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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
1966: death of Jesse Marsh, American comic book artist known for his work on Tarzan
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