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- 1927: birth of Albert Uderzo, popular French comics artist and author best known for Asterix
- 1940: the first Batman comic book appears
- 1944: death of George Herriman, influential American comic book artist and author best known for Krazy Kat
- 1952: birth of Peter Sanderson, comic book critic and historian
- 1960: birth of Brian Thomas, American comic book artist, has known as Rock Lobster and Screamin' Demons
- 1968: birth of Richard Bennett Lamas, Uruguayan comic book artist
- 1969: birth of Sean Konot, American comic book letterer
- 1980: birth of Afua Richardson, American comic book artist, writer and creator
- 2004: appearance of Crown of Horns, the ninth and final Bone comic book by Jeff Smith
