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1926 Birthday of Gene Colan (Sub-Mariner, Daredevil) |
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1946 Birthday of Walt Simonson (Thor, Batman, Manhunter) |
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3
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1923 Birthday of Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey)
1973 First appearance of Heathcliff (George Gately) |
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1950 First appearance of Beetle Bailey (Mort Walker)
1954 Birthday of Paul Smith (X-Men, The Golden Age) |
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1950 Birthday of Cathy Guisewite (Cathy)
1965 First appearance of Eek and Meek (Howie Schneider) |
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6
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1937 Birthday of Sergio Aragones (Mad Magazine, Groo the
Wanderer) |
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7
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1966 Birthday of Barry Blair (creator/publisher of Night
Wynd Comics) |
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8
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1908 Birthday of Austin Briggs (Secret Agent X-9, Flash
Gordon)
1941 DC Comics filed suit against Fawcett for copyright infringement,
claiming that Captain Marvel was a Superman rip-off. |
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9
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1917 Birthday of Frank Robbins (Johnny Hazard, Batman)
1934 First appearance of Little King (Otto Soglow)
1955 Birthday of Michael John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy)
1968 First appearance of The Lockhorns (Bill Hoest)
1979 First appearance of For Better or For Worse (Lynn Johnston) |
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1904 First appearance of Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend (Winsor
McCay)
1928 First appearance of Vanilla and the Villains (Darrell
McClure) |
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1923 Birthday of Alex Kotzky (Apartment 3-G)
1988 First appearance of One Big Happy (Rick Detorie) |
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1932 Milton Caniff took over Mister Gilfeather from Al
Capp |
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1947 Birthday of Mike Grell (Warlord, Jon Sable, Green
Arrow, Legion of Super-Heroes)
1958 Debut of Steve Canyon TV show |
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1947 Birthday of Jeff MacNelly (Shoe) |
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1916 First appearance of Mutt and Jeff (formerly Mr. A.
Mutt) (Bud Fisher)
1930 First appearance of Blondie (Chic Young)
1964 Steve Canyon Day at the New York World's Fair |
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1960 Birthday of Mike Mignola (Hulk, Batman, Phantom Stranger) |
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1931 Hal Foster took over Tarzan Sundays from Rex Maxon
1947 Birthday of Jeff MacNelly (Shoe) |
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1926 Birthday of Joe Kubert (Hawkman, Sgt. Rock, founder
of the Joe Kubert School)
1952 First appearance of Linus Van Pelt in Peanuts (Charles
Schulz)
1964 First episode of Addams Family TV show |
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1992 First appearance of Dave (David Miller) |
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1901 Birthday of Gus Edson (Dondi)
1915 First appearance of Freckles and His Friends (Merrill
Blosser)
1920 Birthday of Jay Ward (Rocky & Bullwinkle, George
of the Jungle)
1920 First appearance of Winnie Winkle (Martin Branner)
1965 First appearance of Moose (Bob Weber)
1990 First episode of The Flash TV show |
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1893 Birthday of Frank Willard (Moon Mullins)
1911 Birthday of animator Chuck Jones
1920 Birthday of Jay Ward (Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right,
George of the Jungle) |
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1922 Birthday of Bill Elder (EC, Mad) |
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1935 episode Leslie Charteris took over writing of Secret
Agent X-9
1956 Birthday of Peter David (Hulk, Aquaman, Supergirl, Atlantis
Chronicles) |
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24
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1924 Wedding of Boob McNutt & Pearl (Rube Goldberg) |
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25
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1938 First episode of Terry and the Pirates radio show
1959 First appearance of Dondi (Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen) |
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26
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1869 Birthday of Winsor McCay (Little Nemo in Slumberland,
Gertie the Dinosaur)
1924 First appearance of "Daddy" Warbucks in Little Orphan
Annie (Harold Gray) |
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1994 Crumb, a film documentary about Robert Crumb, debuts
in New York |
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28
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1909 Birthday of Al Capp (Li'l Abner)
1952 End of The Spirit newspaper section (Will Eisner)
1961 First episode of Hazel TV show |
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1926 Birthday of Russ Heath (Sgt. Rock) |
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1934 End of Boob McNutt (Rube Goldberg)
1968 First appearance of Bull Tales (Garry Trudeau) in Yale
Daily News (later becomes Doonesbury) |
