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March 1

1922: birth of William Gaines, publisher of EC Comics and MAD magazine
1970: birth of Chan Mou, Hong Kong comics artist best known for Not Human
1980: death of Dick Dillin, American comic book artist best known as penciller of Justice League
1998: death of Archie Goodwin, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and best remembered for his adaptation of Star Wars into comics

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March 2

1902: birth of Al Smith, American comic strip creator best known for continuing Mutt and Jeff
1952: birth of Mark Evanier, American comic book writer best known for Groo the Wanderer
1970: debut of Conchy, American comic strip created by James Childress which ran until 1977
2001: launch of 8-Bit Theatre, American sprite comic by Brian Clevinger
2002: start of Modern Tales, webcomic subscription site

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March 3

1913: birth of Manuel Gonzales, Spanish-American comics artist best known for the Mickey Mouse Sunday pages
1946: last appearance of Male Call, American comic strip by Milton Caniff
1948: birth of Max Allan Collins, American comics writer known for Road to Perdition and Dick Tracy
1958: birth of Marc Silvestri, American comics writer and artist, CEO of Top Cow Productions
1966: birth of Claudio Castellini, Italian comic book arttist best known for Nathan Never
1983: death of Hergé, the most famous Belgian comics author and artist, creator of The Adventures of Tintin
1986: first publication of U.S. Acres, American comic strip created by Jim Davis
1999: death of Giovan Battista Carpi, Italian comics author known for working on Disney comics
2004: debut of Suzuka, Japanese romantic manga by Kouji Seo
2005: first appearance of Asatte no Houkou, Japanese manga by J-ta Yamada

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March 4

1895: birth of Milt Gross, American comic strip creator known for Count Screwloose of Tooloose
1921: birth of John Ryan, British comics creator best known for Captain Pugwash
1939: first appearance of Knockout, a British comic which ran for almost 24 years
1946: debut of Rip Kirby, famous American comic strip by Alex Raymond
1962: birth of Simon Bisley, British comic book artist working mostly for 2000 AD
2001: death of Fred Lasswell, American comic strip author best known for Barney Google
2003: end of Makeshift Miracle, American webcomic by Jim Zubkavich

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March 5

1930: birth of Jean Tabary, French comics artist and writer best known for Iznogoud
1931: birth of Fred, French comic book writer and artist best known for Philémon
2004: end of Look What I Brought Home!, American webcomic by Scott and Amanda Kuehner
2007: death of Yvan Delporte, Belgian comics writer and influential editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine

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March 6

1917: birth of Will Eisner, major American comics author and artist, creator of The Spirit and the early graphic novel A Contract with God
1967: birth of Kieron Dwyer, American comic book artist best known for working on Captain America
1996: death of Jack Abel, American comic book inker best known for his work with Marvel Comics and DC Comics

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March 7

1920: birth of Eddy Paape, Belgian comics artist best known for Luc Orient
1934: birth of Gray Morrow, American comics artist, best known as art director for Spider-Man
1967: birth of Ai Yazawa, Japanese manga artist and author best known for Nana
1969: birth of Cully Hamner, American comic book artist known for his work on Green Lantern and Blue Beetle
1978: birth of Ben Templesmith, Australian comics author known for 30 Days of Night

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March 8

1880: birth of H. G. Peter, American comic book artist best known for Wonder Woman
1936: debut of The Broons and Oor Wullie, British comic newspaper strips created by Dudley D. Watkins in The Sunday Post
1955: birth of Joellyn Auklandus, American comics writer best known for her work on Elfquest
1975: first issue of Battle Picture Weekly, British comic which ran until 1988
2005: first volume of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy, Korean-American manga by Richard Knaak and Jae-Hwan Kim

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March 9

1923: birth of Paul Fung Sr., American comics artist who continued Blondie for forty years
1941: birth of John Geering, British comics author known for his work with D. C. Thomson
1965: death of Jimmy Murphy, American comic strip creator best known for Toots and Casper
1974: first publication of Whoopee!, British comic which would last until 1985

