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 * 1915: birth of Dick Sprang, American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on the superhero Batman
 * 1930: birth of Jean Roba, Belgian comics artist best known for Boule et Bill
 * 1945: birth of Jim Davis, American comic strip creator best known for Garfield
 * 1959: birth of Ian Akin, American comic book artist, known primarily for inking for Marvel Comics
 * 1960: birth of Jon J. Muth, American writer and illustrator of children's books, graphic novels, and comic books
 * 1964: birth of Salvador Larroca, Spanish comic book artist
 * 1966: birth of Michael Lark, American comics artist and colorist
 * 1967: birth of Will Pfeifer, American comic book writer
 * 1967: death of Violet Moore Higgins, American cartoonist, children's book illust rator, and writer
 * 1972: death of Fanny Cory, American cartoonist and book illustrator best known f or her comic strips Sonnysayings and Little Miss Muffet
 * 1982: birth of Ed Piskor, American alternative comics creator known for his work with Harvey Pekar and with Jay Lynch
 * 2000: death of Chic Stone, American comic book artist best known as an inker on Fantastic Four
 * 2006: end of Honey and Clover, Japanese manga by Chika Umino