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• 1907: birth of George Waiss, American comic artist and animator, best known for his work for Disney
• 1959: first appearance of Asterix, French comic by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny, in the first promotional issue of the comics magazine Pilote
• 1967: birth of Alonzo Washington, American comic book creator, founder of Omega 7 Comics
• 1976: birth of Allen Passalaqua, American comic book artist
• 1997: death of Ruth Atkinson, American cartoonist and comic book writer-artist, creator of Marvel Comics character Millie the Model
• 2001: death of Hank Ketcham, American comic strip creator best known for Dennis the Menace
• 2008: death of Marty Links, American cartoonist best known for her syndicated comic strip Emmy Lou
• 2010: finale of the web comic 8-Bit Theater is published online
• 2017: death of Vic Lockman, American Christian cartoonist and comic strip writer

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• 1895: launch of The Little Bears, American comic strip created by Jimmy Swinnerton
• 1902: founding of Newspaper Enterprise Association, the oldest and longest-running comic strip syndicate in the world
• 1918: birth of Ruth Atkinson, American comics artist best known as co-creator of Millie the Model and Patsy Walker
• 1940: debut of The Spirit, influential American comic created by Will Eisner
• 1945: final appearance of Bungle Family, American comic strip created by Harry J. Tuthill
• 1945: birth of Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist best known for Vasco Pyjama
• 1951: birth of Michael E. Uslan, American producer of the Batman films and the first instructor to teach an accredited course on comic book folklore at any university
• 1958: birth of Scott Rosema, American comics artist best known for illustrating stories for Warner Bros
• 1963: birth of Joe Gentile, American comic book writer and author, founder of Moonstone Books
• 1968: birth of Flemming Andersen, Danish comics artist best known for his work on Disney comics
• 1971: birth of Anthony Montgomery, American actor and graphic novelist, creator of graphic novel Miles Away

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• 1913: birth of Tom Gill, American comic book artist best known for drawing Dell Comics' The Lone Ranger.
• 1919: birth of Jerry Serpe, American comic book artist
• 1921: birth of Bob LeRose, American comic book colorist for DC Comics
• 1940: debut of Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, American comic strip by Russel Stamm which ran until 1956
• 1946: birth of Sergio Mulko, Argentine comics artist best known for Nippur de Lagash
• 1965: birth of Gavin Wilson, American comic book artist best known for work on Sandman Mystery Theatre
• 1973: death of Syd Shores, American comic book artist best known for working on Captain America
• 1977: death of Syd Nicholls, Australian cartoonist and commercial artist, best known for the comic strip Fatty Finn
• 1992: death of William Gaines, publisher of EC Comics and MAD magazine
• 2002: launch of science fiction webcomic A Miracle of Science, written by Jon Kilgannon, with art by Mark Sachs

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• 1938: first appearance of Just Jake, British comic strip by Bernard Graddon in the Daily Mirror until 1952
• 1951: birth of Wendy Pini, American comics creator best known for co-creating Elfquest
• 1958: birth of Josef Rubinstein, American comic book artist and inker, most associated with inking Marvel Comics' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• 1973: first publication of Barefoot Gen, Japanese manga novel by Keiji Nakazawa
• 1984: death of Sol Brodsky, American comic book artist best known as production manager at Marvel Comics
• 1986: birth of Jorge Jimenez, El Salvador-born comic book writer and artist known for his work on various DC Comics series
• 1988: final appearance of Steve Canyon, American comic strip by Milton Caniff which ran since 1947
• 1989: death of Dik Browne, American comic strip creator best known for Hi and Lois and Hägar the Horrible
• 1994: the first Alternative Press Expo is held in San Jose, California
• 1998: debut of Hunter × Hunter, Japanese manga created by Yoshihiro Togashi
• 2002: start of Scary Go Round, British webcomic by John Allison

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• 1905: birth of Wayne Boring, American comics artist best known for his work on Superman
• 1911: birth of Vin Sullivan, American comics editor, artist and publisher best known for editing the first issue of Action Comics and drawing the first cover of Detective Comics
• 1942: birth of Frank Chiaramonte, American comics artist and inker for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics
• 1955: first publication of Lance by Warren Tufts, one of the last full page comic strips
• 1962: Amazing Fantasy volume 1 number 15, with the first appearance of Spider-Man was released, with a cover date of August 1962
• 1968: birth of Dave Lanphear, American comics letterer
• 1970: birth of Matthew Clark, American comic book artist
• 1970: death of Jay Irving, American comic strip author best known for Pottsy
• 1982: first publication of Wow!, a British comic which ran for just over a year
• 1983: end of Latigo, American comic strip by Stan Lynde
• 1987: birth of Dan Mora, Costa Rican comic book artist
• 1987: Spider-man's Wedding performed live at Shea Stadium
• 1998: last appearance of King of Bandit Jing, Japanese manga created by Yuichi Kumakura

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• 1920: birth of Sandro Angiolini, Italian comics author known for Isabella
• 1922: birth of Maurice Maréchal, Belgian comics artist, best known for the series Prudence Petitpas
• 1926: birth of Tom K. Ryan, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Tumbleweeds
• 1927: birth of Peter Spier, Dutch-American illustrator and writer, creator of Sophie for Spirou
• 1932: launch of Napoleon and Uncle Elby, American newspaper comic strip created by Clifford McBride
• 1958: birth of Greg Adams, American comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel comics
• 1959: first appearance of The Three Bears, British comic strip by Leo Baxendale which still appears in The Beano
• 1962: birth of Tom McCraw, American comic book artist, writer, and creator, best known as a colorist for DC Comics
• 1970: first issue of Cor!!, British comic book which ran until 1974
• 1977: death of Joe Musial, American cartoonist who drew The Katzenjammer Kids
• 1977: launch of Howard the Duck as a comic strip, by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan
• 1992: death of Martin Goodman, American comics publisher best known for Timely Comics
• 1997: death of Manny Stallman, American comics artist, known for his work during the Golden Age of Comics
• 2004: death of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
• 2012: death of Jean-René Le Moing, French artist, one of the co-creators of Pilote

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• 1915: birth of Graham Ingels, American comic book artist best known for his work with EC Comics
• 1923: birth of Henryk Chmielewski, Polish comics artist best known for Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek
• 1941: birth of Barb Rausch, American comics artist and writer
• 1949: birth of Larry Hama, Japanese-American comic book writer, best known as creator of Bucky O'Hare
• 1952: birth of Rick Hoberg, American comics artist and animator
• 1955: birth of Mark Schultz, American writer and illustrator of books and comics, best know for Xenozoic Tales
• 1958: death of Joe Maneey, American comics artist at Marvel Comics
• 1964: birth of Darryl Banks, American comics artist
• 1986: final appearance of Conrad, American comic strip by Bill Schorr
• 1998: last appearance of Frumpy the Clown, American comic strip created by Judd Winick which ran since 1996
• 2003: death of Georges Pichard, French comics artist known for Blanche Épiphanie and other erotic cartoons
• 2004: debut of Little Dee, American webcomic by Christopher Baldwin

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• birth of Michael Higgins, comic book editor, writer, artist and colorist
• 1846: death of Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher and artist widely considered the first modern comic creator
• 1867: birth of O'Galop, French artist and cartoonist, best known for creating Bibendum, the Michelin Man
• 1910: birth of C. C. Beck, American comic book artist, creator of Captain Marvel
• 1920: birth of Ray Holloway, American comic book letterer
• 1922: birth of Paul Gringle, American newspaper comic artist and animator, mainly known for his own feature Rural Delivery
• 1927: birth of Rocke Mastroserio, Italian-American comic book artist known for his work with Charlton Comics
• 1933: birth of Jan Kruis, Dutch comics artist and writer best known for Jan, Jans en de Kinderen
• 1957: birth of Scott Adams, American creator of the popular comic strip Dilbert
• 1963: last appearance of the comic strip Jonah, drawn by Ken Reid, in The Beano: it would return thirty years later in The Dandy
• 1986: final appearance of Dondi, American comic strip by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen
• 1987: debut of Crankshaft, a still running American comic strip by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers
• 2000: death of Jeff MacNelly, American comic strip creator best known for Shoe
• 2004: start of Earthsong, American webcomic by Lady Yates
• 2005: first issue of Freshmen, a comic book series by Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov
• 2006: death of Jaxon, American pioneering underground comix creator, co-founder of Rip Off Press

