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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
