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 * 1927: birth of Gianni De Luca, Italian comic book artist, illustrator, painter and etcher
 * 1948: birth of Dan DeCarlo Jr. and James DeCarlo American comic book artists and twin sons of Dan DeCarlo
 * 1952: birth of Steve Leialoha, American comic book artist
 * 1954: birth of Peter Laird, American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * 1956: birth of Tom Vincent, American comic book artist, best known for his work for Marvel Comics on the Silver Surfer
 * 1957: birth of Frank Miller, influential American comic book artist and writer, best known for his work on Batman and Sin City
 * 1959: birth of Stefan Petrucha, American writer of comics and young adult fiction
 * 1962: birth of Richard Starkings, American logo designer and letterer
 * 1965: birth of Sean Phillips, British comic book artist, best known for his collaborations with Ed Brubaker
 * 1968: birth of Eric Burns, American webcomic author and creator of Websnark
 * 1973: birth of Chris Sotomayor, American comic book colorist and cover artist
 * 1987: death of Rod Ruth, American illustrator and comic artist, best known as the first artist to draw the family comic The Toodles
 * 1992: death of Jacques Devos, Belgian comic artist who worked for the magazine Spirou