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• Born: Craig Anderson, American comic book editor
• 1943: birth of Bob Bolling American cartoonist best known for his work in Archie Comics and creator of Little Archie.
• 1943: birth of Joe Haldeman American science fiction writer who collaborated on the comics The Forever War and Dallas Barr
• 1948: birth of André Juillard, French comics artist and author best known for his historical comics
• 1954: birth of George Pérez, Puerto Rican-American comics creator
• 1960: birth of Kurt Hathaway, American comic book letterer
• 1965: birth of Tim Eldred, American comics artist and animator, known for his work on science fiction comics

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• 1922: birth of Angela Giussani, Italian comics writer, co-creator of the Diabolik comic book antihero series
• 1927: birth of Mitacq, Belgian artist is especially known for La Patrouille des Castors in Spirou
• 1951: birth of Charles Vess, British comics artist best known for his work on Sandman and Stardust
• 1959: birth of Howard Simpson, American comic book artist known as a penciller, inker, and background artist
• 1960: birth of Scott McCloud, American comic book artist and leading popular scholar of comics
• 1960: death of Al Posen, American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Sweeney & Son
• 1962: birth of Masashi Tanaka, Japanese mangaka best known for Gon
• 1970: birth of Matt Haley, American film director, art director, and book illustrator artist
• 2017: death of Malang, Filipino cartoonist, illustrator, and fine arts painter, best known for the series Kosme the Cop, Chain Gang Charlie and Beelzebub

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• 1933: first appearance of Captain Easy, American comic strip by Roy Crane which ran until 1988
• 1934: debut of Mandrake the Magician, American comic strip created by Lee Falk
• 1949: birth of Steve Moore, British comics writer known for his collaborations with Alan Moore
• 1959: birth of Susan van Camp, American artist in gaming and comics
• 1971: birth of Dame Darcy, American comics creator known for Meatcake
• 1976: birth of Ivan Reis, Brazilian comics artist
• 1982: birth of Jared K. Fletcher, American comic book letterer
• 1992: death of Todd Loren, American comic book publisher, owner of Revolutionary Comics
• 2003: launch of Count Your Sheep, American webcomic by Adrian Ramos

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• 1920: birth of Dave Berg, American comics artist known for the Lighter Side in Mad magazine
• 1948: birth of Len Wein, American comic book writer, co-creator of Swamp Thing
• 1971: debut of Fuss Pot, British comic strip by Norman Mansbridge
• 1987: death of Carlo Boscarato, Italian cartoonist and comics artist, co-creator of the western series Larry Yuma
• 2000: launch of Schlock Mercenary, American webcomic by Howard Tayler
• 2002: first publication of Hopeless Savages, comic series by Jen van Meter
• 2011: death of Al Williamson, American comic book artist, known for his work on Creepy, Eerie, Secret Agent X-9 and Star Wars

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• 1917: birth of Sid Barron, Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist
• 1929: birth of Jon D'Agostino, Italian-American comic-book artist best known for his Archie Comics work
• 1934: birth of Gren, Welsh comics artist best known for Ponty an' Pop and Big Deal
• 1947: birth of Antonio Segura, Spanish comics writer known for a.o. Hombre, Sarvan, Kraken and Eva Medusa
• 1956: birth of Frank Cirocco, American comics artist and video game designer, co-creator of Alien Legion
• 1961: birth of Brett Breeding, American comic book artist and inker, and co-creator of Doomsday (DC Comics)
• 1972: birth of Batt (aka Matt Banning), American comic book inker
• 1977: birth of Yanwari Kazama, Japanese manga artist
• 1998: death of Reginald Smythe, British comic strip author and artist, best known for Andy Capp
• 2002: death of Vincent Fago, American comic strip author and interim editor of Timely Comics known for Peter Rabbit
• 2023: death of John Romita Sr., American comic book artist, known for his work with Marvel Comics, and on Amazing Spider-Man, in particular

