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December 1

1923: birth of Morris, Belgian comics artist, creator of Lucky Luke
1945: debut of Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, a spin-off of Captain Marvel, in Fawcett's Funny Animals #1
1950: birth of Gary Panter, American underground comix creator
1975: birth of Matt Fraction, American comic book writer known for The Five Fists of Science
1977: birth of Merrill Hagan, American comic book and TV writer known for Teen Titans Go! and Daniel Spellbound
1999: debut of Gate Keepers, Japanese manga created by Keiji Gotoh
2000: launch of Adventurers!, American webcomic by Mark Shallow which ran until 2006
2000: start of Little Gamers, Swedish webcomic by Christian Fundin and Pontus Madsen
2005: first issue of Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, Japanese manga by ufotable and Tartan Check

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December 2

birth of Walden Wong, American comic book inker and colorist
1924: birth of Jack Davis, American comic book artist best known for his work with MAD magazine
1932: birth of Sergio Bonelli, Italian comics writer best known for Tex Willer and Zagor
1936: birth of Dick Guindon, American cartoonist best known for Guindon
1966: birth of Andy Mangels, American author known for serving as editor of the anthology Gay Comix
1968: birth of Alex Sinclair, Mexican comic book colorist, known for his work with Jim Lee
1971: birth of Frank Cho, American comic book artist known for Liberty Meadows
1971: birth of Pia Guerra, American comic book artist known for Y: The Last Man
1994: death of Tony Weare, British comic strip artist best known for Matt Marriott
1995: start of the first Armageddon science fiction and comics convention in Auckland, New Zealand

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December 3

1921: birth of Len Dworkins, American cartoonist known for his work on the Buck Rodgers newspaper strip
1937: debut of The Dandy, longest-running British comics magazine, featuring the first appearance of Desperate Dan, created by Dudley D. Watkins, and Korky the Cat, created by James Crighton
1952: birth of John Warner, American comic book writer and editor, known for stories of horror and the supernatural
1959: birth of Mike Saenz, American comic book artist and software designer, known for creating Shatter
1961: birth of Don Simpson, American comic book cartoonist and illustrator, most noted as the creator of the series Megaton Man
1969: birth of Dan Panosian, American comic book artist
1974: birth of Joe Madureira, American comics artist best known as creator of Battle Chasers and for his work on Uncanny X-Men
1984: final issue of War Picture Library, British comic which lasted for more than 2100 issues
1997: death of Benito Jacovitti, Italian comics artist best known for Cocco Bill
2004: first issue of Young Gangan, Japanese seinen manga magazine

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December 4

1912: first appearance of Polly and Her Pals, American comic strip by Clifford Sterrett
1921: birth of Art Saaf, American comics artist best known for his work on Romance titles and Supergirl
1951: birth of Régis Loisel, French comics artist best known for Peter Pan
1958: birth of Jeff Wilson, Canadian cartoonist best known for The Avridge Farm
1960: birth of Geof Isherwood, American painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator
1968: birth of Ashley Holt, American comic artist and illustrator
1973: birth of Rob G. (aka Rob Goodridge), American comics artist who has done work for DC Comics, Image Comics, and AiT/Planet Lar, and is best known for Teenagers from Mars and The Couriers.

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December 5

1924: birth of Sam Glanzman, American comics artist, best known for his work on war comics
1932: first appearance of Jane, a popular British comic strip by Norman Pett, in the Daily Mirror
1932: debut of Alley Oop, long running American comic strip created by V. T. Hamlin
1969: birth of Ron Regé Jr., American creator of minicomics
1972: birth of Anders Morgenthaler, Danish cartoonist known for Wulffmorgenthaler and Dolph
1999: death of Edvin Biuković, Croatian comics artist best known for his work on Grendel Tales

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December 6

1921: birth of Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski, American comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of Blue Beetle
1921: birth of Joe Edwards, American comics artist best known as creator of Li'l Jinx
1929: birth of Frank Springer, American comics artist known for his work at Marvel Comics and The Adventures of Phoebe Zeitgeist
1949: birth of Doug Marlette, American comic strip creator best known for Kudzu
1961: birth of Robin Riggs, British comics artist known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel Comics
1962: birth of Scott Beaderstadt, American comic book creator, best known for co-creating Trollords
1965: birth of Paul Jenkins, British comic book writer known for Inhumans
1966: birth of Leonard Kirk, American-born comic book artist, known for work on Supergirl, JSA, Star Trek, Batman, and Witchblade
1971: birth of Dave McCaig, Canadian artist and colorist
1997: the first appearance of Jak, drawn by Jimmy Hansen, in The Dandy
2008: death of Gérard Lauzier, French comics author and movie director

