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 * 1926: birth of Larry Alcala, Filipino comics artist best known for Kalabog en Bosyo
 * 1955: birth of Stefano Tamburini, Italian comics author best known for RanXerox
 * 1967: birth of Ron Garney, American comics writer and artist
 * 1967: birth of Peter Tomasi, American comics writer, best known for his work on DC Comics
 * 1967: birth of Brian Michael Bendis, American comics artist and author, best known for his work the Ultimate storylines in Marvel Comics
 * 1967: birth of Eddy Barrows, Brazilian comic book artist
 * 1982: death of Carlos Botelho, Portuguese painter, illustrator, comics artist, political cartoonist, satirist, and caricaturist
 * 1991: death of Rick Griffin, American underground comix artist working with Zap Comix
 * 2017: death of Alfonso Azpiri, Spanish comic book artist, whose work was mainly of the adult variety
 * 2017: death of Sergio Zaniboni, Italian comics artist and writer, known as the artist of numerous stories for Diabolik