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• 1912: birth of Ami Hauhio, Finnish artist, best known for co-creating the science fiction comic Maan mies Marsissa
• 1912: first appearance of The Teenie Weenies, American comic strip by William Donahey which ran until 1969
• 1912: birth of Bob Wood, American illustrator during the Golden Age of Comics, co-creator of the series Crime Does Not Pay
• 1915: birth of George Klein, American comic book artist
• 1917: birth of Joe Letterese, American comic book letterer
• 1930: birth of Sam Grainger, American comic book artist best known as a Marvel Comics inker during the Silver Age
• 1932: death of John "Dok" Hager, American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Dok's Dippy Duck
• 1944: birth of Jordi Bernet, Spanish comic book artist known for Torpedo and Clara del Noche
• 1955: birth of Paul Kupperberg, American writer and comics editor
• 1959: birth of Mark Heike, American comic book creator and editor, mainly known for his work for AC Comics
• 1962: birth of Denis Beauvais, Canadian artist whose work has appeared in comic books and role-playing games.
• 1970: birth of David Lapham, American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on the independent comic book Stray Bullets..
• 1975: first issue of Monster Fun, British comic marking the first appearance of X-Ray Specs, comic strip by Mike Lacey
• 1997: debut of Crazy for Daisy, British comic strip by Nick Brennan in The Beano
• 1999: launch of Elf Life, American webcomic by Carson Fire
• 2002: start of Pixel, American webcomic by Chris Dlugosz
• 2006: death of Jean Roba, Belgian comics artist best known for Boule et Bill

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• 1915: birth of Hilda Terry, American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Teena
• 1927: birth of Hugo Pratt, Italian comics artist and author, famous for Corto Maltese
• 1927: birth of Ross Andru, American comic book artist best known as cocreator of Metal Men and Punisher
• 1940: birth of Michael Barrier, American comic book and animation historian, founder and editor of Funnyworld, the first magazine exclusively devoted to comics and animation
• 1941: birth of Neal Adams, American comic book artist known for his work on various superhero comics and his cover art
• 1945: birth of Don McGregor, American comics creator known for the early graphic novel Sabre
• 1955: birth of Brent Anderson, American comics artist known for his work on the comic book series Astro City
• 1958: last appearance of Polly and Her Pals, American comic strip by Cliff Sterrett
• 1974: last issue of Cor!!, British comic book which ran since 1970
• 1976: birth of Dustin Nguyen, American comics artist for DC Comics and Wildstorm
• 1999: death of John Glashan, Scottish comic strip creator best known for Genius
• 2001: debut of The Ravages of Time, Hong Kong manhua created by Chan Mou

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• 1912: birth of Albert Chartier, French-Canadian cartoonist and illustrator, best known for the comic strip Onésime
• 1922: birth of Jack Keller, American comic book artist best known for his work on Kid Colt
• 1930: birth of Frank Thorne, American comic book artist best known for his work on Red Sonja
• 1967: birth of Arnold Pander, American comic book creator, artist, and filmmaker along with his brother Jacob Pander
• 1977: death of Stan Cross, American-born cartoonist who drew for Smith's Weekly and The Herald and Weekly Times
• 1988: death of Andrea Pazienza, Italian comics artist best known for Zanardi
• 1996: death of Curt Swan, American comic book artist best known for his work on various Superman comics
• 2012: end of Life in Hell, weekly comic strip by Matt Groening

