Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/January/January 16


 * 1932: birth of Jim Berry, American comic strip best known for the syndicated editorial cartoon Berry's World
 * 1939: birth of Jean Van Hamme, Belgian comics author best known for Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch
 * 1939: first appearance of Superman, an American comic strip by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, which ran until 1966
 * 1960: birth of Frédéric Boilet, French mangaka known for Yukiko's Spinach
 * 1960: birth of Steve Erwin, American comics artist, co-creator of Checkmate and Gunfire for DC Comics
 * 1960: launch of Judy, British pre-teen and teen girl's magazine, published by DC Thomson primarily in comic book form
 * 1961: birth of David de Vries, New Zealand-born comics writer and illustrator
 * 1968: birth of Stephan Pastis, American comic strip author best known for Pearls Before Swine
 * 1970: birth of Garth Ennis, Northern Irish comics writer best known for Preacher
 * 1970: death of David Breger, American comic strip creator known for G. I. Joe
 * 1988: first appearance of The Germs, a comic strip by David Sutherland, in the British comic The Beano
 * 2007: death of Leah Adezio, American comics artist and member of Friends of Lulu