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- 1914: birth of John Stanley, American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu
- 1919: birth of Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator and gallery artist, known for work in EC Comics
- 1929: birth of Mort Drucker, American caricaturist and comics artist best known as a contributor for Mad Magazine
- 1937: launch of Buck Ryan, UK newspaper adventure comic strip created by Jack Monk and the writer Don Freeman
- 1959: birth of Lew Stringer, British comics artist best known for Tom Thug and Combat Colin
- 1959: birth of Steve Dillon, British comic book artist, best known for his work on Hellblazer, Preacher and The Punisher
- 1960: birth of Matt Webb, American comic book colorist
- 1977: launch of Thorgal, fantasy adventure Franco-Belgian comics series by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński
- 1997: last appearance of Garth, British comic strip by Steve Dowling and John Allard in the Daily Mirror which ran since 1943
- 1978: birth of Rob Tornoe, U.S. editorial cartoonist for Politiker.com, New York Observer and Press of Atlantic City
