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• 1912: start of Old Doc Yak, American comic strip by Sidney Smith which ran until 1917
• 1920: birth of George Evans, American comic book artist who worked on Terry and the Pirates and for 16 years on Secret Agent X-9
• 1929: first appearance of They'll Do It Every Time, ongoing American comic strip by Jimmy Hatlo
• 1961: birth of Bruce Timm, comics artist, best known for Batman Adventures
• 1966: first publication of Smash!, a British comic
• 1995: debut of Trigun, Japanese manga created by Yasuhiro Nightow
• 1996: death of Roberto Raviola, Italian comics artist under the pseudonym Magnus, best known for Kriminal and Alan Ford