Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/April/April 9
Appearance
- 1883: birth of Frank King, early American comic strip writer and artist, best known as creator of Gasoline Alley
- 1914: birth of Mac Raboy, American comic book artist and co-creator of Captain Marvel Jr. who continued Flash Gordon for more than twenty years
- 1917: birth of Rolf Kauka, American comic artist, most famous for the series Fix and Foxi
- 1965: birth of Kelly Corvese, American comic book editor and colorist
- 1967: first appearance of Tensai Bakabon, Japanese manga by Fujio Akatsuka
- 1977: birth of Gerard Way, American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer, creator of The Umbrella Academy
- 1978: debut of The World's Greatest Superheroes, American comic strip by various artists which ran until 1985
- 1979: birth of Brandon Badeaux, American artist and writer