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April 1

• 1917: birth of Sheldon Mayer, American comic book writer and artist, known for Sugar and Spike
• 1951: birth of Bob Lappan, American comic book letterer
• 1961: debut of Winker Watson, British comic strip created by Eric Roberts in The Dandy
• 1961: birth of Michel Rodrigue, French comics artist best known for Doggyguard
• 1963: birth of Mark Shainblum, Canadian writer best known as a science fiction and comic book writer
• 1963: birth of James Robinson, British writer of American comic books and screenplays, best known for comics focusing on the Justice Society of America, in particular the Starman character he co-created with Tony Harris
• 1964: birth of Bill Oakley (comics), American comic book letterer
• 1967: first appearance of Billy the Cat and Katie, British comic strip created by David Sutherland in The Beano
• 1970: birth of Tom Raney, American comic book artist
• 1970: birth of Brad Meltzer, American novelist and comic book writer
• 1972: first publication of TV Action, British comic that was the follow-up to Countdown and lasted for 74 issues
• 1973: last publication of The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, American comic strip by Zach Moseley
• 1974: last issue of Cutie Honey, Japanese manga by Go Nagai
• 1997: in the Comic strip switcheroo, 46 American comic strip artists made each other's comic strip for one day
• 1997: launch of Goats, American webcomic by Jonathan Rosenberg
• 2000: debut of Bob and George, American webcomic by David Anez

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April 2

• 1867: death of Charles H. Bennett, British comics artist who pioneered techniques in comic illustration
• 1953: birth of James Vance, American comic book writer, best known for his work from Kitchen Sink Press
• 1958: first appearance of Oumpah-pah in Le Journal de Tintin, a comics series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
• 1971: birth of Todd Nauck, American comic book artist and writer, best known for his work on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Young Justice
• 2001: first appearance of Frazz, American comic strip by Jef Mallett
• 2002: death of Stan Pitt, Australian artist known for his work on Gold Key and DC comics
• 2004: debut of Gintama, Japanese manga created by Hideaki Sorachi
• 2009: death of Frank Springer, Reuben Award winner best known for work on Nick Fury

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April 3

• 1885: birth of Bud Fisher, American comic strip creator best known for Mutt and Jeff
• 1947: launch of 't Kapoentje, a youth supplement published by the Flemish newspaper Het Volk notable for its comics
• 1953: birth of Tiziano Sclavi, Italian comics author best known for Dylan Dog
• 1957: birth of Yves Chaland, French comics author and artist best known for The Adventures of Freddy Lombard
• 1968: birth of Jamie Hewlett, English comic book artist best known as cocreator of Tank Girl
• 1975: death of Otto Soglow, American comic strip creator best known for The Little King
• 1971: last publication of Smash!, British comic
• 2001: debut of Todd and Penguin, American webcomic by David Wright
• 2004: final issue of .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Japanese manga created by Tatsuya Hamazaki and Rei Izumi

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April 4

• 1902: birth of Brian White, British cartoonist, best known for creating The Nipper for the Daily Mail
• 1922: birth of Sam Rosen (comics), American comic book letterer
• 1927: birth of Joe Orlando, Italian-American comics artist, vice-president of DC Comics
• 1949: birth of John Wooley, American author, co-author, or editor of books including several comics in the 80s and 90s
• 1951: birth of Bob Rozakis, American comic book writer and editor known as DC's "Answer Man".
• 1966: birth of Dave Johnson (comics), American comic book cover artist
• 1987: first appearance in The Beano of Number 13, drawn by John Geering
• 1990: birth of Heather Antos, editor at Marvel under Jordan D. White, from 2015 to 2018.
• 1991: death of Graham Ingels, American comic book artist best known for his work with EC Comics
• 1997: death of Billy Graham, American comics artist best known for his work at Marvel Comics
• 2004: first appearance of Reborn!, Japanese manga created by Akira Amano
• 2005: debut of Triple Take, American comic strip created by Todd Clark and Scott Nickel

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April 5

• 1916: birth of Bernard Baily, American comic book artist, publisher, writer, and editor, best known as co-creator of the characters the Spectre and Hourman
• 1955: birth of Akira Toriyama, Japanese mangaka best known for the Dragon Ball series
• 1961: birth of Tom Tomorrow, American cartoonist best known for This Modern World
• 1963: birth of Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer, one of the creators who formed Legend, an imprint of creator-owned comics published by Dark Horse Comics
• 1970: birth of John G. Roshell, American comics letterer
• 1981: birth of Adam Arnold, American comics author best known for Aoi House
• 2005: death of Dale Messick, first woman syndicated comic strip artist, creator of Brenda Starr, Reporter
• 2006: publication of The Tourist, a graphic novel from Image Comics by Brian Wood and Toby Cypress

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April 6

• 1882: birth of Salvador Bartolozzi, Spanish comic writer and illustrator, creator of children's weekly edition, Pinocchio
• 1907: birth of Chon Day, American cartoonist whose cartoons appeared in The New Yorker and other magazines
• 1926: birth of Gil Kane, Latvian-American comic book artist working mainly for Marvel Comics
• 1936: debut of Mickey Finn, American comic strip by Frank Leonard which ran until 1976
• 1956: birth of Mark Askwith, Canadian producer, writer, and interviewer in science fiction and comics
• 1960: birth of Pol Medina, Jr., Filipino comics artist best known for Pugad Baboy
• 1980: birth of Hayden Scott-Baron, English professional illustrator and graphic designer, co-founder of Sweatdrop Studios
• 1980: birth of Dock, English manga artist known as cofounder of Sweatdrop Studios
• 1983: birth of Dash Shaw, American comics author known for his graphic novels
• 2003: launch of Girly, American webcomic by Josh Lesnick

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April 7

• 1907: birth of Jacques Laudy, Belgian comics artist who contributed to the early issues of the weekly Tintin magazine
• 1915: birth of Henry Kuttner, American author, best known in comics for his Green Lantern stories for DC Comics
• 1935: debut of Hejji, short-lived American comic strip by Dr. Seuss
• 1952: birth of Jacques Boivin, Canadian artist, best know for work on the erotic comic Mélody for Kitchen Sink Press
• 1964: birth of Michael A. Martin, American writer, co-writer for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics at Marvel Comics
• 1992: Art Spiegelman wins a special Pulitzer Prize for Maus, the first and so far only graphic novel to win one
• 2007: death of Johnny Hart, American comic strip creator best known for B.C.

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April 8

• 1843: birth of Angelo Agostini, considered the first Brazilian cartoonist and a pioneer of sequential art
• 1951: birth of Michele Wolfman, American comic book colorist
• 1977: death of Jean Cézard, French cartoonist and comic artist best remembered for Arthur le fantôme justicier.
• 1998: death of Lee Elias, American comics artist best known for Beyond Mars
• 2000: death of Alfredo Alcala, Filipino comics artist working at Marvel Comics
• 2000: launch of Wandering Ones, American webcomic by Clint Hollingsworth

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April 9

• 1883: birth of Frank King, early American comic strip writer and artist, best known as creator of Gasoline Alley
• 1914: birth of Mac Raboy, American comic book artist and co-creator of Captain Marvel Jr. who continued Flash Gordon for more than twenty years
• 1917: birth of Rolf Kauka, American comic artist, most famous for the series Fix and Foxi
• 1965: birth of Kelly Corvese, American comic book editor and colorist
• 1967: first appearance of Tensai Bakabon, Japanese manga by Fujio Akatsuka
• 1977: birth of Gerard Way, American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer, creator of The Umbrella Academy
• 1978: debut of The World's Greatest Superheroes, American comic strip by various artists which ran until 1985
• 1979: birth of Brandon Badeaux, American artist and writer

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April 10

• 1927: birth of Brumsic Brandon Jr., American cartoonist known for the comic strip Luther
• 1931: birth of René Follet, Belgian comics artist
• 1956: birth of Jacques de Loustal, French comics author
• 1957: birth of James D. Hudnall, American comic book writer known for Harsh Realm
• 1958: birth of Rick Taylor, American comic book colorist
• 1959: birth of Scott Hampton, American comic book artist known for his painted artwork
• 1962: birth of Bill Marks, American publisher and founder of Vortex Comics
• 1973: birth of Josh Hood, American comic book colorist
• 1983: birth of Janelle Asselin (aka Janelle Siegel), former comic book editor and writer
• 1988: debut of FoxTrot, American comic strip created by Bill Amend
• 2004: death of Chester Commodore, American comic book writer with the Chicago Defender

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April 11

• 1906: birth of Dale Messick, first woman syndicated comic strip artist, creator of Brenda Starr
• 1916: birth of Irv Novick, American comics artist who worked almost continuously from 1939 until the 1990s
• 1920: birth of Peter O'Donnell, British writer known as the creator of Modesty Blaise
• 1959: birth of Oscar González Loyo, Mexican comic book artist known for Karmatron and his work on Simpson comics
• 1965: birth of Rodolfo Damaggio, Brazilian comic book artist

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April 12

• 1927: birth of Víctor de la Fuente, Spanish comic book artist and writer, known for work in western and heroic fantasy genres
• 1936: birth of Carlos Roque, Portuguese comics artist best known for Wladimyr
• 1937: birth of Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, Cuban poster and comics artist, known for El Cuento, a collection of ironic fables
• 1953: birth of Tanino Liberatore, Italian comics artist best known for RanXerox
• 1956: birth of Gary Martin, American comic book artist
• 1960: birth of Toren Smith, Canadian manga translator and founder of Studio Proteus
• 1967: birth of Amanda Conner, American comics artist and commercial art illustrator.
• 1972: birth of Troy Nixey, Canadian comic book artist and film director
• 1973: birth of Mark Brooks, American comic book artist working exclusively for Marvel Comics
• 1973: birth of J. Scott Campbell, American comics artist best known as co-creator of Gen¹³ and Danger Girl
• 1981: birth of Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Brazilian comic book creator primarily for his artwork on titles such as DC Comics' Blue Beetle
• 1999: death of Ricardo Barreiro, Argentine comics writer, known for Bárbara
• 2006: end of Emma, Japanese seinen manga created by Kaoru Mori

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April 13

• 1924: birth of Jack Chick, American religious comic book writer with Chick Publications
• 1941: birth of Jean-Marc Reiser, French comics artist
• 1950: birth of Dennis Janke, American comic book artist, best known for his nine-year run as inker on Superman: The Man of Steel
• 1959: birth of Roy Richardson, best known for work on Flash, Star Wars, and The Tomorrow Knights
• 1987: death of Joe Colquhoun, British comics artist best known for his work on Charley's War in Battle Picture Weekly
• 1988: birth of Sam Loeb, American comic book writer known for Superman/Batman #26
• 2005: death of Juan Zanotto, Argentine comics artist known for Bárbara

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April 14

• 1861: death of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese artist and caricaturist
• 1920: birth of Sheldon Moldoff, American comic book artist, known as co-creator of Poison Ivy
• 1922: birth of Dana Fradon, American cartoonist who drew roughly 1,400 cartoons for The New Yorker
• 1924: debut of Wash Tubbs, American comic strip created by Roy Crane which ran until 1988
• 1927: birth of Jim Seed, American illustrator and cartoonist, known for the cartoons Dr. Guy Bennett and Jane Arden
• 1947: launch of Grandma, comic strip by Charles Kuhn
• 1949: birth of Dave Gibbons, British comics author and artist, best known for Watchmen
• 1950: first publication of Eagle, the most popular British comic, selling over 2 miilion copies a week, marking the debut of Dan Dare by Frank Hampson
• 1954: birth of Chuck Dixon, American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Punisher for Marvel Comics and on the characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin for DC Comics
• 1954: birth of Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese mangaka, best known for Akira
• 1957: death of Will Owen, English book illustrator, cartoonist, and caricaturist, producer of cartoons for the Bystander and The Sketch
• 1959: birth of Gerhard, Canadian artist known for his work on the comics series Cerebus the Aardvark.
• 1961: birth of Daniel Clowes, American comics artist and author best known for Eightball
• 1974: birth of Hyung Min-woo, Korean manhwa artist best known for Priest
• 1985: birth of Jason Fabok, Canadian comic book artist
• 2003: death of John Kent, New Zealand comic strip creator best known for Varoomshka

