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These are the selected anniversaries for December that appear on the Comics portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
December 1
- 1923: birth of Morris, Belgian comics artist, creator of Lucky Luke
- 1950: birth of Gary Panter, American underground comix creator
- 1962: birth of Joe Quesada, American comic book writer and artist, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics
- 1975: birth of Matt Fraction, American comic book writer known for The Five Fists of Science
- 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
- 2001: first appearance of Venus Envy, American webcomic by Erin Lindsey
- 2005: first issue of Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, Japanese manga by ufotable and Tartan Check
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December 2
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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December 5
- 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
- 1965: birth of Paul Jenkins, British comic book writer known for Inhumans
- 1997: the first appearance of Jak, drawn by Jimmy Hansen, in The Dandy
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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
- 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
- 1962: birth of Erik Larsen, American comic book writer and artist known for Savage Dragon
- 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
- 1948: death of Robert Quillen, American comic strip creator known for Willie Willis and Aunt Het
- 1959: death of Gene Carr, American pioneering comics creator
- 2004: debut of Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth, American webcomic by Dave "Fargo" Kosak
- 2006: death of Martin Nodell, American comic book artist best known for cocreating Green Lantern
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December 10
- 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
- 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
- 1927: birth of John Buscema, American comic book artist
- 1942: birth of Didier Comès, Belgian comics author and artist best known for his graphic novels like Silence
- 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
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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
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December 13
- 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
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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
- 1979: birth of Øystein Runde, Norwegian comics artist best known for Margarin
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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
- 1953: birth of J. M. DeMatteis, American comic book writer working mainly for DC Comics
- 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
- 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
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December 16
- 1959: birth of Roberto De Angelis, Italian comics artist best known for his work on Nathan Never
- 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
- 2003: launch of Darken, American webcomic by Kate Ashwin
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December 17
- 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
- 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
- 2006: death of Joe Gill, American comic book writer best known as cocreator of Captain Atom
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December 18
- 1919: birth of Ken Reid, British comics author best known for Roger the Dodger and Grandpa
- 2003: launch of PV Comics, a free website featuring webcomics and print comics
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December 19
- 1918: debut of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, American cartoon by Robert Ripley
- 1953: first appearance of Minnie the Minx, ongoing British comic strip created by Leo Baxendale in The Beano
- 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
- 1952: birth of Mack White, 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
- 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
- 1921: birth of John Severin, American comic book artist, best known for his work on war and western comics for EC Comics and Marvel Comics
- 1928: birth of George Gately, Amrican comic strip creator best known for Heathcliff
- 1935: birth of Jidéhem, Belgian comics artist best know as longtime André Franquin collaborator and co-author of Gaston Lagaffe
- 1991: death of Sheldon Mayer, American comic book writer and artist, known for Sugar and Spike
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December 22
- 1908: birth of Gian Luigi Bonelli, Italian comics writer best known for Tex Willer
- 1941: first appearance of Archie by Bob Montana and Vic Bloom in Pep Comics #22
- 1951: birth of Tony Isabella, American comic book writer best known for creating Black Lightning
- 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
- 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
- 1959: first appearance of Boule et Bill by Jean Roba in Spirou
- 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
- 1925: first appearance of Alfred the Penguin, popular animal character in the Franco-Belgian comics strip Zig et Puce by Alain Saint-Ogan
- 2001: final appearance of Saikano, Japanese manga by Shin Takahashi
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December 26
- 1930: death of Kin Hubbard, American comics creator best known for Abe Martin of Brown County
- 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
- 1922: birth of Ferdinando Tacconi, Italian comics artist
- 1963: birth of Susana Romero, Mexican comics author known as cofounder of comics publisher ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio
- 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, creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Daredevil
- 1934: birth of Herb Gardner, American comic strip creator known for The Nebbishes
- 1967: birth of Chris Ware, American comic book artist best known for the Acme Novelty Library and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan
- 1969: birth of P. J. Holden, Northern Irish comic book artist best known for working on Judge Dredd
- 1976: birth of Damion Scott, Jamaican-American comic book artist known for his work with DC 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
- 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
- 2000: first issue of Sexy Voice and Robo, Japanese seinen manga by Iou Kuroda
- 2001: debut of Pearls Before Swine, American comic strip created by Stephan Pastis
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December 31
- 1928: birth of Siné, influential French cartoonist and designer known for his political perseverance and works depicting cats
- 1959: birth of Ronnie del Carmen, 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
- 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
- 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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