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- 1924: birth of Paul Conrad, American political cartoonist, known as chief editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times
- 1927: launch of Good Time Guy, syndicated comic strip distributed by Metropolitan Newspaper Service
- 1928: birth of Joe Giella, American comic book artist best known as an inker with DC Comics
- 1959: birth of Dan Jurgens, American comic book artist and writer known for creating Booster Gold
- 1961: birth of Jackson "Butch" Guice, American comics artist who has worked in the comics industry since the 1980s
- 1961: birth of Bernie Mireault, Canadian comic book artist and writer
- 2001: death of Tove Jansson, Finnish comic strip writer best known for Moomin
- 2005: debut of Venus Versus Virus, Japanese manga created by Atsushi Suzumi
- 2006: first issue of Monthly Comic Alive, Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Media Factory
- 2007: death of Silas Rhodes, co-founder of the School of Visual Arts in New York City
- 2011: death of Thierry Martens, Belgian author under the pen name Yves Varende, editor of Spirou and comics historian
