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1917 Birthday of Sheldon Mayer (Scribbly, Sugar and Spike)
1945 First appearance of Chipper Wallet in Gasoline Alley
1973 End of Smilin' Jack
1997 "The Great April Fools' Day Comics Switcheroonie"; several
syndicated comic strip artists trade strips for a day |
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1922 First appearance of Perry Winkle (Winnie Winkle's
adopted brother, appeared Sundays) |
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1885 Birthday of Harry "Bud" Fisher (Mutt and Jeff) |
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1927 Birthday of Joe Orlando (DC Comics)
1951 Birthday of Bob Rozakis (Batman, Robin, 'Mazing Man,
Hero Hotline)
1967 First appearance of Woodstock (not named until 1970)
in Peanuts (Charles Schulz) |
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1993 Cartoonists unite to petition for a comic strip stamp |
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1926 Birthday of Gil Kane (Green Lantern, Atom, Star Hawks)
1936 First appearance of Mickey Finn (Lank Leonard) |
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1935 First appearance of Spooky (Smokey Stover spinoff
strip) (Bill Holman) |
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1883 Birthday of Frank King (Gasoline Alley)
1911 First animated cartoon, Little Nemo, released
1914 Birthday of Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel Junior) |
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1904 First appearance of The Newlyweds (George McManus)
1988 First appearance of Foxtrot (Bill Amend) |
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1906 Birthday of Dale Messick (Brenda Starr) |
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1914 Birthday of Hank Schlensker (Biff Baker, Buz Sawyer) |
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1978 First appearance of Gretchen Skinner in Gasoline Alley |
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1918 First Bringing Up Father Sunday strip (George McManus)
1924 First appearance of Wash Tubbs (Roy Crane) |
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1890 Birthday of Billy DeBeck (Barney Google)
1934 Birth of Baby Dumpling (Alexander) in Blondie (Chic Young)
1946 First appearance of Mark Trail (Ed Dodd)
1953 First episode of Superman TV show |
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1961 Birthday of Todd McFarlane (Spawn)
1984 First appearance of Rose is Rose (Pat Brady)
1989 First appearance of Dilbert (Scott Adams) |
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1937 First appearance of Daffy Duck in the cartoon "Porky's Duck Hunt" (Tex Avery) |
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1920 Birthday of Carl Burgos (Human Torch)
1938 Action Comics #1 released (First appearance of Superman)
1977 First appearance of Sam and Silo (Jerry Dumas & Mort
Walker) |
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1930 First appearance of Joe Palooka (Ham Fisher)
1970 First appearance of Broom-Hilda (Russell Myers)
1999 First appearance of The Boondocks (Aaron McGruder) |
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1942 First appearance of Barnaby (Crockett Johnson) |
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1908 Birthday of Myron Waldman (Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman,
Happy the Humbug)
1917 First appearance of Barry the Boob (Elzie Segar) |
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1912 Birthday of George Wunder (Terry and the Pirates)
1930 Birthday of Howie Schneider (Eek and Meek)
1970 Wedding of Steve Canyon and Summer Smith Olson (Milton
Caniff) |
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1915 Birthday of Mort Weisinger (Superman editor)
1926 Birthday of Johnny Craig (one of EC's most prolific artists) |
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1914 Birthday of Paul Norris (Brick Bradford, Jungle Jim) |
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1899 Birthday of Walter Lantz (Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda,
Chilly Willy)
1958 First appearance of Rick O'Shay (Stan Lynde) |
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1924 Birthday of Dick Ayers (Ghost Rider, Sgt. Fury, Unknown
Soldier) |
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1940 First appearance of Sparky Watts (Gordon "Boody" Rogers) |
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1926 Birthday of Bill Overgard (Steve Roper) |
