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These are the selected anniversaries for February that appear on the Comics portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
February 1
- 1940: death of Philip Francis Nowlan, American comics writer best known for creating Buck Rogers
- 1957: birth of Gilbert Hernandez, American comic books creator best known for his work with his brothers on Love and Rockets
- 1969: first issue of Charlie Mensuel, French comics magazine featuring many famous Franco-Belgian and international comics
- 1977: death of Edmond Hamilton, American comic book writer known for his Superman stories
- 1986: final issue of Charlie Mensuel before it was merged into Pilote in the short-lived guise of Pilote et Charlie
- 1988: debut of Ernie, American comic strip by Bud Grace, in 1998 retitled Piranha Club
- 2003: final issue of Sexy Voice and Robo, Japanese seinen manga by Iou Kuroda
- 2003: Dinosaur Comics, Canadian webcomic by Ryan North, starts appearing
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February 2
- 1912: birth of Creig Flessel, American comic book artist, creator of Shining Knight
- 1914: first appearance of Abie the Agent, American comic strip by Harry Hershfield
- 1952: final appearance of Barnaby, American comic strip by Crockett Johnson which ran since 1942
- 1958: birth of Corrado Roi, Italian comics artist best known for his work on Dylan Dog
- 1969: birth of Travis Charest, Canadian comic book artist best known for his work on Wildcats
- 1970: death of William Donahey, American comic strip creator best known for Teenie Weenies
- 1978: death of Maurice Tillieux, Belgian comics author best known for Gil Jourdan
- 1980: last issue of Cheeky, British comic book which ran since 1977
- 1987: death of Ken Reid, British comics author best known for Roger the Dodger and Grandpa
- 2005: launch of Salamander Dream, American webcomic and graphic novel by Hope Larson
- 2006: death of Lo Hartog van Banda, prolific Dutch comics writer best known for a few Lucky Luke stories
- 2006: death of Guglielmo Letteri, Italian comics artist best known for his work on Tex Willer
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February 3
- 1951: birth of Byron Erickson, American comics author best known as editor of Gladstone Publishing
- 1968: last publication of Terrific, British comic
- 1968: birth of Joe Bennett, Brazilian comic book artist known for his work with Marvel Comics and DC Comics
- 1969: death of Al Taliaferro, American comic strip creator best known for working on Donald Duck
- 1999: death of Vin Sullivan, American comic book editor and artist, best known as editor of Action Comics and Superman in the late 1930s
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February 4
- 1957: debut of Miss Peach, American comic strip by Mel Lazarus which ran until 2002
- 1960: birth of Scott Saavedra, American comics artist known for Dr. Radium
- 1973: debut of Hägar the Horrible, popular comic strip by Dik Browne
- 1978: birth of Leah Moore, British comics writer, known for her work with her father Alan Moore
- 1980: birth of Kentaro Yabuki, Japanese mangaka best known for Black Cat
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February 5
- 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
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February 6
- 1966: debut of Theophilus, an American religious comic strip by Bob West which ran until 2002
- 1970: first issue of Monthly Shonen Jump, a Japanese Shōnen manga magazine
- 1976: birth of Jerry Holkins, American webcomic creator best known for Penny Arcade
- 1994: death of Jack Kirby, prolific American comic book writer and artist, creator of many superheroes like Captain America and Fantastic Four
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February 7
- 1929: birth of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean comics author, creator of The Incal with Moebius
- 1938: first publication of the Donald Duck daily strip by Walt Disney
- 1953: first issue of The Topper, a British comic book which ran until 1990, with the debut of the ongoing comic strip Beryl the Peril, created by David Law
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February 8
- 1914: birth of Bill Finger, American comic book writer best known for co-creating Batman and many of its prominent characters
- 1961: birth of Bruce Timm, American comic book writer known for Batman Adventures
- 1999: launch of Look What I Brought Home!, American webcomic by Scott and Amanda Kuehner
- 2004: death of Julius Schwartz, American comic book editor with DC Comics
- 2007: death of Joe Edwards, American comics artist best known as creator of Li'l Jinx
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February 9
- 1902: birth of Fred Harman, American comic strip artist best known for Red Ryder
- 1909: birth of Rob-Vel, French comic strip artist best known for creating Spirou for the launch of Le journal de Spirou
- 1928: birth of Frank Frazetta, American illustrator who worked on many comics between 1944 and 1964
- 1942: birth of Pierre Seron, Belgian comics author known for Les Petits Hommes
- 1956: birth of Timothy Truman, American comic book artist known for his work on Hawkworld
