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1877: birth of Norman E. Jennett , American political cartoonist, know for comic feature The Monkey Shines of Marseleen and being the art director at McFadden Publications
1935: debut of Smokey Stover Bill Holman which ran until 1973
1957: birth of Glauco Villas Boas , Brazilian illustrator, cartoonist and religious leader
1971: birth of Ryu Fujisaki , Japanese mangaka best known for Hoshin Engi
1973: first issue of Shiver and Shake British comic which lasted for a year and a half
1980: birth of Renato Guedes , comic book artist best known for his publications for DC Comics.
1994: death of Aurelio Galleppini , Italian comics artist best known as co-creator of Tex Willer
1997: death of Stan Drake , American comics artist best known as co-creator of The Heart of Juliet Jones Blondie
2011: death of Bill Blackbeard , founder of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art and co-editor of The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
2012: death of Jean Giraud , better known under the pseudonym Mœbius; creator of Blueberry Arzach The Incal
2012: death of Don Markstein , American comics historian and expert, known for the online encyclopedia Don Markstein's Toonopedia