Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/October/October 3

• 1913: birth of Fred Guardineer, American comic book writer and artist best known for Zatara
• 1924: birth of Harvey Kurtzman, American comic book artist and writer, creator of MAD magazine
• 1967: birth of Ivan Brunetti, Italian-American comics creator best known for Schizo
• 1967: birth of Rob Liefeld, American comic book author best known for X-Force
• 1982: death of Noel Sickles, American comic strip creator best known for Scorchy Smith
• 1988: debut of Curtis, an American comic strip by Ray Billingsley
• 2007: death of Manfred Sommer, Spanish comics artist, best known for the reporter comics series Frank Cappa