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 * born: Dwayne Turner, American comic book artist and illustrator in the film and video game industry
 * 1907: birth of Mel Graff, American cartoonist known for work on Adventures of Patsy, Secret Agent X-9, and Captain Easy
 * 1908: birth of Austin Briggs, American comics artist best known for continuing Secret Agent X-9 and Flash Gordon
 * 1914: birth of Tove Jansson, Finnish comic strip writer best known for Moomin
 * 1927: birth of Daniel Keyes, American writer and editor who wrote and edited for Marvel and wrote for EC Comics
 * 1929: birth of Fred Fredericks, American cartoonist who drew the Mandrake the Magician comic strip
 * 1935: birth of William Vance, Belgian comics artist best known for XIII
 * 1945: birth of Posy Simmonds, British comic artist best known for Gemma Bovary
 * 1951: birth of Bob McLeod, American comics artist best known for co-creating the New Mutants
 * 1957: birth of Rick Leonardi, American comics artist who has worked on various series for Marvel and DC Comics
 * 1957: birth of Steve Moncuse, American comics artist and writer, the creator of Fish Police
 * 2002: debut of Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi, Japanese manga by Syun Matsuena