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December 7

1905: birth of T. O. Honiball, South African comics author known for Oom Kaspaas
1946: first appearance of Lucky Luke by Morris in the almanach issue of Spirou
1957: birth of Barry Kitson, American comics artist known for the Legion of Super-Heroes
1970: death of Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, president of the National Cartoonists Society: the Reuben Awards were named after him

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December 8

1894: birth of Elzie Crisler Segar, creator of Popeye
1936: birth of Michael Z. Hobson, American publisher who was an executive vice president for Marvel Comics
1960: birth of Jonathan Peterson, American comic book artist, writer, and editor
1962: birth of Erik Larsen, American comic book writer and artist known for Savage Dragon
1964: birth of Tanya Horie, American comic book colorist
1970: birth of Marlo Alquiza, American comic book artist
1980: debut of Bloom County, American comic strip by Berke Breathed

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December 9

1933: birth of Ashleigh Brilliant, American comic strip creator best known for Pot-Shots
1933: birth of José Delbo, Argentine comics artist, known for his work on Wonder Woman for DC and The Transformers for Marvel
1948: death of Robert Quillen, American comic strip creator known for Willie Willis and Aunt Het
1954: birth of Jeff Aclin, American comic book artist
1959: death of Gene Carr, American pioneering comics creator
1968: birth of Scott Peterson (comics), American comic book writer and editor at Wildstorm
2006: death of Martin Nodell, American comic book artist best known for cocreating Green Lantern

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December 10

1917: birth of Bill Crooks, American comic book writer known as co-creator of the comic strip Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune
1920: birth of Dan Spiegle, American comic book artist known for his work at Gold Key Comics and DC Comics

1921: birth of Matt Baker, American comic book artist best known for Phantom Lady
1946: birth of Henk Kuijpers, Dutch comics artist and writer best known for Franka
1959: birth of Chaz Truog, American comic book artist best known for his work for DC Comics, starting with Animal Man
1995: death of Franco Bonvicini, Italian comics author best known for Sturmtruppen

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December 11

1904: birth of Marge, American comics artist best known as the creator of Little Lulu
1920: birth of Dick Rockwell, American comics artist best known for his work on Steve Canyon
1923: birth of Morrie Turner, American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals
1927: birth of John Buscema, American comic book artist
1940: birth of Fred Patten, American writer and historian known for his work in the science fiction, fantasy, anime, manga, and furry fandoms
1942: birth of Didier Comès, Belgian comics author and artist best known for his graphic novels like Silence
1942: debut of Mary Marvel in Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Adventures #18
1957: birth of Peter Bagge, American comic book artist, creator of Hate
1957: birth of Carlos Meglia, Argentine comics artist best known for Cybersix
1964: birth of Lewis Trondheim, French comics artist and author best known for Dungeon and The spiffy adventures of McConey
2011: death of Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist known for his work on the Batman line of comics during the 1940s

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December 12

1897: debut of Katzenjammer Kids, American comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks, and the oldest comic strip still in syndication
1919: birth of Dan DeCarlo, American comic book artist, creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1920: birth of Fred Kida, American comics artist best known for Airboy
1923: birth of Morrie Turner, American comic strip creator known for Wee Pals and Rainbow Club
1925: birth of Warren Tufts, American comics creator best known for Casey Ruggles and Lance
1945: birth of René Pétillon, French comics artist
1967: birth of Zep, Swiss comics artist best known for Titeuf
1976: birth of Koi Turnbull, American comic book artist, known for his work with DC Comics, Marvel, Aspen MLT's Fathom.

