Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/April/April 20
- 1942: first appearance of Barnaby, American comic strip by Crockett Johnson which ran until 1952
- 1949: birth of John Ostrander, American comic book writer best known for Oracle
- 1960: birth of Dale Berry, American artist and designer best known his work on Tales of the Moonlight Cutter
- 1963: birth of Christopher Nielsen, Norwegian comics artist best known for To Trøtte Typer
- 1965: birth of Evan Dorkin, American comics artist and cartoonist, best known for Milk and Cheese and Dork
- 1968: death of Rudolph Dirks, pioneering German-American comic strip creator best known for the Katzenjammer Kids
- 1977: birth of Justin Ponsor, American comic book colorist, best known for his work on Marvel Comics