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1919 Birthday of James Winslow "Win" Mortimer (Superman, Spider-Man,
David Crane, Larry Brannon) |
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1922 Birthday of Doug Wildey (Jonny Quest)
1928 First appearance of Corky Wallet in Gasoline Alley (Frank
King)
1955 Birthday of Jerry Scott (Nancy, Baby Blues) |
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1919 Birthday of John Cullen Murphy (Big Ben Bolt, Prince
Valiant)
1927 Birthday of Mell Lazarus (Momma, Miss Peach)
1939 Birthday of Denny O'Neil (Batman, Green Lantern)
1958 Birthday of Bill Sienkiewicz (Moon Knight, New Mutants)
1965 First appearance of Tiger (Bud Blake) |
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1902 First appearance of Buster Brown (R.F. Outcault)
1919 First appearance of Harold Teen (Carl Ed)
1961 Wedding of Judy Wallet & Gideon Grubb (Gasoline Alley) |
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NATIONAL
CARTOONISTS DAY
1895 First Sunday color comic: Down Hogan's Alley
(later renamed The Yellow Kid) (R.F. Outcault)
1919 First appearance of Napoleon (Clifford McBride)
1946 National Cartoonists
Society founded
1958 First appearance of The Strange World of Mr. Mum (Irving
Phillips)
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1952 Birthday of Chris Browne (Hagar the Horrible) |
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1922 Birthday of Tony Auth (Norb) |
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1938 Birthday of Moebius (aka Jean Giraud)
1961 First appearance of Apartment 3-G (Nicholas Dallis &
Alex Kotzky)
1972 First appearance of Wee Pals (Morrie Turner) |
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1893 Birthday of William Moulton Marston (Wonder Woman) |
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1948 First appearance of Rex Morgan, M.D. (Nicholas Dallis
& Marvin Bradley)
1955 Birthday of Matt Feazell (Cynicalman) |
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1947 First Cartoonist of the Year award given to Milton
Caniff by the National Cartoonists Society |
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1950 Birthday of Tom Armstrong (Marvin) |
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1929 First appearance of Connie (Frank Godwin)
1946 Birthday of Marv Wolfman (Teen Titans, Blade, Tomb of
Dracula)
1991 First appearance of Sherman's Lagoon (J.P. Toomey) |
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1920 Birthday of Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace)
1924 Birthday of Brad Anderson (Marmaduke)
1944 Death of Flattop in Dick Tracy (Chester Gould) |
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1949 First appearance of Clovia Wallet in Gasoline Alley
1959 Birthday of Tom Grummett (Superman, Superboy) |
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1949 First appearance of Pogo (syndicated) (Walt Kelly) |
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1956 Birthday of Dave Sim (Cerebus the Aardvark) |
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1917 Birthday of Bill Everett (Sub-Mariner)
1931 Birthday of Don Martin (Mad Magazine) |
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1906 First appearance of Rosy Posy -- Mama's Girl (George
Herriman) |
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1936 Birthday of Mal Hancock (Nibbles, Polly) |
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1928 First appearance of Tailspin Tommy (Glenn Chafin &
Hal Forrest) |
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1907 Birthday of Herge (Georges Remi) (Tintin)
1915 Birthday of George Baker (Sad Sack) |
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1926 First appearance of And Her Name Was Maud (Frederick
Burr Opper) |
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1925 Birthday of Carmine Infantino (Flash, Batman, Adam
Strange)
1967 Charles Schulz Day proclaimed in California |
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1949 Birthday of Barry Windsor-Smith (Captain America)
1953 Birthday of Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo)
1971 Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) appears on To Tell The Truth;
stumps 3 of 4 panelists |
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1922 First appearance of You Know Me Al (Ring Lardner) |
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1929 First appearance of Skyroads (Lester Maitland & Dick
Calkins) |
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1892 Birthday of Merrill Blosser (Freckles and His Friends)
1947 Birthday of Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse) |
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1948 First appearance of Li'l Folks (Charles Schulz)
1974 Birthday of Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks) |
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1916 Birthday of Mort Meskin (Sheena, Wildcat, Starman,
Vigilante)
1947 Birth of Sparkle Plenty in Dick Tracy (Chester Gould)
1962 Birthday of Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) |
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1940 Birthday of Gilbert Shelton (The Fabulous Furry Freak
Brothers)
1954 First appearance of Long Sam (Al Capp & Bob Lubbers)
1977 Wedding of Clovia Wallet & Slim Skinner (Gasoline Alley) |
