angel premieres, is produced, leading to the publication of an article regarding her debut by The Erie Daily Times.
• On October 5, the Mutt Cuts comic strip is published.
• On October 8, the Sticky Situation comic strip is published.
• On November 6, the Encore comic strip is published.
• On December 5, Prohibition is ended by the the 21st Amendment.

1934

• On February 18, the Fleas and Z's comic strip is published.
• On May 18, the Nothing is Free comic strip is published.
• On June 16, the Three for One comic strip is published.
• On August 10, the The Money will roll right in comic strip is published.
• On November 20, the Poor Yorick comic strip is published.
• On December 5, the Graduation Day comic strip is published.
• In December, the Bendy and Boris dolls are made and sold in stores by Heavenly Toys.

1935

• On March 10, the Pie and the Sky comic strip is published.
• On May 11, the Opposites Attract comic strip is published.
• On May 13, the final known comic strip, Automo-steal is published.
• The The Butcher Gang cartoon, where Charley, Barley, and Edgar premiere, is produced.

1936

• The first known proper Bendy comic book, "To the Moon! Or, Not everyone's a fan of good comedy" is published.

1937

• The Nightmare Faire cartoon is produced.

1939

• Bertrum Piedmont is interviewed for an article on the World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York.
• On September 1, the global war, World War II, has begun.

Unknown Year

• The Hell's Kitchen cartoon is produced in the early 1930s.
• Bertrum Piedmont retires.

1940s

1940

• Joey Drew sees a newspaper article on the decline of amusement part attendees, and it inspires him to create Bendyland and seek out Bertrum Piedmont.
• Joey and Bertrum meet up for lunch and discuss Bendyland, and Bertrum ultimately agrees to help out, exiting retirement.
• The construction for the Bendyland amusement park begins, under the supervision of Bertrum.
• The comic book "Alice the Aviator! Or, Give them Heck, Angel!" is published.
• The "Employee of the Month" initiative at Joey Drew Studios is established.

1941

• The comic book Construction Corruption, as well as the cartoon of which it was based upon, are published and produced, respectively.
• In a wild scheme to make his upcoming Bendyland attraction more interesting-- via using real living cartoon mascots instead of hiring people in costumes-- Joey Drew strikes a deal with Gent in order to create the Ink Machine in the first place, leading to the creation of the Ink Demon, various experiments gone wrong, and an increasingly large debt to the former bricklaying company.

1942

• Daniel "Buddy" Lewek's father dies during World War II as a soldier.
• The Illusion of Living is published.
• Bendy Land is opened to the general public in the Meadowlands of southern New Jersey.

1944

• On June 23, Bertrum Piedmont purchases a massive amount of steel from the McArthur Steel Co.
• Spanning from July 1 to August 1, Joey Drew Studios begins to experience financial troubles, due to excessive spending on Joey Drew's part.

1945

• On September 2, World War II has ended.

