Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/February/February 15

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• 1913: birth of Willy Vandersteen, major Belgian comics artist and author best known for Spike and Suzy
• 1939: birth of William Van Horn, Canadian comics author best known for Disney comics like Donald Duck
• 1948: birth of Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning American comics author and artist, best known for his graphic novel Maus
• 1954: birth of Matt Groening, American comics creator, known for Life in Hell, better known as creator of the animation series The Simpsons
• 1965: debut of Wee Pals, ongoing American comic strip created by Morrie Turner
• 1987: end of Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, American comic strip which started in the 1950s
• 2002: end of Parallel, Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi
• 2005: death of Dudu Geva, Israeli comics artist best known for The Knight Zick