- 1959: birth of David B., French comic book artist best known for Epileptic
- 1989: death of Osamu Tezuka, important Japanese mangaka best known as the creator of Astro Boy and Phoenix
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February 10
- 1898: birth of Frank Miller, American cartoonist best known for Barney Baxter
- 1917: last appearance of Old Doc Yak, American comic strip by Sidney Smith which ran since 1912
- 1957: debut of Mary Perkins, On Stage, American comic strip by Leonard Starr
- 1966: birth of Brent Frankenhoff, American comics critic best known for co-authoring Comics Buyer's Guide
- 1985: end of The World's Greatest Superheroes, American comic strip by various artists which ran since 1978
- 1996: final appearance of Secret Agent X-9, American comic strip by Alex Raymond and Dashiell Hammett which ran since 1934
- 2003: launch of Least I Could Do, American webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza
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February 11
- 1915: birth of Zeke Zekley, American comics artist known for Bringing Up Father
- 1950: birth of Mauri Kunnas, Finnish comics artist best known for Nyrok City
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February 12
- 1917: debut of The Gumps, American comic strip created by Sidney Smith which ran until 1959
- 1946: birth of Ever Meulen, Belgian illustrator and comics artist known for Balthazar de groene steenvreter
- 1970: birth of Judd Winick, American comic writer and artist known for the graphic novel Pedro and Me
- 2000: death of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the influential comics strip Peanuts
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February 13
- 1877: birth of Sidney Smith, American comic strip creator best known for The Gumps
- 1918: birth of Bud Blake, American comic strip creator best known for Tiger
- 1937: debut of Prince Valiant, influential American comic strip by Hal Foster
- 1954: first appearance of The Bash Street Kids, ongoing British comic strip created by Leo Baxendale in The Beano
- 1959: birth of Vincent Deporter, Belgian comics artist best known for his work with Paradox Press
- 1970: birth of Joe Phillips, American comics artist of the Gaijin Studios
- 1982: death of Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist
- 1988: death of Ron Embleton, British comics author known for Wulf the Briton
- 2000: last new strip of Peanuts, the iconic American comic strip by Charles M. Schulz featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy
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February 14
- 1865: birth of Carl Thomas Anderson, American comic strip creator best known for Henry
- 1904: debut of Little Jimmy, American comic strip created by Jimmy Swinnerton which ran until 1958
- 1976: the first issue of the controversial British comic Action appears
- 2000: launch of Greystone Inn, American webcomic by Brad Guigar
- 2000: first appearance of Innies and Outties, American webcomic by Leonard M. Cachola
- 2002: start of Van Von Hunter, American manga webcomic by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch
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February 15
- 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
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February 16
- 1958: birth of John Totleben, American comics artist best known as inker of Swamp Thing
- 1963: last appearance of Knockout, British comic which ran for almost 24 years
- 1963: birth of Antonio Serra, Italian comics author best known for Nathan Never
- 1967: birth of Tim Bradstreet, American comics artist best known for his cover art for Punisher and Hellblazer
- 1968: birth of Warren Ellis, British comics author
- 1980: first issue of Nutty, British comic with the first appearance of Bananaman, comic strip created by Steve Bright and John Geering
- 1993: death of Malcolm Hancock, American comic strip creator known for Malfunction Junction
- 2001: start of Cromartie High School, Japanese manga by Eiji Nonaka
- 2001: debut of Parallel, Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi
- 2002: launch of Unshelved, American webcomic by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes
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February 17
- 1895: first appearance of The Yellow Kid, the first American comic strip, created by Richard F. Outcault
- 1920: birth of Curt Swan, American comic book artist best known for his work on various Superman comics
- 1936: Lee Falk's The Phantom, one of the first costumes heroes in comic strip history, makes his debut
- 1952: debut of Beyond Mars, American comic strip by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias
- 1958: first appearance of B.C., an American comic strip by Johnny Hart
- 1990: first publication of Fighting Spirit, Japanese manga created by Jyoji "George" Morikawa
- 2000: start of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Japanese manga by Harold Sakuishi
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February 18
- 1930: birth of Gahan Wilson, American comics artist best known for Nuts
- 1931: birth of Johnny Hart, American comic strip creator best known for B.C.
