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1851: birth of A. B. Frost, early American comics artist and writer
1877: birth of May Gibbs, Australian comic strip artist knonw for Bib and Bub and Tiggy Touchwood
1920: first issue of Film Fun, British comic book which lasted for 2225 issues
1920: birth of Georges Pichard, French comics artist known for Blanche Épiphanie and other erotic cartoons
1921: birth of Antonio Prohias, Cuban comics artist best known for the creation of Spy vs. Spy for Mad magazine
1926: birth of Oscar González Guerrero, Mexican comics artist known for Zor y Los Invencibles
1929: first appearance of Popeye by Elzie Crisler Segar in the comic strip Thimble Theater