Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/October/October 23
- 1920: birth of Bob Montana, American comic strip creator best known for Archie
- 1924: birth of R. K. Laxman, Indian cartoonist best known for The Common Man
- 1958: first appearance of The Smurfs by Peyo in a Johan and Peewit story in Spirou magazine
- 1963: birth of Eric Shanower, American cartoonist, best known for his Oz novels and comics
- 1965: birth of Joseph Illidge, American comic book writer and editor.
- 1968: birth of Gary Erskine, Scottish comic book artist.
- 1970: birth of Jeromy Cox, American comic book colorist
- 1992: death of Horace T. Elmo, American comic strip cartoonist particularly active in the 1930s and 1940s
- 2003: start of Dragon Zakura, Japanese manga by Mita Norifusa