1946

• The main setting for the Dreams Come to Life novel.
  • In late July, Daniel "Buddy" Lewek is hired to work as a gofer/apprentice in the Art Department of Joey Drew Studios, and that same day Buddy's grandfather moves to New York from Poland to live with him.
  • On Buddy's first day, an ink pipe in the music sheet closet bursts and Sammy Lawrence is covered in ink, which Buddy helps clear off his face.
  • A few weeks later, Buddy sneaks into the music sheet closet to steal some ink and paper, and he overhears an argument between Thomas Connor and Sammy over Sammy sneaking around the Ink Machine and asking Gent workers where the ink is kept.
  • Buddy conceives the idea of Cowboy Bendy, based on a script written by Dot, which later culminates in the production of a cartoon based off of this concept, entitled "Cowboy, Bendy", as well as the publication of a coinciding promotional comic, which is also the final known Bendy comic book.
  • On Buddy's fourth week, he stays late to practice drawing perspectives and hears banging and moaning, ultimately leading him to find and unleash the Ink Demon.
  • The next day, Buddy and Dot investigate the Music Department, where Buddy finds Sammy's disturbing sketches and Dot finds a supply closet full of empty ink bottles.
  • A day later, Sammy storms into the Art Department demanding ink bottles and Joey takes Buddy out to buy tuxedos for an upcoming party.
  • Two weeks later, in early September, Sammy mysteriously disappears and the musicians are locked out of the Music Room.
  • Three days later, Thomas is fired after an argument with Joey over Ink Bendy and the Ink Machine.
  • A week after the Music Room lock-out, the studio is closed down for two days after the Music Department is vandalized.
  • Buddy and Dot break into the studio and are hunted down by Ink Bendy, who kills a violinist, but they are saved by Norman Polk.
  • Friday of that week, Joey hosts a company party to unveil Bendyland and the purchase of the Court Theater, which Joey Drew Studios will own the following day.
  • Thomas and Allison Pendle arrive at the party to demand the Ink Machine back, but Joey refuses and fires Allison for siding with Thomas.
  • Dot, Jacob, Richie, and Buddy an hour later, break into the studio and discovers Sammy has descended into insanity as the result of ingesting ink on the first day Buddy met him, and consuming excessive amounts of ink from ink bottles has transformed him.
  • Buddy and Dot go into the Court Theater to rescue Jacob and there they also find the deceased Dave and Norman, along with the Ink Machine.
  • Buddy is brutally murdered by Ink Bendy during a fight at the Court Theater and resurrected by Joey as Boris the Wolf, who assaults Joey and retreats into the studio.
• Allison is rehired immediately after being fired.
• The main setting for The Lost Ones novel.
  • Wally Franks, on a mid-October night, comes across the now rehired Thomas Connor, who is in the process of moving the Ink Machine out of Joey Drew Studios in order to fix it.
  • On a Tuesday morning in mid-October, multiple disasters threaten the shooting of a tourist film being produced by Emmett Chambers, but Bill Chambers, Constance Gray, and Brant Morris are able to step in and fix each problem.
  • Later that afternoon, Brant convinces Mr. Clark to let him write an article for their newspaper, and Brant decides to befriend Bill to write about his father's corruption in Atlantic City.
  • That night, through different circumstances, Bill, Constance, and Brant find themselves dragged into the Rose Club when a blackout occurs, and while Brant leads Bill to the fuse box, Constance drags Andrew to the Boardwalk, where she spots a ship.
  • Thomas and a few movers carry a create containing the Ink Machine and seemingly Ink Bendy down into an old factory from Prohibition days, which Scott found.
  • The next day, Bill, Constance, and Brant finally meet each other after Bill invites the two to attend a small screening of his father's footage.
  • Later that afternoon, Bill accepts a job offer from Scott, and he's taken to the Jive Dive to meet Thomas to confirm his job at Gent.
  • Just over two weeks later, with Scott at home caring for his ill baby, Thomas approaches Bill and shows him the Ink Machine, and in the process of fixing it Bill accidently has some ink sprayed on him.
  • A few weeks later, Bill approaches Constance and decides to show her the Ink Machine, with Brant following from the shadows until eventually joining them once they reach the machine.
  • They open a large icebox after hearing banging from it and unleash Ink Bendy, who attacks Bill before attacking the Ink Machine to turn it on, and Brant is consumed by the ink and explodes, spraying Constance and Bill in ink and leaving an inky puddle which retreats back into the factory.
  • Once the two return home, Bill is overwhelmed by fear and bangs his head into a wall to knock himself out while Constance aggressively attempts to remove the ink stains from her dress before using her chemistry set to experiment with the ink.
  • The next day, Bill is forced to attend a dinner party with his father, and while he's getting ready an inky figure stalks him, leaving an ink puddle on his floor.
  • At the dinner party, Bill comes across Allison Pendle and Joey Drew, who explains that Bertrum Piedmont had recommended he get in contact with Bill's father while he was in New Jersey.
  • Meanwhile, while Constance is experimenting with the ink, she hears sobbing and is grabbed by an unseen figure which vanishes, leaving a black handprint on her wrist.
  • The next morning, Bill joins Joey and Thomas as they take another secret path to the Ink Machine, but Bill refuses to go farther after a crazed, ink covered Scott jumps at him and screams about a monster before running into a wall and knocking himself out.
  • After finding the black beetle she took the day prior dead following her experiments with the ink, Constance concludes that contact with the ink enhances deeper emotions and feelings with whatever it makes contact with.
  • That afternoon, Bill and Andrew arrive at Constance's apartment, and after a fight between Andrew and Constance, Bill and Constance talk about what they've discovered about the machine and the ink.
  • Constance has developed a cure for the ink and the mysterious ink figure returns and takes it, revealing itself to be Brant, and the three decide they need to destroy the Ink Machine before it gets shipped back to New York.
  • That night Bill leads the trio to the Ink Machine and when they get there Constance rushes over and attacks the machine causing a leak, but Bill gains the courage to take apart the machine properly, and he manages to take out a chrome pipe before happily allowing the ink to consume him right as Ink Bendy lunges at him.
  • While Ink Bendy escapes through the open entrance, Brant gets cut and notices his blood is actually ink, but instead of telling Constance that the cure is temporary he instead hands the parts over to her while he sacrifices himself in order to keep Ink Bendy back.
  • Constance nearly falls into a deep cavern, but is saved by Buddy Boris who quickly retreats, and after disposing of the Ink Machine parts the crazed Scott returns but refuses to join Constance as she jumps into a small body of water to escape the factory.
  • Brant makes it back to the Ink Machine and is too weak to fight, but before Ink Bendy can do any more harm, Bill, who is now an ink figure, lunges at him and lures him into the room, acting as a distraction so Brant can close the door before allowing himself to let go.
  • Constance washes up on a rocky beach near a highway, and after a few minutes of walking a car heading for Atlantic City stops and offers her a ride, and she gets in only to realize the driver is Scott and the other passenger is Joey.
• The investigation for financial troubles in Joey Drew Studios begins, culminating in the World Herald publishing an article concerning the investigation itself.
• Several former employees of the studio report citations of Joey Drew's unethical business practices to the general public.

