Events for March 30

Mar 30, 1965: Forg (Richard Forgues), artist for Laundry Land and Fable of the North-West, is born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Mar 30, 2005: OV Vijayan, Indian cartoonist and modernist writer, passes away in Hyderabad at age 74.

Events for March 27

Mar 27, 1901: Carl Barks, creator of Scrooge McDuck and prolific comics author, is born.

Events for March 24

Mar 24, 1892: Rex Maxon, comic book and strip artist and co-creator of Turok Son of Stone, is born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Events for March 23

Mar 23, 1981: Danielle Corsetto, creator of the webcomic Girls with Slingshots, is born in San Jose, CA.

Events for March 22

Mar 22, 1919: Bernie Krigstein, painter and EC Comics artist, is born in Brooklyn, NY.

Events for March 21

Mar 21, 1931: Al Williamson, comic strip artist for Flash Gordon, Tarzan, and Prince Valiant, is born in New York.

Mar 21, 1962: Mark Waid, comic book writer, is born in Hueytown, AL.

Events for March 20

Mar 20, 1895: Dr. Fredric Wertham, author of Seduction of the Innocent and unwitting father of the Comics Code Authority, is born in Nuremberg, Germany.

Events for March 16

Mar 16, 1961: Todd McFarlane, renowned Spider-Man artist and creator of Spawn, is born in Calgary, Canada.

Events for March 14

Mar 14, 1999: John Broome, creator of DC's Silver Age Green Lantern and the Elongated Man, passes away.

Events for March 13

Mar 13, 1921: Al Jaffee, MAD Magazine artist and inventor of the "Mad Fold-in," is born.

Mar 13, 1999: Lee Falk, creator of the Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, passes away in New York, NY, at the age of 87.

Events for March 7

Mar 7, 1934: Gray Morrow, renowned sci-fi comic book artist and art director for the Spider-Man (1967) animated TV show, is born in Fort Wayne, IN.

Mar 7, 1978: Ben Templesmith, artist for 30 Days of Night and Fell, is born.

Events for March 6

Mar 6, 1917: Will Eisner, pioneering comic book creator and coiner of the term "graphic novel", is born in Brooklyn, NY.

Events for March 3

Mar 3, 1920: Ronald Searle, British cartoonist and animator for Life and Punch magazines, is born.

Mar 3, 1958: Marc Silvestri, comic book artist and founding member of Image Comics, is born.

Mar 3, 1983: Herge (George Remi), creator of Tintin, passes away.

Events for March 2

Mar 2, 1952: Mark Evanier, author of numerous cartoons and comic books, is born in Santa Monica, CA.

Events for March 1

Mar 1, 1922: William "Bill" Gaines, publisher of EC Comics and MAD Magazine, is born in New York City, NY.

Mar 1, 1924: Arnold Drake, co-creator of DC's Doom Patrol and Deadman and writer for Stanley and His Monster, is born.

Events for March

1941: Captain America makes his Hitler-socking debut in Captain America Comics #1, published by Timely Comics.

1946: Charlton Comics begins publishing comic books. They would eventually become home to comic book superheroes such as the Question, Captain Atom, and the Blue Beetle.

1963: Iron Man debuts in Marvel's Tales of Suspense #39.

1966: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduce comic fans to the Watcher, the Silver Surfer, and "The Coming of Galactus" in Fantastic Four #48.

1971: Jack Kirby debuts New Gods #1 for DC Comics, becoming the first multi-title epic story published in comic form and the first acknowledged "limited series" from a mainstream publisher.

1986: With a bolt of lightning and a familiar silhouette, Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns #1 explodes onto comic racks.

2004: The final issue of Dave Sim's Cerebus, issue #300 is published, making it the longest single complete and continuous narrative in comic form by the same creative team.