Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/January/January 16

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• 1939: birth of Jean Van Hamme, Belgian comics author best known for Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch
• 1960: birth of Frédéric Boilet, French mangaka known for Yukiko's Spinach
• 1968: birth of Stephan Pastis, American comic strip author best known for Pearls Before Swine
• 1970: birth of Garth Ennis, Northern Irish comics writer best known for Preacher
• 1970: death of David Breger, American comic strip creator known for G. I. Joe
• 1988: first appearance of The Germs, a comic strip by David Sutherland, in the British comic The Beano