Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/July/July 7

1920: birth of Al Avison, American comics artist known for Captain America and cocreating The Whizzer
1958: debut of the James Bond comic strip by Anthony Hern and John McLusky in the Daily Express
1964: birth of Kosuke Fujishima, Japanese mangaka best known for Oh My Goddess!
1972: in Disney's lawsuit against the Air Pirates for copyright infringement, the initial decision of the California District Court is in favor of the Walt Disney Company
1977: death of Roy Crane, American comics artist and writer, creator of Wash Tubbs and Buz Sawyer
1997: first appearance of Zits, an award-winning American comic strip by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman