Events for August 30

Aug 30, 1943: Robert Crumb, underground comix icon of the 60's and 70's, is born in Philadelphia, PA.

Events for August 28

Aug 28, 1917: Jack "King" Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg) is born in New York City, NY.

Events for August 26

Aug 26, 1911: Otto Oscar Binder, scripter for Captain Marvel/SHAZAM!, is born in Bessemer, MI.

Events for August 25

Aug 25, 1913: Walter Crawford Kelly, creator of Pogo, is born in Philadelphia, PA.

Aug 25, 1947: Michael William Kaluta, comic book artist for The Shadow, Starstruck, and The Books of Magic, is born.

Aug 25, 2000: Carl Barks, creator of Scrooge McDuck and prolific comics author, passes away at the age of 99.

Events for August 24

Aug 24, 1919: Gasoline Alley debuts as a daily comic strip. It is the first and longest running strip that advances in "real time."

Events for August 23

Aug 23, 1925: Alfredo Alcala, artist and inker on multiple comics, is born in the Philippines.

Events for August 22

Aug 22, 1880: George Herriman, creator of Krazy Kat, is born in New Orleans, LA.

Aug 22, 1903: Jerry Iger, comic artist and pioneering comic book publisher, is born.

Events for August 20

Aug 20, 1947: Max Gaines, publisher for for Dell and EC Comics, is killed in a boating accident.

Events for August 19

Aug 19, 1944: Skip Williamson, underground comix artist for Bijou Funnies, Class War Comix, and Smoot, is born.

Aug 19, 1966: Stefano Gaudiano, artist for Kafka Returns, DC's Gotham Central, and Marvel's Daredevil, is born.

Aug 19, 1975: Chynna Clugston, creator of Blue Monday and Scooter Girl, is born in Fresno, CA.

Events for August 18

Aug 18, 1892: Harold "Hal" Foster, creator of Prince Valiant, is born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Aug 18, 1967: Brian Michael Bendis, writer for Jinx, Sam and Twitch, and Ultimate Spider-Man, is born.

Aug 18, 1977: Jenni Rope, creator of the newspaper strips Miss Simon Ginlemon and the graphic novels Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, is born in Finland.

Events for August 17

Aug 17, 1938: Trina Robbins, comic book creator of Wimmin's Comix and Go Girl! and author of From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women in Comics, is born.

Aug 17, 1956: John Romita Jr., penciller for Spider-Man, creator of The Gray Area, and son of creator John Romita Sr., is born in New York City, NY.

Aug 17, 1958: Andy Helfer, DC Comics writer and editor and current editor/writer for Hill & Wang's non-fiction comics, is born.

Events for August 15

Aug 15, 1953: Paul Gulacy, artist for Marvel's Master of Kung-Fu and DC's Catwoman, is born.

Events for August 14

Aug 14, 1926: Rene Goscinny, writer for the Asterix comics, is born in Paris, France.

Aug 14, 1943: John Costanza, artist and letterer for DC's House of Mystery, Marvel's Heathcliff comics, and Bongo's Simpsons comics, is born in Dover, NY.

Aug 14, 1950: Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side comic strip, is born.

Events for August 13

Aug 13, 1958: Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man, dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Events for August 11

Aug 11, 1964: Jim Lee, comic book artist, founding member of Image Comics, chief of Wildstorm Studios, and creator of WildC.A.T.S., is born in South Korea.

Events for August 10

Aug 10, 1955: Eddie Campbell, creator of Bacchus and artist for Alan Moore's From Hell, is born in Scotland.

Aug 10, 1965: James Sturm, creator of The Golem's Mighty Swing and Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules, is born.

Events for August 8

Aug 8, 1892: Otto Messmer, creator of Felix the Cat, is born.

Events for August 7

Aug 7, 1957: Paul Dini, writer for Batman: The Animated Series and Jingle Belle, is born.

Events for August 4

Aug 4, 1952: Franco Saudelli, erotic comic book artist, is born in Italy.

Aug 4, 1966: Charlie Adlard, artist for Judge Dredd and Image's The Walking Dead, is born.

Evens for August 2

Aug 2, 1924: Danny Hellman, underground comix artist for Time and Screw magazines and Last Gasp Comix & Stories, is born in New York City, NY.

Events for August 1

Aug 1, 1931: Tom Wilson, Sr, creator and writer/artist of Ziggy, is born.

Aug 1, 2006: Robert "Bob" Thaves, creator and writer/artist for the Frank and Ernest comic strip, passes away at the age of 81.

Events for August

1932: Jim Aparo, artist on DC's Batman and Phantom Stranger, is born.

1941: Will Eisner debuts the Blackhawks in Military Comics #1. Over in Police Comics #1, Jack Cole introduces Plastic Man.

1942: Carl Barks draws his first Donald Duck story in Four Color Comics #9.

1947: Black Canary appears as a supporting character in the Johnny Thunder backup feature of Flash Comics #86.

1962: Amazing Fantasy #15 is published, introducing the Amazing Spider-Man to the world. In the same month, frail Dr. Don Blake discovers a gnarled cane in Journey Into Mystery #83 and becomes the Mighty Thor.

1989: Tim Drake becomes the third teenager to become Robin in Batman #436.

1994: Archie Comics and Marvel Comics team up for The Punisher Meets Archie. I'm sure this seemed like a good idea at the time.