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1933 First appearance of On the Wing (later, Smilin' Jack)
(Zack Mosley)
1940 Birthday of Richard Corben (Heavy Metal, etc.)
1949 Wedding of Corky Wallet & Hope Hassel (Gasoline Alley)
1971 Disneyworld opened in Orlando, Florida
1984 First appearance of Mother Goose and Grimm (Mike Peters)
1994 First appearance of Thatch (Jeff Shesol) |
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1898 Birthday of Frank Miller (Barney Baxter)
1909 Birthday of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers,
Rip Kirby)
1950 First appearance of Peanuts (Charles Schulz) |
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1924 Birthday of Harvey Kurtzman (Mad Magazine)
1967 Birthday of Rob Liefield (co-founder of Image Comics)
1988 First appearance of Safe Havens (Bill Holbrook) |
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1931 First appearance of Dick Tracy (Chester Gould)
1948 First appearance of Pogo (in the New York Star only)
(Walt Kelly)
1950 First appearance of Snoopy in Peanuts (Charles Schulz)
1959 First episode of Dennis the Menace TV show |
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1922 Birthday of Bil Keane (Family Circus)
1970 First appearance of Lt. Flap in Beetle Bailey (Mort
Walker) |
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1959 Birthday of Adam Kubert |
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1989 End of Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane) |
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1939 Birthday of Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) |
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1922 First appearance of Fritzi Ritz (Meyer Marcus & Larry
Whittington)
1938 Birthday of Russell Myers (Broom-Hilda)
1943 Birthday of Mike Peters (Mother Goose and Grimm)
1949 Birthday of Jim Starlin (Dreadstar, Marvel's Captain
Marvel) |
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1965 First appearance of Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (Charles
Schulz) |
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1913 Birthday of Joe Simon (Captain America) |
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1917 Birthday of Roger Armstrong (Ella Cinders, Napoleon,
Little Lulu) |
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1885 Birthday of Harry Hershfield (Abie the Agent, Desperate
Desmond)
1909 Birthday of Herbert Block ("Herblock") |
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1872 Birthday of Sol Hess (The Nebbs) |
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1905 First appearance of Little Nemo in Slumberland (Winsor
McCay) |
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1926 Birthday of Joe Sinnott (Fantastic Four, etc.)
1941 Death of Raven Sherman in Terry and the Pirates (Milton
Caniff) |
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1914 Birthday of Jerry Siegel (Superman, Spectre)
1920 Birthday of John Prentice (Rip Kirby)
1958 Birthday of Bill Holbrook (On the Fastrack, Safe Havens) |
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1926 First appearance of Skippy (Percy Crosby)
1954 First appearance of Hi and Lois (Mort Walker and Dik
Browne) |
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1961 Birthday of Mike Manley (Batman, Darkhawk) |
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1889 Birthday of Frank Godwin (Connie)
1906 Birthday of Crockett Johnson (Barnaby, Harold and the Purple Crayon) |
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1956 Birthday of Paul Levitz (Legion of Super-Heroes) |
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1934 First appearance of Terry and the Pirates (Milton
Caniff) |
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1920 Birthday of Bob Montana (Archie) |
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1916 Birthday of Bob Kane (Batman)
1961 First appearance of Sam's Strip (Jerry Dumas & Mort Walker) |
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1931 Birthday of Larry Lieber (Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man)
1954 Comics Code adopted by Comics Magazine Association of
America
1970 First appearance of Doonesbury (Garry Trudeau)
1970 First appearance of Momma (Mell Lazarus)
1994 First appearance of Far Side TV special (Gary Larson) |
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1954 "Disneyland" (later renamed "The Wonderful World of Disney") debuts on ABC-TV |
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1913 First appearance of Krazy Kat (replaced The Dingbat
Family) (George Herriman)
1925 Birthday of Leonard Starr (On Stage, Annie) |
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1916 First appearance of Rosie's Beau (George McManus) |
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1922 First appearance of Stumble Inn (George Herriman) |
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1938 Al Andriola took over Charlie Chan |
