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- Unknown Year: birth of Shawn Lee, American comic book letterer
- 1913: debut of Krazy Kat by George Herriman as an independent comic strip
- 1925: birth of Leonard Starr, American comic book artist best known for Mary Perkins, On Stage
- 1945: birth of Gary Hallgren, American underground comix artist known for working on Air Pirates Funnies
- 1945: birth of Karen Mantlo, American comic book letterer
- 1948: birth of Cary Bates, American comic book writer, known for his work on Superman
- 1951: birth of Joe R. Lansdale, American comics writer best known for Jonah Hex
- 1952: birth of Jim Valentino, American comic book artist and writer, co-founder of Image Comics
- 1953: birth of Mario Sen, American comic book artist
- 1967: birth of Karl Story, American comic book artist known as an original member of Gaijin Studios
- 1968: birth of Onofrio Catacchio', Italian comics author known for Nathan Never
- 1972: birth of Pablo Raimondi', Argentine comic book artist
- 1983: death of Otto Messmer, American comic strip author best known for Felix the Cat
- 1984: birth of Francesco Plascencia, Mexican comics artist
