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- 1887: birth of H. M. Bateman, British humorous artist and cartoonist noted for his "The Man Who..." series of cartoons
- 1907: birth of Nina Albright, American comic book artist who worked during the Golden Age of Comic Books
- 1913: birth of Willy Vandersteen, major Belgian comics artist and author best known for Spike and Suzy
- 1939: birth of William Van Horn, Canadian comics author best known for Disney comics like Donald Duck
- 1948: birth of Albert De Guzman, American comic book letterer
- 1948: birth of Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning American comics author and artist, best known for his graphic novel Maus
- 1954: birth of Matt Groening, American comics creator, known for Life in Hell, better known as creator of the animation series The Simpsons
- 1963: birth of Marc Hansen, American cartoonist and creator of Ralph Snart, Weird Melvin and Doctor Gorpon
- 1965: debut of Wee Pals, ongoing American comic strip created by Morrie Turner
- 1966: birth of Jim Krueger, American comic book writer and filmmaker
- 1987: end of Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, American comic strip which started in the 1950s
- 1997: death of Jack Sparling, Canadian comics artist, best known for his work at DC Comics
- 2002: death of Vincenzo Monti, Italian comics artist, known for his work on Bonelli's Tex Willer
- 2002: end of Parallel, Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi
- 2005: death of Dudu Geva, Israeli comics artist best known for The Knight Zick
- 2017: death of Fabrizio Busticchi, Italian comics artist, known for his work at Bonelli publishing house
