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- 1887: birth of
Charles A. Voight, American cartoonist, best known for his
comic strip Betty
- 1911: birth of
Lee Falk, American comic book creator, best known for
The Phantom and
Mandrake the Magician
- 1924: birth of
Dick Ayers, American comic book artist, known as inker for
Jack Kirby
- 1926: birth of
Bill Blackbeard, American writer on comics, founder of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art
- 1953: birth of
Will Murray,
American novelist, journalist, and short-story and comic-book writer, co-creator of
Squirrel Girl
- 1966: death of
Jesse Marsh, American comic book artist known for his work on
Tarzan
- 1969: birth of
Greg Hyland,
Canadian comic book creator, best known for his character
Lethargic Lad.
- 1984: last issue of
Spike,
British comic
- 1990: first appearance of
Les Pretend, British comic strip created by John Sherwood in
The Beano
- 2005: final volume of
Claymore,
Japanese
manga created by
Norihiro Yagi
- 2005: death of
Zeke Zekley, American comics artist known for
Bringing Up Father