- 1961: last issue of Radio Fun, British comic which ran since 1938
- 1967: first publication of Fantastic, British comic which lasted for 89 issues
- 2000: death of Will, influential Belgian comics artist considered one of the founding members of the Marcinelle school
- 2004: debut of Kekkaishi, Japanese manga by Yellow Tanabe
- 2007: death of Bob Oksner, American comics artist best known for his work with DC Comics
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February 19
- 1949: birth of William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer and artist best known for Wonder Woman and The Flash
- 1983: last appearance of The Collector, British comic strip by Alan Moore and others which was published in the first 48 issues of Eagle
- 2000: death of George Roussos, American comic book artist best known as an inker of Fantastic Four
- 2003: first issue of Alice Academy, Japanese manga by Tachibana Higuchi
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February 20
- 1893: birth of Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American comic book writer best known for co-creating Wonder Woman
- 1945: birth of Enrique Sánchez Abulí, French comics author best known for the Spanish gangster series Torpedo
- 1951: birth of Suzue Miuchi, Japanese mangaka best known for Glass Mask
- 1971: first publication of Countdown, a British comic
- 1987: death of Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Belgian comics artist and author best known for the classic series Blake and Mortimer
- 2000: death of Elliot Caplin, American comic strip writer best known for The Heart of Juliet Jones
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February 21
- 1936: birth of René Hausman, Belgian comics author best known for Laïyna
- 1949: birth of Frank Brunner, American comic book artist known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s
- 1964: birth of Khoo Fuk Lung, Hong Kong comics artist
- 1974: last appearance of Sazae-san, Japanese manga by Machiko Hasegawa which ran until 1974
- 1979: birth of Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian comics artist best known for Scott Pilgrim
- 1993: death of Harvey Kurtzman, American comic book artist and writer, creator of MAD magazine
- 2004: debut of Derek the Sheep, British comic strip created by Gary Northfield in The Beano
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February 22
- 1917: birth of Reed Crandall, American comic book artist
- 1920: birth of Pete Alvarado, American comics artist best known for his comic strip adaptations of TV and animated series
- 1971: birth of Roger Cruz, Brazilian comic book artist known for his work on Amazing Fantasy
- 1979: death of John Coleman Burroughs, American comic creator best known for the comic strip version of John Carter of Mars
- 1990: death of T. O. Honiball, South African comics author known for Oom Kaspaas
- 2006: last issue of the first volume of Freshmen, a comic book series by Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov
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February 23
- 1913: first appearance of Hawkshaw the Detective, American comic strip by Gus Mager
- 1935: debut of Little Lulu, American comic strip by Marge
- 1948: birth of Doug Moench, American comic book writer best known for his work on Batman
- 1952: first publication of Lion, British comic which appeared until 1974
- 1975: birth of Gotham Chopra, American comic book artist known for his work with Virgin Comics
- 1995: death of Don Heck, American comic book artist best known for cocreating Iron Man and for his work on The Avengers
- 2004: last issue of Planetes, Japanese manga created by Makoto Yukimura
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February 24
- 1924: birth of Sam Kweskin, American comic book artist best known for his work with Atlas Comics
- 1952: birth of Bryan Talbot, British comic book artist and writer bets known for The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and his work with Alan Moore
- 1952: birth of Jim Borgman, American comic strip artist best known for Zits
- 1957: birth of Tome, Belgian comics author best known for Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou
- 1979: last publication of Plug, a British comic which ran for 76 issues
- 1998: death of Antonio Prohias, Cuban comics artist best known for the creation of Spy vs. Spy for Mad magazine
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February 25
- 1903: birth of Darrell Craig McClure, American comics artist best known for Little Annie Rooney
- 1929: birth of Arnold Roth, American comic strip author known for Poor Arnold's Almanac
- 1961: final appearance of Sky Masters, American comic strip created by Jack Kirby which only ran since 1958
- 1988: death of Dori Seda, American underground comix author
- 2002: debut of Nothing Nice To Say, American webcomic by Mitch Clem
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February 26
- 1877: birth of Rudolph Dirks, pioneering German-American comic strip creator best known for the Katzenjammer Kids
- 1909: death of Caran d'Ache, French comics pioneer
- 1951: birth of Steve Bell, English comic strip creator best known for If...
- 1970: first appearance of Natacha by François Walthéry in Spirou
- 1977: first issue of 2000 AD, British comic with over 1500 issues published so far
- 1978: birth of Brett Marting, American comic book artist known for Archaic
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February 27
- 1907: birth of Dudley D. Watkins, British cartoonist best known for Oor Wullie
- 1954: first publication of Jack and Jill, British comic which ran for more than 1,600 issues
- 1960: birth of Norm Breyfogle, American comics artist best known for his work on Batman
- 1973: death of Bill Everett, American comic book writer best known for co-creating Daredevil
- 1987: death of Darrell Craig McClure, American comics artist best known for Little Annie Rooney
- 2006: Speakeasy Comics, a Canadian publishing company, ceases operations one year after its first publication appeared
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February 28
- 1907: birth of Milton Caniff, American comic book creator famous for Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon
- 1913: birth of John Coleman Burroughs, American comic creator best known for the comic strip version of John Carter of Mars
- 1957: first appearance of Gaston Lagaffe, a renowned character by Belgian comic book creator André Franquin
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February 29
- 1932: birth of Jaguar, Brazilian comics artist best known for Sig
- 1944: birth of Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian comics author and artist best known for Druuna
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