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March 1

1922: birth of William Gaines, publisher of EC Comics and MAD magazine
1924: birth of Arnold Drake, American comic book writer and screenwriter, co-creator of Deadman, the Doom Patrol, and the Guardians of the Galaxy
1952: birth of Joyce Brabner, American writer of political comics
1953: birth of Tom Orzechowski, American comic book letterer, primarily known for his work on Uncanny X-Men
1954: birth of Eduardo Barreto, Uruguayan comic book artist
1970: birth of Chan Mou, Hong Kong comics artist best known for Not Human
1974: birth of Ed McGuinness, American comic book artist
1980: death of Dick Dillin, American comic book artist best known as penciller of Justice League
1981: birth of Sterling Gates comic book and television writer
1982: birth of Tamra Bonvillain comics artist and colorist
1998: death of Archie Goodwin, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and best remembered for his adaptation of Star Wars into comics
2024: death of Akira Toriyama creator of Dragon Ball series, character designer for Chrono Trigger

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March 2

1902: birth of Al Smith, American comic strip creator best known for continuing Mutt and Jeff
1904: birth of Theodor Seuss Geisel, American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker, better known as Dr Seuss
1913: birth of Alex Graham, Scottish cartoonist who created the comic strip Fred Basset
1923: birth of Tatjana Wood, German-born artist and comics book colorist for DC Comics
1952: birth of Mark Evanier, American comic book writer best known for Groo the Wanderer
1962: death of J. F. Horrabin, English writer and cartoonist, known for creating The Adventures of the Noah Family
1970: debut of Conchy, American comic strip created by James Childress which ran until 1977
1978: birth of Tomeu Morey, Spanish comic book colorist
2001: launch of 8-Bit Theatre, American sprite comic by Brian Clevinger
2002: start of Modern Tales, webcomic subscription site

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March 3

1913: birth of Manuel Gonzales, Spanish-American comics artist best known for the Mickey Mouse Sunday pages
1922: birth of Harry Bishop, British comics artist best known for licensed Western strips in the U.K. as Gun Law and Bonanza as well as the licensed Tarzan strip
1937: birth of Dino Leonetti, Italian artist and founder of Dino Leonetti Studios, best known for the erotic comic Maghella
1946: last appearance of Male Call, American comic strip by Milton Caniff
1948: birth of Max Allan Collins, American comics writer known for Road to Perdition and Dick Tracy
1950: birth of Matthew Dow Smith, American comic book artist
1953: birth of Dan Mishkin, American comic book writer, and co-creator the DC Comics characters Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil.
1966: birth of Claudio Castellini, Italian comic book artist best known for Nathan Never
1969: birth of Dave Sharpe, American comic book letterer
1983: death of Hergé, the most famous Belgian comics author and artist, creator of The Adventures of Tintin
1986: first publication of U.S. Acres, American comic strip created by Jim Davis
1999: death of Giovan Battista Carpi, Italian comics author known for working on Disney comics
2004: debut of Suzuka, Japanese romantic manga by Kouji Seo
2005: first appearance of Asatte no Houkou, Japanese manga by J-ta Yamada
2007: death of Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist, best known for his series of short animated cartoons La Linea

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March 4

1842: birth of Hector Berthelot, Canadian cartoonist, journalist, and lawyer, creator of the satirical weekly Le Canard.
1895: birth of Milt Gross, American comic strip creator known for Count Screwloose of Tooloose
1913: birth of Manuel Gonzales, Spanish-American comics artist known for his 40 year run on the Mickey Mouse comic strip
1921: birth of John Ryan, British comics creator best known for Captain Pugwash
1932: birth of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and custom car designer, known for the hot rod icon Rat Fink
1939: first appearance of Knockout, a British comic which ran for almost 24 years
1946: debut of Rip Kirby, famous American comic strip by Alex Raymond
1956: birth of Randy Stradley, American writer and editor working in the comic book industry
1962: birth of Simon Bisley, British comic book artist working mostly for 2000 AD
1963: birth of Bill Fitts, American comic book artist and writer, known for his work on TMNT
1969: birth of Glenn Hauman, American editor, publisher, writer, book illustrator, and comic book colorist
1972: death of Charles Biro, American comic book creator and cartoonist, known for creating Airboy and Steel Sterling
1978: birth of Skottie Young, American comic book artist and illustrator, best known for his work with Marvel Comics
2001: death of Fred Lasswell, American comic strip author best known for Barney Google
2003: end of Makeshift Miracle, American webcomic by Jim Zubkavich

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March 5

1872: birth of Joseph Charlebois, Canadian comics artist and creator of comic strips of Père Ladébauche
1930: birth of Jean Tabary, French comics artist and writer best known for Iznogoud
1931: birth of Fred, French comic book writer and artist best known for Philémon
1970: birth of Nathan Massengill, American comic book artist, most known for his work as a brush inker
1971: birth of Jean-Jacques Dzialowski, French comic book artist
1962: death of Frans Meijer, Dutch painter, illustrator and comic artist, drawing a great number of comics for publisher Helmond
1988: birth of Tom Napolitano, American comic book letterer
2004: end of Look What I Brought Home!, American webcomic by Scott and Amanda Kuehner
2007: death of Yvan Delporte, Belgian comics writer and influential editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine
2012: death of Joaquim Muntañola, Spanish comic artist, who mainly signed with just Muntañola
2017: death of Dave Hunt, American comic book artist and fine art painter, known for inkng for DC, Marvel, and Disney Comics
2017: death of Jay Lynch, American cartoonist, known in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies

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March 6

1917: birth of Will Eisner, major American comics author and artist, creator of The Spirit and the early graphic novel A Contract with God
1937: birth of Pol de Valck, Flemish cartoonist, best known as the house cartoonist for the right-wing satirical weekly 't Pallieterke
1950: birth of Allen Milgrom, American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics
1967: birth of Kieron Dwyer, American comic book artist best known for working on Captain America
1970: birth of Nunzio DeFilippis, American writer of comic books and television.
1996: death of Jack Abel, American comic book inker best known for his work with Marvel Comics and DC Comics
2007: death of Lina Buffolente, Italian comic artist and illustrator

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March 7

1920: birth of Eddy Paape, Belgian comics artist best known for Luc Orient
1934: birth of Gray Morrow, American comics artist, best known as art director for Spider-Man
1948: birth of Alan Weiss, American comics artist and writer known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics
1949: birth of Pat Mills, British comics writer and editor, called "the godfather of British comics"
1955: birth of Michael Jan Friedman, American author, having written more than 150 comic books.
1958: birth of Peter Gross, American comic book writer and artist
1967: birth of Ai Yazawa, Japanese manga artist and author best known for Nana
1969: birth of Cully Hamner, American comic book artist known for his work on Green Lantern and Blue Beetle
1978: birth of Ben Templesmith, Australian comics author known for 30 Days of Night

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March 8

1880: birth of H. G. Peter, American comic book artist best known for Wonder Woman
1907: birth of Charles Boost, Dutch illustrator, political cartoonist, book cover designer, writer, and film critic
1922: birth of Jack Rickard, American illustrator, best known as a key contributor to Mad Magazine
1936: debut of The Broons and Oor Wullie, British comic newspaper strips created by Dudley D. Watkins in The Sunday Post
1948: birth of Sal Amendola, comic book artist known for his work with DC Comics
1955: birth of Joellyn Auklandus, American comics writer best known for her work on Elfquest
1975: first issue of Battle Picture Weekly, British comic which ran until 1988
2005: first volume of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy, Korean-American manga by Richard Knaak and Jae-Hwan Kim

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March 9

1923: birth of Paul Fung, Jr., American comics artist who draw Blondie comic books
1941: birth of John Geering, British comics author known for his work with D. C. Thomson
1952: birth of Rick Burchett, American comic book artist known for his work on Batman and Superman
1962: birth of Mike Kazaleh, American animator and comic artist
1963: birth of Mike Wolfer, comic book writer and artist, founder of Ground Zero Comics
1965: death of Jimmy Murphy, American comic strip creator best known for Toots and Casper
1974: first publication of Whoopee!, British comic which would last until 1985
1977: birth of Harvey Richards, American comic book editor and artist