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• 1919: launch of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck
• 1927: birth of Wally Wood, American comic book artist, major contributor to Mad and EC Comics
• 1942: debut of Sad Sack American comic strip in the first issue of Yank, the Army Weekly
• 1948: birth of Chance Browne, American comic strip artist best known for continuing Hi and Lois
• 1950: birth of Dana Summers, American editorial cartoonist and comic strip creator, creator of Bound and Gagged
• 1957: birth of Hilary Barta, American comic book writer and artist, best known for his work with Marvel comics
• 1961: birth of Jim Somerville, American comic book artist best known for his work with Dark Horse comics
• 1965: birth of Pat Olliffe, American comic book artist
• 1980: birth of Jeph Jacques, American webcomic author best known for Questionable Content
• 2005: death of Sam Loeb, American comic book writer known for Superman/Batman #26

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• 1906: birth of Sid Greene, American DC Comics comic book artist
• 1915: birth of Robert Kanigher, American DC Comics comic book writer known for creating Sgt. Rock
• 1944: birth of Rick Griffin, American underground comix artist working with Zap Comix
• 1948: birth of Linda Lessmann, American comic book colorist
• 1948: birth of David Geiser, American underground comix artist of the early 1970s
• 1953: birth of Mark Gruenwald, American comic book writer and editor best known for Captain America and Squadron Supreme
• 1954: birth of Dean Mullaney, American editor, publisher, and designer, co-founder of Eclipse Enterprises
• 1956: birth of Alan Davis, British comic book artist best known for Captain Britain and Detective Comics
• 1966: last issue of Ranger magazine, British comic which lasted for only 40 issues
• 1980: birth of Micah Gunnell, comic book artist known for his work with Aspen Comics

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• 1915: birth of Julius Schwartz, American comic book editor with DC Comics
• 1923: launch of Moon Mullins, American comic strip created by cartoonist Frank Willard
• 1942: birth of Jack Edward Oliver, British comics creator best known for Fresco-Le-Raye
• 1976: birth of Adriana Melo, Brazilian comic book artist, Colorist, and penciller.
• 1978: first appearance of Garfield, popular American comic strip by Jim Davis

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• 1934: birth of Rius, Mexican comics artists best known for starting the ... for Beginners comics series
• 1946: debut of André Franquin as artist of Spirou et Fantasio taking charge in the middle of the story Spirou et la maison préfabriquée
• 1950: birth of John E. Workman Jr., American editor, writer, artist, designer, colorist, and letterer
• 1964: first publication of Wham!, a British comic
• 1970: birth of Marc Andreyko, American comic book writer and screenwriter
• 1972: birth of Sal Regla, American comic book inker
• 1974: birth of Karl Kerschl, Canadian comic book artist
• 1975: debut of Mummy's Boy, British comic strip by Norman Mansbridge which ran until 1987
• 1980: death of Jijé, influential Belgian comics artist and author, known for Spirou et Fantasio and Jerry Spring

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• 1916: birth of Jack Sparling, Canadian-American comics artist best known for Claire Voyant
• 1937: birth of John Kent, New Zealand comic strip creator best known for Varoomshka
• 1957: birth of Berkeley Breathed, American comic strip author best known for Bloom County
• 1957: birth of Gary Carlson, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher, known for Megaton and Big Bang Comics.
• 1963: birth of Gosho Aoyama, Japanese manga writer best known for Case Closed
• 1965: birth of Steve Niles, American comic book author and novelist
• 1965: birth of Mike Dringenberg, American comic book artist
• 1972: birth of Wilfredo Torres, American comics artist best known for Superman '78
• 1973: birth of Brian Lynch, American comics writer best known for Spike: Asylum
• 1979: birth of Talent Caldwell, American comic book artist
• 1983: birth of Christopher Hastings, American comics writer best known for Gwenpool
• 1985: death of Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski, American comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of Blue Beetle
• 1999: launch of Sheldon, American webcomic by Dave Kellett
• 2003: end of Ask Dr. Rin!, Japanese manga created by Kiyoko Arai

