Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/May/May 8

1920: birth of Tom of Finland, Finnish comics artist known for his erotic gay comic books
1936: birth of Kazuo Koike, Japanese mangaka best known for Lone Wolf and Cub
1938: birth of Jean Giraud, important French comics artist best known for Blueberry and his work as Moebius, including Arzach, The Incal and The Silver Surfer
1961: debut of Apartment 3-G, American comic strip by Nicholas P. Dallis and Alex Kotzky
1973: birth of Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese mangaka best known for Fullmetal Alchemist
1974: birth of Makoto Yukimura, Japanese mangaka best known for Planetes
2002: death of Thomas Williams, British comics artist