Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/October/October 27


 * 1930: birth of Leo Baxendale, British comics creator best known for The Bash Street Kids
 * 1935: birth of Mauricio de Sousa, Brazilian comic strip creator best known for Monica's Gang
 * 1948: birth of Bernie Wrightson, American comic book artist best known as creator of Swamp Thing
 * 1954: birth of Jan Duursema, comics artist best known for her work on Star Wars comics
 * 1990: last issue of Whizzer and Chips, British comic which ran since 1969
 * 2012: death of Bill White, American animator, and a comic book writer, penciller, and inker