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March 10

1935: debut of Smokey Stover, American comic strip created by Bill Holman which ran until 1973
1971: birth of Ryu Fujisaki, Japanese mangaka best known for Hoshin Engi
1973: first issue of Shiver and Shake, British comic which lasted for a year and a half
1994: death of Aurelio Galleppini, Italian comics artist best known as cocreator of Tex Willer
1997: death of Stan Drake, American comics artist best known as co-creator of The Heart of Juliet Jones and as artist on Blondie

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March 11

1900: first appearance of Happy Hooligan, popular American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper
1964: birth of Lea Hernandez, American comic book creator
1968: debut of Boner's Ark, American comic strip created by Mort Walker which ran until 2000
1996: death of Barry Appleby, British comic strip author best known for The Gambols
2002: launch of Pibgorn, American webcomic by Brooke McEldowney

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March 12

1946: first issue of Treasure Chest, American Christian comic book which ran until July 1972
1949: death of Frank Miller, American cartoonist best known for Barney Baxter
1951: debut of Dennis the Menace, popular American comic strip by Hank Ketcham
1967: birth of Massimiliano Frezzato, Italian comics creator best known for I custodi del Maser

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March 13

1921: birth of Al Jaffee, American comics artist best known for his work on MAD magazine
1924: birth of Franco Donatelli, Italian comics artist best known for Zagor
1939: birth of Jan, Spanish comic book writer and artist, most famous for his creation Superlópez
1948: birth of Waki Yamato, Japanese mangaka best known for Haikara-san ga Tōru
1953: birth of Sam Viviano, American comics artist best known for his work with Mad magazine
1995: launch of Polymer City Chronicles, American webcomic by Chris Morrison
1999: death of Lee Falk, American comic book creator, best known for The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician

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March 14

1920: birth of Hank Ketcham, American comic strip creator best known for Dennis the Menace
1950: birth of Dudu Geva, Israeli comics artist best known for The Knight Zick
1966: birth of Jean-Philippe Stassen, Belgian comics artist best known for Le Bar du vieux Français
1973: death of Chic Young, American comic strip creator best known for Blondie
2005: first appearance of Urban Trash, South Africa comic strip created by Jeremy Nell

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March 15

1936: birth of Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Spanish comics author and artist best known for Mortadelo y Filemón
1937: birth of Dan Adkins, American comic book artist known for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
1958: first appearance of the comic strip Jonah, drawn by Ken Reid, in The Beano
1962: birth of John Coulthart, English comic book artist known for his work based on the writings of H. P. Lovecraft
1967: birth of Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese mangaka best known as creator of Sailor Moon
1969: birth of Harold Sakuishi, Japanese mangaka best known for BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
1970: birth of Stefano Raffaele, Italian comic book artist
2001: debut of Bigger Than Cheeses, Australian webcomic by Desmond Seah

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March 16

1958: birth of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
1961: birth of Todd McFarlane, Canadian comics artist and writer best known for his work on Spider-Man
1966: birth of Gary Shipman, American comic books artist best known for Pakkins' Land
2004: launch of Two Lumps, American webcomic by James L. Grant and Mel Hynes

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March 17

1950: birth of Rötger Feldmann, German comics author best known for Werner
1951: first appearance of Dennis the Menace, ongoing British comic strip created by David Law in The Beano (this comic is unrelated to the American comic strip Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham which debuted 5 days earlier)
1956: birth of Patrick McDonnell, American creator of the popular comic strip Mutts
1959: first issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine, a Japanese shōnen manga magazine
1985: debut of Luann, an American comic strip by Greg Evans

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March 18

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March 19

1923: birth of Benito Jacovitti, Italian comics artist best known for Cocco Bill
2006: debut of Watch Your Head, American comic strip created by Cory Thomas

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March 20

1925: birth of Bill Lignante, American comic book artist best known for his work on The Phantom
1950: birth of Giancarlo Alessandrini, Italian comics artist best known for Martin Mystère
2003: debut of No Rest for the Wicked, American webcomic by Andrea L. Peterson

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March 21

1846: birth of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Portuguese comics pioneer best known for Zé Povinho
1929: birth of Gallieno Ferri, Italian comics artist best known as cocreator of Zagor
1931: birth of Al Williamson, American comic book artist known for Secret Agent X-9
1959: death of Edwin Balmer, American comic strip writer best known for Speed Spaulding
1962: birth of Mark Waid, American comics author, best known for Kingdom Come
1970: Minicon, the first predecessor of Comic-Con International, is organized at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, California
2007: death of Drew Hayes, American comics artist best known for Poison Elves

