Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/September/September 5

1950: birth of Cathy Guisewite, American comic strip author best known for Cathy
1965: first appearance of Eek & Meek, American comic strip by Howie Schneider which ran until 2000
1990: death of Jerry Iger, American comic strip creator best known as co-founder with Will Eisner of Eisner & Iger, an early comic book packager
1994: debut of Mutts, popular comic strip by Patrick McDonnell
1996: death of Carl Fallberg, American comics artist best known as creator of Lil Bad Wolf
2004: launch of Chicken Wings, German comic strip and webcomic by Michael and Stefan Strasser
2006: death of John McLusky, British comic strip creator best known for the James Bond newspaper comic strips