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December 13

1914: birth of David Vern Reed, American writer, best known for his work on the Batman comic book during the 1950s
1944: birth of Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira, better known as Léo, Brazilian comics author and artist best known for Les Mondes d'Aldébaran
1961: birth of Philippe Francq, Belgian comic book artist best known for Largo Winch
1965: birth of Kyle Baker, American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for the revival of the series Plastic Man
1969: last issue of Lady Penelope, British comic for girls which ran for 204 issues
1975: death of John Millar Watt, British comic strip creator best known for Pop
1982: first appearance of Arnold, a comic strip by Kevin McCormick which ran until 1988

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December 14

1892: birth of Alfred Bestall, British comic strip author best known for continuing Rupert the Bear
1914: birth of Jack Cole, American comic book artist, creator of Plastic Man
1959: birth of David Quinn, American comic book writer, known for writing and co-creating Faust
1971: birth of John Cassaday, American comic book artist, best known for his work on Planetary
1979: birth of Øystein Runde, Norwegian comics artist best known for Margarin
1987: birth of James Tynion IV, American comic book writer
2011: death of Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America

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December 15

1911: birth of Nicholas P. Dallis, American comic book writer known for Apartment 3-G and Rex Morgan, M.D.
1911: birth of Rene Ríos Boettiger, Chilean comics creator best known for Condorito
1920: birth of Kurt Schaffenberger, American comic book artist best known for his work on Captain Marvel
1921: birth of Al Plastino, American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman
1953: birth of J. M. DeMatteis, American comic book writer working mainly for DC Comics
1957: birth of Steven Bové, American comic book artist, best known for his work at DC Comics while they held the Star Trek license
1957: birth of Jan Bosschaert, Belgian comics creator known for Jaguar and Sam
1961: birth of Reginald Hudlin, American comic book writer best known for Black Panther
1969: birth of Rick Law, American comics creator best known for Beyond the Veil
1969: birth of Stuart Immonen, American comics artist
1974: death of Harry Hershfield, American comics illustrator best known for Abie the Agent
1999: death of Rune Andréasson, Swedish comic creator best known for Bamse
2011: death of Eduardo Barreto, Uruguayan comic book artist best known for his work on Teen Titans, Batman, Superman and Judge Parker

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December 16

1955: birth of Clem Robins, American comics artist who lettered for every major, and a lot of minor, publishers since 1977
1959: birth of Roberto De Angelis, Italian comics artist best known for his work on Nathan Never
1959: birth of Steve Mattsson, American comic book artist and writer, known for his work on Dark Horse's Boris the Bear and DC's Superboy and the Ravers
1959: birth of Stephen Murphy, American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
1959: debut of Clifton, Franco-Belgian comics series created by Raymond Machero published in the magazine Tintin
1967: debut of Pup Parade, British comic strip created by Gordon Bell in The Beano
1971: birth of Leonardo Manco, Argentine comics artist best known for Hellblazer
1971: birth of John Nadeau, American comic book artist known for his work at Dark Horse Comics

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December 17

Unknown year: birth of Mark Texeira, American comic book artist
1929: birth of Dick Dillin, American comic book artist best known as penciller of Justice League
1938: debut of Pansy Potter, British comic strip created by Hugh McNeill in The Beano
1940: birth of Édika, French comic book artist mainly working for the satirical magazine Fluide Glacial
1953: death of Stephen Slesinger, American comic book writer, co-creator of Red Ryder
1954: birth of Beau Smith, American comic book writer and columnist, best known for his work for DC Comics
1963: birth of Bart Sears, American comic book artist and author known for his work on Justice League Europe and Legends of the Dark Knight
1968: birth of Fabrice Neaud, French comic book artist and author known for his autobiographical works
1968: birth of Matt Hollingsworth, American comics colorist known for Catwoman
1971: birth of Dexter Vines, American comics artist and inker
2006: death of Joe Gill, American comic book writer best known as co-creator of Captain Atom

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December 18

birth of Jordan D. White, American editor for Marvel Comics
1913: birth of Alfred Bester, American author known for Green Lantern and The Phantom
1919: birth of Ken Reid, British comics author best known for Roger the Dodger and Grandpa
1949: birth of Paul Neary, British comic book artist, writer and editor
1965: birth of J. H. Williams III, American comics artist known for Batwoman and Detective Comics
1977: birth of Ryan Scott Ottney, American comics writer known for The Legend of Isis

