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- birth of Prentis Rollins, American comic book artist
- 1888: birth of Neysa McMein, American illustrator and portrait painter, co-creator of the comic strip Deathless Deer
- 1910: birth of Noel Sickles, American comic strip creator best known for Scorchy Smith
- 1924: birth of D. Bruce Berry, American comic book artist who is best known as an inker for Jack Kirby
- 1930: birth of John Romita, Sr., American comics artist best known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man
- 1943: debut of Male Call, American comic strip by Milton Caniff
- 1948: first appearance of Biffo the Bear in the British comic magazine The Beano
- 1954: birth of Lorenzo Mattotti, Italian comics artist and author with a very distinct graphical style, e.g. in Fires
- 1977: death of John Rosenberger, American comics artist and painter, known for his work during the Golden and Silver Age of Comics
- 2002: death of Kurt Schaffenberger, American comic book artist best known for his work on Captain Marvel
- 2005: launch of Aoi House, American shōnen harem manga by Adam Arnold and Shiei
