Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/February/February 13

• 1877: birth of Sidney Smith, American comic strip creator best known for The Gumps
• 1918: birth of Bud Blake, American comic strip creator best known for Tiger
• 1937: debut of Prince Valiant, influential American comic strip by Hal Foster
• 1954: first appearance of The Bash Street Kids, ongoing British comic strip created by Leo Baxendale in The Beano
• 1959: birth of Vincent Deporter, Belgian comics artist best known for his work with Paradox Press
• 1970: birth of Joe Phillips, American comics artist of the Gaijin Studios
• 1982: death of Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist
• 1988: death of Ron Embleton, British comics author known for Wulf the Briton
• 2000: last new strip of Peanuts, the iconic American comic strip by Charles M. Schulz featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy