Events for June 30

Jun 30, 1958: Shawn McManus, artist on Swamp Thing, Wild Girl, and Sandman, is born in Brookline, MA.

Events for June 29

Jun 29, 1950: Mike Richardson, founder and publisher of Dark Horse Comics, is born.

Jun 29, 1950: Bobby London, underground comix artist for Air Pirates and Dirty Duck, is born.

Jun 29, 1951: Don Rosa, writer/artist for Disney's "Duck" comics, is born

Jun 29, 1954: Bo Hampton, artist/painter for Viking Glory: The Viking Prince, Verdilak, and Batman: Castle of the Bat, is born.

Events for June 28

Jun 28, 1934: Georges Wolinski, political cartoonist for L'Enrage, Paris-Match, and L'Humanite, is born in Tunisia.

Jun 28, 1944: Philippe Druillet, sci-fi comic book artist for Lone Sloane, La Nuit, and Wagner Space Opera, is born in France.

Jun 28, 2005: Rowland B. Wilson, cartoonist and Disney animator, passes away in Encinitas, CA.

Events for June 27

Jun 27, 1928: Joe Giella, comic strip artist for Mary Worth, Batman, Flash Gordon, and The Phantom, is born.

Jun 27, 1959: Dan Jurgens, artist for DC's Warlord and Adventures of Superman, is born.

Jun 27, 1961: Jackson "Butch" Guice, artist for DC's Birds of Prey and Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, is born.

Jun 27, 1961: Bernie Mireault, creator of The Jam and Dr. Robot and artist for Grendel, is born in Marville, France.

Events for June 26

Jun 26, 1947: Alfredo Castelli, creator and artist for Martin Mystère, is born in Italy.

Jun 26, 1950: Tom DeFalco, writer of Spider-Girl and editor for Marvel Comics, is born in Queens, NY.

Events for June 25

Jun 25, 1928: Peyo (Pierre Culliford), creator of the Smurfs (Schtroumpfs), is born in Belgium.

Jun 25, 1928: Alex Toth, renowned comic book and animaton artist, is born.

Events for June 21

Jun 21, 1957: Berkeley Breathed, writer/artist for the Bloom County, Outland, and Opus newspaper comic strips, is born.

Events for June 19

Jun 19, 1915: Julius "Julie" Schwartz, DC Comics good-will ambassador and father of the Silver Age of comics, is born in the Bronx, NY.

Jun 19, 1978: The comic strip Garfield debuts in American newspapers.

Events for June 17

Jun 17, 1927: Wallace "Wally" Wood, prolific artist of the Silver Age, is born in Menahga, MN.

Events for June 16

Jun 16, 1930: Frank Thorne, artist for Marvel's Red Sonja and creator of Ghita of Alizzar, is born.

Jun 16, 1966: Killoffer, writer/artist for Billet SVP, La Clef des Champs, and 676 Apparitions of Killoffer, is born in France.

Jun 16, 1973: Vito Delsante, writer for Batman Adventures and creator of The Mercury Chronicles, is born.

Jun 16, 1996: Curt Swan passes away at the age of 76.

Events for June 15

Jun 15, 1927: Ross Andru, comic artist for DC and Marvel Comics, is born.

Jun 15, 1941: Neal Adams, artist for Batman, Deadman, and numerous other comic titles, is born.

Jun 15, 1945: Don McGregor, creator of Detectives, Inc. and Lady Rawhide and writer for Zorro and Black Panther, is born in Providence, RI.

Jun 15, 1955: Brent Anderson, artist for X-Men: God Loves Man Kills and Astro City, is born in San Jose, CA.

Events for June 14

Jun 14, 1944: Jordi Bernet (Jordi Bernet Cusso), artist for Torpedo and Clara de Noche, is born in Spain.

Events for June 12

Jun 12, 1948: Len Wein, writer for the Uncanny X-Men and Swamp Thing, is born in New York, NY.

Events for June 10

Jun 10, 1951: Charles Vess, comic artist best known for imaginative and distinctive fantasy images and head of Green Man Press, is born in Lynchburg, VA.

Jun 10, 1960: Scott McCloud, writer of Zot! and Understanding Comics, is born.

Events for June 9

Jun 9, 1954: George Perez, co-creator of the New Teen Titans and artist for Crisis on Infinite Earths, is born in Jamaica Estates, NY.

Events for June 8

Jun 8, 2006: Jaxon (born Jack Jackson), writer/artist for God Nose and Comanche Moon and considered the first underground comix artist, is found dead at the age of 65 in Stockdale, TX.

Events for June 7

Jun 7, 1955: Mark Schultz, creator of Xenozoic Tales (a.k.a. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs), is born.

Events for June 6

Jun 6, 2004: Kate Worley, writer for Omaha the Cat Dancer, passes away from cancer.

Events for June 5

Jun 5, 1929: Dick Locher, political cartoonist and writer/artist for the Dick Tracy newspaper strip, is born.

Jun 5: Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, twin brothers and comic book artists, are born.

Jun 5, 2005: Rodney Dunn, artist for Vortex Magazine and Atomic Cow, passes away at age 37.

Events for June 4

Jun 4, 1951: Wendy Pini, co-creator of Elfquest, is born.

Events for June 1

June 1, 1936: Gerald Scarfe, political cartoonist for the London Sunday Times, is born.

Events for June

1910: Clarence Charles "C.C." Beck, artist for Captain Marvel/SHAZAM! comics, is born in Minneapolis, MN.

1938: Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 and launches an industry.

1940: Will Eisner debuts the Spirit in newspapers across the country.

1972: Power Man (Luke Cage) debuts in Hero for Hire #1 by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska (with help from Roy Thomas and John Romita Sr). He is the first black character to headline his own comic book.

1973: A battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin leads to the death of Gwen Stacy in Amazing Spider-Man #121.

1983: Lobo makes his fraggin' debut in Omega Men #3.

1986: John Byrne relaunches DC Comics' flagship character after the Crisis on Infinite Earths with The Man of Steel #1.

1991: Colleen Doran self-publishes her first issue of A Distant Soil.

1992: Todd McFarlane's Spawn #1 hits the stands, courtesy of Image Comics.

1993: Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon #1 is published by Image Comics. At this time, it is the only comic still written and published by an original Image Comics founder.