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March 10

1877: birth of Norman E. Jennett, American political cartoonist, know for comic feature The Monkey Shines of Marseleen and being the art director at McFadden Publications
1935: debut of Smokey Stover, American comic strip created by Bill Holman which ran until 1973
1957: birth of Glauco Villas Boas, Brazilian illustrator, cartoonist and religious leader
1971: birth of Ryu Fujisaki, Japanese mangaka best known for Hoshin Engi
1973: first issue of Shiver and Shake, British comic which lasted for a year and a half
1980: birth of Renato Guedes, comic book artist best known for his publications for DC Comics.
1994: death of Aurelio Galleppini, Italian comics artist best known as co-creator of Tex Willer
1997: death of Stan Drake, American comics artist best known as co-creator of The Heart of Juliet Jones and as artist on Blondie
2011: death of Bill Blackbeard, founder of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art and co-editor of The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
2012: death of Jean Giraud, better known under the pseudonym Mœbius; creator of Blueberry and Arzach, and co-creator of The Incal
2012: death of Don Markstein, American comics historian and expert, known for the online encyclopedia Don Markstein's Toonopedia

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March 11

1900: first appearance of Happy Hooligan, popular American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper
1917: launch of Spanish comics magazine TBO
1958: birth of Lynn Varley, American comic book colorist
1964: birth of Lea Hernandez, American comic book creator
1968: debut of Boner's Ark, American comic strip created by Mort Walker which ran until 2000
1996: death of Barry Appleby, British comic strip author best known for The Gambols
2002: launch of Pibgorn, American webcomic by Brooke McEldowney
2012: death of Sid Couchey, American comic book artist best known for his work for Harvey Comics

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March 12

1928: birth of Sy Barry, American comic-book and comic-strip artist, best known for his work on the strip The Phantom
1946: first issue of Treasure Chest, American Christian comic book which ran until July 1972
1949: death of Frank Miller, American cartoonist best known for Barney Baxter
1951: debut of Dennis the Menace, popular American comic strip by Hank Ketcham
1962: birth of Graham Nolan, American comic book artist, best known for work for DC Comics on Batman-related titles
1967: birth of Massimiliano Frezzato, Italian comics creator best known for I custodi del Maser
2007: death of Arnold Drake, comic book writer and co-creator of Deadman, the Doom Patrol and the Guardians of the Galaxy
2017: death of Murray Ball, New Zealand cartoonist known for his work for Punch magazine

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March 13

1921: birth of Al Jaffee, American comics artist best known for his work on MAD magazine
1924: birth of Franco Donatelli, Italian comics artist best known for Zagor
1939: birth of Jan, Spanish comic book writer and artist, most famous for his creation Superlópez
1948: birth of Waki Yamato, Japanese mangaka best known for Haikara-san ga Tōru
1953: birth of Sam Viviano, American comics artist best known for his work with Mad magazine
1995: launch of Polymer City Chronicles, American webcomic by Chris Morrison
1999: death of Lee Falk, American comic book creator, best known for The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician

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March 14

1920: birth of Hank Ketcham, American comic strip creator best known for Dennis the Menace
1947: birth of Tom Batiuk, American comic strip creator, best known for Funky Winkerbean.
1950: birth of Dudu Geva, Israeli comics artist best known for The Knight Zick
1955: birth of Stephen R. Bissette, American comics artist, editor, and publisher with a focus on the horror genre
1957: birth of Mike DeCarlo, American comics artist. He is best known for his work for DC Comics in the 1980s
1966: birth of Jean-Philippe Stassen, Belgian comics artist best known for Le Bar du vieux Français
1969: birth of Tom Derenick, American comic book artist
1973: death of Chic Young, American comic strip creator best known for Blondie
2005: first appearance of Urban Trash, South Africa comic strip created by Jeremy Nell
2012: first issue of Saga by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples is published

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March 15

1902: birth of Alex Gurney, Australian artist, caricaturist, and cartoonist, and the creator of the Bluey and Curley strip
1926: birth of Bob Haney, American comic book writer known for the Teen Titans
1936: birth of Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Spanish comics author and artist best known for Mortadelo y Filemón
1937: birth of Dan Adkins, American comic book artist known for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
1954: birth of Bob Budiansky, American comic book writer, editor, and penciller, best known for work on Marvel's Transformers comic
1958: first appearance of the comic strip Jonah, drawn by Ken Reid, in The Beano
1961: birth of Javier Saltares, American comic book artist
1962: birth of John Coulthart, English comic book artist known for his work based on the writings of H. P. Lovecraft
1967: birth of Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese mangaka best known as creator of Sailor Moon
1969: birth of Harold Sakuishi, Japanese mangaka best known for BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
1969: birth of Lee Moder, American comic book and TV writer
1970: birth of Stefano Raffaele, Italian comic book artist
2002: death of Rand Holmes, Canadian artist and illustrator probably best known for his work in underground comix
2007: death of Jay Kennedy, American editor and writer, author of The Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide
2012: death of Fran Matera, American comic strip artist best known for the strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad

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March 16

1892: debut of Kamratposten, Swedish children's magazine
1927: birth of Gino D'Antonio, Italian comics writer and artist known for the comic book series Storia del West
1957: birth of Steve Lafler, American comic book writer, artist, and editor, and publisher for Cat-Head Comics
1958: birth of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
1961: birth of Todd McFarlane, Canadian comics artist and writer best known for his work on Spider-Man
1966: birth of Gary Shipman, American comic books artist best known for Pakkins' Land
1969: birth of Harold Sakuishi, Japanese manga artist
2004: launch of Two Lumps, American webcomic by James L. Grant and Mel Hynes
2017: death of Skip Williamson, American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement

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March 17

1847: death of Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, French caricaturist also known by Jean-Jacques, J. J. Grandville or Grandville
1877: birth of Albert Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, poster artist and book cover designer
1939: birth of Flo Steinberg, American comic book publisher and former secretary for Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee
1950: birth of Rötger Feldmann, German comics author best known for Werner
1951: first appearance of Dennis the Menace, ongoing British comic strip created by David Law in The Beano (this comic is unrelated to the American comic strip Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham which debuted 5 days earlier)
1956: birth of Patrick McDonnell, American creator of the popular comic strip Mutts
1959: first issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine, a Japanese shōnen manga magazine
1965: birth of Patricia Mulvihill (or Trish Mulvihill), American comic book colorist
1971: birth of Jon Sibal American comic book artist
1972: death of Antonio Rubio, Cuban artist, founder and president of the Cuban Cartoonists Association
1972: death of Russell Patterson, American cartoonist and illustrator, creator of the cartoon Mamie
1985: debut of Luann, an American comic strip by Greg Evans

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March 18

1889: birth of Gene Byrnes, American cartoonist, creator of Reg'lar Fellers
1935: birth of Frank McLaughlin, American comics author best known for Judomaster
1955: birth of Bill Reinhold, American comic book artist, known primarily as an inker
1963: debut of American comic strip Trudy by Jerry Marcus
1985: last original The Leopard from Lime Street strip is published in British comic Buster
2002: death of Marcel Denis, Belgian comics creator, creator of the series Hultrasson
2017: death of Bernie Wrightson, American artist, known his work in horror comics and co-creating the Swamp Thing

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March 19

1923: birth of Benito Jacovitti, Italian comics artist best known for Cocco Bill
1952: birth of Willie Schubert, American comic book letterer
1953: birth of Laurie S. Sutton, American writer of comic books and children's books
1962: birth of Michael Jantze, American cartoonist and humorous illustrator, best known for the comic strip The Norm
1967: death of Gil Turner, American animator, comic book artist, and producer
1968: birth of Steve Scott (comics), American comic book artist
2006: debut of Watch Your Head, American comic strip created by Cory Thomas
2012: the Royal Mail release a set of stamps depicting British comic-book series, featuring The Beano, The Dandy, Eagle, The Topper, Roy of the Rovers, Bunty, Buster, Valiant, Twinkle and 2000 AD

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March 20

birth of Diana Albers, American comic book letterer, best known for lettering hundreds of books for Marvel Comics
1922: debut of Out Our Way, American single-panel comic strip series by J. R. Williams
1925: birth of Bill Lignante, American comic book artist best known for his work on The Phantom
1937: death of Ramón Cilla, Spanish comics artist known as on of the pioneers in Spanish comics
1950: birth of Giancarlo Alessandrini, Italian comics artist best known for Martin Mystère
1957: death of Arthur Lewis, American comic artist best remembered for continuing the comic strip Nervy Nat
1967: death of Anders Bjørgaard, Norwegian illustrator known for drawing the comic series Jens von Bustenskjold
2003: debut of No Rest for the Wicked, American webcomic by Andrea L. Peterson

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March 21

1846: birth of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Portuguese comics pioneer best known for Zé Povinho
1927: launch of Bobby Thatcher, American newspaper adventure comic strip created by the cartoonist George Storm
1929: birth of Gallieno Ferri, Italian comics artist best known as cocreator of Zagor
1931: birth of Al Williamson, American comic book artist known for Secret Agent X-9
1947: birth of Don Markstein, American comic writer and editor, creator of the Toonopedia website
1956: birth of Angel Gabriele, American comic book artist and publisher
1959: death of Edwin Balmer, American comic strip writer best known for Speed Spaulding
1962: birth of John Van Fleet, American comics artist
1962: birth of Mark Waid, American comics author, best known for Kingdom Come
1970: Minicon, the first predecessor of Comic-Con International, is organized at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, California
2007: death of Drew Hayes, American comics artist best known for Poison Elves

