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- 1902: birth of Orrin C. Evans, African-American journalist and comic book publisher, publisher of All-Negro Comics
- 1945: birth of Lee Marrs, American cartoonist and animator
- 1945: birth of Bob Toomey, American comic book writer
- 1950: birth of Cathy Guisewite, American comic strip author best known for Cathy
- 1952: death of Boardman Robinson, Canadian-American painter, illustrator, and cartoonist
- 1952: birth of Arvell Jones, American comics artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for DC Comics and its imprint Milestone Media.
- 1965: first appearance of Eek & Meek, American comic strip by Howie Schneider which ran until 2000
- 1977: death of Tatsuo Yoshida, Japanese cartoonist, writer, manga artist and anime pioneer who founded the anime studio Tatsunoko Productions
- 1990: death of Jerry Iger, American comic strip creator best known as co-founder with Will Eisner of Eisner & Iger, an early comic book packager
- 1994: debut of Mutts, popular comic strip by Patrick McDonnell
- 1996: death of Carl Fallberg, American comics artist best known as creator of Lil Bad Wolf
- 2004: launch of Chicken Wings, German comic strip and webcomic by Michael and Stefan Strasser
- 2006: death of John McLusky, British comic strip creator best known for the James Bond newspaper comic strips
- 2012: death of Martin Filchock, American cartoonist and pioneer during the Golden Age of comic books, known for drawing comics for Army magazines