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April 15

• 1832: birth of Wilhelm Busch, German artist and pioneer of picture stories, creator of Max and Moritz
• 1890: birth of Billy De Beck, American comic strip creator best known for Barney Google
• 1908: birth of David Breger, American comic strip creator known for G. I. Joe
• 1918: birth of Denis McLoughlin, British comic book artist best known for his work at publisher T.V. Boardman
• 1919: birth of Alberto Breccia, Argentine comic book creator, collaborated with Héctor Germán Oesterheld
• 1925 or 1927: birth of Jerry Grandenetti, American comic book artist best known for working on The Spirit
• 1937: birth of Tom Sutton, American comic book artist best known for Vampirella
• 1946: first appearance of Mark Trail, ongoing American comic strip created by Ed Dodd
• 1961: birth of Mike Kanterovich, American comic book writer
• 1967: first publication of Terrific, British comic
• 1978: last issue of Krazy, British comic which started in 1976
• 1993: death of Alberto Giolitti, Italian comics artist known for his work with Western Publishing and Dell Publishing
• 2003: debut of D-Live!!, Japanese manga created by Ryoji Minagawa
• 2007: death of Brant Parker, American cartoonist and co-creator of The Wizard of Id comic
• 2017: death of Marty Greim, American writer, known for work on Archie Comics' short-lived superhero comic book line

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April 16

• 1877: death of Tomàs Padró, Catalan painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, a pioneer in Spanish comics
• 1934: birth of Vicar, a Disney comics artist from Chile
• 1955: birth of Kim DeMulder, American comic book artist and inker
• 1964: birth of Steve Haynie, American comic book letterer
• 1989: debut of Dilbert, popular comic strip by Scott Adams
• 1990: issue #805, the last issue of Indrajal Comics, appears
• 1997: death of Roland Topor, French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer

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April 17

• 1917: birth of Mac Raboy, American comics artist known for work on Captain Marvel Jr. and Flash Gordon
• 1923: birth of Earl Norem, American artist known for his work with Marvel Comics
• 1940: birth of Claire Bretécher, French comics creator known for Agrippine, Cellulite and Les Frustrés
• 1964: birth of Ben Dunn, American comics creator known for Ninja High School and Warrior Nun Areala
• 2012: launch of Stan Lee's World of Heroes, a YouTube channel created by Stan Lee
• 2006: start of the syndication of F Minus, American comic strip by Tony Carrillo

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April 18

• 1828: birth of Frank Bellew, American cartoonist and pioneering comics author
• 1916: birth of Carl Burgos, American comic book artist best known as creator of the Human Torch
• 1953: first appearance of Roger the Dodger, ongoing British comic strip created by Ken Reid in The Beano
• 1969: birth of Keith DeCandido, American science fiction and fantasy writer, known for his media tie-ins
• 1997: death of Edward Barker, English cartoonist and underground comix creator
• 2002: last volume of Flame of Recca, Japanese manga created by Nobuyuki Anzai
• 2006: death of Dick Rockwell, American comics artist best known for his work on Steve Canyon

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April 19

• birth of Patrick Gleason (artist), American comic book artist and writer
• 1907: birth of Cecil Surry, American cartoonist at various film studios in the Golden Age of Animation
• 1946: birth of Hideshi Hino, Japanese manga artist and author, best known for his horror stories
• 1957: birth of Mark McKenna, American comic book artist and inker
• 1970: debut of Broom Hilda, American comic strip by Russell Myers
• 1978: birth of Aleksi Briclot, French comic book artist
• 1978: birth of Takeshi Miyazawa, Canadian comic book artist best known for Mary Jane
• 1987: death of Milt Kahl, American animator, known as Disney's Nine Old Men
• 1999: first appearance of The Boondocks, American comic strip created by Aaron McGruder which ran until 2006
• 2001: death of Henry Boltinoff, American comics artist known for his humor strips at DC Comics
• 2002: death of Alberto Beltrán, Mexican artist, writer, and editor, founding member of the Academy of Arts
• 2002: last appearance of Theophilus, an American religious comic strip by Bob West which ran since 1966
• 2002: debut of Black Lagoon, Japanese manga created by Rei Hiroe

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April 20

• 1942: first appearance of Barnaby, American comic strip by Crockett Johnson which ran until 1952
• 1949: birth of John Ostrander, American comic book writer best known for Oracle
• 1960: birth of Dale Berry, American artist and designer best known his work on Tales of the Moonlight Cutter
• 1963: birth of Christopher Nielsen, Norwegian comics artist best known for To Trøtte Typer
• 1965: birth of Evan Dorkin, American comics artist and cartoonist, best known for Milk and Cheese and Dork
• 1968: death of Rudolph Dirks, pioneering German-American comic strip creator best known for the Katzenjammer Kids
• 1977: birth of Justin Ponsor, American comic book colorist, best known for his work on Marvel Comics

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April 21

• 1827: death of Thomas Rowlandson, British cartoonist and comics artist
• 1938: first issue of Spirou, Belgian comics magazine, featuring first appearances of Spirou and Tif
• 1942: birth of Dan O'Neill, American underground comix artist, founder of the Air Pirates
• 1962: death of Bob McCay, American animator and comic artist, known for is work on children's comics
• 1962: death of Bob Wickersham, American cartoonist during the Golden Age of Comics
• 1965: birth of Teri Sue Wood, American comic artist best known for her independent-comics series Wandering Star
• 1971: birth of Michael Turner, American comics artist best known for his work on Witchblade
• 2007: death of Art Saaf, American comics artist from the Golden Age of Comics

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April 22

• 1923: birth of Sol Brodsky, American comic book artist best known as production manager at Marvel Comics
• 1946: first appearance of Sazae-san, Japanese manga by Machiko Hasegawa which ran until 1974
• 1947: birth of Steve Englehart, American comic book writer
• 1956: birth of Larry Mahlstedt, American comic book artist specializing in inking
• 1966: birth of Marie Javins, American comic book editor and colorist, known for her long association with Marvel Comics and the Teshkeel Media Group. As of 2020, Javins is editor-in-chief of DC Comics.
• 1970: birth of Bryan Hitch, British comic book writer and artist
• 1974: birth of Yanick Paquette, Canadian comic book artist.
• 1990: debut of The Buckets, American comic strip by Scott Stantis
• 2002: death of Denis McLoughlin, British comic book artist best known for his work at Boardman Books

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April 23

• 1953: birth of L. Lois Buhalis, American comic book letterer
• 1957: death of Guido Fantoni, Italian comics artist known for work with Florence-based publisher Mario Nerbini
• 1964: birth of Sergio Cariello, Brazilian-American comic book artist known for his work on The Lone Ranger
• 1966: birth of Javier Hernandez, American comic book creator best known for El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie
• 2002: death of Alfredo Pons, Spanish writer-artist, co-founder of the studio La Omertá
• 2005: death of Romano Scarpa, Italian comics author best known for his work on Disney comics
• 2017: death of Leo Baxendale, English cartoonist and publisher, creator of the Beano series Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids and co-founder of the British comics Wham! and Pow!

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April 24

• 1912: birth of George Wunder, American cartoonist best known for illustrating the Terry and the Pirates comic strip
• 1930: birth of Richard Donner, American film director and writer, known as director of Superman and writer of Action Comics
• 1930: birth of Howie Schneider, American cartoonist and children's book author, best-known for the comic strip Eek & Meek
• 1957: birth of John MacLeod, Canadian comics artist and creator, author of Dishman
• 1960: birth of Ralph Griffith, co-founder of Arrow Comics
• 1981: death of Howard Purcell, American comic book artist known as co-creator of Sargon the Sorcerer and Gay Ghost
• 2004: Nat Gertler organises the first 24-hour comics day

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April 25

• 1915: birth of Mort Weisinger, American comic strip writer best known as editor for DC Comics
• 1926: birth of Johnny Craig, American comic book artist notable for his work with EC Comics

• 1927: birth of Albert Uderzo, popular French comics artist and author best known for Asterix
• 1940: the first Batman comic book appears
• 1944: death of George Herriman, influential American comic book artist and author best known for Krazy Kat
• 1952: birth of Peter Sanderson, comic book critic and historian
• 1960: birth of Brian Thomas, American comic book artist, has known as Rock Lobster and Screamin' Demons
• 2004: appearance of Crown of Horns, the ninth and final Bone comic book by Jeff Smith

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April 26

• 1914: birth of Paul Norris, American comic book artist best known as creator of Aquaman
• 1916: birth of George Tuska, American comic book artist best known for his work on Captain Marvel and Iron Man
• 1924: birth of Victor Hubinon, Belgian comics artist best known for Redbeard and Buck Danny
• 1942: birth of Marty Greim, American writer, known for work on Archie Comics' short-lived superhero comic book line
• 1954: birth of Kerry Gammill, American artist who has worked in the fields of comic books, special effects, storyboards, and character designs
• 1955: birth of Brad W. Foster, American illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and publisher
• 1956: birth of François Schuiten, Belgian comics artist and author best known for Les Cités Obscures
• 1969: last publication of the first version of Eagle, the most popular British comic, selling over 2 miilion copies a week
• 1971: birth of Craig Rousseau, American comic book artist
• 1972: birth of John Paul Leon, American comic book artist best known for Earth X

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April 27

• 1902: debut Ed Payne's Professor O. Howe Wise and Professor I.B. Schmart comic strip
• 1952: birth of Hilary Bader, American television scriptwriter and comic book writer known for her work on projects in the Batman, Superman, and Star Trek franchises
• 1953: birth of Jan Mullaney, American rock musician and co-founder of Eclipse Enterprises
• 1958: first appearance of Rick O'Shay, American comic strip created by Stan Lynde
• 1963: birth of Faye Perozich, American writer, best known for her comic adaptations of Anne Rice novels
• 1981: birth of Christina Strain American comic book colorist, writer and screenwriter
• 1991: death of Rob-Vel, French comic strip artist best known as the original creator of Spirou

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April 28

• 1887: birth of Charles A. Voight, American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip Betty
• 1911: birth of Lee Falk, American comic book creator, best known for The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician
• 1924: birth of Dick Ayers, American comic book artist, known as inker for Jack Kirby
• 1926: birth of Bill Blackbeard, American writer on comics, founder of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art
• 1953: birth of Will Murray, American novelist, journalist, and short-story and comic-book writer, co-creator of Squirrel Girl
• 1966: death of Jesse Marsh, American comic book artist known for his work on Tarzan
• 1969: birth of Greg Hyland, Canadian comic book creator, best known for his character Lethargic Lad.
• 1984: last issue of Spike, British comic
• 1990: first appearance of Les Pretend, British comic strip created by John Sherwood in The Beano
• 2005: final volume of Claymore, Japanese manga created by Norihiro Yagi
• 2005: death of Zeke Zekley, American comics artist known for Bringing Up Father

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April 29

• 1877: birth of Tad Dorgan, American cartoonist known for his cartoon panel Indoor Sports and comic strip Judge Rummy
• 1906: first appearance of The Kin-der-Kids, American comic strip by Lyonel Feininger
• 1908: birth of Jack Williamson, American comic strip writer known for Beyond Mars
• 1924: birth of Paul S. Newman, American comics writer best known for Turok
• 1958: birth of Michael Davis, American comics artist, writer, and one of the co-founders of Milestone Media
• 1967: first issue of Giggle, British comic book which only lasted for 8 months
• 1969: birth of Sean Konot, American comic book letterer
• 1972: birth of Roman Dirge, American comic book creator known for Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl
• 1977: death of Paul Gustavson, Finnish-American comic-book writer and artist, creator of The Human Bomb and the Angel
• 2012: death of Žarko Beker, Croatian comic artist, illustrator, and graphic designer

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April 30

• 1926: birth of William Overgard, American cartoonist and writer, known for the comic strips Steve Roper and Mike Nomad and Rudy.
• 1927: birth of Sal Trapani, American comic-book artist and co-creator of the Dell character Nukla
• 1939: birth of Martin Lodewijk, Dutch comics artist best known for Agent 327
• 1946: birth of Bill Plympton, American comics artist and writer, known for the comic strip Plympton
• 1958: birth of Denis Lebrun, American comic strip artist best known for his work on Blondie
• 1965: birth of Nat Gertler, American writer known for his comic books and his books about comics
• 1970: birth of | Jim Royal, American comic book artist
• 2017: death of Jean De Mesmaeker, Belgian comics artist better known by the pseudonym Jidéhem ("JDM")

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