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- 1847: death of
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, French
caricaturist also known by Jean-Jacques, J. J. Grandville or Grandville
- 1877: birth of
Albert Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, poster artist and book cover designer
- 1939: birth of
Flo Steinberg,
American comic book
publisher and former secretary for
Marvel Comics
editor
Stan Lee
- 1950: birth of
Rötger Feldmann,
German comics author best known for
Werner
- 1951: first appearance of
Dennis the Menace, ongoing
British comic strip created by
David Law in
The Beano (this comic is unrelated to the American comic strip
Dennis the Menace by
Hank Ketcham which debuted 5 days earlier)
- 1956: birth of
Patrick McDonnell, American creator of the popular comic strip
Mutts
- 1959: first issue of
Weekly Shonen Magazine, a
Japanese
shōnen
manga magazine
- 1965: birth of
Patricia Mulvihill (or Trish Mulvihill), American comic book colorist
- 1971: birth of
Jon Sibal American comic book artist
- 1972: death of
Antonio Rubio, Cuban artist, founder and president of the Cuban Cartoonists Association
- 1972: death of
Russell Patterson, American
cartoonist and
illustrator, creator of the cartoon Mamie
- 1985: debut of
Luann, an American comic strip by
Greg Evans