Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/July/July 7

• 1920: birth of Al Avison, American comics artist known for Captain America and cocreating The Whizzer
• 1924: birth of Al Wenzel, American comics artist
• 1958: debut of the James Bond comic strip by Anthony Hern and John McLusky in the Daily Express
• 1964: birth of Kosuke Fujishima, Japanese mangaka best known for Oh My Goddess!
• 1965: birth of Mike Parobeck, American comic book artist best known for Batman Adventures
• 1965: birth of Jordan B. Gorfinkel, American comic book editor and creator for DC Comics
• 1968: birth of Juan Vlasco, American comic book artist and inker
• 1972: in Disney's lawsuit against the Air Pirates for copyright infringement, the initial decision of the California District Court is in favor of the Walt Disney Company
• 1977: death of Roy Crane, American comics artist and writer, creator of Wash Tubbs and Buz Sawyer
• 1997: first appearance of Zits, an award-winning American comic strip by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
• 2002: end of Modesty Blaise, British comic strip created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway