Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/May/May 8
- 1909: birth of Everett E. Hibbard, American comics artist known for his work on All-Star Comics
- 1920: birth of Tom of Finland, Finnish comics artist known for his erotic gay comic books
- 1936: birth of Kazuo Koike, Japanese mangaka best known for Lone Wolf and Cub
- 1938: birth of Jean Giraud, important French comics artist best known for Blueberry and his work as Mœbius, including Arzach, The Incal and The Silver Surfer
- 1961: debut of Apartment 3-G, American comic strip by Nicholas P. Dallis and Alex Kotzky
- 1967: birth of John Hicklenton, British comics artist known for work on 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd
- 1969: birth of John Kalisz, American comic book artist and colorist
- 1970: birth of Stephen Wacker, American comics editor for Marvel Comics
- 1973: birth of Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese mangaka best known for Fullmetal Alchemist
- 1976: birth of Carlos Mangual, comic book letterer
- 1976: birth of Makoto Yukimura, Japanese mangaka best known for Planetes
- 2002: death of Thomas Williams, British comics artist
- 2007: death of Manuel Moro, Mexican artist, known as the artist of Anibal 5, published by Novaro
- 2012: death of Carlos Loiseau, Argentine cartoonist and humorist, popularly known in Argentina by his byline, Caloi
- 2012: death of Maurice Sendak, American illustrator and writer of children's books, known for his book Where the Wild Things Are