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 * 1877: birth of Rudolph Dirks, pioneering German-American comic strip creator best known for the Katzenjammer Kids
 * 1902: birth of Jean Bruller, French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minui
 * 1909: death of Caran d'Ache, French comics pioneer
 * 1928: birth of Ric Estrada, Cuban American comics artist who had work for most major American comics companies
 * 1932: birth of John Calnan, American commercial artist who also worked for comic books. mainly for DC Comics
 * 1951: birth of Steve Bell, English comic strip creator best known for If...
 * 1953: birth of David Boswell, Canadian-born comic book writer and artist, illustrator, and photographer
 * 1957: birth of Enrique Alcatena, Argentine-born comic book artist
 * 1958: birth of Karen Berger, American comic book editor best known for helping create DC Comics' Vertigo
 * 1958: birth of Jeff Butler, American illustrator and comic book artist.who worked with the art department of TSR, Inc
 * 1970: first appearance of Natacha by François Walthéry in Spirou
 * 1977: first issue of 2000 AD, British comic with over 1500 issues published so far