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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: death 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