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1980 First appearance of The Far Side (Gary Larson)
1995 End of The Far Side (Gary Larson) |
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2
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1857 Birthday of Frederick Burr Opper (Happy Hooligan,
And Her Name Was Maud)
1896 Birthday of Frank "Lank" Leonard (Mickey Finn)
1929 Birthday of Don Heck (Iron Man) |
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3
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1921 First appearance of Tillie the Toiler (Russell Westover)
1977 First appearance of Spider-Man newspaper strip (Stan
Lee) |
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4
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1957 First appearance of Blondie TV show
1993 First appearance of Pluggers (Jeff MacNelly) |
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5
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1896 First appearance of Yellow Kid in a yellow nightshirt
(Richard Outcault)
1916 First appearance of Baron Bean (George Herriman) |
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6
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1952 First Peanuts Sunday page (Charles Schulz) |
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7
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1900 First appearance of Foxy Grandpa (Charles E. "Bunny"
Schultze)
1912 Birthday of Charles Addams (Addams Family)
1929 First appearance of Buck Rogers comic strip (John F.
Dille & R.W. Calkins)
1929 First appearance of Tarzan comic strip (Hal Foster)
1934 First appearance of Flash Gordon strip (Alex Raymond)
1934 First appearance of Jungle Jim (Alex Raymond) |
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8
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1905 First appearance of Hungry Henrietta (Winsor McCay) |
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9
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1901 Birthday of Chic Young (Blondie)
1990 First appearance of Baby Blues (Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman) |
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1929 First appearance of Little Annie Rooney (Brandon Walsh
& Darrell McClure) |
| 11 |
1963 Birthday of Sam Kieth (The Maxx)
1976 Wedding of Brenda Starr & Basil St. John (Dale Messick) |
| 12 |
1891 Birthday of Raeburn Van Buren (Abbie an' Slats)
1913 First appearance of Bringing Up Father (George McManus)
1966 First episode of Batman TV show |
| 13 |
1930 First appearance of Mickey Mouse comic strip (Walt
Disney)
1947 First appearance of Steve Canyon (Milton Caniff) |
| 14 |
1863 Birthday of Richard Felton Outcault (The Yellow Kid,
Buster Brown)
1990 First weekly episode of The Simpsons (Matt Groening) |
| 15 |
1870 First appearance of Democratic donkey cartoon (Thomas
Nast)
1951 First appearance of Cisco Kid comic strip (Jose-Luis
Salinas) |
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1939 First appearance of Superman strip (Jerry Siegel &
Joe Shuster) |
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1929 First appearance of Popeye in Thimble Theatre (Elzie
Segar)
1970 Birthday of Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory,
Samurai Jack) |
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1970 First appearance of Friday Foster (Jim Lawrence and
Jorge Longaron) |
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1948 Birthday of Joe Staton (E-Man, Green Lantern, Justice
Society of America) |
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20
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1894 Birthday of Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie)
1944 Birthday of Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead) |
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21
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1972 Superman Day proclaimed in the town of Metropolis,
Illinois |
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22
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1922 First appearance of Major Hoople in Our Boarding House
(Gene Ahern) |
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23
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1884 Birthday of George McManus (Bringing Up Father, Rosie's
Beau)
1952 Birthday of Klaus Janson (The Punisher) |
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24
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1930 Birthday of John Romita (Spider-Man)
1943 First appearance of Male Call (Milton Caniff) |
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25
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1952 Birthday of Bud Grace (Ernie) |
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26
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1929 Birthday of Jules Feiffer (Feiffer) |
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27
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1957 Birthday of Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns,
Daredevil, Ronin) |
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28
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1949 End of Pogo (New York Star folded; Pogo later syndicated)
(Walt Kelly) |
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29
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1933 First appearance of Doc Wright (Rube Goldberg) |
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30
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1961 Birthday of Denys Cowan (Hardware) |
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31
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1907 Birthday of Court Alderson (Travelin' Arkie, Sonny
South) |
