Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/February/February 17


 * 1895: first appearance of The Yellow Kid, the first American comic strip, created by Richard F. Outcault
 * 1914: birth of Leo Dorfman (also credited as Geoff Brown and David George) was an American writer of comic books throughout the Silver Age.
 * 1920: birth of Curt Swan, American comic book artist best known for his work on various Superman comics
 * 1929: birth of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean comics author, creator of The Incal with Moebius
 * 1936: Lee Falk's The Phantom, one of the first costumes heroes in comic strip history, makes his debut
 * 1952: debut of Beyond Mars, American comic strip by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias
 * 1958: first appearance of B.C., an American comic strip by Johnny Hart
 * 1968: birth of Norm Rapmund, American comic book inker
 * 1969: birth of Nelson DeCastro, American comic book artist known professionally as Nelson
 * 1988: birth of Leah Williams (writer) American comic book writer
 * 1990: first publication of Fighting Spirit, Japanese manga created by Jyoji "George" Morikawa
 * 2000: start of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Japanese manga by Harold Sakuishi