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December 19

1918: debut of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, American cartoon by Robert Ripley
1919: debut of Thimble Theatre, an American comic strip by E. C. Segar that later debuted Popeye
1952: birth of Peter B. Gillis, American comic book writer
1953: first appearance of Minnie the Minx, ongoing British comic strip created by Leo Baxendale in The Beano
1954: birth of Eliot R. Brown, American comic book writer and artist
1970: birth of Saida Temofonte, American comic book letterer and artist
2001: death of Dan DeCarlo, American comic book artist, creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2006: death of Jack Burnley, American comic book artist who succeeded Joe Shuster on Superman

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December 20

1925: birth of Bob de Moor, Belgian comics artist, main contributor to Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin
1949: birth of James Van Hise, American popular culture historian and comic book author
1952: birth of Mack White, American comics artist
1952: birth of Michael Zulli, American comics artist
1954: birth of Dave Simons, American comics artist
1962: birth of Corrado Mastantuono, Italian comics artist known for Magico Vento
1982: first appearance of Akira, successful Japanese manga by Katsuhiro Otomo

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December 21

1905: birth of Donald Clough Cameron, American comic book writer best known for co-creating Alfred Pennyworth, Toyman, and Liberty Belle (comics)
1915: birth of Ben Oda, American comic book letterer
1918: birth of Frank Hampson, British comic strip creator best known for Dan Dare
1920: birth of Bob Bindig, American comic book historian and creator known for his work on The adventures of the Big Boy
1928: birth of George Gately, American comic strip creator best known for Heathcliff
1935: birth of Jidéhem, Belgian comics artist best known as longtime André Franquin collaborator and co-author of Gaston Lagaffe
1963: birth of Jerome K. Moore, American comic book artist
1991: death of Sheldon Mayer, American comic book writer and artist, known for Sugar and Spike

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December 22

birth of Mike Marts, Marvel Comics editor
1908: birth of Gian Luigi Bonelli, Italian comics writer best known for Tex Willer
1949: birth of Gregory Wright, American comic book editor, writer, and colorist, known for his work at Marvel and DC Comics
1951: birth of Tony Isabella, American comic book writer best known for creating Black Lightning
1956: birth of Bill Willingham, American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series Elementals and Fables
1965: birth of David S. Goyer, American filmmaker, novelist and comic book writer, known for writing the screenplays for several superhero films
1974: death of Adrian Dingle, Canadian comic book artist best known for Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian comic book superhero
2003: end of Shadow Star, Japanese manga created by Mohiro Kitoh

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December 23

1900: birth of Otto Soglow, American comic strip creator best known for The Little King
1912: birth of Jon St. Ables, English-Canadian comics artist best known for his work at Maple Leaf Comics
1954: birth of Phil Felix, American comic book letterer
1954: birth of Rick Magyar, American comic book artist
1981: birth of Joshua Williamson, American comic book writer
1998: death of Joe Orlando, Italian-American comics artist, vice-president of DC Comics

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December 24

1880: birth of Johnny Gruelle, American comics creator known for Mr. Twee Deedle
1927: birth of John Glashan, Scottish comic strip creator best known for Genius
1946: birth of Vittorio Giardino, Italian comics artist, known for Sam Pezzo and Jonas Fink
1947: birth of Joost Swarte, Dutch comics artist, works in and coined the term Ligne claire style
1958: birth of Tim Harkins, American comics artists, primarily known as a letterer
1959: first appearance of Boule et Bill by Jean Roba in Spirou
1964: birth of Wade Winningham, American writer known for his work on the comic book Shuriken
1969: birth of Mark Millar, Scottish comics author
1986: death of Gardner Fox, American comic book writer, creator of Sandman and Flash
1992: death of Peyo, Belgian comic author and artist, creator of The Smurfs

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December 25

1893: birth of Robert Ripley, American comics creator best known for Ripley's Believe It or Not!
1901: birth of Stephen Slesinger, American comic book writer, co-creator of Red Ryder
1911: birth of Burne Hogarth, influential American comic book artist best known for Tarzan
1913: birth of Elliot Caplin, American comic strip writer best known for The Heart of Juliet Jones
1920: birth of Joe Rosen, American comic book artist, primarily known for his work as a letterer
1925: first appearance of Alfred the Penguin, popular animal character in the Franco-Belgian comics strip Zig et Puce by Alain Saint-Ogan
1956: birth of Peter Krause (artist), American comic book artist.
2001: final appearance of Saikano, Japanese manga by Shin Takahashi

