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1902: first appearance of Buster Brown, popular American comic strip by Richard F. Outcault
1937: birth of Joseph Loeckx, Belgian comics artist better known as Jo-El Azara, known for Taka Takata and Clifton
1959: birth of Henriette Valium, Canadian underground comix creator
1977: birth of Ale Garza, American comic book artist known for working on Gen¹³
1985: debut of Ivy the Terrible, British comic strip created by Robert Nixon in The Beano
1997: death of Lou Stathis, American comics writer and editor with Vertigo
1998: launch of PvP, popular webcomic by Scott Kurtz
2005: death of Don Trachte, American comics artist best known for the Sunday pages of Henry