Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/May/May 5
- 1905: birth of Floyd Gottfredson, American comic book artist best known for the Mickey Mouse comic strip
- 1913: birth of Frank Tashlin, American animator, cartoonist, children's writer, illustrator, screenwriter, and film director
- 1915: birth of Dan Zolnerowich, American comic book artist, known for his work during the Golden Age of Comics
- 1931: birth of Greg, prolific Belgian comics author and artist, editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine
- 1932: birth of Stan Goldberg, American comic book artist, best known for his work with Archie Comics
- 1950: birth of Juan Ortiz, comic book artist and writer
- 1961: birth of Mike Collins, English comic book artist and writer, known for work with TV and movie tie-in comics
- 1967: first appearance of Mr. Natural, comic book character created by Robert Crumb
- 1967: birth of Adam Hughes, American comic book artist
- 1975: death of George Baker, American comics artist best known for Sad Sack
- 1979: first issue of Jackpot, British comic which ran until 1982
- 1999: first issue of The Phantom Menace, a graphic novelisation of the Star Wars movie of the same name
- 2000: debut of Imadoki!, Japanese manga by Yuu Watase
- 2001: Ghastly's Ghastly Comic, webcomic by Chris Cracknell, makes its debut