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1920: birth of Sheldon Moldoff, American comic book artist, known as co-creator of Poison Ivy
1924: debut of Wash Tubbs, American comic strip created by Roy Crane which ran until 1988
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 Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese mangaka, best known for Akira
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
2003: death of John Kent, New Zealand comic strip creator best known for Varoomshka