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• 1946: birth of Rick Parker (artist), cartoonist and Marvel Comics letterer
• 1947: birth of Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese mangaka best known for Wata no Kuni Hoshi
• 1956: birth of Angeli, Brazilian underground comix artist
• 1967: birth of Hector Collazo, American comic book artist and inker
• 1982: birth of G. Willow Wilson, American comics writer, prose author, and essayist, known for relaunching the Ms. Marvel title for Marvel Comics
• 1990: Scott McCloud draws the first 24-hour comic
• 2011: DC Comics relaunch their comic book line with The New 52
• 2017: death of Jan Romare, Swedish diplomat and cartoonist best known for the comic strip Pyton