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• 1928: death of A. B. Frost, early American comics artist and writer
• 1953: birth of Al Gordon, American comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel Comics
• 1954: birth of Jean-Marc Lofficier, French comics writer and translator
• 1956: birth of Kevin Fagan, American cartoonist and creator of the syndicated comic strip Drabble
• 1959: birth of Armando Gil, comic book artist
• 1961: birth of Bill Jaaska, American comics artist best known for his work on The New Titans published by DC Comics
• 1971: birth of Eric Reynolds, American cartoonist, critic and comics editor who works full-time for Fantagraphics Books
• 1972: birth of Jae Lee, Korean-American comic book artist best known for Inhumans
• 1972: birth of David Rees, American comics author known for Get Your War On
• 1974: death of Alain Saint-Ogan, French comics creator best known for Zig et Puce
• 1982: birth of Sana Amanat, American comic book editor and an executive of production and development at Marvel Studios
• 1984: last publication of TV Comic, a British comic which lasted for 1696 issues
• 2001: death of George Evans, American comic book artist who worked on Terry and the Pirates and for 16 years on Secret Agent X-9
• 2005: publication of the one shot Dream Police by writer J. Michael Straczynski with artwork by Mike Deodato

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• 1924: birth of Frank Bolle, American comics artist known for his work on The Heart of Juliet Jones
• 1957: birth of Igor Kordej (also spelled "Kordey"), Croatian comic book artist, illustrator, graphic designer and scenographer
• 1961: birth of Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comics artist, known for his work with Moebius and Alejandro Jodorowsky
• 1964: birth of Joss Whedon, American TV and comic book writer known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Astonishing X-Men
• 1968: birth of ChrisCross (aka Christopher Williams), American comic book artist
• 1980: birth of Becky Cloonan, American comics author best known for Demo
• 2005: death of Sam Kweskin, American comic book artist best known for his work with Atlas Comics

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• 1928: birth of Yvan Delporte, Belgian comics writer and influential editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine
• 1928: birth of Jesse Santos, Filipino comic-book artist, co-creator of Dagar the Invincible and Tragg and the Sky Gods
• 1929: birth of Vic Carrabotta, American comic book artist best known for his work with Atlas Comics
• 1948: birth of Alan Zelenetz, American film producer and comic-book writer, co-creator of Alien Legion for Epic Comics
• 1960: birth of Reiko Okano, Japanese mangaka best known for Onmyoji
• 1961: birth of Peter Milligan, British comic book writer
• 1963: birth of Mike Wieringo, Italian-American comic book artist best known for work on The Sensational Spider-Man
• 1963: birth of Denis Rodier, American comic book illustrator; known for his work on "The Death of Superman" story arc.
• 1965: birth of Kevin VanHook, American comic book writer and artist, visual effects supervisor, and filmmaker, best known creating the character Bloodshot for Valiant Comics. .
• 1969: death of Frank King, early American comic strip writer and artist, best known as creator of Gasoline Alley
• 1978: birth of Carlo Pagulayan, Filipino comics artist best known for Elektra
• 2002: death of Larry Alcala, Filipino comics artist best known for Kalabog en Bosyo

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• 1917: birth of William Woolfolk, American writer of comic books, novels, and television screenwriting
• 1928: birth of Peyo, Belgian comic author and artist, creator of The Smurfs
• 1928: birth of Alex Toth, influential American comic book artist
• 1953: birth of Jerry Bingham, American artist of comic books, commercial illustration, and design
• 1973: publication of the last part of Ayako, a manga trilogy by Osamu Tezuka
• 1973: last appearance of Mafalda, comic strip by Argentine creator Quino which ran since 1964
• 1979: debut of Latigo, American comic strip by Stan Lynde
• 1983: last publication of Wow!, a British comic which ran for just over a year
• 1983: first publication of Cliff Hanger, a British comic strip by Jack Edward Oliver in Buster
• 1986: birth of Rebecca Taylor, American comic book editor
• 1990: final issue of Akira, successful manga by Katsuhiro Otomo
• 1999: debut of Alice!, American webcomic by Michael McKay-Fleming