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March 22

1914: birth of John Stanley, American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu
1919: birth of Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator and gallery artist, known for work in EC Comics
1929: birth of Mort Drucker, American caricaturist and comics artist best known as a contributor for Mad Magazine
1937: launch of Buck Ryan, UK newspaper adventure comic strip created by Jack Monk and the writer Don Freeman
1959: birth of Lew Stringer, British comics artist best known for Tom Thug and Combat Colin
1959: birth of Steve Dillon, British comic book artist, best known for his work on Hellblazer, Preacher and The Punisher
1960: birth of Matt Webb, American comic book colorist
1975: birth of Lary Stucker, American comic book artist and inker
1977: launch of Thorgal, fantasy adventure Franco-Belgian comics series by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński
1997: last appearance of Garth, British comic strip by Steve Dowling and John Allard in the Daily Mirror which ran since 1943
1978: birth of Rob Tornoe, U.S. editorial cartoonist for Politiker.com, New York Observer and Press of Atlantic City

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March 23

1912: birth of Franz-Werner Richter-Johnsen, , German painter, graphic artist, and comic artist, known for Detektiv Schmidtchen for the daily Bild
1927: birth of Raymond Maric, , French comic writer, artist, and editor
1951: birth of French cartoonist Jean Plantureux, who works under the pen-name Plantu for the Le Monde
1955: birth of Kevin Kallaugher, cartoonist for The Economist and a former cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun
1977: death of Ed Dobrotka, American comic artist, early assistant to Joe Shuster and co-creator of Toyman
1991: 2000 AD switches to full colour publication

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March 24

1817: birth of Fritz von Dardel, Swedish diarist, illustrator, and early comics artist
1820: death of Charles Albert d'Arnoux, French illustrator and caricaturist, known as Bertall, who contributed numerous cartoons and comics to L'Illustration and La Semaine
1892: birth of Rex Maxon, comic artist known for his work on Tarzan and co-creating Turok
1911: birth of Joseph Barbera, American producer, director and cartoon artist known for co-creating Hanna-Barbera Studios
1956: birth of Bill Wray, American comic book artist and colorist also known for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show
1961: birth of Pasqual Ferry, Spanish comic book artist
1966: birth of Steve Pugh, American comic book artist known for his work on Hellblazer
1975: birth of Jesse Delperdang, American comic book artist known for his work at DC Comics
1979: last appearance of The Jackson Twins, American comic strip created by Dick Brooks which ran since 1950
1981: birth of Scott Ramsoomair, American webcomic creator known for VG Cats
1984: first issue of Scream!, British comic which marked the debut of The Thirteenth Floor, horror comic strip by Alan Grant, John Wagner and José Ortiz
2007: death of Marshall Rogers, American comics artist best known for his work at Marvel and DC Comics in the 1970s

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March 25

1887: birth of Robert Quillen, American comic strip creator known for Willie Willis and Aunt Het
1964: birth of Angel Medina, American comic book artist known for his work for various comic book companies
1972: last publication of Countdown, British comic
1979: start of John Darling, American comic strip created by Tom Batiuk which ran until 1991
1996: first appearance of Buckles, American comic strip by David Gilbert
1998: launch of Jane's World, American webcomic created by Paige Braddock
2000: debut of Ask Dr. Rin!, Japanese manga created by Kiyoko Arai
2000: final appearance of Eek & Meek, American comic strip by Howie Schneider which ran since 1965

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March 26

1948: birth of José Luis García-López, Spanish comics artist best known for his work for DC Comics
1951: birth of Brian Bolland, British comics artist best known for Batman: The Killing Joke
1956: birth of Mark Verheiden, American television, movie, and comic-book writer
1967: birth of [ Will Dennis], American comic book editor
1971: birth of Moyoco Anno, Japanese mangaka best known for Sugar Sugar Rune
1972: first appearance of Funky Winkerbean, ongoing American comic strip created by Tom Batiuk
1988: death of Jan-Erik Garland, Swedish cartoonist, journalist and comic creator
1995: last strip of Outland by Berkeley Breathed after a run of more than 6 years
2005: final appearance of +Anima, Japanese manga by Natsumi Mukai
2006: end of The Boondocks, American comic strip created by Aaron McGruder which ran since 1999
2017: death of Chen Uen, Taiwanese manhua artist, best known for Heroes of the East Chou Dynasty

