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- birth of Sandra Hope, American comics artist
- 1921: birth of Stan Drake, American comics artist best known as co-creator of The Heart of Juliet Jones and as artist on Blondie
- 1950: birth of Ken Landgraf, American comic book artist and commercial illustrator
- 1951: first publication of TV Comic, a British comic which would last for 1696 issues
- 1951: birth of Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer with Marvel Comics
- 1961: birth of Jack Herman, American games designer and comics writer, co-creator of the super-hero RPG Villains and Vigilantes
- 1961: birth of Mort Todd, American writer and media entrepreneur, best known as an editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine
- 1964: debut of The Wizard of Id, long running American comic strip by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart
- 1967: first appearance of Valérian and Laureline, French science fiction comic series by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin
- 1977: birth of Chris Burnham, comic book artist
- 1979: birth of Kelsey Shannon, comic book artist
- 1993: death of Ross Andru, American comic book artist best known as co-creator of Metal Men and Punisher
- 2011: death of Terry Willers, British-Irish cartoonist and comics artist
