Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/January/January 20


 * 1894: birth of Harold Gray, American comic strip author best known for Little Orphan Annie
 * 1916: birth of George Papp, American comics artist, co-creator of Green Arrow and Congo Bill
 * 1923: birth of John McLusky, Scottish-born comics artist best known as the original artist of the comic strip featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond
 * 1927: debut of Ching Chow, American one-panel cartoon created by Sidney Smith and Stanley Link
 * 1928: birth of Malang, Filipino cartoonist, illustrator, and fine arts painter, creator of Kosme, the Cop, Retired
 * 1938: death of Émile Cohl, French caricaturist, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon"
 * 1944: birth of Bill Griffith, American underground cartoonist best known for creating Zippy the Pinhead
 * 1950: birth of Keith Pollard, American comic book artist best known for his work on Fantastic Four
 * 1965: birth of Jim Keefe, American comics artist best known for Flash Gordon
 * 1968: birth of Gerry Alanguilan, Filipino comic book artist known for Wasted
 * 1970: birth of Geoffrey Thorne, American screenwriter, producer, novelist and actor, creator of The Winterman Project
 * 1973: first publication of Buzz, a British broadsheet comic which appeared for almost two years
 * 2017: death of John Watkiss, British artist known for his painting and his work in comics and film production