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- Unknown year: birth of Jonathan Glapion, American comic book inker
- 1895: first appearance of The Yellow Kid, the first American comic strip, created by Richard F. Outcault
- 1914: birth of Leo Dorfman (also credited as Geoff Brown and David George) was an American writer of comic books throughout the Silver Age.
- 1920: birth of Curt Swan, American comic book artist best known for his work on various Superman comics
- 1929: birth of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean comics author, creator of The Incal with Moebius
- 1936: Lee Falk's The Phantom, one of the first costumes heroes in comic strip history, makes his debut
- 1952: debut of Beyond Mars, American comic strip by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias
- 1958: first appearance of B.C., an American comic strip by Johnny Hart
- 1968: birth of Norm Rapmund, American comic book inker
- 1969: birth of Nelson DeCastro, American comic book artist known professionally as Nelson
- 1988: birth of Leah Williams (writer) American comic book writer
- 1990: first publication of Fighting Spirit, Japanese manga created by Jyoji "George" Morikawa
- 2000: start of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Japanese manga by Harold Sakuishi
