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- 1872: birth of
Sol Hess, American
comic strip writer best known for co-creating the long-run strip The Nebbs
- 1878: birth of
Grace Drayton, American
illustrator, creator of the
Campbell Soup Kids
- 1895: birth of
John Millar Watt, British comic strip creator best known for Pop
- 1902: birth of
George Wilson, American illustrator and comic artist who provided art for
Fiction House,
Centaur Comics, and
Ace Magazines
- 1916: birth of
Bob Oksner, American comics artist best known for his work with
DC Comics
- 1932: end of
And Her Name Was Maud,
comic strip by
Frederick Burr Opper
- 1945: birth of
Daan Jippes,
Dutch comics artist best known for his work on
Disney comics
- 1974: death of
Reginald Heade, British pulp and comics artist, known for his work at
Amalgamated Press
- 1969: birth of
Brandon Peterson, American comics writer and artist
- 1969: birth of
Christopher Jones, American comics artist best known for his work with
Young Justice and
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- 1974: death of
Otto Binder, American comic book writer best known for his work with
Fawcett Comics
- 1980: first publication of
Big Comic Spirits, a weekly
Japanese
seinen
manga magazine published by
Shogakukan
- 1983: end of
Black Jack, a
manga written by
Osamu Tezuka which ran for ten years
- 2012: death of
Marc Swayze, American
comic book artist, co-creator of
Mary Marvel, best known for his work with
Fawcett Comics