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March 27

1893: birth of Josette Frank, American children's literature expert and educational consultant, one of the significant pro-comics voices during the American anti-comics movement of the 1950s
1901: birth of Carl Barks, considered by many as the best artist of Disney comics, and the creator of DuckBurg and Scrooge McDuck
1927: birth of Hy Eisman, American comics author known for Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye
1943: birth of Phil Frank, American comics creator best known for Farley
1947: birth of Mike Friedrich, American comic book writer and publisher known for publishing Star*Reach, one of the first independent comics
1962: birth of Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction author, writer of several comic book adaptations of movies
1962: birth of John Floyd, American comic book inker
1982: relaunch of Eagle, between 1950 and 1969 the most popular British comic, featuring a.o. the comic strip Ernie by Dave Gibbons
1987: debut of Slylock Fox, American comic strip created by Bob Weber Junior
1993: death of Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American comic book writer best known for co-creating Wonder Woman
2010: death of Dick Giordano, American comic book artist and editor for Charlton Comics and DC Comics
2017: death of Leone Cimpellin, Italian comic artist, sometimes credited under the pen name Ghilbert

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March 28

1948: debut of Spiff and Hercules, French comic strip by José Cabrero Arnal, in L'Humanité
1953: birth of Peter Hsu, Canadian graphic artist and illustrator
1957: death of Jack Butler Yeats, Irish artist, creator of possibly the first serial comic strip, Chubblock Homes, for Comic Cuts
1962: birth of Joakim Lindengren, Swedish comic creator
1969: birth of Keith Aiken, American comic book artist
1982: death of Dave Sheridan, American cartoonist and underground comix artist
1991: debut of the British comic Toxic!
2002: death of Nicola Del Principe, Italian artist who worked on humorous and action comics for Alpe and Bianconi publishing houses
2013: death of Manuel García Ferré, Spanish Argentine animation director and cartoonist, creator of children's magazine Anteojito

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March 29

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

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March 30

1888: birth of J. R. Williams, Canadian cartoonist, best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel Out Our Way
1904: birth of Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Belgian comics artist and author best known for the classic series Blake and Mortimer
1920: birth of Tex Blaisdell, American comic-strip artist and comic-book editor
1924: birth of Raymond Macherot, Belgian comics artist and author best known for Chlorophylle, Sibylline, and Clifton
1962: birth of Greg Capullo, American comics artist best known for his work on Batman and Spawn (character)
1964: birth of Cliff Richards, American comics artist
1976: birth of Joe Caramagna, American comics letterer, writer and artist
1985: last publication of Tiger, a British comic which lasted for 1555 issues
1985: last publication of Whoopee!, a British comic which first appeared in 1974
2004: debut of The Soxaholix, American webcomic by Hart Brachen
2008: death of Jim Mooney, American comic book artist, known as the signature artist of DC Comics' Supergirl and as an inker for Marvel Comics' Spider-Man

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March 31

1907: birth of Ye Qianyu, Chinese manhua artist, co-founder of Shanghai Manhua, and creator of Mr. Wang, one of China's most famous comic strips.
1937: birth of Pablo Marcos, Peruvian comics artist best known for Zombie
1941: birth of Franco Bonvicini, Italian comics author best known for Sturmtruppen
1946: birth of F'Murr, French comics artist and writer best known for Le Génie des alpages
1952: Li’l Abner appears on the cover feature of Life magazine, the first cartoon to appear on the cover
1965: birth of Steven T. Seagle, American writer of comic book, television, film, live theater, video game, and animation industries
1967: birth of Ken Lashley, American comic book artist
1972: death of Aleksandar Denkov, Bulgarian artist, creator of the first Bulgarian animated film, Little Thief
1977: death of Alexey Komarov, Russian illustrator and political cartoonist
1993: death of Manuel Gonzales, Spanish-American comics artist best known for the Mickey Mouse Sunday pages
1994: death of José Escobar Saliente, Spanish comics creator best known for Zipi y Zape
2003: launch of Girlamatic, webcomics anthology site aimed at young adult women
2007: death of Massimo Belardinelli, Italian comic artist best known for his work in 2000 AD

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