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March 22

1959: birth of Lew Stringer, British comics artist best known for Tom Thug and Combat Colin
1997: last appearance of Garth, British comic strip by Steve Dowling and John Allard in the Daily Mirror which ran since 1943

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March 23

2006: the last publication of webcomic Twoplayer Comics

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March 24

1979: last appearance of The Jackson Twins, American comic strip created by Dick Brooks which ran since 1950
1981: birth of Scott Ramsoomair, American webcomic creator known for VG Cats
1984: first issue of Scream!, British comic which marked the debut of The Thirteenth Floor, horror comic strip by Alan Grant, John Wagner and José Ortiz

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March 25

1887: birth of Robert Quillen, American comic strip creator known for Willie Willis and Aunt Het
1972: last publication of Countdown, British comic
1979: start of John Darling, American comic strip created by Tom Batiuk which ran until 1991
1996: first appearance of Buckles, American comic strip by David Gilbert
1998: launch of Jane's World, American webcomic created by Paige Braddock
2000: debut of Ask Dr. Rin!, Japanese manga created by Kiyoko Arai
2000: final appearance of Eek & Meek, American comic strip by Howie Schneider which ran since 1965

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March 26

1971: birth of Moyoco Anno, Japanese mangaka best known for Sugar Sugar Rune
1972: first appearance of Funky Winkerbean, ongoing American comic strip created by Tom Batiuk
1995: last strip of Outland by Berkeley Breathed after a run of more than 6 years
2005: final appearance of +Anima, Japanese manga by Natsumi Mukai
2006: end of The Boondocks, American comic strip created by Aaron McGruder which ran since 1999

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March 27

1901: birth of Carl Barks, considered by many as the best artist of Disney comics, and the creator of DuckBurg and Scrooge McDuck
1927: birth of Hy Eisman, American comics author known for Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye
1943: birth of Phil Frank, American comics creator best known for Farley
1982: relaunch of Eagle, between 1950 and 1969 the most popular British comic, featuring a.o. the comic strip Ernie by Dave Gibbons
1987: debut of Slylock Fox, American comic strip created by Bob Weber Junior
1993: death of Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American comic book writer best known for co-creating Wonder Woman

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March 28

1948: debut of Spiff and Hercules, French comic strip by José Cabrero Arnal, in L'Humanité
1962: birth of Joakim Lindengren, Swedish comic creator

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March 29

1901: birth of Andrija Maurović, important early Croatian comics artist
1935: birth of David Austin, British cartoonist best known for Hom Sap
1949: birth of Wayne Howard, American comic book artist best known as the first known cover-credited series creator
1958: birth of Mark Silvestri, American comic book artist known as the CEO of Top Cow Productions
1975: birth of Jim Mahfood, American comic book creator best known for Clerks
1981: end of Our Boarding House, American comic strip created by Gene Ahern which ran since 1921
1983: death of Alfred Andriola, American comic strip creator best known for Kerry Drake

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March 30

1904: birth of Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Belgian comics artist and author best known for the classic series Blake and Mortimer
1924: birth of Raymond Macherot, Belgian comics artist and author best known for Chlorophylle, Sibylline, and Clifton
1985: last publication of Tiger, a British comic which lasted for 1555 issues
1985: last publication of Whoopee!, a British comic which first appeared in 1974
1998: launch of Freefall, American webcomic by Mark Stanley
2004: debut of The Soxaholix, American webcomic by Hart Brachen

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March 31

1937: birth of Pablo Marcos, Peruvian comics artist best known for Zombie
1941: birth of Franco Bonvicini, Italian comics author best known for Sturmtruppen
1946: birth of F'Murr, French comics artist and writer best known for Le Génie des alpages
1993: death of Manuel Gonzales, Spanish-American comics artist best known for the Mickey Mouse Sunday pages
1994: death of José Escobar Saliente, Spanish comics creator best known for Zipi y Zape
2003: launch of Girlamatic, webcomics anthology site aimed at young adult women

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