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1931 Birthday of Tom Wilson (Ziggy)
1942 First appearance of Flip Corkin in Terry and the Pirates
(Milton Caniff) |
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1984 Peanuts (Charles Schulz) is picked up by the Portsmouth,
OH Daily Times, becoming the first comic strip to be carried
by 2000 newspapers
1987 Disney rereleased Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs after
50 years, grossing $20 million in its first two weeks
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1866 Birthday of Russell Westover (Tillie the Toiler) |
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1935 First appearance of Peter Piltdown (later renamed Rocky Stoneaxe) (Mal Eaton) |
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1875 Birthday of Clare Briggs (A. Piker Clerk, Mr. and
Mrs., Real Folks at Home)
1924 First appearance of Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray) |
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1989 End of Bloom County (Berke Breathed) |
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1903 Birthday of Rudolf Ising (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies)
1933 First appearance of Alley Oop (Vincent T. Hamlin) |
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1988 First appearance of Ada Wallet in Gasoline Alley |
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1957 Birthday of Rick Leonardi (designed Spider-Man 2099) |
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1888 Birthday of Ellison Hoover (Outline of Oscar, Mr.
and Mrs.) |
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1902 Birthday of Jack Binder (Mary Marvel)
1917 Birthday of Dik Browne (Hagar the Horrible, Hi and Lois)
1964 Birthday of Jim Lee (WildC.A.T.S.) |
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1996 First appearance of The Norm (Michael Jantze) |
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1928 First appearance of Tim Tyler's Luck (Lyman Young) |
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1923 First appearance of Felix the Cat (Pat Sullivan)
1950 Birthday of Gary Larson (The Far Side) |
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1941 Motion picture debut of Reg'lar Fellers, based on
the strip by Gene Byrnes |
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1890 Birthday of Myron "Grim" Natwick (Betty
Boop)
1892 Birthday of Hal Foster (Prince Valiant)
1916 Birthday of Paul Gustavson (Arrow, Black Panther, The
Jester) |
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1956 Birthday of John Romita, Jr. (Spider-Man, etc.) |
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1888 Birthday of J.R. Williams (Out Our Way)
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1906 First appearance of Wee Willie Winkie's World (Lyonel
Feininger) |
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1930 Birthday of Bill Rechin (Crock)
1934 First appearance of Li'l Abner (Al Capp) |
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1906 Birthday of Isadore "Friz" Freleng (Porky Pig, Sylvester
& Tweety, Pink Panther)
1933 First appearance of Brick Bradford (William Ritt & Clarence
Giray) |
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1880 Birthday of George Herriman (Krazy Kat)
1903 Birthday of Samuel "Jerry" Iger (Sheena, etc.) |
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1905 Birthday of Ernie Bushmiller (Fritzi Ritz, Nancy) |
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1941 Birthday of Jim Scancarelli (Gasoline Alley)
1977 First appearance of Agatha Crumm (Bill Hoest) |
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1912 Birthday of Ted Key (Hazel)
1913 Birthday of Walt Kelly (Pogo) |
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1911 Birthday of Otto Binder (Captain Marvel)
1920 Birthday of Brant Parker (Wizard of Id)
1970 First appearance of Momma (Mell Lazarus) |
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1913 Birthday of Negley Cochran (Out Our Way) |
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1917 Birthday of Jack Kirby (Captain America, Fantastic
Four, Hulk)
1971 End of Freckles and His Friends (Merrill Blosser) |
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1936 First appearance of Donald Duck strip (Walt Disney)
1943 Birthday of Robert Crumb (Zap, Fritz the Cat) |
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1902 First appearance of The Captain in The Katzenjammer
Kids (Rudolf Dirks)
1908 Birthday of Hugh Harman (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies)
1948 First appearance of the Shmoo in Li'l Abner (Al Capp) |
