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 * 1907: birth of Ye Qianyu, Chinese manhua artist, co-founder of Shanghai Manhua, and creator of Mr. Wang, one of China's most famous comic strips.
 * 1937: birth of Pablo Marcos, Peruvian comics artist best known for Zombie
 * 1941: birth of Franco Bonvicini, Italian comics author best known for Sturmtruppen
 * 1946: birth of F'Murr, French comics artist and writer best known for Le Génie des alpages
 * 1952: Li’l Abner appears on the cover feature of Life magazine, the first cartoon to appear on the cover
 * 1965: birth of Steven T. Seagle, American writer of comic book, television, film, live theater, video game, and animation industries
 * 1972: death of Aleksandar Denkov, Bulgarian artist, creator of the first Bulgarian animated film, Little Thief
 * 1977: d eath of Alexey Komarov, Russian illustrator and political cartoonist
 * 1993: death of Manuel Gonzales, Spanish- American comics artist best known for the Mickey Mouse Sunday pages
 * 1994: death of José Escobar Saliente, Spanish comics creator best known for Zipi y Zape
 * 2003: launch of Girlamatic, webcomics anthology site aimed at young adult women
 * 2007: death of Massimo Belardinelli, Italian comic artist best known for his work in 2000 AD