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• 1921: birth of Warren Kremer, American comic strip creator best known for Richie Rich
• 1933: birth of Jerry Bails, the father of comic book fandom in the USA
• 1934: birth of Bob Weber, American cartoonist, best known for his Moose and Molly comic strip
• 1947: birth of Alfredo Castelli, Italian comics author best known for Martin Mystère
• 1950: birth of Tom DeFalco, American comics writer and editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics
• 1965: first appearance of The Spider, British comic book character by Ted Cowan and Reg Burn, in Lion: later stories were written by Jerry Siegel
• 1975: birth of Sal Cipriano, American comics creator who usually works as a letterer.
• 1977: birth of Antonio Fabela, American comic book colorist.
• 1979: birth of Ulises Arreola, American comic book colorer
• 1992: first publication of Fisher, American comic strip by Phillip Street
• 1999: last appearance of Rip Kirby, famous American comic strip by Alex Raymond

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• 1924: birth of Paul Conrad, American political cartoonist, known as chief editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times
• 1927: launch of Good Time Guy, syndicated comic strip distributed by Metropolitan Newspaper Service
• 1928: birth of Joe Giella, American comic book artist best known as an inker with DC Comics
• 1959: birth of Dan Jurgens, American comic book artist and writer known for creating Booster Gold
• 1961: birth of Jackson "Butch" Guice, American comics artist who has worked in the comics industry since the 1980s
• 1961: birth of Bernie Mireault, Canadian comic book artist and writer
• 2001: death of Tove Jansson, Finnish comic strip writer best known for Moomin
• 2005: debut of Venus Versus Virus, Japanese manga created by Atsushi Suzumi
• 2006: first issue of Monthly Comic Alive, Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Media Factory
• 2007: death of Silas Rhodes, co-founder of the School of Visual Arts in New York City
• 2011: death of Thierry Martens, Belgian author under the pen name Yves Varende, editor of Spirou and comics historian

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• 1926: birth of George Booth, American cartoonist known for Spot and Local Item
• 1941: birth of Mike Royer, American comics artist and inker, best known for his work with Russ Manning and Jack Kirby
• 1946: birth of Sandu Florea, Romanian-American comic book and comic strip creator, also known as an inker and book illustrator.
• 1947: birth of David Geiser, American painter and underground comix creator
• 1944: birth of Philippe Druillet, French comics artist and author best known for Lone Sloane
• 1953: birth of Adrienne Roy, American comic book color artist who worked mostly for DC Comics
• 1954: birth of Benoît Sokal, Belgian comics artist and author best known for Canardo
• 1975: birth of Pat Lee, Canadian comic book author best known as cofounder of Dreamwave Productions
• 2007: death of Howie Schneider, American cartoonist, sculptor, and children's book author, best known for Eek & Meek

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• 1888: death of Frank Bellew, American cartoonist and pioneering comics author
• 1950: birth of Bobby London, American underground comix and mainstream comics artist
• 1950: birth of Mike Richardson, American publisher, writer, and producer, founder of Dark Horse Comics,
• 1951: birth of Don Rosa, American comics artist and author best known for his work on Scrooge McDuck
• 1954: birth of Bo Hampton, American comic book and cartoon artist, known for his bent toward realism
• 1967: birth of Allan Heinberg, American comic book writer
• 1985: last publication of Jack and Jill, a British comic which ran for more than 1,600 issues
• 2018: death of Steve Ditko, American comic book creator best known as co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange

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• 1940: debut of Brenda Starr, Reporter, an American comic strip by Dale Messick which still appears
• 1958: birth of Shawn McManus, American comic book artist best known for his work on The Sandman
• 1961: birth of Christopher Priest, (AKA James C. Owsley) American writer of comic books and first black writer-editor in mainstream comics
• 1966: birth of Steve Firchow, New Guinea-born comic book artist
• 1969: birth of Mike McKone, British comic book artist
• 1970: birth of Tony Lee, British comic book writer known for his graphic novels
• 1982: death of Abner Dean, American cartoonist
• 1984: last issue of Scream!, British comic which ran for only three months
• 1990: death of Jacques Lob, French comics author, best known for writing Blanche Épiphanie and Superdupont
• 2002: death of Jaime Brocal Remohí, Spanish comic book artist known for his work at Warren Publishing
• 2003: launch of Badmash.org, American webcomic by Sandeep Sood, Nimesh Patel and Sanjay Shah

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