Unknown Year

• Somewhere on the early years after the Americans enter World War II on December 7, 1941, Joey Drew Studios re-releases almost all of their Bendy cartoons to promote war bonds.
• The head of the Art Department, Mr. Morris, is overseas and Abby Lambert takes his place.

1950s

1952

• On February 23, at the time of 2:30 PM, Allison Pendle and Thomas Connor are married.
• On August 24, Joey Drew Studios had shut down.

1953

• Joey discovers the Cycle and uses the Ink Machine to recreate his old studio.
• Joey creates a TV show at Kismet Production Studios, the first show releases in January.

Unknown Year

• Joey moves into a Greenwich Village apartment building and begins to use the nickname Joey.
• Gent Corporation shuts down and Joey regains the ownership of the Ink Machine.

1960s

1963

• The events of Bendy and the Ink Machine occur.

1970s

1971

• Joey Drew passes away.
• Archgate Films is founded.

1972

• Archgate buys the rights to Bendy.
• Allison Pendle joins Archgate Films.
• Nathan Arch, with the aid of his fellow workers at Archgate Films (who also happen to be Bendy fans), archive the surviving Bendy comics, culminating in the publication of a collection of these comics.
• The Illusion of Living is re-released by Nathan with new footnotes from him.

1973

• The main setting for Bendy and The Dark Revival.

Unknown Decade

Note: This section is for all events that happened within unknown decades. The events below are not listed in chronological order nor happen all within the same decade.

• Wally Franks retires from Joey Drew Studios, and moves with his family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he founds Franks Handyman Service.