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1905: birth of Floyd Gottfredson, American comic book artist best known for the Mickey Mouse comic strip
1931: birth of Greg, prolific Belgian comics author and artist, editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine
1967: first appearance of Mr. Natural, comic book character created by Robert Crumb
1967: birth of Adam Hughes, American comic book artist
1975: death of George Baker, American comics artist best known for Sad Sack
1979: first issue of Jackpot, British comic which ran until 1982
1999: first issue of The Phantom Menace, a graphic novelisation of the Star Wars movie of the same name
2000: debut of Imadoki!, Japanese manga by Yuu Watase
2001: Ghastly's Ghastly Comic, webcomic by Chris Cracknell, makes its debut