Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/November/November 2
1917: birth of
John Dirks
, American
cartoonist
known for his work on his father's comic strip
The Captain and the Kids
1926: birth of
Howard Post
, American comics artist and writer known for his work at
Harvey Comics
1927: birth of
Steve Ditko
, American comic book artist, best known as co-creator of
Spider-Man
1944: birth of
Domingo Mandrafina
,
Argentine
comics artist, known for
Spaghetti Brothers
and other work with
Carlos Trillo
1953: birth of
Tom Lyle
, American comic book artist
1954: birth of
Brian Augustyn
, American comic book editor and writer best known fort his work at
DC Comics
1971: birth of
John Watson
, American comic book artist
1977: birth of
Joe Casey
, American comic book writer
1978: debut of
Beau Peep
,
British
comic strip created by Roger Kettle and Andrew Christine in
The Daily Star
1981: death of
Wally Wood
, American comic book artist, major contributor to
Mad
and
EC Comics
2008: final appearance of
Opus
, American
Sunday strip
by
Berkeley Breathed