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- 1901: birth of Andrija Maurović, important early Croatian comics artist
- 1924: birth of Jack Elrod, American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Mark Trail
- 1935: birth of David Austin, British cartoonist best known for Hom Sap
- 1949: birth of Wayne Howard, American comic book artist best known as the first known cover-credited series creator
- 1950: birth of Val Mayerik, American comic-book artist best known as co-creator of Howard the Duck for Marvel Comics.
- 1957: birth of Elizabeth Hand, American writer, co-creator and writer of DC Comics' 1990s cult series Anima
- 1958: birth of Marc Silvestri, American comics writer and artist, CEO of Top Cow Productions
- 1975: birth of Jim Mahfood, American comic book creator best known for Clerks
- 1981: end of Our Boarding House, American comic strip created by Gene Ahern which ran since 1921
- 1983: death of Alfred Andriola, American comic strip creator best known for Kerry Drake
- 2007: death of Leslie Waller, American writer credited with having co-written the first graphic novel, It Rhymes with Lust