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December 26

Unknown year: birth of Sam de la Rosa, American comic book artist and inker
1921: birth of John Severin, American comics artist noted for his distinctive work with EC Comics
1930: death of Kin Hubbard, American comics creator best known for Abe Martin of Brown County
1951: birth of C. J. Henderson (writer), American writer of horror, hardboiled crime fiction and comic books
2000: first issue of Girls Bravo, Japanese bishōjo manga by Mario Kaneda
2004: final appearance of Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, American comic strip by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon which ran since 1936
2005: death of Bud Blake, American comic strip creator best known for Tiger

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December 27

1914: birth of Jack Bradbury, American comics artist best known for his work on Disney comics
1918: birth of John Celardo, American comic strip and comic book artist, best known for illustrating the Tarzan comic strip
1922: birth of Ferdinando Tacconi, Italian comics artist
1955: birth of M. D. Bright (aka Mark D. Bright), American comic book and storyboard artist
1960: birth of Bruce McCorkindale, American comic book artist, primarily known as an inker
1966: birth of Joan Hilty, American cartoonist, educator, and comic book editor
2003: death of Pete Alvarado, American comics artist best known for his comic strip adaptations of TV and animated series

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December 28

1922: birth of Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor known for his decades of work with Marvel Comics
1934: birth of Herb Gardner, American comic strip creator known for drawing The Nebbishes
1950: birth of Ralph Macchio, American comic book editor and writer, known for his work with Marvel Comics
1955: birth of Janice Chiang, American comic-book letterer, mostly known for her work with Marvel Comics
1967: birth of Chris Ware, American cartoonist, best known for his Acme Novelty Library series
1969: birth of P. J. Holden, Northern Irish comic book artist known for 2000 AD, Warhammer Monthly, and Judge Dredd Megazine
1976: birth of Damion Scott, Jamaican-American comic book artist and writer, known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics
2005: Dark Horse Comics releases the one shot Star Wars comic Purge

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December 29

1946: last episode of Terry and the Pirates, a classic American comic strip, by Milton Caniff: the series is continued by George Wunder until 1973
1950: birth of Sean Martin, Canadian cartoonist best known for Doc and Raider
1952: birth of Paul Becton, American comic book letterer
1963: birth of Dave McKean, British comics author and artist, best known for the graphic novel Cages
1987: death of Raeburn van Buren, American comic strip artist best known for Abbie an' Slats
1991: death of Tony Strobl, American comics artist bets known for his work on many Disney comics
1998: death of Jean-Claude Forest, French comics artist and author, best known for Barbarella
2003: death of Don Lawrence, British comics artist best known for Trigan Empire and Storm

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December 30

1922: birth of Marc Sleen, popular Belgian comics creator best known for Nero
1950: birth of Lewis Shiner, American writer, known in comics for his work on Wild Cards
2011: death of Ronald Searle, English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer, and illustrator

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December 31

1928: birth of Siné, influential French cartoonist and designer known for his political perseverance and works depicting cats
1956: birth of Lela Dowling, American comics artist, illustrator, and cartoonist
1956: birth of Steve Rude, American comics artist, best known as the co-creator of Nexus
1959: birth of Ronnie del Carmen, Filipino comics artist best known for Batman Adventures
1961: birth of Fabian Nicieza, Argentine-American comic book writer with Marvel Comics
1965: birth of Julie Doucet, Canadian underground comics artist known for Dirty Plotte
1967: birth of Robert de Jesus, American comics artist, known for his manga-style work
1978: death of Basil Wolverton, American comic book artist, best known for his contributions to MAD magazine
1995: last new strip of Calvin and Hobbes, a highly popular American comic strip by Bill Watterson
2001: debut of Pearls Before Swine, American comic strip created by Stephan Pastis
2002: debut of Irregular Webcomic!, Australian webcomic by David Morgan-Mar
2004: launch of Sokora Refugees, amerimanga webcomic by Segamu and Melissa DeJesus
2005: death of Maurice Dodd, British comic strip author best known for The Perishers

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