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 * birth of Terry Kavanagh, American comic book editor and writer, known for his work with Marvel Comics
 * birth of Craig Anderson, Marvel Comics Managing Editor in the 1980's and 90's
 * 1887: birth of Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist, best known for the cartoon character Old Bill
 * 1909: birth of Basil Wolverton, American comic book artist, best known for his contributions to MAD magazine
 * 1916: birth of Mort Leav, American comic book artist best known as cocreator of The Heap
 * 1921: birth of Tony DiPreta, American comics artist best known for Joe Palooka and Rex Morgan, M.D.
 * 1926: birth of Murphy Anderson, American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of this era
 * 1957: birth of Kurt Mausert, American comics colorist, best known for his work on Robotech comics
 * 1977: last publication of Sparky, a British comic which ran for 652 issues
 * 1980: birth of Kristian Donaldson, American comic book artist known for Supermarket
 * 2007: launch announced of Zuda Comics, DC Comics' webcomics imprint